3 Up, 3 Down: FSU controls its own destiny heading into regular season finale vs. Miami

CORAL GABLES, FL - MARCH 22: FSU outfielder Brody DeLamielleure (23) hits an RBI single in the fourth inning as the Miami Hurricanes faced the Florida State Seminoles on March 22, 2025, at Mark Light Field at Alex Rodriguez Park in Coral Gables, Florida. (Photo by Samuel Lewis/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) | Icon Sportswire via Getty Images There are few words left to describe the job of Link Jarrett and his coaching staff this season. Throughout the year, the discourse around FSU has been about what the Seminoles do not have, yet the group has won seven of its last eight, with everything to play for heading into their final regular-season weekend.

Without one of the best hitters in baseball (and now with D1 Baseball’s top-ranked reliever down with an injury Florida State baseball continues to stack up series wins, and this week, FSU took its first series win at Clemson since 2014 to secure its seventh ACC weekend win of the year for the first time since 2015. While this squad, on paper, isn’t the most talented FSU team in the last 12 years, the Seminoles do just enough things well to make it all work. Florida State’s arms were once again the story against the Tigers, as all three starting pitchers worked into the sixth inning to shorten the game for the back end and keep a streaky Clemson offense at bay.

At the plate, a 1-2-3 that no one would have expected at the beginning of the year delivered throughout the weekend and provided just enough punch to get their team over the line. And now, amazingly, after a couple of results going FSU’s way around college baseball over the weekend, the Noles are up to No. 11 in D1 Baseball’s Top 25 this week, sit seventh in RPI and need just one win against Miami this weekend to secure a double-bye in the ACC tournament.

3 Up No. 1: Top of the lineup It took Link Jarrett almost the entire year to decide what he wanted his top of the lineup to look like, and even with Chase Williams’ return pending, it seems that the three of John Stuetzer, Bryaden Dowd, and Brody DeLamielleure are locked in heading into the final week of the regular season. Each player picked a game to carry the lineup.