TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- The season opener is less than a week away, which means it’s time to reintroduce Florida State fans to FPI!
Now hold on before finding the nearest Appaloosa horse to start racing toward Orlando, Florida. The Seminoles are FPI’s No. 1 team heading into this season.
That’s in large part due to an offense the metric believes will be the best in the country. That projection comes even with a brand new, redshirt freshman quarterback in Deondre Francois, because nearly every other starter on the offense returns. Talent and experience around a young quarterback is what has led six first-year starting quarterbacks to win national championships since 2009, Seminoles coach Jimbo Fisher posited before camp.