2013 Atlantic Coast Conference football season

2013 ACC football season
League	NCAA Division I FBS (Football Bowl Subdivision)
Sport	Football
Duration	August 29, 2013 to January 2014
Number of teams	14
Regular season
Atlantic champions	Florida State
Coastal champions	Duke
ACC Championship Game
Champions	Florida State
Runners-up	Duke
ACC seasons
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2013 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings

v t e	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 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

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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

Legend

		Improvement in ranking
		Drop in ranking
		Not ranked previous week
RV		Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25 of poll

		Pre	Wk 1	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 13	Wk 14	Wk 15	Final
Boston College	AP
	C			RV
	BCS	Not released
Clemson	AP	8	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	9	9	8	8	7	6	13	12	8
	C	8	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	10	8	7	6	6	4	11	11	7
	BCS	Not released								9	8	7	8	7	6	13	12
Duke	AP										RV	RV	RV	25	24	20	22	23
	C										RV	RV	RV	24	24	20	21	22
	BCS	Not released													24	20	24
Florida State	AP	11	10	10	8	8	8	6	5	3	3	3	2	2	2	1	1	1
	C	12	10	9	8	8	6	6	5	3	3	3	2	2	2	1	1	1
	BCS	Not released								2	3	2	2	2	2	1	1
Georgia Tech	AP	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV
	C		RV	RV	RV	RV
	BCS	Not released
Maryland	AP					RV	25
	C					RV
	BCS	Not released
Miami	AP	RV	RV	15	16	15	14	13	10	7	7	14	24			RV	RV
	C	RV	24	18	17	15	14	14	11	6	6	14	23	RV	RV	RV	25	RV
	BCS	Not released								7	7	11	23
North Carolina	AP	RV
	C	RV	RV
	BCS	Not released
NC State	AP
	C
	BCS	Not released
Pittsburgh	AP
	C
	BCS	Not released
Syracuse	AP
	C
	BCS	Not released
Virginia	AP		RV
	C
	BCS	Not released
Virginia Tech	AP	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	24	19	16	RV		RV
	C	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	25	25	20	19	RV		RV			RV	RV
	BCS	Not released								14
Wake Forest	AP
	C
	BCS	Not released

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

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First Team

Second Team

Third Team

ACC Individual Awards

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National Awards

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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	from Cleveland[R1 - 1]
	2
	3
	4
	5
	6
	7

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

Round two

Round three

Round four

Round five

Round six

Round seven

Trade references

References