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Mike Norvell — Florida State, December 2019
Florida State 2020–The Memphis coach who rebuilt FSU to 13-1 — and then watched the snub-and-collapse of the next year's season.
Year-3: 10-3 · Year-4: 13-1 (snubbed CFP) · Year-5: 2-10
Norvell took the Florida State job in December 2019 and spent three years rebuilding the post-Fisher wreckage (3-6 in 2020, 5-7 in 2021, 10-3 in 2022). Year four (13-1 in 2023, the most-criticized CFP snub of the four-team era) was the coronation that wasn't; year five (2-10 in 2024, the largest year-over-year win-total drop in FBS history) was the collapse. The rank reflects the 2020-2023 build more than the 2024 implosion; the 2025 season will determine whether the ranking holds.
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