2013 ACC football season
LeagueNCAA Division I FBS (Football Bowl Subdivision)
SportFootball
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

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.

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

Position Player School
Wide receiver Sammy Watkins Clemson
Michael Campanaro Wake Forest
Tight end Eric Ebron North Carolina
Tackle James Hurst North Carolina
Morgan Moses Virginia
Guard Tre' Jackson Florida State
Brandon Linder Miami
Center Bryan Stork Florida State
Quarterback Tajh Boyd Clemson
Running back Duke Johnson Miami
James Wilder, Jr. Florida State

Defense

Position Player School
Defensive end Jeremiah Attaochu Georgia Tech
Kareem Martin North Carolina
Defensive tackle Nikita Whitlock Wake Forest
Timmy Jernigan Florida State
Linebacker Jack Tyler Virginia Tech
Christian Jones Florida State
Kevin Pierre-Louis Boston College
Cornerback Ross Cockrell Duke
Lamarcus Joyner Florida State
Safety Tre Boston North Carolina
Jason Hendricks Pittsburgh

Specialist

Position Player School
Placekicker Chandler Catanzaro Clemson
Punter Will Monday Duke
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

Team Head coach Years at school Overall record Record at school ACC record
Boston College Steve Addazio 1 13–11 0–0 0–0
Clemson Dabo Swinney 6 40–21 40–21 26–11
Duke David Cutcliffe 6 65–69 21–40 9–31
Florida State Jimbo Fisher 3 31–10 31–10 18–6
Georgia Tech Paul Johnson 6 148–65 41–26 26–14
Maryland Randy Edsall 3 80–87 6–18 3–13
Miami Al Golden 3 40–45 13–11 8–8
North Carolina Larry Fedora 2 42-23 8-4 5-3
NC State Dave Doeren 1 23–4 0–0 0-0
Pittsburgh Paul Chryst 2 6–7 6–7 0–0
Syracuse Scott Shafer 1 0–0 0–0 0–0
Virginia Mike London 4 40–26 16–21 8–16
Virginia Tech Frank Beamer 26 256-127–4 216–104–2 57–15
Wake Forest Jim Grobe 13 106–107–1 73–74 40–56

Rankings

See also: 2013 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings
Legend
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RV Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25 of poll
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15		 Final
Boston College AP
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Clemson AP 8 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 9 9 8 8 7 6 13 12 8
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BCS Not released 9 8 7 8 7 6 13 12
Duke AP RV RV RV 25 24 20 22 23
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Florida State AP 11 10 10 8 8 8 6 5 3 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 1
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Maryland AP RV 25
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Miami AP RV RV 15 16 15 14 13 10 7 7 14 24 RV RV
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North Carolina AP RV
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NC State AP
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Pittsburgh AP
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Syracuse AP
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Virginia AP RV
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Wake Forest AP
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Bowl Games

Bowl Game Date Stadium City Television Matchup/Result[9] Attendance Payout (US$) per team
BCS
BCS National Championship Game January 6, 2014 Rose Bowl Stadium Pasadena, CA ESPN Florida State 34, Auburn 31 94,208
Discover Orange Bowl January 3, 2014 Sun Life Stadium Miami Gardens, FL ESPN Clemson 40, Ohio State 35 72,080
Non-BCS
Little Caesars Pizza Bowl December 26, 2013 Ford Field Detroit, MI ESPN Pittsburgh 30, Bowling Green 27 26,259
Military Bowl December 27, 2013 Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Annapolis, MD ESPN Marshall 31, Maryland 20 30,163
Texas Bowl December 27, 2013 Reliant Stadium Houston, TX ESPN Syracuse 21, Minnesota 17 32,327
Belk Bowl December 28, 2013 Bank of America Stadium Charlotte, NC ESPN North Carolina 39, Cincinnati 17 45,211
Russell Athletic Bowl December 28, 2013 Florida Citrus Bowl Stadium Orlando, FL ESPN Louisville 36, Miami 9 51,098
Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl December 30, 2013 LP Field Nashville, TN ESPN Ole Miss 25, Georgia Tech 17 52,125
Advocare V100 Bowl December 31, 2013 Independence Stadium Shreveport, LA ESPN Arizona 42, Boston College 19 36,917
Hyundai Sun Bowl December 31, 2013 Sun Bowl Stadium El Paso, TX CBS UCLA 42, Virginia Tech 12 47,912
Chick-fil-A Bowl December 31, 2013 Georgia Dome Atlanta, GA ESPN Texas A&M 52, Duke 48 67,946

Postseason

All-conference teams

[10]

First Team

Second Team

Third Team

ACC Individual Awards

[11]

National Awards

[12]

2014 NFL Draft

Main article: 2014 NFL Draft
Team Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5 Round 6 Round 7 Total
Boston College 2 2 4
Clemson 1 1 2 1 5
Duke 1 1
Florida State 1 2 1 2 1 7
Georgia Tech 1 1 1 3
Maryland 1 1
Miami 1 1 1 3
North Carolina 1 1 2 1 6
NC State 1 1
Pittsburgh 1 1 1 3
Syracuse 1 1 2
Virginia 1 1 1 3
Virginia Tech 1 1 1 3
Wake Forest 1 1
Rnd. Pick No. NFL team Player Pos. College Conf. Notes
1 4 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.
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