After bumping up the Seminoles to third-best odds to win the ACC (+650), FanDuel has listed early odds for FSU’s games against Clemson and Miami, with the Seminoles currently underdogs both vs. the Hurricanes (-3.5) and the Tigers (-7.5). Miami takes on USF this weekend while Clemson travels to Georgia Tech.
FSU is on its first bye week of the season, but head coach Mike Norvell isn’t letting up off his message of daily improvement:
Loucks and his Florida State Seminoles will play 17 home games including ACC contests at the Donald L. Tucker against Duke, NC State, Wake Forest and Miami as the first-year head coach released the Seminoles’ entire 2025-26 schedule. The Seminoles will play eight non-conference and nine ACC home games as Loucks begins his first season against Alcorn State on Nov. 4 at home. The Seminoles being their nine-game ACC home schedule against Duke (Jan. 3).
The Seminoles will play exhibition games against Alabama in Birmingham (Oct. 16) and against Florida A&M at the Tucker Center (Oct. 26).
Florida State’s ACC schedule at the Tucker Center also includes Cal (Jan. 27-28), Stanford (Jan. 31), Virginia (Feb. 10-11), and Boston College (Feb. 17-18). As second-year members of the ACC, Stanford and Cal will play in Tallahassee for the first time.
Florida State begins its ACC schedule at North Carolina (Dec. 30 or 31) and will play conference road games at Syracuse (Jan. 13-14), at Miami (Jan. 20-21), at SMU (Jan. 14), at Notre Dame (Feb. 7), at Virginia Tech (Feb. 14), at Clemson (Feb. 21), at Georgia Tech (Feb. 28), and at Pittsburgh (March 3-4).
Florida State’s mid-week conference games are currently listed with two dates (Tuesday or Wednesday) and are awaiting final designations for television. The Seminoles’ ACC games scheduled for Saturday throughout the season will be played on those specified dates (both home and away).
Florida State begins its regular season against Alcorn State and Alabama State (Nov. 7) at home before traveling to play their annual game against Florida (Nov. 11). The Seminoles’ slate of non-conference home schedule games includes against UT Martin (Nov. 18), Georgia Southern (Nov. 21), Cal State Bakersfield (Nov. 25), Georgia in the ACC/SEC Challenge (Dec. 2), Mississippi Valley State (Dec. 19), and Jacksonville (Dec. 22).
The Seminoles will face three of the four 2025 NCAA Tournament Final Four teams on Loucks’ first Florida State schedule. Florida State faces Florida (in Gainesville), Duke (Jan. 3 in Tallahassee), and Houston (Dec. 6, in Houston) away from Tallahassee.
Florida State will also play a game in four different cities throughout the state of Florida – in Tallahassee (for its entire home schedule), in Gainesville (Florida), in Tampa (Texas A&M, Nov. 28 in the Battle in the Bay), and in Sunrise (UMass, Dec. 13, in the Orange Bowl Classic).
Additional information was released about FSU’s neutral site matchup vs. Texas A&M, another example of the competitive “anytime, anywhere” standard that Loucks is trying to establish in Tallahassee:
The “Black Friday” game is the first meeting between the two teams on the basketball court since the Seminoles took a 57-50 win over the Aggies during the 2011 NCAA Tournament. The Seminoles hold a 3-1 advantage in the series against Texas A&M which began in 1956.
Broadcast information and game time for the Battle in the Bay will be released at a later date.
The addition of Texas A&M to Florida State’s schedule gives the Seminoles three opponents from the SEC – at Florida (Nov 11), Texas A&M in the Battle for the Bay (Nov. 28), and Georgia in the ACC/SEC Challenge in Tallahassee (Dec. 2).
“We’re working tirelessly to build a championship-caliber program for our great Florida State fans,” said Seminole head coach Luke Loucks. “Every game we play against a quality opponent helps us grow and become a better basketball team. Playing Texas A&M is great for us in so many ways. They were ranked in the top-15 nationally, were a No. 4 seed in last year’s NCAA Tournament, and finished fifth in the SEC — making this matchup a powerful test for us.”
The Seminoles’ game against Texas A&M marks the first time Florida State will play in Tampa since defeating Tulane, 72-53, on December 17, 2017. The ACC Tournament was played in Tampa in 2007.
“Playing in Tampa gives us the chance to showcase our team in one of Florida’s largest cities, home to a vibrant community of Seminole supporters. This game strengthens our program and provides our players with valuable experience as we prepare for the rest of our non-conference slate and the upcoming ACC schedule.”
FSU men and women’s golf are both competing at the Folds of Honor Collegiate, with sophomore Sophia Fullbrook carded a 71 and is in a tie for sixth place in the individual standing and Jake Whaley sitting tied for 25th. Both No. 16 Florida State women’s golf and No. 9 Florida State men’s golf sit in sixth place in the team standings:
The No. 16 Seminoles have two players – Fullbrook (tied for sixth) and Alexandra Gazzoli (tied for 15th) – in the top 15 of the individual standings after the first two rounds of play.
Fullbrook began her second round of play with a birdie on her first hole and stayed hot throughout the afternoon. She totaled four birdies on her first 15 holes and finished with a 1 under par score of 71. With her birdie on her first hole, Fullbrook was under par during the entirety of the second round.
Fullbrook has a two round total of 145 with scores of 74-71 in the first two rounds of the championship.
Gazzoli carded a 75 in the second round and has a two round total of 149. The sophomore finished her second round on fire with two birdies on her final four holes – 2 under par – to finish with her second consecutive score of 75 or better.
Freshman Haley Davis played the best round of her young career as she carded an even par score of 72. She carded three birdies including two on the front nine and made the turn at 2 under par. Davis completed her round at even par over her final seven holes to finish with the second-best score of the day for the Seminoles.
For the No. 9 men’s squad, Jack Bigham and Carson Brewer each contributed rounds of 73 on Tuesday, carding three birdies each. Bigham is in leads the Noles in the standings in 17th at 3-over, 145 while Brewer is tied with Whaley at 4-over after matching his round of 73.
Patrick McCann shot 74 in the second round, matching his score from Monday. He is six-over, 148 for the tournament and tied for 36th.
Florida State volleyball (3-1) is on the road for a series of SEC matchups, taking on Oklahoma (4-1) today and Auburn (4-1) on Friday:
Oklahoma is 4-1 with wins over Missouri State, Incarnate Word, Abilene Christian and Cal Poly with its one loss coming to Tulsa. Oklahoma finished 15-11 and advanced to the Second Round of the NCAA Tournament.
Auburn also is 4-1 with its lone loss coming at No. 4 Louisville in the season opener. The Tigers have rattled off four-straight wins over Morehead State, St. John’s, Troy and Jackson State. The Tigers have dropped just one set in their four wins.
Braman becomes the third Seminole in program history to be inducted into the Hall of Fame, alongside former head coach Gary Winckler in 2009 and special inductee Mike Long.
Braman spent 21 seasons as head coach for Florida State, a tenure that ranks second in Seminole track and field history.
Braman created a championship legacy highlighted by three NCAA men’s outdoor national titles (2006, 2007, and 2008) and an ACC-record 33 conference titles (25 men’s and 8 women’s). The 2010-11 John McDonnell Award Winner as the nation’s top coach, Braman’s tenure as head coach saw FSU emerge as one of the nation’s most consistent national contenders as his teams earned a combined 20 Top 10 NCAA Championship finishes. At the conference level, Braman’s unmatched success included 13 men’s outdoor team titles, 12 men’s indoor titles, four women’s outdoor titles, and four women’s indoor championships.
Individually, Braman’s impressive stable of elite performers includes two Bowerman Award Winners – Trey Cunnigham (2022) and Ngoni Makusha (2011) – and Adrian Wildschutt’s runner-up finish at the 2020 NCAA Cross Country Championships is the highest finish ever by a Seminole. Overall, Braman’s student-athletes earned 40 individual NCAA national titles and 428 All-American honors.
Over the course of his career, Braman earned a combined total of 50 national, regional and conference Coach of the Year honors, including three consecutive USTFCCCA National of the Year honors (2006-08) for outdoor track and field. On the conference level, Braman was named ACC Coach of the Year 28 times, and he earned 19 South Region COY honors.
Braman’s stature as one of the top distance coaches in the nation is borne out by the success of FSU’s cross country program during his tenure. Over the last 24 years, FSU’s men’s team have made 15 NCAA appearances, highlighted by a runner-up finish in 2010 and a fifth-place showing in 2012. He led FSU’s women’s cross country team to their first three NCAA national championship appearances (2002, 2003 and 2006). FSU won the ACC triple crown in 2008-09 and 2013-14, sweeping the conference’s cross country, indoor and outdoor team titles. FSU also has earned five NCAA South Region cross country team titles under Braman’s leadership.
