Florida State vs. Michigan

Florida State and Michigan have 3 meetings on file, the first in 1986; Florida State leads the series 2–⁠1 in the games on file. Over the last 3 meetings it’s Florida State 2–⁠1, and Florida State has won the last 2.

Florida State wins
2
Michigan wins
1
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1986
Longest streak
2 Florida State
Current streak
2 Florida State
Last 10 meetings
Florida State 2–⁠1
Most recent
2016

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1980s0–⁠1
1990s1–⁠0
2010s1–⁠0
Both ranked
3 meetings: Florida State 2, Michigan 1; 2 both in the top 10
Average margin
7.7 points; 2 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Michigan
1–⁠1 Michigan’s record at home
Neutral sites
1–⁠0 Florida State first

Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Florida State and Michigan, 1986 on130015001700190019901995200020052010201520202025

Our Elo rating at the end of each season, a measure of how strong a team was, not a forecast; 1500 is an average FBS team.

Stars of the series

Named most valuable

Dalvin Cook2016

Most valuable: as the games’ Wikipedia articles name them (CC BY-SA).

Every game

Dec 30, 201610Florida State 33, 6Michigan 32Hard Rock StadiumOrange Bowl
Sep 28, 19911Florida State 51, 3Michigan 31at Michigan
Sep 27, 19865Michigan 20, 20Florida State 18at Michigan

Every game is listed as played on the field.