FSU football: ACC Power Rankings after week 8(2023)

I had FSU football at the top half of my preseason ACC Power Rankings, and so far so good after eight weeks.

FSU football stormed from behind to dominate the No. 16 Duke Blue Devils in the fourth quarter 38-20 to remain unbeaten and the only unbeaten team in the state of Florida.

The biggest news out of the weekend was North Carolina losing against Virginia. Miami defeated Clemson in double overtime, Boston College defeated Georgia Tech, and Wake Forest came from behind to defeat Pittsburgh.

Louisville, Virginia Tech, NC State, and Syracuse were on bye-weeks.

Anyways, here are my updated rankings after week eight:

1. FSU football
2. North Carolina
3. Duke
4. Miami (+2)
5. Louisville
6. Clemson (-2)
7.  Syracuse +1)
8. Virginia Tech (+1)
9. Boston College (+2)
10. Georgia Tech (-3)
11. NC State
12. Wake Forest
13. Virginia (+1)
14. Pittsburgh (-1)

Thoughts

FSU remains atop the ACC standings and will travel to Wake Forest looking to end a losing streak to the Demon Deacons. Syracuse will travel to Virginia Tech for Thursday night action and Thursday nights in Blacksburg always seem to have a good atmosphere. Boston College will host UConn and look to inch closer to bowl eligibility.

NC State will host a reeling Clemson team and Pittsburgh will host Notre Dame. The biggest matchup in week nine will be Duke traveling to play Louisville. The loser of that game will likely be eliminated from having a chance to make the ACC Championship game.

Can Virginia pull off their second shocker this season and upset the Miami Hurricanes? North Carolina will look to keep their ACC Championship chances alive as they travel to play Georgia Tech.

It’s a solid slate of games and FSU fans will have the luxury of watching FSU likely beat the brakes off of Wake Forest and then enjoy whatever other games they want to watch the rest of the day.

The FSU vs. Wake Forest game will be a noon kickoff on ABC.