Fact checked at 8:02 AM ET, Nov 10, 2026Odds as of 7:24 AM ET, Nov 10, 2026
Top-ranked Florida makes its first true road trip of the season tonight, tipping off at 6:00 PM ET at Tucker Center in Tallahassee. Both teams are 2-0. Florida beat a ranked Miami team 77-67 in Tampa and then ran Jacksonville off the floor, 88-57. Florida State has beaten Florida A&M in Tampa and Troy 91-68 at home. Florida's size and defense should settle this one. The Seminoles haven't seen a frontcourt like this, so look for Florida to win by double digits in a game that stays under the total. Men's college basketball has no availability report, which means both starting fives are projected. Each team has started the same five in both games, and no injury has been reported for Alex Condon, Rueben Chinyelu or Thomas Haugh.
Florida vs. Florida State Predictions
Pick #1Under 166.5−110
Nobody has been comfortable against this Florida defense. Miami and Jacksonville shot a combined 40 of 117 (34.2%), went 10 of 38 from three (26.3%), and neither one reached 70 points. Florida's two games finished with 144 and 145 total points.
Florida State is scoring 102 a game, but that came against Florida A&M and Troy, and its schedule so far rates among the softest in the country. The Seminoles haven't shot their way there either. They're 15 of 52 from three (28.8%) and have done most of their damage at the foul line, where they average 36.5 attempts a game. That only hurts Florida if Chinyelu and Condon get into foul trouble, and every empty half-court trip helps the Under.
Of five public projections, only one goes over, and most land between 159 and 164 points. At -110 the implied probability is 52.4%. A whistle-heavy night is the threat. Florida State's free-throw volume is real, and Chinyelu fouled out against Miami. If the Seminoles live at the line, 166.5 is in play.
Pick #2Florida -9.5−110
On the efficiency ratings, this is a mismatch. Florida ranks second nationally overall, second on offense and sixth on defense. Florida State is 54th overall, 53rd on offense and 65th on defense. That's a gap of close to 19 points per 100 possessions, which leaves room for a road discount.
Florida has also beaten a real team. It held Miami to 21-of-60 shooting and 4 of 17 from three in a 10-point win on a neutral floor, and the frontcourt did most of the work. Haugh averages 16.5 points and 8.5 rebounds. Chinyelu scored 21 against Jacksonville, and Condon finished two assists short of a triple-double in that game. As a team, Florida is outrebounding opponents 48.0 to 32.0 a game.
Turnovers decide whether this gets to double digits. Florida State switched defenses in last season's 78-76 game in Gainesville and forced 18 Florida turnovers, six of them by Condon. The Gators have averaged 13 turnovers this season, and Todd Golden said it plainly: "We need to value the basketball." If they do, their size should wear down a roster that hasn't played anyone like them. The -110 price implies a 52.4% chance.
There are real risks. It's Florida's first true road game, and while the Gators have won the last five meetings, the most recent was decided by two points. The ratings don't all agree, either: one popular model has Florida as only about a five-point favorite. Florida is shooting 62.9% from the line, which can let a late lead slip. And Florida State's projected five of Sebastian Rancik, Marcis Ponder, Shon Abaev, Kam Taylor and Anthony Robinson II is big enough to hang around if Florida gets careless with the ball.
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