FSU football is undefeated against these FBS teams
By Kelvin Hunt
FSU football hasn’t been around for nearly as long as most of the more well-established teams in college football history.
The Noles didn’t consistently field a football team until the late 1940s but didn’t become an established power until Bobby Bowden took over in 1976. Bowden.
FSU has accomplished more in the last 45 years than some teams over the last 100+ years. The FSU football team has played over 75 FBS-level teams, and they are undefeated against 33 of them. But which FBS teams have never beaten the Noles?
It’s impressive FSU has such a high winning percentage, considering they played any and everyone, especially under Bowden.
As of the start of the 2023 season, 34 teams have never beaten FSU, and 15 of them have only had one matchup with the Noles.
The other 19 teams have played FSU at least twice, as many as 21 times.
Which FBS teams have come up winless against FSU football?
Within the Group of Five conferences, there are 22 teams who have never beaten FSU. Here they are in alphabetical order with FSU’s record against each team.
FSU vs…
UAB (3-0)
BYU (4-0)
Cincinnati (6-0)
ECU (7-0)
Louisiana-Lafayette (1-0)
Louisiana Tech (2-0)
Louisiana Monroe (3-0)
UMASS (1-0)
Navy (1-0)
Nevada (1-0)
New Mexico St.
North Texas (2-0)
Northern Illinois (2-0)
Rice (1-0)
Temple (1-0)
Texas St. (1-0)
Toledo (1-0)
Troy (1-0)
Tulsa (5-0)
Utah St. (1-0)
Western Michigan (2-0)
Wichita St. (2-0)
That leaves 11 Power-5 teams who have never beaten the Noles, starting with the Pac-12.