Florida State·ACC

2016 — The Top-10 Year

Florida State finished 2016 inside the final AP top-10. The top-10 is the tier the program calibrates annual expectation against.

Record 10-3
Final result 10-win season Won the Orange Bowl
AP final #10 post-bowls
SP+ +12.8 last-week
Era —
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
W vs Ole Miss 45-34 W vs Char Sou 52-8 L @ Louisv 20-63 W @ Sout Flo 55-35 L vs UNC 35-37 W @ Miami 20-19 W vs Wake For 17-6 L vs Clemson 34-37 W @ NC State 24-20 W vs Bost Col 45-7 W @ Syracuse 45-14 W vs Florida 31-13 W vs Michigan 33-32 Bowl

Who carried it

Season leaders, 2016.

Defining moments
The statement

The 2016 season's largest margin: Florida State 52, Charleston Southern 8. A 44-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The setback

The season's deepest loss: Florida State 20, Louisville 63. A 43-point margin the season is remembered by.

The postseason

The season's last act: Florida State beat Michigan 33-32 in the postseason.

"Unconquered"
— Florida State fanbase voice · 2016· synthesized
What it meant

2016 is a middle chapter for Florida State — neither a crown year nor a crisis. It is the kind of season that fills the ledger between the named ones and gives the arc its shape.