Wayne E McGahee III

Democrat staff writer

Florida State played one of the toughest schedules in the country in 2016, and it won't get any easier in 2017.

The Seminoles out of conference schedule starts with a bang. They open the season against Alabama in Atlanta, Georgia to start things off with a battle of two likely Top-5 teams.

FSU has Louisiana Monroe the weekend following the Alabama game and will close the home schedule with Delaware State before ending the season in Gainesville against Florida.

FSU will play ACC opponents Louisville, Miami, N.C. State, and Syracuse at home while traveling to Boston College, Clemson, Duke, and Wake Forest.