Florida State vs. South Florida

Florida State and South Florida have 4 meetings on file, the first in 2009; Florida State leads the series 3–⁠1 in the games on file. Over the last 4 meetings it’s Florida State 3–⁠1, and Florida State has won the last 3.

Florida State wins
3
South Florida wins
1
Ties
0
Earliest on file
2009
Longest streak
3 Florida State
Current streak
3 Florida State
Last 10 meetings
Florida State 3–⁠1
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
2000s0–⁠1
2010s3–⁠0
Average margin
15.8 points; 0 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Florida State
1–⁠1 Florida State’s record at home
At South Florida
0–⁠2 South Florida’s record at home

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 South Florida, 2009 on1300150017002010201520202025

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

Biggest days

Dalvin Cook Florida State30 carries, 266 yards, 3 TD2015 Rushing
Dalvin Cook Florida State28 carries, 267 yards, 2 TD2016 Rushing

Biggest days: the week’s best individual games by our big-days rule, from box scores (2004 on).

Every game

Sep 24, 201613Florida State 55, South Florida 35at South Florida
Sep 12, 201511Florida State 34, South Florida 14at Florida State
Sep 29, 20124Florida State 30, South Florida 17at South Florida
Sep 26, 2009South Florida 17, 18Florida State 7at Florida State

Every game is listed as played on the field.