COLLEGE FOOTBALL REPORT : WEEKDAY UPDATE : AROUND THE NATION : Florida State May Decide by Next Week

Florida State University President Bernard Sliger said Wednesday he hopes to announce the school’s decision on moving to a new conference by the middle of next week, well ahead of a school-established timetable that allowed to the end of September.

The Miami Herald reported Wednesday that Florida State is only waiting to be invited by the Atlantic Coast Conference.

The Southeastern Conference has also been lobbying Florida State, but the ACC package is more lucrative, Sliger confirmed.

Sliger said that no decision could be announced until the options are presented to the school’s athletic board. That is expected today and a decision is expected next week.

Florida State presently competes in the Metro Conference in all sports but football. The Seminoles are independent in football.

Florida State could be competing in most sports by next year, although it would take several years before the school could play a full conference schedule in football.