Matchup History: Florida State vs. N.C. State

Photo by Craig Jones/Getty ImagesOutside of their rivals, Florida State’s football program has faced North Carolina State nearly as often as any football team they have played in the eight-decade history of Seminole football. Even after removing the games between the two as ACC Atlantic Division adversaries, N.C. State is still one of FSU’s top five most-scheduled opponents.

Between 1998 and 2017, an unranked N.C. State team knocked off FSU in textbook upset fashion eight different times. Cemented for two decades year-after-year in their roles as perennial top-25 program (Florida State) and consistent bowler and solid adversary (NCSU), the game lent itself to an upset situation nearly every…