The college football schedule is ready to get started on Saturday and one of the top games on the calendar is a matchup of two top 25 teams as the Maryland Terrapins will be travelling to play the Florida State Seminoles in an ACC conference matchup at Doak Campbell Stadium at 12 pm noon on ESPN.
Florida State comes into the game at 4-0 and the team has already won two ACC conference games heading into the Maryland matchup, while the Terrapins are playing their first ACC game on Saturday on the road. The game will be broadcast on ESPN at 12 pm and it comes after the Seminoles defeated Boston College 48-34 last week in a very nice road performance. The team is coming off four straight games of scoring 41 or more points, including the 62 they put up against Nevada.
The game against Maryland is the first of three home games in four weeks, with the road game coming at Clemson, which will be one of the best matchups of the ACC season since both teams are currently ranked in the top 10, with the Tigers in the top five. Clemson hosted College GameDay this season and after that Florida State will play against NC State and now number 14 Miami at home before hitting the road again to play Wake Forest.
The Seminoles have a tough stretch at the end of the season with home games against Syracuse and Idaho and then the team will play against number 18 Florida on the road in the Swamp for the final matchup of the season and that could be a huge game with national implications. The Seminoles have been playing very well with Jameis Winston at quarterback and the team is ranked third in the nation in scoring with over 50 points per game and are ranked 17th in defensive scoring with just 15 points per game. The team has been excellent on offense, averaging over
Maryland comes into the game as one of the surprise teams in the ACC after being ranked 25th in the nation and the team comes in with one of the best defenses in the conference. The team has won four straight games while scoring over 30 points in each contest and the team is coming off of a dominating 37-0 victory over West Virginia. The team won on the road against Connecticut and will play its second road game against the Seminoles.
The team is ranked third in the nation in scoring defense, allowing just 10 points per game through four weeks and now they will have their hands full with the Seminoles. The team will play at home against Virginia and then on the road against Wake Forest before a huge game against Clemson at home. The Tigers are looking like a national championship team and that game will be a tough test, then the team plays home against Syracuse before finishing with two of three road games, playing at Virginia Tech and home against Boston College before travelling to play NC State.
Check here for the coverage of the game for a live stream from ESPN.
