The 2013 Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) football season was an NCAA football season that was played from August 29, 2013, to January 7, 2014. 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. 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.
Atlantic Division poll Clemson – 815 (102 first place votes) Florida State – 731 (18) North Carolina State – 490 Wake Forest – 392 Maryland – 373 Syracuse - 320 Boston College – 211
Coastal Division poll Miami – 736 (65) Virginia Tech – 654 (27) North Carolina – 649 (22) Georgia Tech – 522 (6) Pittsburgh - 313 Virginia – 230 Duke – 228
Predicted ACC Championship Game Winner Clemson – 95 Florida State – 15 Georgia Tech – 3 Miami – 3 North Carolina - 3 Virginia Tech - 1
Preseason ACC Player of the Year Tajh Boyd, CLEM - 105 Duke Johnson, MIA - 4 Logan Thomas, VT - 3 Sammy Watkins, CLEM - 3 Bryn Renner, UNC - 2 Jeremiah Attaochu, GT - 1 Lamarcus Joyner, FSU - 1 Stephen Morris, MIA - 1
Preseason All Conference Teams
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. 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. 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. 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. 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 Wk1 Wk2 Wk3 Wk4 Wk5 Wk6 Wk7 Wk8 Wk9 Wk10 Wk11 Wk12 Wk13 Wk14 Wk15 FinalBoston 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 8C 8 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 10 8 7 6 6 4 11 11 7BCS Not released 9 8 7 8 7 6 13 12Duke AP RV RV RV 25 24 20 22 23C RV RV RV 24 24 20 21 22BCS Not released 24 20 24Florida State AP 11 10 10 8 8 8 6 5 3 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 1C 12 10 9 8 8 6 6 5 3 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 1BCS Not released 2 3 2 2 2 2 1 1Georgia 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 RVBCS 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/ResultAttendance Payout (US$) per team BCSBCS National Championship GameJanuary 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-BCSLittle 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
First Team
Offense Position Player School Quarterback Jameis Winston Florida State Running back Andre Williams Boston College Devonta Freeman Florida State Wide receiver Sammy Watkins Clemson Jamison Crowder Duke Rashad Greene Florida State Tight end Eric Ebron North Carolina Tackle Cameron Erving Florida State James Hurst North Carolina Guard Tre' Jackson Florida State Shaq Mason Georgia Tech Center Bryan Stork Florida State Placekicker Nate Freese Boston College Specialist Ryan Switzer North Carolina
Defense Position Player School Defensive end Vic Beasley Clemson Kareem Martin North Carolina Defensive tackle Aaron Donald Pittsburgh Nikita Whitlock Wake Forest Linebacker Kelby Brown Duke Denzel Perryman Miami Kevin Pierre-Louis Boston College Cornerback Lamarcus Joyner Florida State Ross Cockrell Duke Safety Anthony Harris Virginia Jeremy Cash Duke Punter Pat O'Donnell Miami
Second Team
Offense Position Player School Quarterback Tajh Boyd Clemson Running back Kevin Parks Virginia Duke Johnson Miami Wide receiver Michael Campanaro Wake Forest Allen Hurns Miami Tyler Boyd Pittsburgh Tight end Nick O'Leary Florida State Tackle Brandon Thomas Clemson Matt Patchan Boston College Guard Laken Tomlinson Duke Brandon Linder Miami Center Macky MacPherson Syracuse Placekicker Roberto Aguayo Florida State Specialist Jamison Crowder Duke
Defense Position Player School Defensive end Jeremiah Attaochu Georgia Tech Kenny Anunike Duke Defensive tackle Timmy Jernigan Florida State Derrick Hopkins Virginia Tech Linebacker Telvin Smith Florida State Jack Tyler Virginia Tech Christian Jones Florida State Cornerback Kendall Fuller Virginia Tech Bashaud Breeland Clemson Safety Terrence Brooks Florida State Tre Boston North Carolina Punter A.J. Hughes Virginia Tech
Third Team
Offense Position Player School Quarterback Stephen Morris Miami Running back Roderick McDowell Clemson Jerome Smith Syracuse Wide receiver Devin Street Pittsburgh Alex Amidon Boston College Kelvin Benjamin Florida State Tight end Braxton Deaver Duke Tackle Perry Simmons Duke Morgan Moses Virginia Guard Tyler Shatley Clemson Josue Matías Florida State Center Andy Gallik Boston College Placekicker Chandler Catanzaro Clemson Specialist DeVon Edwards Duke
Defense Position Player School Defensive end Kasim Edebali Boston College Mario Edwards Jr. Florida State Defensive tackle Jay Bromley Syracuse Luther Maddy Virginia Tech Linebacker Steele Divitto Boston College Stephone Anthony Clemson Spencer Shuey Clemson Cornerback Kyle Fuller Virginia Tech Brandon Facyson Virginia Tech Safety Durell Eskridge Syracuse Nate Andrews Florida State Punter Will Monday Duke
ACC Individual Awards
ACC Player of the Year QB Jameis Winston - Florida State
Rookie of the Year QB Jameis Winston - Florida State
Coach of the Year David Cutcliffe - Duke
Offensive Player of the Year QB Jameis Winston - Florida State
Offensive Rookie of the Year QB Jameis Winston - Florida State
Brian Piccolo Award RB Robert Godhigh - Georgia Tech
Jacobs Blocking Trophy T Cameron Erving - Florida State
Defensive Player of the Year DT Aaron Donald - Pittsburgh
Defensive Rookie of the Year CB Kendall Fuller - Virginia Tech
Jim Tatum Award T Perry Simmons - Duke
National Awards
Outland Trophy DT Aaron Donald- Pittsburgh
Lombardi Award DT Aaron Donald - Pittsburgh
Nagurski Trophy DT Aaron Donald - Pittsburgh
Bednarik Award DT Aaron Donald - Pittsburgh
Doak Walker Award RB Andre Williams- Boston College
Lou Groza Award PK Roberto Aguayo - Florida State
Rimington Trophy C Bryan Stork - Florida State
Walter Camp Coach of the Year Award David Cutcliffe - Duke
Heisman Trophy QB Jameis Winston- Florida State
Walter Camp Award QB Jameis Winston - Florida State
Davey O'Brien Award QB Jameis Winston - Florida State
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
* = compensatory selection
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