TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (SEMINOLES.COM) — Florida State moved up three spots for the second straight week and is ranked 13th within the fifth College Football Playoff ballot of the season, it was revealed Tuesday night time reside on ESPN.
The Seminoles, who’re 14th within the Associated Press and Coaches polls this week, improved to 9-3 general with a 45-38 win over Florida final Friday. The victory was Florida State’s fifth consecutive win, this system’s longest streak since 2016, and the fifth straight sport scoring at the very least 38 factors, FSU’s longest stretch for the reason that first 11 video games of the 2013 season. The Seminoles swept Miami and Florida in the identical season, scoring 45 in opposition to each for the primary time in program historical past, and claimed their eleventh state championship since 1993.
Florida State is one in every of three groups, together with No. 1 Georgia and No. 6 Alabama, ranked within the top-15 nationally in each yards per play on offense and protection. The Seminoles are tenth nationally with a mean of 6.86 yards gained per play and eleventh with a mean of 4.73 yards allowed per play. FSU can also be one in every of 5 groups ranked within the top-20 in whole protection, scoring protection, whole offense and scoring offense. Florida State ranks 14th within the nation holding opponents to a mean of 307.3 yards per sport, seventeenth permitting 19.7 factors per sport, 14th with a mean of 475.7 yards per sport and 18th scoring a mean of 36.2 factors per sport.
Florida State is first within the ACC and fourth nationally in go protection, holding opponents to a mean of 158.9 yards per sport by way of the air, and in addition are first within the convention and seventh within the nation holding opponents to a mean of 5.9 yards per go try. The Seminoles have rushed for at the very least 200 yards in a school-record-tying seven straight video games, the longest lively streak within the nation and this system’s longest since 1987, and lead the ACC in yards per rush and speeding offense, rating ninth within the nation with a mean of 5.50 yards per rush and twelfth within the nation gaining a mean of 217.8 speeding yards per sport. FSU is one in every of three groups within the nation and the one group within the ACC averaging at the very least 250 passing yards and at the very least 210 speeding yards per sport.
The Seminoles have showcased an explosive and environment friendly offense this season as Florida State leads the nation with 88 performs of at the very least 20 yards and is second nationally with seven landing drives of at the very least 90 yards and with 15 landing drives of 80-plus yards. The Seminoles additionally lead the ACC and rank fourth nationally in third-down proportion, changing 51.9 % of their alternatives, and have scored on 26 of 28 pink zone possessions throughout their present five-game profitable streak whereas rating second within the convention with a 70.5 landing proportion this season within the pink zone.
Florida State will discover out the situation and matchup of their forty ninth bowl look Sunday.