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Predictions for the Florida State football team's wins and losses for the 2026 season, plus a deeper dive into the Seminoles' early season game against SMU

Florida State officials have been working behind the scenes to get changes made to the proposed Protect College Sports Act, and on Friday, they took their concerns to a more public stage.

After breaking down all of Ashton Daniels' plays in his Auburn career -- check out the links below to see those breakdowns -- here are two facts and two questions that will determine what type of year Daniels is going to have at Florida State.

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At long last, college football is making its return this weekend. A handful of games will take place on Saturday as part of Week 0, including a standalone matchup in Ireland to kick off the 2026 season. North Carolina will take on TCU in Dublin as the first FBS game of the 2026 college football season. From there, two more games will take place in the late-afternoon window, including NC State vs. Virginia in an early ACC showdown.

The FSU football team opens its season on Saturday vs. Conference USA program New Mexico State inside Doak Campbell Stadium. Warchant staff members discuss the leading storylines heading into the opener, assess the Aggies and make score predictions. Saturday’s game will be televised on the CW network at 7 p.m. ET. *** 75% off an annual membership to Warchant.com and On3! *** FSU began preseason camp on July 29 in the leadup to game week preparations for week 0.

The ACC has formally joined the rest of the Power Four conferences in taking direct action to put a stop to the latest eligibility controversy in college football. The ACC’s prohibition follows similar bans from the Big Ten, Big 12, SEC, and Notre Dame restricting former professional athletes who have moved on to the NFL and NBA from returning to play college football and basketball at a league school.

Florida State football season kicks off this Saturday night against New Mexico State, and that means it's time to convene the Warchant Roundtable for a discussion about the 2026 Seminoles.

Paul Finebaum predicted Mike Norvell would have the hottest seat in college football and even hotter than his ACC counterpart Bill Belichick! There’s a lot of discussion about the North Carolina head coach being out of college football after just two years, maybe less. But Finebaum turned the focus back on Norvell, who enters Year 7 at Florida State. The Seminoles were snubbed, fair or not, from the CFP in 2023.