SMU will get an opportunity to make national news while padding its lead over neighboring TCU in their all-time series when the longtime rivals meet in a non-conference game Saturday night at a neutral site -- Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, Texas.

The 24th-ranked Horned Frogs (7-1) have won the past two meetings, most recently 67-59 in Dallas in December 2018. That closed their deficit to 106-85 in a series that dates back more than a century, to January 1919.

The Mustangs (3-6), who used to play TCU regularly when they were partners in the Southwest Conference and later in the Western Athletic Conference, haven't beaten a ranked Horned Frogs team since Feb. 28, 1959. The last time TCU entered the head-to-head matchup ranked, it justified its No. 20 rating with a 94-83 home win on Dec. 5, 2017.