# 2013 Atlantic Coast Conference football season

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

#### Defense

| Position | Player | School |
| Defensive end | Jeremiah Attaochu | Georgia Tech |
| Defensive end | Kareem Martin | North Carolina |
| Defensive tackle | Nikita Whitlock | Wake Forest |
| Defensive tackle | Timmy Jernigan | Florida State |
| Linebacker | Jack Tyler | Virginia Tech |
| Linebacker | Christian Jones | Florida State |
| Linebacker | Kevin Pierre-Louis | Boston College |
| Cornerback | Ross Cockrell | Duke |
| Cornerback | Lamarcus Joyner | Florida State |
| Safety | Tre Boston | North Carolina |
| Safety | 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 | 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 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Boston College | C | | | RV | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Boston College | BCS | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | | | | | | | | |
| Clemson | AP | 8 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 12 | 8 |
| Clemson | C | 8 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 7 |
| Clemson | BCS | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | 9 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 12 |
| Duke | AP | | | | | | | | | | RV | RV | RV | 25 | 24 | 20 | 22 | 23 |
| Duke | C | | | | | | | | | | RV | RV | RV | 24 | 24 | 20 | 21 | 22 |
| Duke | BCS | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | 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 |
| Florida State | C | 12 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Florida State | BCS | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Georgia Tech | AP | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Georgia Tech | C | | RV | RV | RV | RV | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Georgia Tech | BCS | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | | | | | | | | |
| Maryland | AP | | | | | RV | 25 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Maryland | C | | | | | RV | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Maryland | BCS | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | | | | | | | | |
| Miami | AP | RV | RV | 15 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 24 | | | RV | RV | |
| Miami | C | RV | 24 | 18 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 23 | RV | RV | RV | 25 | RV |
| Miami | BCS | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | 7 | 7 | 11 | 23 | | | | |
| North Carolina | AP | RV | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| North Carolina | C | RV | RV | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| North Carolina | BCS | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | | | | | | | | |
| NC State | AP | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| NC State | C | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| NC State | BCS | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | | | | | | | | |
| Pittsburgh | AP | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Pittsburgh | C | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Pittsburgh | BCS | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | | | | | | | | |
| Syracuse | AP | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Syracuse | C | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Syracuse | BCS | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | | | | | | | | |
| Virginia | AP | | RV | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Virginia | C | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Virginia | BCS | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | | | | | | | | |
| Virginia Tech | AP | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | 24 | 19 | 16 | RV | | RV | | | | | |
| Virginia Tech | C | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | 25 | 25 | 20 | 19 | RV | | RV | | | RV | RV | |
| Virginia Tech | BCS | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | 14 | | | | | | | |
| Wake Forest | AP | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Wake Forest | C | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Wake Forest | BCS | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | | | | | | | | |

## Bowl Games

| Bowl Game | Date | Stadium | City | Television | Matchup/Result | Attendance |
| 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
#### First Team

| Position | Player | School |
| Quarterback | Jameis Winston | Florida State |
| Running back | Andre Williams | Boston College |
| Running back | Devonta Freeman | Florida State |
| Wide receiver | Sammy Watkins | Clemson |
| Wide receiver | Jamison Crowder | Duke |
| Wide receiver | Rashad Greene | Florida State |
| Tight end | Eric Ebron | North Carolina |
| Tackle | Cameron Erving | Florida State |
| Tackle | James Hurst | North Carolina |
| Guard | Tre' Jackson | Florida State |
| Guard | Shaq Mason | Georgia Tech |
| Center | Bryan Stork | Florida State |
| Placekicker | Nate Freese | Boston College |
| Specialist | Ryan Switzer | North Carolina |
| Position | Player | School |
| Defensive end | Vic Beasley | Clemson |
| Defensive end | Kareem Martin | North Carolina |
| Defensive tackle | Aaron Donald | Pittsburgh |
| Defensive tackle | Nikita Whitlock | Wake Forest |
| Linebacker | Kelby Brown | Duke |
| Linebacker | Denzel Perryman | Miami |
| Linebacker | Kevin Pierre-Louis | Boston College |
| Cornerback | Lamarcus Joyner | Florida State |
| Cornerback | Ross Cockrell | Duke |
| Safety | Anthony Harris | Virginia |
| Safety | Jeremy Cash | Duke |
| Punter | Pat O'Donnell | Miami |

#### Second Team

| Position | Player | School |
| Quarterback | Tajh Boyd | Clemson |
| Running back | Kevin Parks | Virginia |
| Running back | Duke Johnson | Miami |
| Wide receiver | Michael Campanaro | Wake Forest |
| Wide receiver | Allen Hurns | Miami |
| Wide receiver | Tyler Boyd | Pittsburgh |
| Tight end | Nick O'Leary | Florida State |
| Tackle | Brandon Thomas | Clemson |
| Tackle | Matt Patchan | Boston College |
| Guard | Laken Tomlinson | Duke |
| Guard | Brandon Linder | Miami |
| Center | Macky MacPherson | Syracuse |
| Placekicker | Roberto Aguayo | Florida State |
| Specialist | Jamison Crowder | Duke |
| Position | Player | School |
| Defensive end | Jeremiah Attaochu | Georgia Tech |
| Defensive end | Kenny Anunike | Duke |
| Defensive tackle | Timmy Jernigan | Florida State |
| Defensive tackle | Derrick Hopkins | Virginia Tech |
| Linebacker | Telvin Smith | Florida State |
| Linebacker | Jack Tyler | Virginia Tech |
| Linebacker | Christian Jones | Florida State |
| Cornerback | Kendall Fuller | Virginia Tech |
| Cornerback | Bashaud Breeland | Clemson |
| Safety | Terrence Brooks | Florida State |
| Safety | Tre Boston | North Carolina |
| Punter | A.J. Hughes | Virginia Tech |

#### Third Team

| Position | Player | School |
| Quarterback | Stephen Morris | Miami |
| Running back | Roderick McDowell | Clemson |
| Running back | Jerome Smith | Syracuse |
| Wide receiver | Devin Street | Pittsburgh |
| Wide receiver | Alex Amidon | Boston College |
| Wide receiver | Kelvin Benjamin | Florida State |
| Tight end | Braxton Deaver | Duke |
| Tackle | Perry Simmons | Duke |
| Tackle | Morgan Moses | Virginia |
| Guard | Tyler Shatley | Clemson |
| Guard | Josue Matías | Florida State |
| Center | Andy Gallik | Boston College |
| Placekicker | Chandler Catanzaro | Clemson |
| Specialist | DeVon Edwards | Duke |
| Position | Player | School |
| Defensive end | Kasim Edebali | Boston College |
| Defensive end | Mario Edwards Jr. | Florida State |
| Defensive tackle | Jay Bromley | Syracuse |
| Defensive tackle | Luther Maddy | Virginia Tech |
| Linebacker | Steele Divitto | Boston College |
| Linebacker | Stephone Anthony | Clemson |
| Linebacker | Spencer Shuey | Clemson |
| Cornerback | Kyle Fuller | Virginia Tech |
| Cornerback | Brandon Facyson | Virginia Tech |
| Safety | Durell Eskridge | Syracuse |
| Safety | Nate Andrews | Florida State |
| Punter | Will Monday | Duke |

### National Awards
## 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 |
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| 4 | | | | | | | |
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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

* ↑ 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.

### Trade references

* ↑ 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.