Florida State is looking to set up a rematch with SEC powerhouse Alabama, according to a report by ESPN.

The report states that FSU and Alabama are working toward a deal to play in Atlanta at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in 2025. The Seminoles and Crimson Tide opened the 2017 season in Atlanta.

A FSU official told the Democrat that a future neutral-site match-up with the Crimson Tide is a possibility.

Alabama won 24-7 and went on to win the National Championship that year. The Seminoles finished the year 7-6 after starting off as the No. 3 team in the country and Jimbo Fisher bolted for Texas A&M before the season was complete.

The two programs have met five times with the first meeting coming in 1965. The Crimson Tide hold a 3-1-1 advantage over the Seminoles with FSU's lone win coming in 2007 in a neutral site game in Jacksonville.

FSU opens the 2019 season in Jacksonville at TIAA bank field against Boise State on Aug. 31 at 7 p.m.

The Seminoles open the 2020 season in Atlanta against West Virginia on Sept. 5. That is the only neutral site game that FSU has scheduled for the future. The Seminoles do have a home-and-home scheduled with Georgia for the 2027-2028 seasons.

Reach Wayne McGahee III at wmcgahee@tallahassee.com.

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