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Florida State Football: Ranking 2018 opponents by difficulty

By Connor Muldowney

CLEMSON, SC - NOVEMBER 11: Cam Akers #3 of the Florida State Seminoles runs with the ball against the defense of the Clemson Tigers during their game at Memorial Stadium on November 11, 2017 in Clemson, South Carolina. (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images)
CLEMSON, SC - NOVEMBER 11: Cam Akers #3 of the Florida State Seminoles runs with the ball against the defense of the Clemson Tigers during their game at Memorial Stadium on November 11, 2017 in Clemson, South Carolina. (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images) /
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DETROIT, MI – DECEMBER 26: Marcus Childers #15 of the Northern Illinois Huskies throws a first half pass while playing the Duke Blue Devils during the Quick Lane Bowl at Ford Field on December 26, 2017 in Detroit Michigan. (Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images)
DETROIT, MI – DECEMBER 26: Marcus Childers #15 of the Northern Illinois Huskies throws a first half pass while playing the Duke Blue Devils during the Quick Lane Bowl at Ford Field on December 26, 2017 in Detroit Michigan. (Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images) /

Hosting Northern Illinois in Week 4 will break up three ACC road games, starting with Syracuse the week before and being followed up by Louisville and Miami, respectively.

This will be a nice change of pace from the tough ACC schedule though the Huskies did finish with eight wins a season ago. They return eight starters to the offensive side of the ball which ranked fourth in the MAC in scoring and just ninth in total yardage per game.

Sophomore quarterback Marcus Childers is back after passing for 1,674 yards and 16 touchdowns last season as a freshman. Two of his leading receivers, Spencer Tears and D.J. Brown, are also back to five the offense a boost after averaging less than 200 yards per game through the air.

Childers is the lead returning rusher, putting up over 470 yards and five touchdowns on the ground last season but his running back will be first-year starting junior Marcus Jones who had 350 yards and three scores on 4.2 yards per touch.

Defensively, the Huskies bring back six starters to a unit that ranked No. 1 in the MAC in scoring and total yardage allowed, so this could give the Seminoles a slight test.

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