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Under the direction of newly named interim head coach Rick Stockstill, the Florida State Seminole football program will try to do what it hasn’t done in 3 years: win a regular-season road game away from Doak Campbell.
The Seminoles (3-5, 1-4 ACC) and the Boston College Eagles (4-4, 2-3 ACC) will meet at Alumni Stadium in Chestnut Hill, Mass., today at noon, and the ACCN will televise the game.
This will be the 23rd meeting between the teams, with Florida State (3-5, 1-4 ACC) leading the all-time series
16-6, including winning the last three games at Alumni Stadium and with a 9-3 record in games played there.
Florida State is currently trending as a 5.5-point favorite with the over/under set at 52.5 points, according to FanDuel.
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Florida State Seminoles vs. Boston College
Pre-Game Coverage from Tomahawk Nation
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- Injury Report: FSU vs. Boston College availability report: Seminoles to be without 2 defensive linemen, starting running back questionable
- Snap Counts: FSU’s offensive and defensive snap counts from the Clemson collapse
- How To Watch: Florida State Seminoles vs. Boston College: How to watch, stream, odds
- Coaching staff: FSU to add Paul Pasqualoni to staff as defensive analyst next week
- How To Watch: Florida State Seminoles vs. Boston College: How to watch, stream, odds
- Media: Rick Stockstill: “It’s going to be a street fight” against Boston College
- Media Monday: FSU interim head coach Rick Stockstill: “Don’t give up, stay loyal to Florida State”
- Florida State names Rick Stockstill interim head coach
- Florida State names Ernie Sims as interim defensive coordinator
- FSU President Richard McCullough, interim athletic director Bruce Warwick address firing of Mike Norvell: “Today is about a new beginning for Florida State football”
- Roster: FSU receiver Duce Robinson out for rest of season
- Column: The snub broke Mike Norvell; FSU now must hope it didn’t break the football program
- Column: In an era full of bad plays, Clemson’s backbreaking fourth-quarter touchdown defines Mike Norvell’s tenure
- “We want to go broaden the net and get more people involved”: Inside Seminole Boosters’ plan to rebuild and expand FSU’s donor base
- Florida State fires safeties coach Evan Cooper
- Florida State fires defensive coordinator Tony White
- FSU fires head coach Mike Norvell
- Florida State Coaching Hot Board 1.0
Florida State Seminoles vs. Boston College: How to watch, stream, odds
Date
- Saturday, November 7th
Time
- 12:00 p.m. ET
Watch/Stream
- Channel: ACCN
- Stream: WatchESPN | ESPN App
Listen
- Seminoles Radio Network
- FSU Broadcast: Ch. 258 | SXM App
Spread
- -5.5, Florida State
Over/Under
- 52.5 points
FSU vs. Boston College: Game notes
- Florida State visits Boston College Saturday at 12:00 p.m. on ACC Network. FSU is 16-6 all-time against the Eagles, including a 9-3 record and three consecutive wins at Alumni Stadium.
- Leading Florida State is interim head coach Rick Stockstill. Stockstill, a Florida State Athletics Hall of Fame quarterback, was elevated to the head role on Sunday. He previously was the head coach at Middle Tennessee State from 2006-23, where he was a three-time conference Coach of the Year and led the Blue Raiders to 10 bowl appearances and the first ranked win in program history.
- Other changes to the coaching staff include the elevation of linebackers coach Ernie Sims to interim defensive coordinator. Offensive coordinator Tim Harris Jr. will now be the playcaller and Greg Moss will lead the safeties.
- Quarterback Ashton Daniels ranks 2nd nationally with 15.50 yards per completion and ranks 6th with 26 touchdowns accounted for. He is the only quarterback with 12 passing and 12 rushing touchdowns and is one of two P4 quarterbacks with a 70-yard run and pass this season.
- Daniels accounted for five touchdowns at No. 3 Miami, including a career-high four passing scores. Daniels previously set the FSU single-game record with five rushing touchdowns vs. Virginia.
- Daniels’ 12 rushing touchdowns are the most in a season for an FSU quarterback and rank 6th overall in FBS this season. He has accounted for multiple touchdowns in all eight games this year, and his six games with at least one passing and one rushing score are tied for 1st in the nation.
- Daniels rushed for two touchdowns, threw two touchdowns and ran for a two-point conversion at No. 10 Alabama, one of two players in FBS in 2026 with multiple rushing and passing touchdowns and a two-point conversion. He is one of just three players since 1995 to have those numbers in a road game against a Power 4 opponent.
- Florida State is one of six schools that has three 400-yard receivers this season. William V. Campbell Trophy Finalist Duce Robinson leads FSU with 24 catches for 438 yards and four touchdowns, while Micahi Danzy has 23 catches for 401 yards and three touchdowns and Jayvan Boggs has 21 receptions, 415 yards and one score.
- Florida State has had a player score multiple touchdowns in six of eight games this year: Ousmane Kromah vs. Central Arkansas (2 rushing), Daniels vs. Virginia (5 rushing) and at Alabama (2 rushing), Samuel Singleton Jr. vs. New Mexico State (1 rushing, 1 receiving), Micahi Danzy at Louisville (2 receiving) and Robinson at Miami (2 receiving).
- Defensive lineman Rylan Kennedy ranks 20th in sacks and 23rd in tackles for loss this season, leading FSU in both. He has at least 1.0 TFL in five consecutive games.
- The Seminoles rank 5th in the ACC and 15th in the country with an average of 2.88 sacks per game. FSU had a season-high seven pass breakups last week against Clemson.
- Kicker Gabe Paniowski is 22-for-22 on field goal attempts in his NCAA career, including 7-for-7 this season. He is the only active qualified kicker (min. 15 attempts) in any NCAA division that is perfect in his career, and his 22 consecutive made field goals at the NCAA level is the 2nd-longest active streak. FSU has made 190 consecutive PATs dating back to 2022.
