Florida State ended their 2016 season in the Sweet Sixteen with a 3-1 loss against eventual champions, Stanford. The Seminoles return a large portion of their starting lineup for the 2017 season, but will need to find a way to replace the production of Katie Horton, the first player to record 1000 career kills and digs, as well as fellow seniors Melanie Kiel and Mara Green.
The Seminoles start their 2017 season with 3 pre-conference tournaments and their annual match against the Florida Gators. The first tournament takes place in Waco, Texas against Baylor, Illinois State and UC Santa Barbara. Playing against teams from other conferences will give the Seminoles an early chance to establish the relative strength of the ACC. Following that tournament, the Seminoles are home for their next two tournaments starting with the Home2 Suites Tallahassee Seminole Invitational, bringing in UNC Asheville, Colorado State and TCU, who ended the 2016 ranked #25. In their final pre-conference tournament, the Seminoles host Tennessee and AVCA preseason #24, Arizona. To conclude their pre-conference, the Seminoles will travel to Gainesville for a match against Florida, who enters the 2017 season with a #12 preseason ranking.
Since FSU plays in the ACC, their conference schedule is unbalanced only playing against Wake Forest, Duke, North Carolina, NC State, Syracuse, Boston College, and Clemson once. By playing against teams from 6 different conferences before their ACC season starts, the Seminoles provide some balance to their otherwise uneven schedule.
| DATE | OPPONENT | LOCATION | TIME (PT) |
| Aug. 19 | Garnet and Gold Scrimmage | Tallahassee, Fla. | 10 a.m. |
| Aug. 25 | Baylor | Waco, Texas | 5 p.m. |
| Aug. 26 | Illinois State | Waco, Texas | 9:30 a.m. |
| Aug. 26 | UC Santa Barbara | Waco, Texas | 2:30 p.m. |
| Sept. 1 | UNC Asheville | Tallahassee, Fla. | 10 a.m. |
| Sept. 2 | Colorado State | Tallahassee, Fla. | 12 p.m. |
| Sept. 3 | TCU | Tallahassee, Fla. | 10 a.m. |
| Sept. 8 | Tennessee | Tallahassee, Fla. | 3 p.m. |
| Sept. 9 | Arizona | Tallahassee, Fla. | 1:30 p.m. |
| Sept. 12 | Florida | Gainesville, Fla. | 3 p.m. |
| Sept. 22 | Virginia | Tallahassee, Fla. | 3:30 p.m. |
| Sept. 24 | Virginia Tech | Tallahassee, Fla. | 10 a.m. |
| Sept. 29 | Louisville | Louisville, Ky. | 4 p.m. |
| Oct. 1 | Notre Dame | Notre Dame, Ind. | 10 a.m. |
| Oct. 4 | Miami | Tallahassee, Fla. | 3:30 p.m. |
| Oct. 6 | Pittsburgh | Tallahassee, Fla. | 3:30 p.m. |
| Oct. 13 | Wake Forest | Winston-Salem, N.C. | 3:30 p.m. |
| Oct. 15 | Duke | Durham, N.C. | 10 a.m. |
| Oct. 20 | Notre Dame | Tallahassee, Fla. | 3:30 p.m. |
| Oct. 22 | Louisville | Tallahassee, Fla. | 10 a.m. |
| Oct. 27 | North Carolina | Tallahassee, Fla. | 3:30 p.m. |
| Oct. 29 | NC State | Tallahassee, Fla. | 10 a.m. |
| Nov. 1 | Miami | Coral Gables, Fla. | 3 p.m. |
| Nov. 5 | Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh, Pa. | 10 a.m. |
| Nov. 10 | Syracuse | Tallahassee, Fla. | 3:30 p.m. |
| Nov. 12 | Boston College | Tallahassee, Fla. | 10 a.m. |
| Nov. 19 | Louisville | Louisville, Ky. | 10 a.m. |
| Nov. 17 | Virginia Tech | Blacksburg, Va. | 3:30 p.m. |
| Nov. 19 | Virginia | Charlottesville, Va. | 10 a.m. |
| Nov. 22 | Clemson | Clemson, S.C. | 12 p.m. |
| Nov. 24 | Georgia Tech | Atlanta, Ga. | 10 a.m. |
| Dec. 1-2 | NCAA First and Second Rounds | Campus Sites | TBD |
| Dec. 8-9 | NCAA Regionals | Top-4 remaining seeds | TBD |
| Dec. 14 | NCAA Semifinals | Kansas City, Mo. | TBD |
| Dec. 16 | NCAA Finals | Kansas City, Mo. | TBD |
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