What are the expectations for FSU football? Can the Seminoles still keep their playoff hopes alive? Here are the best- and worst-case scenarios.

The Gators look to pull off another upset, this week at Texas A&M. Florida State looks to get back on track against Pitt.

When Norvell was hired by FSU, there were only two scholarship quarterbacks on the roster; Travis and James Blackman. The Seminoles swiftly added Tate Rodemaker and Chubba Purdy during the Early Signing Period.

Florida State 's Mike Norvell is the No. 45 highest-paid coach in college football, according to USA TODAY's 2025 compensation survey. The Seminoles coach is set to earn a total of $5,650,000, not including bonuses, which ranks No. 7 in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

Florida State stumbled early against Miami and couldn't complete the late rally -- leading to these blames here.

With Pitt also expecting to return running back Desmond Reid, who suffered a lower-body injury and missed the last two games, two of Florida State’s star players, defensive back Ashlynd Barker and offensive lineman Micah Pettis, remain questionable.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — No. 3 Miami cruised by No. 18 Florida State 28-22 on Saturday, solidifying itself as the best team in the ACC and making a case for why it should be No. 1 in the polls. The Hurricanes (5-0, 1-0 ACC) used 28 unanswered points to pull away and silence a raucous crowd of 67,277 at FSU's Doak Campbell Stadium.

Miami football continued to dominate in-state opponents in 2025. But the Florida State game causes these reason to panic.

Several top high school football recruits in Florida remain uncommitted ahead of signing day. Multiple players who decommitted from UCLA are now being pursued by other major programs. Prospects like Johnnie Jones, Tyren Wortham, and Jacob Curry are drawing interest from prominent SEC and ACC schools.

The Seminoles have since suffered consecutive losses. They lost in overtime to the No. 19 Virginia Cavaliers 46-38, and then fell to the No. 2 Miami Hurricanes 28-22 this past weekend at home. Due to these defeats, ESPN analyst Kirk Herbstreit expressed his concerns about Florida State’s future on his podcast, “Nonstop.”