Opportunity to Find Success Early
FSU opens the 2025 schedule at home against an Alabama team that won't look like the Alabama teams Nick Saban trotted out there. They will have a new quarterback and will be on the road as -7.5 betting favorites.
It would be great if FSU could pull off the upset, but they don't have to win that game, but they need to be competitive. The next three games should be winnable, with a bye-week thrown in for good measure.
Those games and the bye week will be great for a team with new coordinators on both sides.
It'll give FSU a chance to build some confidence and work out some kinks before hosting Miami in early October. It'll be the earliest FSU has faced Miami since the 2008 season, and they get an extra day of rest with Miami coming off of a bye week after playing Florida in the previous week. Miami will open agaisnt Notre Dame and play Florida in its fourth game. If they lose those two games, it's possible that team could fold like they usually do when they don't have early success.