Notre Dame by 26 1/2. Series record: Florida State leads 6-5. The 10th-ranked Fighting Irish also find themselves No. 10 in the first CFP rankings, giving them a potential lane to the expanded 12-team playoff field.

Notre Dame and Florida State won't be a 'Game of the Century' this weekend but we'll always have the '93 thriller.

Notre Dame 's defense has been one of the best in college football this season, if not the best. The group allows 12.1 points per game, 156.1 passing yards per game, and rank No. 8 in the country in total defense. Florida State ranks in the bottom half of college football in most major offense stats.