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X-factors: What matchups could decide winner of FSU-Duke

No. 4 Florida State (6-0, 4-0 ACC) is set to take on the No. 16 Duke Blue Devils (5-1, 2-0 ACC) in the Seminoles’ second-ranked matchup of the season.

It’s just the third time ever the two have met as ranked opponents (1994, 2013).

Before FSU takes on Duke in primetime under the lights on Bobby Bowden Field at Doak Campbell Stadium, these three things will likely be the determining factor in the winner of the top-20 ACC clash.

Can Duke’s offensive line limit Florida State’s all-angles pass rush?

Duke’s left tackle Graham Barton looks like a future first-round pick but he and the entire unit haven’t exactly played up to expectations so far.