Our side
MoneylineFSU to win
ours 60%
Projected score
25–26
NCSU – FSU
2026-11-21 · kickoff TBD
Doak Campbell Stadium · Tallahassee, FL
ACC game
Early season
The books
No book has priced this game. Nothing to compare, and no ticket to build.
Series
Florida State lead
27–17
· 44 meetings since 1952
2025 unit ranks —
last completed season, from games actually played
Run game
edge NC State Wolfpack
75 ranks
NC State Wolfpack #32 rush offense
Florida State Seminoles #107 run defense
Pass game
even
13 ranks apart
NC State Wolfpack #56 pass offense
Florida State Seminoles #69 pass defense
Run game
edge Florida State Seminoles
105 ranks
Florida State Seminoles #21 rush offense
NC State Wolfpack #126 run defense
Pass game
edge Florida State Seminoles
107 ranks
Florida State Seminoles #32 pass offense
NC State Wolfpack #139 pass defense
NC State Wolfpack
Balanced · 51% run
Ball-control
Florida State Seminoles
Run-heavy · 60% run
Avg pace
Dual-threat QB · 46 rush ypg
Dave Doeren · 84-56 · offense-minded
Mike Norvell · 76-50
Ranked by team-unit strength
(rush & pass offense vs. run & pass defense) across all 265
D1 teams, not by individual players. Identity, tempo and unit strength are measured from the
2025 season.
The evidence 2025 production and power ratings · supporting the number above
Who carried each team in 2025
NC State Wolfpack
LB
Popo Aguirre
21 tkl
#147 LB
TE
Preston Douglas
5 rec · 71 yds · 1 TD
#52 TE
RB
Jayden Scott
148 rush yds · 2 TD
#149 RB
DB
Ronnie Royal III
9 tkl · 1 PD
#499 DB
Florida State Seminoles
DB
Ashlynd Barker
15 tkl · 1 PD · 1 INT
#32 DB
RB
Ousmane Kromah
231 rush yds · 2 TD · 2 rec
#31 RB
RB
Samuel Singleton Jr.
66 rush yds · 1 TD · 6 rec
#36 RB
LB
Chris Jones
15 tkl · 1.0 TFL
#77 LB
Top-rated players from last season, ranked within their
position across D1. A grade measures what a player produced, and no
2026 game has been played yet — so this is who produced for
these programs in 2025, not a claim about who is on the field this year.
Power breakdown
Def is higher = better. The projection assumes a 2.4-pt home edge (0 at neutral sites).
Where the number comes from
NC State offense vs Florida State defense+0.2 pts
Florida State offense vs NC State defense+2.4 pts
Travel · context onlyAway team travels 492 mi
An efficiency adjustment from season-to-date EPA and success rate applies once teams have
played enough games; before then it is 0 and the number is the power rating alone.
Situational spots are shown for context, not baked in: travel, altitude and rest
were tested against 6,000+ games and the power and efficiency ratings already account for them.
Adding them again would double-count.