| 2023 Florida State Seminoles football | |
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ACC champion | |
ACC Championship, W 16–6 vs. Louisville | |
Orange Bowl, L 3–63 vs. Georgia | |
| Conference | Atlantic Coast Conference |
| Ranking | |
| Coaches | No. 6 |
| AP | No. 6 |
| Record | 13–1 (8–0 ACC) |
| Head coach |
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| Offensive coordinator | Alex Atkins (2nd season) |
| Offensive scheme | Multiple |
| Co-defensive coordinator | Adam Fuller (4th season) |
| Co-defensive coordinator | Randy Shannon (2nd season) |
| Base defense | 4–3 |
| Home stadium | Doak Campbell Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 6 Florida State y$ | 8 | – | 0 | 13 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 19 Louisville y | 7 | – | 1 | 10 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 21 NC State | 6 | – | 2 | 9 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Georgia Tech | 5 | – | 3 | 7 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Virginia Tech | 5 | – | 3 | 7 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Carolina | 4 | – | 4 | 8 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 20 Clemson | 4 | – | 4 | 9 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Duke | 4 | – | 4 | 8 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Miami (FL) | 3 | – | 5 | 7 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Boston College | 3 | – | 5 | 7 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Syracuse | 2 | – | 6 | 6 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Virginia | 2 | – | 6 | 3 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pittsburgh | 2 | – | 6 | 3 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wake Forest | 1 | – | 7 | 4 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Championship: Florida State 16, Louisville 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2023 Florida State Seminoles football team represented Florida State University in the Atlantic Coast Conference during the 2023 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Seminoles were led by Mike Norvell, in his fourth year as their head coach. The Seminoles played home games at Doak Campbell Stadium in Tallahassee, Florida.
Looking to build on the success of the 2022 season, Florida State started strong with a win against LSU. The Seminoles would go undefeated in the regular season; however, during the game against North Alabama, senior quarterback Jordan Travis suffered a season-ending injury, marking the end of his college football career.[1] Florida State would go on to win the ACC Championship Game against Louisville. Travis was named ACC Offensive Player of the Year and ACC Player of the Year while Norvell was named ACC Coach of the Year.[2]
Despite winning the ACC title and finishing 13–0, Florida State was No. 5 in the final College Football Playoff rankings, which made them the first undefeated Power Five conference team not selected for the College Football Playoff (first contested following the 2014 FBS season), with the Southeastern Conference champions Alabama and Big 12 Conference champions Texas (both 12–1) selected ahead of the Seminoles.[3] The Selection Committee stated Florida State was left out of the playoffs because senior quarterback Jordan Travis suffered a season-ending and collegiate career-ending broken leg against North Alabama. The committee factors player availability into its selections; committee chairman Boo Corrigan said Florida State was "a different team" without Travis.[4]
Florida State was instead invited to the Orange Bowl against Georgia, where they would lose to the Bulldogs in the biggest loss in bowl history following multiple player opt-outs and transfers. Following this exclusion, the university’s board of trustees initiated legal action against the ACC, challenging the conference’s Grant of Rights.[5] Defensive end Jared Verse would go on to be drafted in the first round of the NFL Draft[6] along with nine other Seminoles selected in the draft,[7] while three others signed as undrafted free agents.
- ^ "FSU's Jordan Travis says college career is over after injury". ABC News. November 20, 2023. Retrieved November 22, 2023.
- ^ "ACC announces Player of the Year, other awards for 2023 season". Saturday Road. December 22, 2023.
- ^ "'Unfathomable': Undefeated FSU left out of CFP". ESPN.com. December 3, 2023. Retrieved December 3, 2023.
- ^ Morse, Ben (December 5, 2023). "Why Florida State was left out of the College Football Playoff and why it's so controversial". CNN. Retrieved December 5, 2023.
- ^ Adelson, Andrea (December 22, 2023). "Florida State suing ACC over grant of rights, withdrawal fee". ESPN.com. Retrieved December 23, 2023.
- ^ "Verse Selected 19th Overall In First Round Of NFL Draft". Florida State Athletic Department. April 26, 2024. Retrieved April 25, 2024.
- ^ "FSU Produces ACC-Best 10 Picks In 2024 NFL Draft". Florida State Athletic Department. April 27, 2024. Retrieved August 24, 2024.