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Florida State

ACC · 1-1 (0-1 ACC) · power +16.0 · #52
Our side · spreadALA -18.5 our number ALA -22.0 · 3.5 pts from the market our number starts from the opening line and is corrected +2.5 for this matchup by our data on both teams

Alabama

SEC · 2-0 (1-0 SEC) · power +33.7 · #4
Our side
SpreadALA -18.5 ours ALA -22.0
TotalOver 50.5 ours 50.7
MoneylineALA to win ours 86% · book 89%
Distance from the market 3.5 pts / +0.2 total a caution, not a signal
Projected score 14–36 FSU – ALA
2026-09-19 · 3:30 PM Bryant-Denny Stadium · Tuscaloosa, AL Early season

The books 4 account books · tap any price — the ticket builds at that book

Book FSU spreadALA spread OverUnder FSU winALA win FSU TT overFSU TT under ALA TT overALA TT under
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Ours vs the market

SpreadAlabama -22.0
the marketAlabama -18.5
Total50.7
the market50.5
Alabama win86% vs 89%

Both percentages are Alabama’s chance to win — ours, then the book’s with the vig removed, medianed across the books we track.

What the gap has been worth 10,740 games · 2016–2025

0–3 pts52.0%
3–750.2%
7–1449.3%
14+46.8%

How often the side we favoured covered, by how far our number sat from the market’s. Break-even at −110 is 52.4% — no bucket reaches it, and the rate falls as we disagree more. The further we sit from the market, the worse we have done.

Series Alabama lead 3–2–1 · 6 meetings since 1965
2025 unit ranks — last completed season, from games actually played
Run game edge Florida State Seminoles 76 ranks
Florida State Seminoles #21 rush offense Alabama Crimson Tide #97 run defense
Pass game even 3 ranks apart
Florida State Seminoles #32 pass offense Alabama Crimson Tide #29 pass defense
Run game edge Florida State Seminoles 106 ranks
Alabama Crimson Tide #213 rush offense Florida State Seminoles #107 run defense
Pass game even 20 ranks apart
Alabama Crimson Tide #49 pass offense Florida State Seminoles #69 pass defense
Florida State Seminoles Run-heavy · 60% run Avg pace Dual-threat QB · 46 rush ypg Alabama Crimson Tide Balanced · 48% run Ball-control
Mike Norvell · 76-50 Kalen DeBoer · 57-17

Ranked by team-unit strength (rush & pass offense vs. run & pass defense) across all 265 D1 teams, not by individual players. Identity, tempo and unit strength are measured from the 2025 season.

The evidence 2025 production and power ratings · supporting the number above

Who carried each team in 2025
Florida State Seminoles
DB Ashlynd Barker 15 tkl · 1 PD · 1 INT #32 DB
RB Ousmane Kromah 231 rush yds · 2 TD · 2 rec #31 RB
RB Samuel Singleton Jr. 66 rush yds · 1 TD · 6 rec #36 RB
LB Chris Jones 15 tkl · 1.0 TFL #77 LB
Alabama Crimson Tide
K Conor Talty 5 FG · 10 XP · 25 pts #2 K
LB Yhonzae Pierre 4 tkl · 1.0 sacks · 1.0 TFL #30 LB
LB Luke Metz 10 tkl #35 LB
RB Daniel Hill 151 rush yds · 3 TD · 4 rec #29 RB

Top-rated players from last season, ranked within their position across D1. A grade measures what a player produced, and no 2026 game has been played yet — so this is who produced for these programs in 2025, not a claim about who is on the field this year.

Power breakdown
TeamPowerOffDefRank
Florida State SeminolesACC +16.0 +7.0 +9.0 #52
Alabama Crimson TideSEC +33.7 +18.9 +14.9 #4

Def is higher = better. The projection assumes a 2.4-pt home edge (0 at neutral sites).

Where the number comes from
Florida State offense vs Alabama defense-7.9 pts
Alabama offense vs Florida State defense+9.9 pts
Rest · context onlyAway team on 5 more days rest

An efficiency adjustment from season-to-date EPA and success rate applies once teams have played enough games; before then it is 0 and the number is the power rating alone.

Situational spots are shown for context, not baked in: travel, altitude and rest were tested against 6,000+ games and the power and efficiency ratings already account for them. Adding them again would double-count.