Linebacker Noah LaVallee was added to FSU’s out list, bringing the total to 11. Quindarrius Jones and Caleb LaVallee remain probable.

The good part: Ashlynd Barker, Chris Jones, K.J. Kirkland, Donny Hiebert and TE Xavier Tiller were all removed from the report entirely, so they’re good to go.

Warchant reports Darryll Desir is believed to be dealing with an illness, and freshmen Izayia Williams and Daylen Green are lost for the year.

Virginia’s list got longer. RB Peyton Lewis and OL Grant Ellinger moved from questionable to out, and DE Devon Baxter is doubtful. With DT Jason Hammond already out, ChopChat argues the obvious plan is to lean on Ousmane Kromah and Tre Wisner against a thinned-out front.

Per ChopChat, there’s a 65% chance of showers and thunderstorms, with a storm expected to move through around 3 p.m. That could push back the 3:30 kickoff.

TV: ESPN2, with Jay Alter, Tom Luginbill and Lauren Sisler. Odds: FanDuel has Virginia -2.5 (FSU +122 on the moneyline), with a total of 51.5.

Trey Rowland (Virginia 34-27) summed up the matchup as Virginia’s run game against “FSU’s 1200 thread count soft run defense.” His deciding factor: which quarterback plays cleaner.

Chris Nee (Virginia 31-28) sees openings: a heavy Kromah workload, Duce in one-on-ones, and UVA safety Ethan Minter as “a player that can be attacked on the seam.”

Kevin Little (Virginia 38-31) wasn’t impressed by UVA’s win over NC State: “my middle school flag football team could look good against a Dave Doeren offense.”

The believers: Adam Brown (FSU 34-27) and Kolby Crawford (FSU 27-23), who went with vibes. “Slang that thing, Ashton.”

Ira Schoffel (FSU 28-27) and Matt LaSerre (FSU 28-24) are the lone FSU picks. Gene Williams has the boldest call at Virginia 45-27. NoleGameday picked Virginia 31-23.

Warchant’s matchup grades give Virginia the edge in both run-vs-run and pass-vs-pass defense, call FSU’s passing game vs. UVA’s secondary even, and give FSU the advantage on the ground and on special teams, where Gabe Panikowski is a perfect 5-for-5 on field goals and Virginia’s Will Bettridge has missed twice from inside 40.

Virginia’s defensive backs coach had Donavon Platt, who covered Duce Robinson last year, brief the room on him. Platt: “He has good speed. It can be deceptive at times because he is a long strider… just not being lulled to sleep.”

Corner Omillio Agard: “He moves like he’s smaller. He uses his body well. He’s good at back shoulders, and he can take the top off as well.”

DC John Rudzinski, on Agard’s assignment: “This week he’s going to face somebody that’s giant. He’s going to face the giant. He’s got to find a way.”

Per Wahoos247’s Jacquie Franciulli, Virginia plays man coverage at the 13th-highest rate in the country and ranks eighth in pressure rate while blitzing rarely. She expects Rudzinski to give his corners some help on Duce without abandoning man.

Agard also noticed FSU’s depth: “I’m going to have to guard Danzy a little bit different than I’m going to have to guard Duce, and I’m going to have to guard 15 a little bit different.” On Ashton Daniels: “He can roll out and throw a 50-yard, 60-yard bomb.”

CBS puts Norvell’s buyout at $46.7 million.

The bigger number: CBS estimates FSU’s roster budget at $23 million to $30 million, roughly half of Miami’s, which it places in the upper $40 millions. It reports the department underestimated rival spending and overestimated NCAA enforcement.

After the firing of AD Michael Alford, CBS says board of trustees chairman Peter Collins has become more involved in athletics decisions.

According to CBS, former players have been lobbying FSU officials on behalf of Jimbo Fisher, with the pitch that he’d take less than the $10 million-plus market rate and free up money for assistants and the roster.

CBS also stressed that Norvell’s fate isn’t a foregone conclusion, and that the next few weeks will shape it. CBS’ coaching hot seat list has him “heating up.”

Former FSU QB Danny Kanell told The Osceola these are among “the worst vibes since I’ve been here as a player,” and that coaching every week thinking “if I don’t win this game, I’m gonna get fired” affects the players too. He still thinks eight wins should be the expectation.

2027 commits expected include Top247 WR Sean Green, S Za’Kari Johnson, WR Majay Thompson, edge Anthony Cavallaro and S Jemari Foreman. Warchant says blue-chip safety Ta’Shawn Poole will be there too.

ChopChat flagged three commits it considers at risk: Johnson, Georgia safety Jernard Albright (who already flipped once, from South Carolina) and four-star DL Sam LeJeune, who it says would “likely be one of the first commitments to go” if Norvell leaves.

FSU will host Georgia Tech TE commit Joshua Pettigrew, Pitt TE commit DeShaun Thomas and Syracuse OT commit Omari Lawson. That’s two tight ends, days after Connor Winn left FSU with none in the class.

Tampa Top247 DL Zylen Little (40 tackles, 28 TFL, 8.5 sacks in six games) says he and Norvell “text almost every day.” On FSU: “I like the history of the program. It’s nothing else like it.”

Top-30 2027 forward Ahmed Nur (6-9) named FSU in his top four after a visit, citing Luke Loucks’ “NBA-style system.” His review of Tallahassee: “It’s a party town, so there’s not a lot to hate about it.”

Penn State transfer Isaiah Shayter sat at 95-96 mph and never dipped below 94.

John Abraham (1.91 ERA in 47 innings last year) is trying to win a weekend rotation spot. He struck out two over two innings and got four of his five whiffs on breaking balls.

Cade O’Leary retired five of his last six batters, and lefty Kevin Mebil got four groundouts with a sharper slider than last year.

Sophomore John Stuetzer had two at-bats with two 109-mph exit velocities, including a 393-foot homer to center.

Pitt transfer AJ Nessler went 3-for-3 leading off, and freshman SS Deacon Avery, who followed his coach from Coastal Carolina, smoked a 106-mph single. Nevitt thinks Avery “could be an instant impact freshman bat.”

Nice comeback story: Blaydon Plain, who missed all of 2025 with an injury and briefly left baseball, is back and batted cleanup.

Adolph Rupp told the 5-foot-7 Louisville native he was too short to play for Kentucky. Petty came to Tallahassee with teammate Ron King instead and helped lead FSU to the 1972 national championship game, which it lost to UCLA 81-76.

Along the way, FSU beat Rupp’s Kentucky by 20, with Petty scoring 13 and going 9-for-9 from the line. Per The Osceola, he broke North Carolina’s full-court press nearly by himself in the semifinal.

His 602 career assists stood as the school record for 21 years, until Charlie Ward broke it.

FSU (6-6, 1-1 ACC) opens a five-match homestand tonight at 6 p.m. vs. NC State, then hosts Wake Forest Sunday at 1 p.m. (both on ACCNX). The Noles have won 19 straight against Wake. Senior Kyleene Filimaua leads the team with 186 kills and 22 aces.

Men’s tennis plays the Bedford Cup at UCF through Sunday with Elias Sumann, Yan Kodjoed, Justin Lyons and Oren Ezerzer, who reached the singles semifinals there last year.

The Osceola reports FSU softball spent $3.79 million in 2025, 15th nationally. Clemson is the only ACC program that spent more. SEC schools hold four of the top five spots.

With the Giants adding J.J. McCarthy, Jameis Winston made his status clear: “You keep saying backup… I’m the starter.” He has also embraced mentoring McCarthy.