Florida State is placed at number 7 in CBSSports’ preseason ACC Rankings.
If the coaching changes and transfer portal additions hit, Florida State could be as high as No. 4 or No. 5 in this ranking with a chance to cause problems for the teams at the top. But there are too many uncertainties in Tallahassee to even give Mike Norvell, who has been successful getting the Seminoles back on track before, the benefit of the doubt. Offensive coordinator Gus Malzahn and transfer quarterback Thomas Castellanos is an apparent fit, but the biggest boost might come from new defensive coordinator Tony White getting the defense to play to its talent level consistently.