Florida State vs Syracuse Prediction 1/13/2026 Today’s College Basketball Picks

The Florida State Seminoles and the Syracuse Orange meet Tuesday in college basketball action from JMA Wireless Dome. Here’s a Florida State vs Syracuse prediction. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best Florida State vs Syracuse pick. We will examine the recent form and player performances for both teams, as well as the recent betting trends and streaks pertaining to this matchup. As we conclude, we will tie it all together with a summary that produces a sensible pick for a favorable betting outcome in this game.

Florida State Seminoles Betting Preview

Florida State opened up the season on a nice run, winning five of their first six games (featuring a lone loss to Florida). Since then the Seminoles have won just two games, falling otherwise versus Texas A&M, Georgia, Houston, UMass, Dayton, North Carolina, Duke and North Carolina State. Over the first 16 games of the season that gives the Seminoles a 7-9 record in the books.

In the NC State game on Saturday the Seminoles entered the second half with a 56-31 deficit. Florida State got hammered 57-38 from there and limped away with a blowout loss at home by a score of 113-69. Leading the team in scoring was Thomas Bassong with 14 points and two boards. Lajae Jones added 10 points with three boards and both Robert McCray and Kobe MaGee had 10 points with two rebounds.

Syracuse Orange Betting Preview

Over on the Syracuse side, they opened up the season with four straight wins then fell to Houston, Kansas and Iowa State in the next trio. The Orange are 7-2 since then, taking out Tennessee, Saint Joseph’s, Mercyhurst, Northeastern, Stonehill, Georgia Tech and Pitt during that time. The losses came versus Hofstra and Clemson otherwise. Syracuse is 11-5 overall in their first 16 games of the season.

Matched up against Pitt over the weekend, the Orange came out of the break with a commanding lead 48-37. Syracuse kept the pace from there on a 35-35 run and walked way with an 83-72 win on the road. The Orange were led by Donnie Freeman with 22 points and five boards, while JJ Starling added 19 points with four rebounds and four assists in 33 minutes of work on the court.

Florida State Seminoles @ Syracuse Orange Betting Trends: January 13, 2026

Why the Syracuse Orange will win

• Syracuse has won each of its last seven night games.
• Florida State has lost eight of its last nine games against the Atlantic Coast Conference.
• Florida State has lost the first half in four of its last five night games against the Atlantic Coast Conference.

Why the Florida State Seminoles will win

• The road team has won each of Syracuse’s last three games.

Florida State vs Syracuse Prediction

I’ll stay with Syracuse. The Orange were able to take care of a middling Pitt team at Petersen Events Center pretty easily during their last outing, shooting a nice 55.8 percent from the field with 45.5 percent (10-of-22) from 3-point range and 83.3 percent (15-of-18) from outside. Syracuse was outperformed on the boards 29-26 and in the paint 40-32, however. The Orange are 5-1 in their last six games, scoring 76 or more points in all five wins.

As for Florida State, they shot just 39.3 percent from the field and 21.7 percent (5-of-23) from outside in their latest loss to a talented NC State team. The Seminoles were outmuscled on the boards 36-23 as well and committed 13 turnovers along the way—giving up 55.1 percent shooting on defense didn’t help either. FSU has lost three straight games, giving up 79 or more points in all three.

Andrew Jett's Pick: Syracuse Orange -8.5