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Season wrap: Florida State growing pains should facilitate 2016 run

This is what rebuilding seasons at Florida State now look like under Jimbo Fisher: 10 wins, a major bowl, two losses to teams with a single-digit ranking and a top-10 defense.

A national title in 2013 set up a playoff bid in 2014, reintroducing the Seminoles into the elite tier of programs. The challenge in 2015 was whether Florida State established itself among the programs immune to down seasons. Without Jameis Winston, would Fisher be able to keep the Seminoles near the top of the polls?

Out-of-character turnovers and atypical defensive breakdowns sank the Seminoles in the Chick Fil-A Peach Bowl against No.