2013 Atlantic Coast Conference football season

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2013 ACC football season
League NCAA Division I FBS (Football Bowl Subdivision)
Sport Football
DurationAugust 29, 2013 to January 2014
Number of teams14
Regular season
Atlantic championsFlorida State
Coastal championsDuke
ACC Championship Game
ChampionsFlorida State
  Runners-upDuke
ACC seasons
2013 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
Team W L  W L 
Atlantic Division
No. 1 Florida State x$#  8 0   14 0  
No. 8 Clemson  %  7 1   11 2  
Boston College  4 4   7 6  
Syracuse  4 4   7 6  
Maryland  3 5   7 6  
Wake Forest  2 6   4 8  
NC State  0 8   3 9  
Coastal Division
No. 23 Duke x  6 2   10 4  
Miami (FL)  5 3   9 4  
Virginia Tech  5 3   8 5  
Georgia Tech  5 3   7 6  
North Carolina  4 4   7 6  
Pittsburgh  3 5   7 6  
Virginia  0 8   2 10  
Championship: Florida State 45, Duke 7
  • # BCS National Champion
  • $ BCS representative as conference champion
  • % BCS at-large representative
  • x Division champion/co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll
The Florida State Seminoles defeated the Auburn Tigers at the Rose Bowl, Pasadena, California 2014 BCS Championship.JPG
The Florida State Seminoles defeated the Auburn Tigers at the Rose Bowl, Pasadena, California

The 2013 Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) football season was an NCAA football season that was played from August 29, 2013, to January 7, 2014. [1] It was the first season of play for former Big East Conference members Pittsburgh and Syracuse. Syracuse played in the Atlantic Division, while Pittsburgh played in the Coastal Division. It was also the last season for Maryland in the ACC as they moved to the Big Ten Conference in 2014.

Contents

The Atlantic Coast Conference consisted of 14 members in two divisions. The Atlantic division consisted of Boston College, Clemson, Florida State, Maryland, North Carolina State, Syracuse, and Wake Forest. The Coastal division consisted of Duke, Georgia Tech, Miami, North Carolina, Pittsburgh, Virginia, and Virginia Tech. [2] The division champions, Duke and Florida State, met in December in the 2013 ACC Championship Game, located in Charlotte, North Carolina at Bank of America Stadium.

Preseason

Preseason Poll

The 2013 ACC Preseason Poll was announced at the ACC Football Kickoff meetings in Greensboro, NC on July 22. Miami was voted to win Coastal division while Clemson was voted to win the Atlantic division and the conference. Tajh Boyd of Clemson was voted the Preseason ACC Player of the Year. [3]

Atlantic Division poll

  1. Clemson – 815 (102 first place votes)
  2. Florida State – 731 (18)
  3. North Carolina State – 490
  4. Wake Forest – 392
  5. Maryland – 373
  6. Syracuse - 320
  7. Boston College – 211

Coastal Division poll

  1. Miami – 736 (65)
  2. Virginia Tech – 654 (27)
  3. North Carolina – 649 (22)
  4. Georgia Tech – 522 (6)
  5. Pittsburgh - 313
  6. Virginia – 230
  7. Duke – 228

Predicted ACC Championship Game Winner

  1. Clemson – 95
  2. Florida State – 15
  3. Georgia Tech – 3
  4. Miami – 3
  5. North Carolina - 3
  6. Virginia Tech - 1

Preseason ACC Player of the Year

  1. Tajh Boyd, CLEM - 105
  2. Duke Johnson, MIA - 4
  3. Logan Thomas, VT - 3
  4. Sammy Watkins, CLEM - 3
  5. Bryn Renner, UNC - 2
  6. Jeremiah Attaochu, GT - 1
  7. Lamarcus Joyner, FSU - 1
  8. Stephen Morris, MIA - 1

Preseason All Conference Teams

[4]

Offense

PositionPlayerSchool
Wide receiver Sammy Watkins Clemson
Michael CampanaroWake Forest
Tight end Eric Ebron North Carolina
Tackle James Hurst North Carolina
Morgan MosesVirginia
Guard Tre' JacksonFlorida State
Brandon LinderMiami
Center Bryan Stork Florida State
Quarterback Tajh Boyd Clemson
Running back Duke Johnson Miami
James Wilder, Jr. Florida State

Defense

PositionPlayerSchool
Defensive end Jeremiah AttaochuGeorgia Tech
Kareem Martin North Carolina
Defensive tackle Nikita WhitlockWake Forest
Timmy Jernigan Florida State
Linebacker Jack TylerVirginia Tech
Christian Jones Florida State
Kevin Pierre-LouisBoston College
Cornerback Ross CockrellDuke
Lamarcus Joyner Florida State
Safety Tre Boston North Carolina
Jason HendricksPittsburgh

Specialist

PositionPlayerSchool
Placekicker Chandler CatanzaroClemson
Punter Will MondayDuke
Specialist Stefon Diggs Maryland

Coaches

Three universities hired new coaches for the 2013 football season. NC State hired Dave Doeren from Northern Illinois after he led the Huskies to back-to-back MAC championships. [5] With this hire, Doeren was made the second highest paid coach in the ACC (behind Florida State's Jimbo Fisher) and the 27th highest paid coach in the country. [6] Boston College also changed coaches, hiring Steve Addazio from Temple. Addazio had only been a head coach for 2 years, however, Boston College athletic director Brad Bates stated that he has had Addazio on his short list of coaches for years. [7] Syracuse promoted their defensive coordinator, Scott Shafer, of the previous 4 years to head coach after their previous head coach, Doug Marrone, left for a job coaching the Buffalo Bills of the NFL. [8] They will join Paul Chryst of Pittsburgh (due to conference realignment) as new coaches in the ACC.

NOTE: Stats shown are before the beginning of the season

TeamHead coachYears at schoolOverall recordRecord at schoolACC record
Boston College Steve Addazio 113–110–00–0
Clemson Dabo Swinney 640–2140–2126–11
Duke David Cutcliffe 665–6921–409–31
Florida State Jimbo Fisher 331–1031–1018–6
Georgia Tech Paul Johnson 6148–6541–2626–14
Maryland Randy Edsall 380–876–183–13
Miami Al Golden 340–4513–118–8
North Carolina Larry Fedora 242-238-45-3
NC State Dave Doeren 123–40–00-0
Pittsburgh Paul Chryst 26–76–70–0
Syracuse Scott Shafer 10–00–00–0
Virginia Mike London 440–2616–218–16
Virginia Tech Frank Beamer 26256-127–4216–104–257–15
Wake Forest Jim Grobe 13106–107–173–7440–56

Rankings

Legend
  Improvement in ranking
 Drop in ranking
 Not ranked previous week
RVReceived votes but were not ranked in Top 25 of poll
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Final
Boston CollegeAP
CRV
BCSNot released 
ClemsonAP8433333399887613128
C85544444108766411117
BCSNot released9878761312
DukeAPRVRVRV2524202223
CRVRVRV2424202122
BCSNot released 242024
Florida StateAP11101088865333222111
C1210988665333222111
BCSNot released23222211
Georgia TechAPRVRVRVRVRV
CRVRVRVRV
BCSNot released 
MarylandAPRV25
CRV
BCSNot released 
MiamiAPRVRV151615141310771424RVRV
CRV24181715141411661423RVRVRV25RV
BCSNot released771123
North CarolinaAPRV
CRVRV
BCSNot released
NC StateAP
C
BCSNot released 
PittsburghAP
C
BCSNot released 
SyracuseAP
C
BCSNot released 
VirginiaAPRV
C
BCSNot released
Virginia TechAPRVRVRVRVRVRV241916RVRV
CRVRVRVRVRV25252019RVRVRVRV
BCSNot released14
Wake ForestAP
C
BCSNot released 

Bowl Games

Bowl GameDateStadiumCityTelevisionMatchup/Result [9] AttendancePayout (US$) per team
BCS
BCS National Championship Game January 6, 2014 Rose Bowl Stadium Pasadena, CA ESPN Florida State 34, Auburn 3194,208
Discover Orange Bowl January 3, 2014 Sun Life Stadium Miami Gardens, FL ESPN Clemson 40, Ohio State 3572,080
Non-BCS
Little Caesars Pizza Bowl December 26, 2013 Ford Field Detroit, MI ESPN Pittsburgh 30, Bowling Green 2726,259
Military Bowl December 27, 2013 Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Annapolis, MD ESPN Marshall 31, Maryland 2030,163
Texas Bowl December 27, 2013 Reliant Stadium Houston, TX ESPN Syracuse 21, Minnesota 1732,327
Belk Bowl December 28, 2013 Bank of America Stadium Charlotte, NC ESPN North Carolina 39, Cincinnati 1745,211
Russell Athletic Bowl December 28, 2013 Florida Citrus Bowl Stadium Orlando, FL ESPN Louisville 36, Miami 951,098
Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl December 30, 2013 LP Field Nashville, TN ESPN Ole Miss 25, Georgia Tech 1752,125
Advocare V100 Bowl December 31, 2013 Independence Stadium Shreveport, LA ESPN Arizona 42, Boston College 1936,917
Hyundai Sun Bowl December 31, 2013 Sun Bowl Stadium El Paso, TX CBS UCLA 42, Virginia Tech 1247,912
Chick-fil-A Bowl December 31, 2013 Georgia Dome Atlanta, GA ESPN Texas A&M 52, Duke 4867,946

Postseason

All-conference teams

[10]

First Team

Second Team

Third Team

ACC Individual Awards

[11]

National Awards

[12]

2014 NFL Draft

TeamRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4Round 5Round 6Round 7Total
Boston College224
Clemson11215
Duke11
Florida State121217
Georgia Tech1113
Maryland11
Miami1113
North Carolina11216
NC State11
Pittsburgh1113
Syracuse112
Virginia1113
Virginia Tech1113
Wake Forest11
Rnd.Pick No.NFL teamPlayerPos.CollegeConf.Notes
14 Buffalo Bills Sammy Watkins   WR Clemson ACC
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N.B: In the explanations below, (D) denotes trades that took place during the 2014 Draft, while (PD) indicates trades completed pre-draft.

Round one

  1. No. 4: Cleveland → Buffalo (D). Cleveland traded this selection to Buffalo in exchange for Buffalo's 2014 first-round selection (No. 9 overall), 2015 first-round selection, and 2015 fourth-round selection. [source 1]

Round two

    Round three

      Round four

        Round five

          Round six

            Round seven

              Trade references

              1. Patra, Kevin (May 8, 2014). "Bills grab Sammy Watkins after trading up to No. 4". Around the League (blog). NFL.com. Archived from the original on May 9, 2014. Retrieved May 8, 2014.

              References

              1. "2013 ACC Composite Football Schedule - Week-By-Week" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on February 28, 2013. Retrieved March 10, 2013.
              2. "ACC Announces 2013 Football Schedule". Archived from the original on June 2, 2013. Retrieved March 10, 2013.
              3. "ACC Football Kickoff Media Selects 2013 Favorite". Atlantic Coast Conference. 2013. Retrieved December 27, 2013.
              4. "2013 Preseason All-ACC Football Team Announced". Atlantic Coast Conference. 2013. Retrieved December 27, 2013.
              5. Andrea Adelson (2013). "NC State hires Dave Doeren". ESPN.com. Retrieved December 27, 2013.
              6. "College Coach's Salaries". USA Today. 2013. Retrieved December 27, 2013.
              7. Jack McCluskey (2013). "BC hires Steve Addazio". ESPN.com. Retrieved December 27, 2013.
              8. "Scott Shafer vows to extend success". ESPN.com. 2013. Retrieved December 27, 2013.
              9. "College Bowl Games 2013-2014". ESPN.com. 2013. Retrieved December 27, 2013.
              10. "2013 All-ACC Teams Announced". theacc.com. 2013. Retrieved December 30, 2013.
              11. "2013 Football" (PDF). theacc.com. 2013. Retrieved December 31, 2013.
              12. "Individual Honors Pour In for the ACC". theacc.com. 2013. Retrieved December 30, 2013.