Florida State·ACC

2023 — The Top-10 Year

Florida State finished 2023 inside the final AP top-10. The top-10 is the tier the program calibrates annual expectation against.

Record 13-1
Final result 13-win season Lost the Orange Bowl
AP final #4 post-bowls
SP+ +7.9 last-week
Era —
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
W vs LSU 45-24 W vs Sout Mis 66-13 W @ Bost Col 31-29 W @ Clemson 31-24 W vs Virg Tec 39-17 W vs Syracuse 41-3 W vs Duke 38-20 W @ Wake For 41-16 W @ Pittsb 24-7 W vs Miami 27-20 W vs Nort Ala 58-13 W @ Florida 24-15 W vs Louisv 16-6 L vs Georgia 3-63 Bowl

Who carried it

Season leaders, 2023.

Defining moments
The statement

The 2023 season's largest margin: Florida State 66, Southern Miss 13. A 53-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The setback

The season's deepest loss: Florida State 3, Georgia 63. A 60-point margin the season is remembered by.

The postseason

The season's last act: Florida State fell to Georgia 3-63 in the postseason.

"Unconquered"
— Florida State fanbase voice · 2023· synthesized
What it meant

2023 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.