Tonight, the Florida State Seminoles kick off their 80th football season by hosting the New Mexico State Aggies (CUSA) in a Week 0 matchup between two teams and their respective head coaches with identical 7-17 records over the past two seasons.
Kickoff from Doak Campbell Stadium is scheduled for 7:00 p.m., and the game will be televised on the CW network and streamed by ESPN.
FSU and New Mexico State are meeting for only the second time, with the Seminoles shutting out the Aggies 36-0 in their previous meeting during the 1964 season.
Embattled FSU Coach Mike Norvell, who in his 7th year has resumed calling the offense plays, is expected to rely on a run-heavy game plan by controlling the line of scrimmage and the clock against the Aggies’ undersized defensive line, with all 4 of their starters coming in listed under 300 pounds (DEs 255 and 240, DTs 280 and 295).
Florida State is trending as a 31.5-point favorite, with the over/under around 53 points.
For all the latest updates and more game news and information, check out all the Tomahawk Nation Pre-Game Coverage linked below.
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- Please move to the Florida State vs New Mexico State game thread 10 MINUTES BEFORE KICKOFF
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- Depth Chart: FSU not planning to release depth charts this season, Norvell says
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- Media Monday: Head coach Mike Norvell previews season opener: “Our first opportunity to put on display the 2026 Florida State football team”
- Column: 2026 will be a referendum on Florida State’s spending strategy
- Positions: 2026 FSU football position previews
- Florida State football roundtable: Seven big questions heading into the 2026 season
- Schedule: 2026 FSU football schedule previews
- Betting: 2026 ACC Championship odds, dark horse, and projections
- Mike Norvell’s FSU salary, buyout info
- Saturday, August 29th
- 7:00 p.m. ET
- Channel: The CW
- Stream: WatchESPN/ESPN App
- Seminoles Radio Network
- FSU Broadcast: : Ch. 117 or 194/SXM App
- ~ -31.5, Florida State
- ~ 52.5 points
via FSU Sports Info
- Florida State will open its 80th football season against New Mexico State on Saturday night. The teams have faced off just once before in football, with the Seminoles blanking the Aggies 36-0 in 1964. The win was the third of three consecutive shutouts to begin the season for the 1964 team.
- FSU is 56-23 (.709) all-time in season openers and 60-19 (.759) all-time in home openers.
- Florida State is led by preseason All-American wide receiver Duce Robinson. The FSU legacy led the ACC last regular season with 1,081 receiving yards, the most for a Seminole since 2019. A first-team All-ACC selection and third-team All-American in 2025, Robinson ranked 11th nationally in receiving yards, led all P4 receivers with five 120-yard receiving games and was 2nd in the ACC with 21.15 yards per reception, behind only teammate Micahi Danzy.
- Robinson enters the year on the Maxwell Award, Biletnikoff Award, Walter Camp Player of the Year Award and Wuerffel Trophy watch lists, is FSU’s nominee for the Good Works Team and is a preseason first team All-American by multiple outlets. In 2025, Robinson was a first-team Academic All-American, the first at Florida State since 2012. The social studies major graduated in summer 2026.
- In his first season as a wide receiver, Danzy led the country with six 50-yard plays in 2025. He joined 2026 College Football Hall of Fame inductee Peter Warrick as the only FSU wide receivers with at least three rushing and three receiving touchdowns in a season.
- A member of Florida State’s track and field team, Danzy helped lead the Florida State Men’s Indoor Track & Field team to the 2026 ACC Championship in February, the Noles’ first indoor track and field title since 2019.
- Defensive lineman Mandrell Desir returns after an All-American season as a true freshman. The Miami native earned True Freshman All-American honors by On3 after recording 30 tackles, 7.5 tackles for loss with 6.5 sacks, one forced fumble and one pass breakup. His sacks total was the 3rd-most in FSU history for a true freshman.
- Florida State’s 109-player roster includes 62 newcomers – 35 freshmen, 23 four-year transfers and 4 JuCo transfers.
- FSU’s NCAA transfer class has played 592 career games with 283 starts, completed 62.1 percent of its passes for 12,553 yards and 78 touchdowns, rushed 1,055 times for 3,927 yards and 32 rushing touchdowns, caught 157 passes for 1,203 yards and six touchdowns and started 117 games on the offensive line. Defensively, 15 players have combined for 536 tackles, 44.0 tackles for loss, 14.5 sacks, 27 pass breakups with nine interceptions, seven forced fumbles and five fumble recoveries. Specialists account for 45 punts for 1,994 yards, with 15 punts inside the 20-yard line; 22 made field goals on 25 attempts; and 135 kickoffs with 56 touchbacks.
- All five of Florida State’s offensive line transfers have started at least 10 games in their careers, led by Bowling Green transfer Nate Pabst (38) and Auburn’s Xavier Chaplin (37). Bradyn Joiner (17), Chimdia Nwaiwu (13) and Paul Bowling (12) round out the offensive line transfers.
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