It’s a great question. FSU football returns a lot of talent for 2017, but also lost key contributors from last years squad that finished No. 2 in S&P + advanced metrics.
Dalvin Cook, Travis Rudolph, Kermit Whitfield, Bob Wilson are gone and the offense line will have a couple of new faces too.
Bleacherreport.com’s David Kenyon believes the ‘Noles will be one of the top 25 offenses in the nation. However, he doesn’t have them as a top 10 offense, instead listing them at No. 22.
2017 projection: Florida State will lean heavily on underclassmen and 2016 backups at the skill positions, but Francois will command the offense like a veteran.