Where is Florida State ranked in ESPN's SP+?
ESPN publishes a statistic called SP+, and the Florida State Seminoles are ranked highly, despite back-to-back losing seasons.
Florida State is looking to bounce back after back-to-back disappointing seasons where the Seminoles went 2-10 and 5-7, respectively, in 2024 and 2025. While the national media isn't labeling this team as national title contenders, they still do have some statistics that back up the potential of 2026 being a good year. One of them is SP+ from ESPN.
Bill Connelly at the entertainment giant explained in his most recent piece that SP+ is "a tempo- and opponent-adjusted measure of college football efficiency. It is a predictive measure of the most sustainable and predictable aspects of football, not a résumé ranking. " With this in mind, the Seminoles have ranked out in the preseason as the No.
35 team out of 138. (Yes, we are now up to 138 - hello and welcome, Sacramento State and North Dakota State! ).
Offensively, the Seminoles are ranked at No. 45 overall with a score of 29. 7, and defensively, they are ranked at No.