More swiftly than Florida State rose from unranked to the top 10, the Seminoles have plummeted the last two weeks.

After a second straight defeat -- Saturday's 28-22 home loss to No. 3 Miami -- Florida State (3-2, 0-2 Atlantic Coast Conference) clings to the 25th and final spot in this week's AP poll.

The Seminoles will look to stop their slide Saturday when they host Pitt (3-2, 1-1) for an ACC matchup in Tallahassee, Fla.

"Our football team is, I'd say, very disappointed, angry," said Florida State coach Mike Norvell. "... We've shown high capability of production and we've shown a lot of potential of what we can do. But it still comes down to applying that throughout the course of a game."

Florida State was ranked as high as seventh before this two-game skid.

While the final score o

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