2010 College Football Season Odds – Florida State 40-1 for BCS Title

Last Updated on July 22, 2010 2:00 pm by drew

Florida St. Season Odds

It has been a long time since

Florida
State
has played a football game without Bobby Bowden on the sidelines.

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FSU now turns to Jimbo Fisher to run the show. Fisher has been with the Seminoles for many years and some feel he was the head coach without the title as Bowden got toward the end of his tenure.


Florida
State
is hungry for its first 10-win season since 2003 and it returns nine starters on offense to help the cause, led by Christian Ponder at quarterback. The senior threw for 2,717 yards and 14 touchdowns a year ago.

Ponder returns his entire starting offensive line, his leading rusher, and two of his three leading receivers from last season. Left guard Rodney Hudson was a First Team All-American last season and left tackle Andrew Datko was third team All-ACC.

Jermaine Thomas rushed for 832 yards and nine scores in the backfield in 09 while Bert Reed caught 60 passes for 710 yards and Jarmon Fortson caught 45 passes for 610 yards and four scores.

On defense, FSU has six starters back, three of which come on the front line. The Seminoles had 26 sacks a year ago and defensive line pressure will be key this season as FSU is replacing three starters in its secondary.

Oddsmakers from online sports book Sportsbook.com currently list

Florida
State
as 40/1 to win the 2011 BCS National Championship. The Seminoles are also given 31/10 odds to win the ACC and 5/4 odds to win the ACC Atlantic Division.

Florida State will certainly be a contender in the ACC which earns it a BCS bid, but a tough non-conference slate featuring a home game with BYU and a road game at Oklahoma make it tough for us to see them contending for a national title. FSU should give teams fits with their offense, but a weak secondary will be an issue in a high-scoring ACC conference.

2010 Over/Under Win Total: 7.5

2011 BCS Championship Odds:

Florida
State
Seminoles 40/1

2010 ACC Championship Odds:

Florida
State
Seminoles 31/10

2010 ACC Atlantic Division Championship Odds:

Florida
State
Seminoles 5/4

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Posted: 7/22/10 2:00PM ET