AP Top 25 Poll

#5 Florida State Seminoles

2023
Overall Record
4-0
Last Game
vs Clemson W 31-24
Conference Record
2-0
Next Game
@Virginia Tech 10/07/2023
Duke’s opening-week rout of then-No. 9 Clemson served notice that the Atlantic Coast Conference wouldn’t necessarily fall in line behind the perennial powerhouse Tigers.
College football’s Week 4 schedule features the most September Top 25 matchups since 2006. The main attraction is No. 6 Ohio State at No. 9 Notre Dame at night.
Once a heated Atlantic Coast Conference rivalry, the Florida State-Clemson series has become a lopsided affair.
Clemson coach Dabo Swinney understands the chance out there for his team to get itself back in the championship hunt when the Tigers face No. 4 Florida State.
From Florida State’s re-emergence as a national power to Colorado’s extreme makeover under Deion Sanders and the Pac-12’s resurgence fueled by transfer quarterbacks, reasons to embrace college football free agency are everywhere this season.
The state of Florida’s big three is back in the AP Top 25. Florida State, Miami and Florida were all ranked in The Associated Press college football on Sunday.
DJ Lundy intercepted a pass to set up his own 1-yard touchdown run as No. 3 Florida State scored four unanswered touchdowns to build a 21-point lead and survive a late Boston College charge to win 31-29.
Florida State coach Mike Norvell wants to raise the expectations for the No. 3 Seminoles. Norvell says he wants his team to focus on improving, even after a 50-point win over Southern Mississippi last week.
Boston College is hoping that the emotion of its annual Red Bandanna Game will propel it to a victory over No. 3 Florida State.
Star defensive end Jared Verse is off to a slow start for No. 3 Florida State. He has just two tackles and two quarterback hurries in two games.
Trey Benson had three touchdown runs and No. 4 Florida State routed Southern Miss 66-13 in its home opener Saturday night for the most points under coach Mike Norvell.
Jayden Daniels threw a career-high five touchdown passes, all in the first half, leading No. 14 LSU in a 72-10 rout of Grambling on Saturday night.
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Quinn Ewers finished what he started last season, passing for 349 yards and three touchdowns to lead No. 11 Texas to a 34-24 victory over third-ranked Alabama on Saturday night in a huge win for a program trying to climb back into national championship contention.
No. 4 Florida State is a top-five team for the first time in six seasons and opens its home schedule as a heavy favorite against Southern Miss.
No. 4 Florida State will try to avoid a letdown when it hosts Southern Miss on a short week. The Seminoles are coming off a 21-point victory against then-No. 5 LSU in Orlando and have one less day to prepare for their home opener.
Auburn and California both had relatively easy openers with the Tigers beating Massachusetts 59-14 and the Golden Bears beating North Texas 58-21.
Jordan Travis accounted for five touchdowns, including three to Michigan State transfer Keon Coleman, and No. 8 Florida State throttled fifth-ranked LSU 45-24 in the most anticipated matchup of college football’s opening weekend.
Michael Vick, Larry Fitzgerald and Terrell Suggs are among the college football stars who will be considered for induction to the Hall of Fame for the first time this year.
NCAA rules state schools cannot recruit athletes who are currently on another team’s roster. But with college football players freer to transfer than ever before — and name, image and likeness compensation opportunities being dangled — coaches are frustrated the recruiting starts even before the nam
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Former UCF quarterback McKenzie Milton, who came back from a gruesome leg injury in 2018 to play another season of college football for Florida State two years later, has been hired by Tennessee to be an offensive analyst.
The spring transfer window lasts just 15 days and is not nearly as active as the 45-day period that comes after the college football season — unless you’re Colorado.
The spring transfer window for college football players is now closed. Colorado saw 52 scholarship players enter the transfer portal since Deion Sanders was hired as head coach in December.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The Carolina Panthers entered the offseason looking to upgrade a passing game that was among the worst in the league last season.
The Southeastern Conference is losing some of its top quarterbacks, but there’s plenty of star power returning, including at running back.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — After signs of change a couple of years ago, it looks as if the Atlantic Coast Conference is back to normal with defending champion Clemson and former powerhouse Florida State expected to battle for a title again.
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Tech and Florida State will open the 2024 season in Dublin, Ireland.

The Aer Lingus College Football Classic matchup announced Wednesday will mark the second time that two Atlantic Coast Conference teams have opened the season in Ireland.
GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — Jewel Spear scored all 19 of her points in the second half to help No. 12 seed Wake Forest overcome an 18-point halftime deficit and beat fifth-seeded Florida State 65-54 on Thursday in the second round of the ACC Tournament.
CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) — Amari Robinson scored 20 points and Clemson made all the clutch plays in the fourth quarter to upset No. 23 Florida State 74-61 on Sunday to close the ACC regular season.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed a bill to allow universities to help set up endorsement deals for college athletes in the state.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida State football coach Mike Norvell, whose team ended last season with a six-game winning streak, was rewarded with a three-year contract extension that will pay him an average of $8.05 million annually through 2029.