Florida State missed an opportunity to build momentum Monday night, falling 27-24 to SMU in its ACC opener. Now, Mike Norvell and the Seminoles will have their

He was FSU's second commitment on Tuesday, with fellow left-handed pitcher Sid Goecke committing earlier. FSU now has three commitments in the 2028 cycle, with infielder Alex Rodriguez rounding out the class. All three are from Florida as Link Jarrett prioritizes in-state talent.

Norvell would be owed approximately $46.7 million due to the buyout terms in his contract, which the Tallahassee Democrat has obtained, and that would be the third-largest payout in college football history. It trails only Jimbo Fisher at Texas A&M and Brian Kelly at LSU.

With Doak’s game clock defunct, ESPN peeled off one of its scorebug operators to shadow the officials, starting and stopping the on-screen time by hand, second by second. Commercial breaks became recalibration windows to check the official time and nudge the homemade version back into sync.

A transformer short caused a two-hour delay at the Florida State Seminoles football and SMU game, forcing teams to play without key technology.

At the start of the fall 2026 semester, FSU students in introductory chemistry courses noticed their required course content was voiced over by an AI-lecturer.

Florida State dropped to No. 37 in ESPN’s latest FPI rankings after its 27-24 loss to SMU. They have fallen in the rankings in consecutive weeks.