JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – National signing day is a week away and one thing that Jimbo Fisher will be able to tell recruits is that Florida State will play one of the toughest schedules in the country year in and year out.
In what will likely be a matchup of two of the top five teams in the country, Florida State will open the 2017 season against Alabama in Atlanta. The rest of the Seminoles 2017 non-conference schedule consists of Louisiana Monroe, Delaware State and the annual meeting against Florida which will be played in Gainesville this year.
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The rest of the 2017 schedule is as follows:
| TEAM | DATE | LOCATION |
| Alabama | September 2 | Atlanta, GA |
| UL-Monroe | September 9 | Tallahassee, FL |
| Miami | September 16 | Tallahassee, FL |
| NC State | September 23 | Tallahassee, FL |
| At Wake Forest | September 30 | Winston-Salem, N.C |
| Open | October 7 | Open |
| At Duke | October 14 | Durham, N.C. |
| Louisville | October 21 | Tallahassee, FL |
| At Boston College | October 27 | Chestnut Hill, MA |
| Syracuse | November 4 | Tallahassee, FL |
| At Clemson | November 11 | Clemson, S.C. |
| Delaware St. | November 18 | Tallahassee, FL |
| At Florida | November 25 | Gainesville, FL |
| ACC Championship | December 2 | Charlotte, N.C. |