DeSantis’ recommendation is simply a suggestion to the Florida Legislature, which will begin its annual session next month. Once the Legislature agrees on a spending plan, DeSantis will have power to veto individual items.

Florida State’s omission from the CFP elicited a fiery response from the team and its supporters. Coach Mike Norvell said he was “disgusted and infuriated” with the Seminoles becoming the first unbeaten Power 5 conference winner to ever miss out on the playoff, while ACC commissioner Jim Phillips called the decision “unfathomable.”

While Michigan (13-0, Big Ten champion), Washington (13-0, Pac-12 champion), Texas (12-1, Big 12 champion) and Alabama (12-1, SEC champion) were the four teams that made it into the playoff, the Seminoles (13-0) were judged by an untimely run of injuries at the quarterback position.

“Florida State is a different team than it was the first 11 weeks,” CFP selection committee chairman Boo Corrigan told ESPN. “As you look at who they are as a team right now, without Jordan Travis, without the offensive dynamic he brings, they are a different team and the committee voted Alabama four and Florida State five.”

Travis, the ACC Player of the Year, suffered a season-ending broken leg against North Alabama in mid-November. Backup Tate Rodemaker suffered a concussion late in the Seminoles’ regular-season finale at Florida, leading to true freshman Brock Glenn, the third-stringer, starting in the ACC title game — a victory against Louisville.

Fifth-ranked Florida State will face two-time defending national champion Georgia (No. 6) in the Capital One Orange Bowl on Dec. 30.

Information from The Associated Press was used in this report

The win also makes Daniels the second California native to earn the Heisman award in the last three years — Bryce Young won in 2021. Before Young, California native Reggie Bush won the Heisman in 2005.

Here are the key numbers behind Daniels’ Heisman-winning season.

50: Daniels found the end zone often throughout the season. He had an FBS high 50 total touchdowns, 40 passing and 10 rushing, the fifth SEC player to do so — Young (2021), Burrow (2019), Cam Newton (2010) and Tim Tebow (2007).

All of the previous four players to do so won the Heisman.

4: Big scoring games came often for Daniels.

He accounted for at least four touchdowns in five straight games across September and October: Grambling Tigers (5) and four each against the Mississippi State Bulldogs, Arkansas Razorbacks, Ole Miss Rebels and Missouri Tigers.

8: Daniels had eight total touchdowns against the Georgia State Panthers, six passing and two rushing. He became the second player in SEC history to be responsible for as many touchdowns, joining Burrow against the Oklahoma Sooners in 2019.

Daniels is the first player in SEC history with six pass touchdowns and two rush touchdowns in a game.

70: The San Bernardino, California native had a whopping 70 completions of 20-plus yards this season, the most in the FBS.

606: Against the Florida Gators in November, Daniels etched himself into the record books with a dominant performance.

He had 372 passing yards and 234 rushing yards, marking a total of 606 yards, plus five total touchdowns. That made him the first player in FBS history with 350 passing yards and 200 rushing yards in a single game.

12,000 and 3,000: Over Daniels’ five-year college career, he amassed 12,749 passing yards and 3,307 rushing yards. He is the first player in FBS history with 12,000 career passing yards and 3,000 career rushing yards.

ESPN Stats and Information Research contributed to this story.