Florida State stuns Alabama to bring Crimson Tide's season-opener win streak to abrupt end

New quarterback Tommy Castellanos led a punishing rushing attack for Florida State with yards and a touchdown as the Seminoles stunned No Alabama - on Saturday ending the Crimson Tide s streak of straight wins in season-openers The Crimson Tide entered Saturday s challenge with wins in each of its past season openers Florida State finished the season with just two wins and was unranked when its meeting with Alabama kicked off The early-season loss already puts No Alabama s College Football Playoff hopes in doubt CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS COMStudents and fans swarmed the field at Doak Campbell Stadium in Tallahassee at once after the Seminoles' upset went final Florida State came into the tournament as considerable underdogs Under new offensive coordinator Gus Malzahn Florida State was physical from the start and finished the meeting with rushing yards Malzahn was Auburn's head coach from to and most of in the last few days served as the head coach at UCF ARCH MANNING STRUGGLES AS TOP-RANKED TEXAS FALLS TO REIGNING CHAMPION NO OHIO STATEThe - loss to UCLA in the first competition of the campaign marked the last time Alabama dropped a season opener Alabama coach Kalen DeBoer faced criticism in his first year after taking over for legendary coach Nick Saban However the disappointing start to DeBoer's second year will ramp up the pressure DeBoer fell to - against unranked teams at Alabama Saban went - in such games Castellanos a Boston College transfer had carries while no one else had more than seven rushing attempts for the Seminoles He also completed of passes for yards as Florida State defeated its first ranked opponent since knocking off No Louisville in the Atlantic Coast Conference championship championship Alabama will look to rebound next Saturday when the Tide hosts Louisiana-Monroe Florida State will remain home next week to face East Texas A M The Associated Press contributed to this assessment Follow Fox News Digital s sports coverage on X and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter