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Tallahassee, Fla. • Top-ranked Florida State will face Clemson without Jameis Winston — for the entire game and not just the first half.
Florida State interim President Garnett S. Stokes and athletic director Stan Wilcox said late Friday night that the star quarterback will be suspended for the entire game Saturday. The Heisman Trophy winner was originally suspended for the first half after making "offensive and vulgar" comments about female anatomy.
Redshirt sophomore Sean Maguire will make the first start of his career.
Coach Jimbo Fisher said the offense won't change with the strong-armed Maguire, but he has only thrown 26 passes on the collegiate level.
"You're not the second-team guy at Florida State if you're not a really good player," Clemson coach Dabo Swinney said. "Obviously, we don't have a ton of film on him, but he's a guy they recruited to be a great player."
The No. 22 Tigers start senior quarterback Cole Stoudt. Freshman Deshaun Watson will also see snaps after being ranked by multiple recruiting sites as the No. 1 dual-threat quarterback in the country.
Stoudt has thrown for 446 yards, one touchdown and one interception with a 63.3 completion percentage. Watson has thrown for 213 yards, four touchdowns, no interceptions with a 76.9 completion percentage.
The Tigers will run their hurry-up offense and emphasize tempo regardless of who's in the game.
"One is more of a decision-maker, he's not going to throw into tight coverage, he's not going to take the sack," FSU defensive end Mario Edwards Jr. said. "The other one will force it. He's not scared to take chances. You just have to know who's back there and what to expect.
"You'd like to take the guy that takes more risk and can turn the ball over ... but it really doesn't matter which one they put out there."
The winner of the game has played in the Atlantic Coast Conference championship the last five years.
Mississippi State at LSU • Mississippi State coach Dan Mullen has sought to drive home to his players that LSU's past dominance of the Bulldogs shouldn't mean a thing this Saturday night in Death Valley.
LSU coach Les Miles has been delivering much the same message to the eighth-ranked Tigers (3-0), warning them that they'll have to "earn the victory" over the unbeaten Bulldogs (3-0) in Baton Rouge, La.
The Tigers have been listed as more than one-touchdown favorites, but they seem more comfortable taking their cues from Miles than from oddsmakers.
"This is probably the best Mississippi State that I've seen," LSU senior offensive tackle La'el Collins said. "They have a great quarterback that's mobile, that can do a lot of different things. I think that defense is going to come out really strong."
LSU has won its past 14 games against Mississippi State and 21 of the past 22. The Bulldogs' last victory in the series came in 1999 in Starkville, not in LSU's Tiger Stadium, which is expected to be louder than ever thanks to the addition of new end zone seating that has increased capacity to more than 102,000. —
Saturday's TV games
• Georgia Tech at Virginia Tech, 10 a.m., ESPN
• Bowling Green at Wisconsin, 10 a.m., ESPN2
• W. Illinois at Northwestern, 10 a.m., ESPNews
• Iowa at Pittsburgh, 10 a.m., ESPNU
• Old Dominion at Rice, 10 a.m., ROOT
• Hawaii at Colorado, noon, Pac-12
• Utah at Michigan, 1:30 p.m., Ch. 4
• Florida at Alabama, 1:30 p.m., Ch. 2
• Virginia at BYU, 1:30 p.m., ESPN
• Texas A&M at SMU, 1:30 p.m., ESPN2
• North Carolina at East Carolina, 1:30 p.m., ESPNU
• Cent. Michigan at Kansas, 1:30 p.m., ROOT
• Louisville at FIU, 1:30 p.m., FS1
• Texas St. at Illinois, 2 p.m., ESPNews
• Georgia St. at Washington, 4 p.m., Pac-12
• Mississippi St. at LSU, 5 p.m., ESPN
• N. Illinois at Arkansas, 5 p.m., ESPNU
• Oklahoma at West Virginia, 5:30 p.m., Ch. 13
• Miami at Nebraska, 6 p.m., ESPN2
• Clemson at Florida St., 6:07 p.m., Ch. 4
• California at Arizona, 8 p.m., Pac-12
• Howard at Morgan St., 8 p.m. (tape), ESPNU
• Oregon at Washington St., 8:30 p.m., ESPN
• San Diego St. at Oregon St., 8:30 p.m., FS1