There’s never a good time to lay an egg in conference play, but the Seminoles sure did blow a great chance to move back into the top 10. The ’Noles did so by going 0-2 over the last week, with both losses coming to unranked teams (Pittsburgh and Boston College).
Yes, there was significant carnage ahead of Florida State. No. 1 Duke, No. 2 Michigan, and No. 4 Virginia all suffered defeats, but FSU was unlikely to catch any of them in the polls. However, No. 7 Kansas lost to an unranked West Virginia team that was winless in conference play.