LSU, Florida State Schedule 2-Game Series for 2022, 2023 Seasons

LSU and Florida State announced Tuesday they'll match up for their season openers in 2022 and 2023.

The first meeting is Sept. 4, 2022, at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans, and the second is slated for Sept. 3, 2023, at Camping World Stadium in Orlando, Florida.

The Tigers and Seminoles have played nine times before, with FSU owning a 7-2 head-to-head advantage. The 'Noles were victorious in the last encounter in 1991, maintaining their No. 1 ranking with a 27-16 win.

This continues the trend of Power Five teams scheduling marquee nonconference games in an effort to impress the College Football Playoff selection committee.

Florida State has already committed to games against Alabama in 2025 and 2026, and LSU will play Clemson twice over the same period.

To some extent, scheduling the Tigers is a bet on new Seminoles head coach Mike Norvell.

Jimbo Fisher left the program in a state of disarray when he went to Texas A&M, and Willie Taggart was fired before he wrapped up his second year on the job.

Memphis went 38-16 in four years under Norvell, and he guided the team to a Cotton Bowl appearance this past season. His hiring by Florida State was generally well-received.

Nobody expects Norvell to turn the Seminoles into a playoff contender overnight. He has a few years to build FSU back up, and playing LSU in New Orleans in 2022 will be a great barometer of the team's progress—or lack thereof.