The Seminoles played their home games at the Donald L. Tucker Center on the university's Tallahassee, Florida campus.

The Seminoles also lost their ACC–SEC Challenge game to Arkansas and their only other non-conference loss came against second-ranked UCLA.

They started off their ACC regular season schedule with winning five of their first six games, with the only loss being at third-ranked NC State in overtime.

The Seminoles were ranked as highly as number fifteen in the nation before going on a three-game losing skid.

They followed that with winning six of their next seven games, with the only loss being in double overtime to twelfth-ranked Notre Dame.