Florida State defends the belt, 31–0, at home over Louisville.
AP poll, week 5: Louisville unranked at Florida State No. 2 · No. 1 that week: Clemson. The belt vs. the polls →
Where this game sits in the lineage
Florida State came in 371 days into reign #252, which began with a win over NC State, with 12 defenses already behind it; this was its 13th defense. Florida State went on to defend it 1 more time before Miami took it on October 7, 2000, 385 days after the reign began.
For Louisville this was its 2nd shot at the belt; it had never held the belt.
This is the only time Florida State and Louisville have met with the belt on the line.
About this game
Florida State defeated Louisville 31-0 on September 23, 2000, in week 5 of the regular season. As the belt's defending champion, Florida State retained the belt with the victory.
Written by Claude, strictly from this site’s own record of the game — the score and what it meant for the belt. CFBD doesn’t have a box score for games this old, so nothing here is invented beyond what’s verifiably on file.
Sources Game record: College Football Data (id 63260) · This game in the downloadable dataset