College Football Friday Night Special (11/21/25)

Author: Dylan Lieck | November 21, 2025 | 4:49 P.M. CST

Best Bet: NC State +6.5 vs. Florida State

Both teams come into this ACC matchup Friday night looking to get bowl eligible (both come in 5-5). However, the season for Florida State has been much more disappointing than NC State’s. FSU started the season off with an outright upset over top 10 Alabama, eventually climbing into the top 10 themselves, before utterly collapsing in ACC play. They come into this game with very little motivation; nobody on that FSU roster really cares about getting bowl eligible.

While NC State is no slum of a program, they didn’t have the same expectations FSU did after the week 1 win, nor do they have the program pedigree that FSU has. Thus, winning this game actually matters to them. They have a shot to take down a premier program in college football and get bowl eligible while doing it. The motivation edge goes to NC State by far.

Then you look at the pure matchup. I loved NC State when this opened at +4.5. They’re at home, on a Friday night, where dogs have done very well this season. Yet for some reason we’ve seen some professional money come in on FSU and push this close to a touchdown. I couldn’t disagree with this move more. I’m going to take the points. If you can get a 7 somewhere at -123 or better that’s ideal. But I still love it at 6.5

Official Pick: NC State +6.5 (-110)

Play Rating: 3-Star