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Head coach Mike Norvell Year 7 with Florida State

Season Projection · 2026 W0

10,000 sims
6.2
Expected wins
6-6
Proj record
3 to 9
Win range (90%)
#48 (25–75)
Final rank (90%)
1%
Make playoff
2%
Win conference

Path to Glory

Tap a win or a loss on each pivotal game to see how the playoff probability shifts. Leave any game unset to average across both outcomes.

Make the playoff

1%

Baseline projection.

  • at Louisville
    Away · Oct 9
  • at Pittsburgh
    Away · Nov 14
  • at Alabama
    Away · Sep 19
  • vs Virginia
    Home · Oct 3
  • vs SMU
    Home · Sep 7

Pivotal games are the 5 with the largest playoff-probability swing, ranked by the model. Math: chained Bayesian log-odds update from the conditional simulation set; gets the directionally right answer but won't perfectly capture cross-game correlations until the full Monte Carlo pipeline lands.

Returning production · 2026

32 score
  • Quarterback 6% (3/6 )
  • Offensive line 32% (6/19 players)
  • Skill (RB/WR/TE) 60% (11/28 )
  • Front 7 (DL/LB) 55% (13/28 )
  • Secondary 33% (12/19 )
  • Special teams 0% (2/7 )

Share of last season's production each unit returns. Higher means more continuity: 70%+ is healthy, 45–70% a normal rebuild, under 45% a major turnover.

Portal additions · 2026

+1.0 rating

22 proven transfers in, carrying the production below from their prior school.

  • Chris Jones LB ← Southern Miss 166 impact
  • Desirrio Riles TE ← East Carolina 142 impact
  • Nehemiah Chandler DB ← South Alabama 134 impact
  • Quintrevion Wisner RB ← Texas 104 impact
  • Gemari Sands RB ← Florida Atlantic 95 impact
  • Rylan Kennedy DL ← Texas A&M 63 impact

Impact scores offensive skill additions (QB/RB/WR/TE) — prior-season production normalized within position (100 ≈ a 90th-percentile producer at that spot) and discounted for non-FBS competition, so a top back counts alongside a top quarterback. Defensive and O-line additions count as transfers but aren't box-score measurable, so they carry no impact score. The rating figure is this class's portal contribution vs. the FBS average, capped at ±2.5.

Situational efficiency · 2025

FBS percentile rank
  • 3rd-down conversion 45.5% 94th — elite
  • Red-zone TD rate 19.9% 88th — strong
  • 4th-down aggression 50.5% 94th — elite
  • Late & close 5.5 yds/play 61th — average

Percentile is across all FBS teams with play-by-play data for the season. "Late & close" is yards per play in Q4+ with a one-score margin — a proxy for clutch offensive performance.

Schedule

Full 2026 slate. Tap a row for the matchup breakdown.

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