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Welcome back: Florida State football ranked No. 8 in first AP Poll of 2023 season

ehsan kassim, tallahassee democrat
·2 min read

Welcome back to the national stage, Florida State football.

The Seminoles are the No. 8 team according to the first Associated Press Top 25 poll of the 2023 season.

FSU, coming off a 10-3 season and a Cheez-It Bowl victory over Oklahoma was also No. 8 in the USA Today Coaches Poll released last week. It finished as the No. 11 team in the final AP Top 25.

The Seminoles start their season with a top-10 matchup against No. 5 LSU on Sept. 3 at Camping World Stadium in Orlando.

They will quickly find out if they are a viable College Football Playoff contender with a second top-10 matchup, this one on the road against No. 9 Clemson on Sept. 23 at Memorial Stadium in Clemson, S.C.

The last time FSU was ranked in a preseason AP Poll was in the 2018 preseason when it ranked No. 19. This year's preseason ranking is the highest since the Seminoles were ranked No. 3 in 2017.

Two-time defending champion Georgia No. 1 to start the season.

Look at some AP ballots

Here's a look at some ballots from voters.

Action Networt's Brett McMurphy is very high on the Seminoles. Last week he tweeted he placed FSU in the top 3 in his poll, behind only Georgia and Michigan.

Matt Baker of the Tampa Bay Times placed the Seminoles at No. 8 in his poll.

Bob Asmussen of the News-Gazette (Champaign, Il.) placed FSU No. 7 in his preseason ballot.

Dave Briggs, of the Toledo Blade, placed FSU at No. 10 in his ballot.

AP Top 25 Poll

  1. Georgia (6)

  2. Michigan (2)

  3. Ohio State (1)

  4. Alabama

  5. LSU

  6. USC

  7. Penn State

  8. Florida State

  9. Clemson

  10. Washington

  11. Texas

  12. Tennessee

  13. Notre Dame

  14. Utah

  15. Oregon

  16. Kansas State

  17. TCU

  18. Oregon State

  19. Wisconsin

  20. Oklahoma

  21. North Carolina

  22. Ole Miss

  23. Texas A&M

  24. Tulane

  25. Iowa

OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES: Texas Tech 101, South Carolina 73, UCLA 66, UTSA 64, Arkansas 22, Boise St. 17, Pittsburgh 16, Kentucky 14, Louisville 10, Troy 10, Kansas 10, Auburn 7, Minnesota 6, Toledo 4, Duke 4, Mississippi St. 4, Florida 4, Illinois 3, Baylor 3, Coastal Carolina 3, South Alabama 1, NC State 1, James Madison 1, Liberty 1.

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