In the first 13 seasons that FSU football played in the Atlantic Coast Conference, the Seminoles never finished lower than second in the league and brought home the championship 11 times. Since the conference broke into two divisions for the start of the 2005 season, it has been a much different story for the Noles.
In the 14 seasons since the breakup into the Atlantic (home of the Seminoles) and Coastal divisions, Florida State has won just three championships and finished either first or second a total of eight times during that span – with the last time being a second place finish behind Clemson during the 2015 season.