Florida State (3-3, 1-2 ACC) will look to pull off a monumental upset tonight, facing off against the No. 3 Miami Hurricanes (5-0, 3-0 ACC) inside Hard Rock Stadium.
The Seminoles are coming off a 44-20 loss at Louisville, while the Hurricanes are coming off a bye after a 41-13 win at Clemson.
On paper, the gap is wide. Miami leads the nation in both scoring offense (49.6 points per game) and scoring defense (9.8 points allowed per game), while FSU ranks 62nd in scoring (31.0) and 85th in points allowed (25.3). The Hurricanes run for 220 yards per game at 6.2 yards per carry, and quarterback Darian Mensah has thrown for 1,438 yards, 15 touchdowns and zero interceptions while completing 84% of his passes. Ashton Daniels, meanwhile, has thrown for 1,320 yards with eight touchdowns and seven interceptions, adding 323 rushing yards and 10 scores on the ground, while Ousmane Kromah leads the Seminoles with 565 rushing yards and five touchdowns.
Defensively, Miami allows just 42.6 rushing yards per game and 1.8 yards per carry (both tops in the country) and has given up only one rushing touchdown all season. The Seminoles are allowing 165.5 rushing yards (102nd) and 245 passing yards per game (114th), and are coming off a game in which Louisville ran for 379 yards. FSU’s offensive line has allowed 16 sacks and ranks 132nd nationally in pressure rate allowed, going up against a Miami front that ranks 12th in pressure rate. One bright spot: FSU’s defense has 18 sacks, ninth-most in the country.
Ahead of the matchup, FSU released its uniform combination — gold helmets with white jerseys and gold pants:
Florida State vs. Miami kicks off at 7 p.m. ET on ESPN. The spread in the game has shifted to 19.5 points in Miami’s favor, down from 21.5, according to FanDuel.
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