It isn’t quite a battle of unbeatens, but when Syracuse visits Notre Dame on Friday it will signal the biggest match of the season to date in college soccer.

The SBI No. 1 Orange will put their perfect 8-0 record on the line against the once-beaten Fighting Irish, which held the top spot in the SBI Top 25 just a week ago. Two of the nation’s best central defenders will be on display, as Syracuse’s Miles Robinson and Notre Dame’s Brandon Aubrey do battle.

North Carolina started the season as the top team in the country, and can look to edge closer to a return with a win against No. 20 Boston College on Friday.

Virginia takes on surging Louisville in Saturday’s marquee matchup, while No. 12 San Diego State takes on San Diego in Sunday’s most intriguing clash.

COLLEGE SOCCER SCHEDULE

FRIDAY

(4) Notre Dame vs. (1) Syracuse, 7pm

(2) Maryland vs. Michigan State, 7:30pm

(3) North Carolina vs. (20) Boston College, 7pm

Cal Poly vs. (5) UCLA, 11pm

Rutgers vs. (7) Indiana, 8pm

(13) Virginia Tech vs. (9) Clemson, 6pm

San Francisco vs. (11) Stanford, 10pm

(13) San Diego State vs. Pacific, 7pm

Gonzaga vs. UNLV, 9pm

SATURDAY

(6) Denver vs. IPFW, 9pm

(8) Wake Forest vs. North Carolina State, 7pm

UC-Davis vs. (16) Utah Valley, 6pm

(10) Virginia vs. (18) Louisville, 7pm

DePaul vs. (14) Creighton, 1pm

(15) Loyola (Chicago) vs. SIU-Edwardsville, 8pm

Providence vs. (17) Butler, 7pm

(19) Charlotte vs. Florida International, 4pm

UNC-Greensboro vs. (22) West Virginia, 7pm

(23) Radford vs. Coastal Carolina, 6pm

(24) UMass-Lowell vs. Binghamton, 5pm

NJIT vs. (25) Florida Gulf Coast, 2pm

UNC-Wilmington vs. William & Mary, 7pm

James Madison vs. Elon, 7pm

New Hampshire vs. Yale, 7pm

UCSB vs. California, 10pm

UConn vs. Temple, 7pm

Central Florida vs. South Florida, 7pm

Georgetown vs. Xavier, 1pm

SUNDAY

(12) San Diego State vs. San Diego, 10pm

New Mexico vs. Kentucky, 7pm

Air Force vs. Gonzaga, 2pm

Washington vs. Seattle, 8pm