Here are five quick thoughts in looking at the 2019 Florida State football schedule (here): The opponents that FSU will face in 2019 Florida State's 2019 schedule, which is headlined by a trip to the reigning National Champions, Clemson, has 12 opponents that went a combined 95-58 last season. Here is a look at their individual records during the 2018 season: Boise State - 10-3 (Finished No. 23 in AP Top 25) UL Monroe - 6-6 Virginia - 8-5 Louisville - 2-10 NC State - 9-4 Clemson - 15-0 (Finished No. 1 in AP Top 25) Wake Forest - 7-6 Syracuse - 10-3 (Finished No. 15 in AP Top 25) Miami - 7-6 Boston College - 7-5 Alabama State - 4-7 Florida - 10-3 (Finished tied for No. 7 in AP Top 25) Obviously how a team does one season isn't a great indicator of how they will do the following season. Louisville and Miami will be guided by new coaches. NC State and Syracuse are replacing long-time, dependable quarterbacks. A school like Boston College was hampered by injuries to key players in 2018. So in other words, just because a team was one thing in 2018 doesn't guarantee they will be the same thing in 2019. Home schedule underwhelms With Florida State opening in Jacksonville, Fla. at TIAA Bank Stadium against Boise State, they will be away from Doak Campbell for their season opener for the fifth time in the past seven seasons. When they do open at home, with UL Monroe the following week, it will kick off a home slate that lacks a marquee game. The Seminoles do host in-state rival Miami, on Nov. 2nd, but neither of those teams set the world on fire last season. They will also host NC State, in late September, in their next most marketable ACC contest. Other home games include Louisville, who is fresh off a dreadful season, Syracuse, who will be breaking in a new quarterback, and Alabama State, an FCS opponent before an open date. Toughest stretch tough to pin down Florida State's toughest stretch is truthfully tough to pin down in 2019. In 2018, it was clear that their game with Clemson sandwiched by a pair of tough road games was going to be a proving ground for that team entering the season. In 2019, there isn't a stretch you can look at and say the same about. NC State and Clemson are their best back-to-back opponents, but between the time the Seminoles host the Wolfpack and then prepare to travel to face Clemson, they get an open date to prepare for the defending National Champions. More: FSU’s series history with each team on 2019 schedule Rare visit to Charlottesville Florida State and Virginia will meet for the 19th time in their series history in 2019. The series, which began in 1992, saw the two teams meet every season from 1992 to 2006, but since that time it has been a rare occurrence for them to square off. They met in 2010 and 2011 and then again in 2014. This season's game, at Scott Stadium in Charlottesville, Va., will mark the first time FSU has traveled to face the Cavaliers since 2010 and just the second time since the 2005 season. The 2019 season will mark the fourth for the Cavaliers under the guidance of Bronco Mendenhall. They have improved in each of his first three seasons, making back-to-back bowls over the past two seasons. FSU and Mendenhall have met two times before with him as the head coach of a team as FSU defeated his BYU teams in 2009 and 2010. Two open weeks and more notes The best part of FSU's schedule is the fact that they get an open week before Clemson and immediately after NC State, and again immediately before Florida late in the season. As Willie Taggart and company look to turn things around in Tallahassee, the scheduled byes come at opportune times for the Seminoles. The first bye comes after five games and before the most difficult game on the schedule, at Clemson. It also comes immediately after their game with NC State. The second bye comes at the tail end of the season, but before the top rival on FSU's schedule, Florida. Here are some notes from the ACC on the overall league schedule: - ACC teams will play more games (20) against Power 5 competition (including Notre Dame) than any of their peers. - ACC teams will play more games against non-conference teams (16) ranked in last year’s final Associated Press Top 25 than any other Power 5 conference. - ACC teams will play 26 games against non-conference opponents that participated in bowl games last season, the highest total among Power 5 conferences. - ACC teams will play 11 non-conference games against teams in ESPN’s 2019 Way-Too-Early Top 25, which is the most among their peers.<doc-sep>Follow KDKA-TV: Facebook | Twitter PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The Pitt Panthers have released their 2019 football schedule. The Panthers will play 12 games featuring 11 teams who made it to the postseason in 2018. The Panthers will host seven games at Heinz Field next season. They start the season off at home on Aug. 31 against the Virginia Cavaliers, then host the Ohio Bobcats on Sept. 7. Notable matchups include a showdown with Penn State at Beaver Stadium on Sept. 14, and Miami comes to town on Oct. 26. There will be a Thursday night primetime game featuring the Panthers and North Carolina on Nov. 14. Here is the full schedule: Aug. 31: Virginia Sept. 7: Ohio Sept. 14: at Penn State Sept. 21: UCF Sept. 28: Delaware Oct. 5: at Duke Oct. 18 (Fri.): at Syracuse Oct. 26: Miami Nov. 2: at Georgia Tech Nov. 14 (Thurs. ): North Carolina Nov. 23: at Virginia Tech Nov. 30: Boston College For more information on the schedule, visit the Pitt Panthers’ website here.<doc-sep>
Clemson announced their entire 2019 college football schedule today. The defending champs already had 5 games confirmed after the announcement of the season opener against Georgia Tech, but now the Tigers filled out the schedule with the remaining ACC games. Highlights for the defending champs include opening at home on Thursday night against Georgia Tech on the brand new ACC Network. For Clemson fans a Thursday night game sucks, especially on a network we don’t know if we will easily be able to get. But being the premier ACC program means you have to be the face of the program sometimes. Clemson’s first cupcake comes in week 4 after an opening stretch of Georgia Tech, Texas A&M, and traveling to Syracuse. From there the Tigers get their first of 2 byes on the season before hosting Florida State. The Tigers final bye comes the weekend before Thanksgiving and the annual matchup against South Carolina. This schedule sets up about as well as it can. Georgia Tech on a Thursday is unfortunate, but coming as the season opener it eliminates the problems a team normally faces with a short prep week. And really after Texas A&M and Syracuse there isn’t a tough stretch for Clemson, and unless Florida State is able to put things together there doesn’t appear to be anyone that can really challenge the Tigers. The full schedule is below. AUG. 29 (THURS.) : GEORGIA TECH SEPT. 7: TEXAS A&M SEPT. 14: AT SYRACUSE SEPT. 21: CHARLOTTE SEPT. 28: AT NORTH CAROLINA OCT. 5: BYE OCT. 12: FLORIDA STATE OCT. 19: AT LOUISVILLE OCT. 26: BOSTON COLLEGE NOV. 2: WOFFORD NOV. 9: AT NC STATE NOV. 16 : WAKE FOREST NOV 23: BYE NOV. 30: AT SOUTH CAROLINA