Virginia at Florida State
TALLAHASSEE (Interstat) — Virginia will be the visiting team and Florida State will be the home team on Saturday in an NCAA Football Bowl Division game at Doak Campbell Stadium in Tallahassee, Fla. The Cavaliers enter with a 3-1 record, while the Seminoles are 2-2.
Virginia’s most recent result was a 42-3 home win over Delaware on Saturday. Beau Pribula, the Cavaliers’ quarterback and a player to watch, completed 24 of 28 passes for 279 yards and four touchdowns and ran nine times for 24 yards and a touchdown in that victory. Eli Holstein also passed for 153 yards and a touchdown, and Cole Geer added 5 passing yards and 10 rushing yards. Earlier this season, Pribula passed for 197 yards and two touchdowns in a 38-27 loss to West Virginia and threw for 162 yards and three touchdowns in a 59-3 win over Norfolk State. Virginia also owns a 34-8 win over North Carolina State and opened the season with that victory. The Cavaliers’ other loss came against West Virginia.
Florida State’s most recent result was a 34-7 home win over Central Arkansas on Saturday. Ashton Daniels, the Seminoles’ quarterback and a player to watch, completed 12 of 18 passes for 224 yards and two touchdowns and ran for 34 yards in that game. Kevin Sperry added 14 passing yards, and Ousmane Kromah ran 11 times for 86 yards and caught one pass for 19 yards with two touchdowns. Daniels completed 17 of 29 passes for 377 yards and two touchdowns and ran for 7 yards in a 50-36 loss at Alabama. The Seminoles also dropped a 27-24 home decision to SMU and opened with a 34-17 win over New Mexico State.
Virginia will next host Syracuse, then visit SMU, then host Duke and then visit Wake Forest. Virginia’s upcoming schedule also includes California at Virginia, North Carolina at Virginia and Virginia at Virginia Tech. Florida State will next visit Louisville, then visit Miami (FL), then host Clemson and then visit Boston College. Florida State’s upcoming schedule also includes Florida State at Pittsburgh, North Carolina State at Florida State and Florida at Florida State.
Virginia has scored 34, 59, 27 and 42 points in its four games. Florida State has scored 34, 24, 36 and 34 points. The Cavaliers have allowed 8, 3, 38 and 3 points this season. The Seminoles have allowed 17, 27, 50 and 7 points this season.
Interstat’s game simulator projects Virginia 34, Florida State 30. Florida State has been installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of -2.5. The over/under is 51.5.