Florida Gators vs. FSU Seminoles: How to watch, channel, streaming

Few people would have predicted this summer for the Florida Gators to have four more wins than archival Florida State entering their matchup in the regular-season finale at Doak Campbell Stadium. But that’s exactly what has transpired.

Both teams started slowly, but while Florida eventually turned things around the Seminoles have been stuck in neutral. And thus, while the Gators are 6-5 and bowl eligible, FSU is only 2-9 in a shocking fall from grace after going 13-1 last season.

For the Seminoles, there is no postseason. So this game essentially will be their Super Bowl. That makes it a potentially dangerous matchup for the Gators, who enter Saturday as double-digit favorites coming off wins in consecutive weeks over ranked teams LSU and Ole Miss.

On paper, Florida looks like the far better team. And, the Gators have played the tougher schedule of the two. Florida has faced six teams in the top 20 of the College Football Playoff Rankings. FSU has played three.

Meanwhile, Florida also has an emerging star at quarterback in freshman DJ Lagway. FSU also is starting a freshman QB (Luke Kromenhoek) but he hasn’t had the same type of success in Year 1. In fact, as a whole the FSU offense is among the worst statistically in the country.

Billy Napier’s Florida program hasn’t been a great road team and that is something of note. All time, the Gators are 14-14-1 at Doak Campbell Stadium but they’re only 1-3 there since 2014.

How to watch the Florida Gators vs the FSU Seminoles

Date: Saturday, Nov. 30
Time: 7 p.m. ET
Location: Doak Campbell Stadium (Approximately 50,000 due to renovations), Tallahassee, Fla.
TV: ESPN2 — Channel (Cox): 27 [HD] — Channel (DirecTV): 200 [HD]
Stream: ESPN2, fuboTV
Radio: SiriusXM Channel: 160 / 192
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Florida-FSU Game Notes

-Florida leads the all-time series with FSU, 37-28-2.
-While the Gators are only 79th in total offense nationally (375.7), FSU is 131st (273.1). And Florida (6.22) averages far more per play than the Seminoles (4.54).
-Defensively, the teams are much more even statistically. FSU is 88th (387.5) with Florida coming in at 104th (406.1). The Gators average 2.73 sacks a game; The Seminoles are at 2.18.
-FSU has rushed for only 980 total yards this season on 2.9 yards per carry.
-Since 2007, only four Florida-FSU games have been decided by single digits — 2014, 2021, 2022 and 2023. The Gators went 1-3 in those games.
-Florida is coming off back-to-back wins over AP Top 25 teams for the first time since 2003.
-Florida is 4-1 with Lagway starting this season. In the lone defeat, to No. 2 Georgia, the Gators led 10-3 when Lagway was injured and lost for the game late in the first half.
-In Florida’s win last weekend over No. 9 Ole Miss, Lagway posted his best rating in SEC play (174.8) to raise his season number to 163.5. That is second in the SEC behind Jaxson Dart of Ole Miss and 10th in the FBS among passers with at least 125 attempts.
-Florida is one of only three teams in the country with two qualified receivers averaging 18.0 yards per catch — Elijhah Badger (fourth, 22.2) and Chimere Dike (22nd, 18.9). Ole Miss and East Carolina are the others.
-Florida’s win over Ole Miss was the Gators’ highest-ranked SEC victory as an unranked team since beating No. 9 Georgia (38-20) on Nov. 1, 2014.
-Right tackle Brandon Crenshaw-Dickson has allowed zero QB hits and only seven pressures in 311 pass block snaps in 2024. His 83.2 pass block grade ranks 20th among FBS offensive tackles.
-Running back Montrell Johnson Jr., a senior, is fifth among active rushers in the SEC with 20 rushing touchdowns since 2022.