Penalties are an aspect of the game that can derail a team in key situations, and it’s an area that has seen improvement in each year over the past several years under Mike Norvell. As bad as the 2024 team was, they only averaged 5.6 penalties per game, which was an improvement over 2023 (6.1), which was better than 2022 (6.7), which was better than 2021 (6.8).
It’s a small sample size, but FSU has only averaged 3.5 penalties per game through two games in 2025. They had four against Alabama in the season opener and three against East Texas A&M last week.