Quick slant: FSU center Luke Petitbon transferred from Wake Forest after coach Dave Clawson retired. Petitbon has started FSU’s seven games and has been praised by coaches as a leader. Wake has won three of the last four games vs. FSU, including victories in 2021 and ’22. FSU won the matchup in 2023 at Winston-Salem, 41-16.

As it rides a four-game losing streak that dropped it from the top 10 of the US LBM Coaches Poll to sweating over bowl eligibility, Florida State will be on bye during Week 9 of the season, with no game scheduled for this weekend.

But now that the college football regular season is just over halfway finished, Florida State's biggest surprise this year was perhaps its biggest weakness during the 2024 season (and there were a lot of weaknesses last year). Despite being 3-4, the Seminoles possess the second-best offense in the country in terms of total offense.

The FSU game will be Clemson’s second to last home game of 2025 and the end of a three-game homestand (SMU, Duke, FSU). The Tigers’ final home game and designated senior day is Nov. 22 against FCS Furman.

The FSU Seminoles football game against Clemson on the road will be a night game on Nov. 8 on one of three networks: ESPN, ESPN2 or the ACC Network.

With Luke Loucks entering his first season coaching FSU men's hoops, here are some must-see games for this coming season.

Florida State needs to come out with some sense of urgency in this matchup. With that said, here are five reasons why FSU will beat Wake Forest. Wake Forest has fumbled nine times while losing five of them, and their quarterbacks have combined for six interceptions. It would behoove FSU to test their ball security in this one.

Usually, bye weeks are supposed to be the eye of a stormy season, a calmness in the center of chaos. For Florida State, however, its second open date of the year became the eye wall. Last Monday, athletic director Michael Alford released a statement saying he believes in head coach Mike Norvell but will reevaluate

Mike Norvell confirms that Florida State football linebacker Stefon Thompson will be out for the Stanford game due to an injury.

As per the ACC’s new policy requiring weekly injury reports, Florida State and Wake Forest on Thursday evening released the names of their players who are dealing with health concerns leading up to Saturday night’s game.