Florida State football had a season to forget in 2025, where they finished with a 5-7 record. This is not what the Seminole faithful wanted to see after they had a disaster in 2024 with the 2-10 record.
Florida State is used to competing for national championships and is a place that the legendary head football coach Bobby Bowden built. It should not be dismissed that Mike Norvell had two tremendous seasons in 2022 and 2023, but that feels like a lifetime ago.
When the Seminoles defeated the Alabama Crimson Tide in the season opener by a score of 31-17, some individuals thought the program could be a College Football Playoff contender.