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Thursday:
No. 16 Florida State (6-1, 4-0 ACC) at North Carolina State (5-2, 2-1), 7:30 p.m. ET (ESPN)
Series Record: Florida State leads 21-9.
Last Meeting: 2009, Florida State 45-42.
WHAT’S AT STAKE
Control of the Atlantic Division race, for both teams. The Seminoles are the only team in that division with a spotless ACC record, and would take a critical step toward locking up a spot in the league title game with a win. N.C. State wants to show that its loss at East Carolina two weeks ago was a fluke and that it should be taken seriously in its pursuit of its first division crown.
KEY MATCHUP
Florida State QB Christian Ponder vs. N.C. State’s defense. Ponder seemingly has always enjoyed facing the Wolfpack, completing 68 percent of his passes in winning both of his starts against them. But he’s been bothered lately by a ruptured bursa in his throwing elbow, and N.C. State’s improved defense wants to show it’s better against the pass than it was two weeks ago, when it allowed East Carolina to throw for 376 yards and two scores in an upset loss.
PLAYERS TO WATCH
Florida State: WR Bert Reed has scored go-ahead touchdowns in each of the last two meetings with N.C. State, catching a scoring pass in 2008 in Raleigh and taking a reverse 3 yards for the winning TD in the final minutes last year.
N.C. State: QB Russell Wilson leads the ACC in yards passing and total offense, but the NCAA record-holder for most consecutive passes thrown without an interception has been picked off eight times in his last three games.
FACTS & FIGURES
Each of the Seminoles’ previous three visits to Raleigh also were Thursday night games, with those games decided by an average of 6.7 points. Only one of the past eight meetings has been decided by more than 10 points: Florida State’s 27-10 win in 2007. … The Seminoles have the ACC’s top scoring defense, while the Wolfpack are tops in passing and total offense.
No. 16 Florida State (6-1, 4-0 ACC) at North Carolina State (5-2, 2-1), 7:30 p.m. ET (ESPN)
Series Record: Florida State leads 21-9.
Last Meeting: 2009, Florida State 45-42.
WHAT’S AT STAKE
Control of the Atlantic Division race, for both teams. The Seminoles are the only team in that division with a spotless ACC record, and would take a critical step toward locking up a spot in the league title game with a win. N.C. State wants to show that its loss at East Carolina two weeks ago was a fluke and that it should be taken seriously in its pursuit of its first division crown.
KEY MATCHUP
Florida State QB Christian Ponder vs. N.C. State’s defense. Ponder seemingly has always enjoyed facing the Wolfpack, completing 68 percent of his passes in winning both of his starts against them. But he’s been bothered lately by a ruptured bursa in his throwing elbow, and N.C. State’s improved defense wants to show it’s better against the pass than it was two weeks ago, when it allowed East Carolina to throw for 376 yards and two scores in an upset loss.
PLAYERS TO WATCH
Florida State: WR Bert Reed has scored go-ahead touchdowns in each of the last two meetings with N.C. State, catching a scoring pass in 2008 in Raleigh and taking a reverse 3 yards for the winning TD in the final minutes last year.
N.C. State: QB Russell Wilson leads the ACC in yards passing and total offense, but the NCAA record-holder for most consecutive passes thrown without an interception has been picked off eight times in his last three games.
FACTS & FIGURES
Each of the Seminoles’ previous three visits to Raleigh also were Thursday night games, with those games decided by an average of 6.7 points. Only one of the past eight meetings has been decided by more than 10 points: Florida State’s 27-10 win in 2007. … The Seminoles have the ACC’s top scoring defense, while the Wolfpack are tops in passing and total offense.
