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FSU football is back, with the Seminoles ready to open the season tonight against the New Mexico State Aggies as they look to rebound from two straight losing seasons.
Florida State will be rolling out a first-year starter at quarterback for the third year in a row, entrusting transfer Ashton Daniels with an offense that features one of the best receivers in the country in Duce Robinson.
Ahead of the matchup, FSU announced its uniform combination for its season opener — gold helmets, garnet jerseys
and garnet pants.
Florida State vs. New Mexico State kicks off tonight at 7 p.m. ET, with the game set to be broadcast on The CW.
Florida State Seminoles vs. New Mexico State Aggies: How to watch, stream, odds
Date
- Saturday, August 29th
Time
- 7:00 p.m. ET
Watch/Stream
- Channel: The CW
- Stream: WatchESPN/ESPN App
Listen
- Seminoles Radio Network
- FSU Broadcast: : Ch. 117 or 194/SXM App
Spread
- 31.5, Florida State
Over/Under
- 52.5 points
- ~ 52.5 points
FSU vs. New Mexico State Aggies: Game notes
via FSU Sports Info
- Florida State will open its 80th football season against New Mexico State on Saturday night. The teams have faced off just once before in football, with the Seminoles blanking the Aggies 36-0 in 1964. The win was the third of three consecutive shutouts to begin the season for the 1964 team.
- FSU is 56-23 (.709) all-time in season openers and 60-19 (.759) all-time in home openers.
- Florida State is led by preseason All-American wide receiver Duce Robinson. The FSU legacy led the ACC last regular season with 1,081 receiving yards, the most for a Seminole since 2019. A first-team All-ACC selection and third-team All-American in 2025, Robinson ranked 11th nationally in receiving yards, led all P4 receivers with five 120-yard receiving games and was 2nd in the ACC with 21.15 yards per reception, behind only teammate Micahi Danzy.
- Robinson enters the year on the Maxwell Award, Biletnikoff Award, Walter Camp Player of the Year Award and Wuerffel Trophy watch lists, is FSU’s nominee for the Good Works Team and is a preseason first team All-American by multiple outlets. In 2025, Robinson was a first-team Academic All-American, the first at Florida State since 2012. The social studies major graduated in summer 2026.
- In his first season as a wide receiver, Danzy led the country with six 50-yard plays in 2025. He joined 2026 College Football Hall of Fame inductee Peter Warrick as the only FSU wide receivers with at least three rushing and three receiving touchdowns in a season.
- A member of Florida State’s track and field team, Danzy helped lead the Florida State Men’s Indoor Track & Field team to the 2026 ACC Championship in February, the Noles’ first indoor track and field title since 2019.
- Defensive lineman Mandrell Desir returns after an All-American season as a true freshman. The Miami native earned True Freshman All-American honors by On3 after recording 30 tackles, 7.5 tackles for loss with 6.5 sacks, one forced fumble and one pass breakup. His sacks total was the 3rd-most in FSU history for a true freshman.
- Florida State’s 109-player roster includes 62 newcomers – 35 freshmen, 23 four-year transfers and 4 JuCo transfers.
- FSU’s NCAA transfer class has played 592 career games with 283 starts, completed 62.1 percent of its passes for 12,553 yards and 78 touchdowns, rushed 1,055 times for 3,927 yards and 32 rushing touchdowns, caught 157 passes for 1,203 yards and six touchdowns and started 117 games on the offensive line. Defensively, 15 players have combined for 536 tackles, 44.0 tackles for loss, 14.5 sacks, 27 pass breakups with nine interceptions, seven forced fumbles and five fumble recoveries. Specialists account for 45 punts for 1,994 yards, with 15 punts inside the 20-yard line; 22 made field goals on 25 attempts; and 135 kickoffs with 56 touchbacks.
- All five of Florida State’s offensive line transfers have started at least 10 games in their careers, led by Bowling Green transfer Nate Pabst (38) and Auburn’s Xavier Chaplin (37). Bradyn Joiner (17), Chimdia Nwaiwu (13) and Paul Bowling (12) round out the offensive line transfers.
