FSU football: 7 major advantages Noles have over Miami
By Kelvin Hunt
Strength of Schedule
FSU football opened its 2023 season with two teams ranked inside the top 10 preseason in its first four games. Southern Mississippi and Boston College were the other two opponents, and the latter is already bowl-eligible.
Three of those four teams will likely make a bowl, and Miami’s first four games are the exact opposite. Miami’s first four games consisted of Miami (Ohio), Texas A&M, Bethune-Cookman, and Temple. Only one of those teams is a Power-5 team(A&M), and they already have four losses.
Miami had a tough two game stretch with Clemson (at home) and North Carolina(on the road). The other teams on their schedule rank No. 48 (NC State), No. 51 (Georgia Tech), and No. 79 (Virginia), according to FEI metrics.
Miami’s offense looked good to the eye-test early in the year until you realized they played a bunch of bad teams. Defensively, Miami has faced two top 20 offenses, and both have scored 30+ points against them.
Miami’s offense ranks No. 60 according to FEI metrics. Miami has not scored more than 23 points in regulation (non-garbage time) since they began conference play. In other words, they are better than last year, but the early schedule was fool’s gold.