Just when Florida State football (1-6, 1-5 ACC) took one step forward and three steps back. In a Friday night ACC showdown, the Seminoles lost to the now 6-1 Duke Blue Devils, 23-16. This snapped the Seminoles' 22-game winning streak against Duke, and FSU remains a one-win team.

While Duke’s defense has undoubtedly been the strength of the team thus far this season, Friday’s performance was its best of the year, illuminating the potential dominance of the unit in the future of Diaz’s tenure in Durham.

Florida State lost for the sixth time this season as the Seminoles fell 23-16 to Duke. Considering the porous performance by the offense, it was hard to take away many positives from this defeat. The unit failed to score a touchdown in a game for the first time this season with the lone score coming on a kick return.