The Boston College Eagles (5-4, 2-3 ACC) football team is looking to become bowl eligible on Saturday as the team travels to Dallas, Texas, to take on the No. 14 SMU Mustangs (8-1, 5-0 ACC) in its last road game of the season.

First-year Boston College coach Bill O’Brien’s decision earlier in the week to start James prompted second-year starter Thomas Castellanos to leave the team. Castellanos had two fourth-quarter TD runs last December when the Eagles won 23-14 in the Fenway Bowl to snap SMU’s nine-game winning streak.