Florida State is earning national respect from PFSN Insider, who has the Seminoles making the playoff as the No. 8 ranked team and defeating No. 9 ranked Oklahoma.

Think about that. As the higher ranked team, FSU would host the Sooners in Tallahassee.

Pretty cool.

And you may have noticed there’s no Hurricane warning in the forecast either. Do we take that as a positive sign for the Oct. 4 slobber knocker?

You may want to know that their college football bowl projections include a prediction for the entire playoff and bowl game matchups for every postseason tilt, all powered by PFSN’s College Impact metrics and College Football Playoff Meter.

So, their methodology is more scientific than sucking your index finger and holding it in the wind.

“John Mateer vs. Tommy Castellanos would be one of the most entertaining quarterback battles of our college football bowl projections, with the 'Noles being favored by a field goal according to the PFSN College FPM,” PFSN’s Oliver Hodgkinson wrote.

The Seminoles’ reward for beating Oklahoma? They would advance to play No. 1 Ohio State in Columbus, Ohio, so break out the earmuffs and the schnapps.

“The Ohio State Buckeyes were on a bye in Week 4, but nothing we saw from anyone who did play this weekend suggests Ryan Day's team is anything other than the best in the country. They have PFSN's third-ranked defense (95.0, A-) and 12th-ranked offense heading into Week 5. Although Florida State has the second-ranked offense (96.0), the Buckeyes have a 68.8% win probability for this projected matchup, according to PFSN FPM,” Hodgkinson wrote.

PFSN projects No. 1 Ohio State wins and advances to the semifinals at the Peach Bowl to play No. 5 Texas, while No. 2 Oregon plays No. 3 Georgia in the Fiesta Bowl.

The winners of that game will advance to the 2025 National Championship game, which will be played in Miami’s Orange Bowl.

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The Seminoles are also projected to play host to Oklahoma by CBSSports.com.

FSU is slotted to play at Oregon in the CFP by USA Today.

The Seminoles are also projected to host a CFP game by ESPN.com with one writer forecasting Texas and another taking Texas A&M.

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