FSU football may play Georgia in 2028 in Tampa. Here's why

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Florida State football's home-and-home series with Georgia appears headed towards being replaced by a neutral site game instead.

The teams are looking at playing in the 2028 season in Tampa, a person with knowledge of the situation told the Athens Banner-Herald.

Georgia approached FSU about the changes. Discussions are ongoing.

Georgia is scheduled to play in Tallahassee on Sept. 4, 2027, with the Seminoles returning the game to Athens, Georgia, on Sept. 16, 2028. Those games were announced in 2019.

“We're going to take it one year at a time right now,” Georgia athletic director Josh Brooks said in September about future nonconference games against Power Four opponents. “The first focus is going to be on '26 and then '27 and moving on."

Georgia already is scheduled to play a neutral site game in Tampa in 2027 against Florida at Raymond James Stadium while stadium renovations in Jacksonville are being completed. The Georgia-Florida game in 2026 will be in Atlanta.

“You’d like to have an opportunity to play an opener or a big-time kickoff neutral-site game,” Georgia coach Kirby Smart said on his radio show in September. “We’ve played in a lot of those. I enjoy those.”

Georgia and Florida State have played 12 times, but haven’t met in the regular season since 1965.

The Bulldogs won 63-3 in the Orange Bowl on Dec. 30, 2023 in their last game.

This article originally appeared on Tallahassee Democrat: FSU football vs Georgia in 2028 may be moving to Tampa

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