The first marquee game of the 2023 college football season takes place on Sunday when the No. 5 LSU Tigers and No. 8 Florida State Seminoles collide in a top-10 matchup at Camping World Stadium in Orlando. The Tigers are coming off a 10-4 season in Brian Kelly's first year as head coach in Baton Rouge. Meanwhile the Seminoles enter Year 4 under coach Mike Norvell with their highest preseason ranking since 2017.

Kickoff is 7:30 p.m. ET. The Tigers are 2-point favorites in the latest LSU vs. Florida State odds, while the over/under for total points scored is 56.5. (See up-to-date odds for every game this week on our college football odds page.)

Before you make any Florida State vs. LSU picks or college football predictions, you need to see what the SportsLine Projection Model has to say.

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The model knows that LSU has a dynamic dual-threat quarterback in Jayden Daniels. A 6-foot-4 senior who transferred from Arizona State before last season, Daniels led the team in both passing (2,913 yards and 17 touchdowns) and rushing (885 yards, 11 TDs) last year. He was one of only two quarterbacks nationally to rush for 800 yards and pass for 2,500 yards.

But the model also has taken into account that Florida State has a Heisman Trophy candidate in quarterback Jordan Travis. A 6-foot-1 senior from West Palm Beach, Fla., Travis was the only player in the country last season to lead his conference in yards per play, yards per pass attempt, yards per completion, pass efficiency rating and fewest interceptions thrown (minimum 200 pass attempts). He is one of four active players nationally with at least 5,500 passing yards and 1,700 rushing yards in his career.

Now, the model has set its sights on LSU vs. Florida State. We can tell you it is leaning Under the total, and it also says one side of the spread hits in over 50% of simulations! You ABSOLUTELY need to see it before locking in any college football picks.

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