The 2013 season
Florida State finished No. 1 in the final AP poll, 14–0 under Jimbo Fisher, after it beat Auburn 34–31 in the BCS National Championship. The biggest game by the rankings: No. 1 Florida State 34, No. 2 Auburn 31 (Jan 6, 2014). Three FBS teams finished unbeaten. 57 ranked teams lost to unranked or lower-ranked opponents. Share
Heisman Trophy: Jameis Winston, QB, Florida State, who also won the Walter Camp, Davey O’Brien and Manning.
The Heisman vote: Jameis Winston 2,205 points, A.J. McCarron 704
| Player | Points | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jameis Winston QB, Florida State | 2,205 | 668 | 84 | 33 | |
| A.J. McCarron QB, Alabama | 704 | 79 | 162 | 143 | |
| Jordan Lynch QB, Northern Illinois | 558 | 40 | 149 | 140 | |
| Andre Williams RB, Boston College | 470 | 29 | 127 | 129 | |
| Johnny Manziel QB, Texas A&M | 421 | 30 | 103 | 125 | |
| Tre Mason RB, Auburn | 404 | 31 | 121 | 69 | |
| Bryce Petty QB, Baylor | 127 | 4 | 40 | 35 | |
| Derek Carr QB, Fresno State | 107 | 6 | 23 | 43 | |
| Braxton Miller QB, Ohio State | 91 | 4 | 21 | 37 | |
| Ka’Deem Carey RB, Arizona | 70 | 2 | 14 | 36 |
First-, second- and third-place votes (3, 2 and 1 points), from the season’s Wikipedia article, as published.
Scoreboards
Final AP poll
| 1 | Florida State (60) | Atlantic Coast Conference |
| 2 | Auburn | Southeastern Conference |
| 3 | Michigan State | Big Ten |
| 4 | South Carolina | Southeastern Conference |
| 5 | Missouri | Southeastern Conference |
| 6 | Oklahoma | Big 12 |
| 7 | Alabama | Southeastern Conference |
| 8 | Clemson | Atlantic Coast Conference |
| 9 | Oregon | Pac-12 |
| 10 | UCF | American Athletic Conference |
| 11 | Stanford | Pac-12 |
| 12 | Ohio State | Big Ten |
| 13 | Baylor | Big 12 |
| 14 | LSU | Southeastern Conference |
| 15 | Louisville | American Athletic Conference |
| 16 | UCLA | Pac-12 |
| 17 | Oklahoma State | Big 12 |
| 18 | Texas A&M | Southeastern Conference |
| 19 | USC | Pac-12 |
| 20 | Notre Dame | FBS Independents |
| 21 | Arizona State | Pac-12 |
| 22 | Wisconsin | Big Ten |
| 23 | Duke | Atlantic Coast Conference |
| 24 | Vanderbilt | Southeastern Conference |
| 25 | Washington | Pac-12 |
Biggest upsets
| Aug 31, 2013 | Eastern Washington 49, 25Oregon State 46Eastern Washington +28 |
| Nov 30, 2013 | Penn State 31, 14Wisconsin 24Penn State +23.5 |
| Sep 28, 2013 | West Virginia 30, 11Oklahoma State 21West Virginia +21 |
| Nov 23, 2013 | Arizona 42, 5Oregon 16Arizona +17.5 |
| Oct 18, 2013 | UCF 38, 8Louisville 35UCF +17.5 |
| Jan 1, 2014 | 15UCF 52, 6Baylor 42UCF +16.5 |
| Jan 2, 2014 | 11Oklahoma 45, 3Alabama 31Oklahoma +16 |
| Sep 7, 2013 | Washington State 10, 25USC 7Washington State +15 |
| Oct 26, 2013 | Duke 13, 16Virginia Tech 10Duke +13.5 |
| Oct 12, 2013 | Texas 36, 12Oklahoma 20Texas +13 |
| Dec 30, 2013 | Texas Tech 37, 16Arizona State 23Texas Tech +13 |
| Nov 23, 2013 | 11Oklahoma State 49, 3Baylor 17Oklahoma State +13 |
Ranked teams that lost as the betting favorite, the longest shots first, with the winner’s odds on the line; before lines are on file, ranked teams beaten by unranked or lower-ranked ones.
The AP poll, week by week
Climbed
- Auburnunranked → No. 2
- Michigan Stateunranked → No. 3
- Missouriunranked → No. 5
- UCFunranked → No. 10
- Baylorunranked → No. 13
Fell
- GeorgiaNo. 5 → unranked
- FloridaNo. 10 → unranked
- Texas A&MNo. 7 → No. 18
- TexasNo. 15 → unranked
- Ohio StateNo. 2 → No. 12
From the season’s first AP poll (the preseason poll) to the final one.
National leaders
| Passing yards | Derek Carr (Fresno State) | 5,083 yds |
|---|---|---|
| Passing touchdowns | Derek Carr (Fresno State) | 50 TD |
| Passer rating | Jameis Winston (Florida State) | 184.8 |
| Rushing yards | Andre Williams (Boston College) | 2,177 yds |
| Rushing touchdowns | Kapri Bibbs (Colorado State) and Keenan Reynolds (Navy) | 31 TD |
| Yards per carry | Elijah McGuire (Louisiana) | 8.4 |
| Receptions | Davante Adams (Fresno State) | 131 catches |
| Receiving yards | Brandin Cooks (Oregon State) | 1,730 yds |
| Yards per catch | Devon Cajuste (Stanford) | 22.9 |
| Receiving touchdowns | Davante Adams (Fresno State) | 24 TD |
| Points | Keenan Reynolds (Navy) | 188 pts |
| Points per game | Kapri Bibbs (Colorado State) | 18.6 |
| Total offense | Derek Carr (Fresno State) | 5,200 yds |
| Total offense per game | Derek Carr (Fresno State) | 399.9 |
| Punt return average | Ryan Switzer (North Carolina) | 20.9 |
| Kickoff return average | Kermit Whitfield (Florida State) | 36.4 |
The NCAA’s official leaders; our own top-five lists are hidden for 2013, because our source’s player stats miss players for too many teams that season to rank the nation fairly. From Wikipedia’s yearly NCAA leader lists for passing, rushing, receiving, scoring, total offense and returns.
Conference champions
FBS
- American Athletic Conference
- UCF
- Atlantic Coast Conference
- Florida State
- Big 12
- Baylor
- Big Ten
- Michigan State
- Conference USA
- Rice
- Mid-American Conference
- Bowling Green
- Mountain West Conference
- Fresno State
- Pac-12
- Stanford
- Southeastern Conference
- Auburn
- Sun Belt Conference
- Arkansas State and Louisiana (shared)
FCS
- Big Sky
- Eastern Washington
- Big South
- Coastal Carolina and Liberty (shared)
- Colonial Athletic Association
- Maine
- Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
- Bethune-Cookman and South Carolina State (shared)
- Missouri Valley Football Conference
- North Dakota State
- Northeast Conference
- Duquesne and Sacred Heart (shared)
- Ohio Valley Conference
- Eastern Illinois
- Patriot League
- Lafayette
- Southern Conference
- Chattanooga, Furman and Samford (shared)
- Southland Conference
- SE Louisiana
- Southwestern Athletic Conference
- Southern
Division II and below
- Gulf South Conference
- North Alabama
- Lone Star Conference
- Tarleton State
- Northeast 10 Conference
- Stonehill
From each program’s Wikipedia article, with the conference’s name that season. Titles come from the articles of today’s FBS and FCS programs, so a title shared with a school outside them lists only one champion.
Consensus All-Americans
- QBJameis Winston, Florida State
- RBKa’Deem Carey, Arizona
- RBAndre Williams, Boston College
- WRBrandin Cooks, Oregon State
- WRMike Evans, Texas A&M
- TEJace Amaro, Texas Tech
- OLGabe Ikard, Oklahoma
- OLCyrus Kouandjio, Alabama
- OLJake Matthews, Texas A&M
- OLCyril Richardson, Baylor
- OLBryan Stork, Florida State
- OLDavid Yankey, Stanford
- DLVic Beasley, Clemson
- DTAaron Donald, Pittsburgh
- DLJackson Jeffcoat, Texas
- DLMichael Sam, Missouri
- LBAnthony Barr, UCLA
- LBC.J. Mosley, Alabama
- LBTrent Murphy, Stanford
- DBHa Ha Clinton-Dix, Alabama
- DBDarqueze Dennard, Michigan State
- DBJustin Gilbert, Oklahoma State
- DBLamarcus Joyner, Florida State
- KAnthony Fera, Texas
- PTom Hornsey, Memphis
- APBTy Montgomery, Stanford
Players picked by enough of the major selectors to count as consensus, shown in bold in Wikipedia’s 2013 All-America article. Every selector’s teams, first to last, are on the 2013 All-America teams page.
The 2013 awards
Every awardPlayer of the year
- HeismanJameis Winston, QB, Florida State
- MaxwellA.J. McCarron, QB, Alabama
- Walter CampJameis Winston, QB, Florida State
By position
- Davey O’BrienJameis Winston, QB, Florida State
- Unitas Golden ArmA.J. McCarron, QB, Alabama
- ManningJameis Winston, QB, Florida State
- Doak WalkerAndre Williams, RB, Boston College
- BiletnikoffBrandin Cooks, WR, Oregon State
- MackeyAustin Seferian-Jenkins, TE, Washington
- RimingtonBryan Stork, C, Florida State
- OutlandAaron Donald, DT, Pittsburgh
- LombardiAaron Donald, DT, Pittsburgh
- HendricksJackson Jeffcoat, DE, Texas
- ButkusC.J. Mosley, ILB, Alabama
- ThorpeDarqueze Dennard, CB, Michigan State
- GrozaRoberto Aguayo, K, Florida State
- Ray GuyTom Hornsey, P, Memphis
- HornungOdell Beckham Jr., WR/RS, LSU
Defensive player of the year
- NagurskiAaron Donald, DT, Pittsburgh
- BednarikAaron Donald, DT, Pittsburgh
Scholarship and character
- Campbell TrophyJohn Urschel, OG, Penn State
- WuerffelGabe Ikard, C, Oklahoma
- BurlsworthJared Abbrederis, WR, Wisconsin
The champion’s staff
Every title staff
Florida State 55 on the staff list
- Jimbo Fisherhead coach
- Jeremy Pruittdefensive coordinator, defensive backs
- Rick Trickettassistant head coach, offensive line
- Tim Brewsterrecruiting coordinator, tight ends
- Lawrence Dawseypassing game coordinator, wide receivers
- Jay Grahamrunning backs
- Odell Hagginsdefensive tackles
- Charles Kellyspecial teams coordinator, linebackers
- Randy Sandersquarterbacks
- Sal Sunseridefensive ends
Support staff (45)
Analysts and quality control
- Steve Schlemon quality control, offense
- Kurt Kennedy quality control, offense
- Blake Snider quality control
- Rhonne Sanderson quality control
- Justin Bright quality control
- Mike Warren quality control, offense
- Chris Jacobs quality control
- Bert Biffani quality control
Strength and conditioning
- Vic Viloria head strength & conditioning coach
- Brandon Sanders assistant strength and Speed coach
- Louis Dobosenski assistant strength and Speed coach
- Brice Lockart assistant strength and Speed coach
- Derek Smith assistant strength and Speed coach
Operations and recruiting
- Mark Robinson director of football operations
- Bob LaCivita director of player personnel
- Matt Ayer Asst. Dir. of player personnel
- Christian Sanders player personnel assistant
- Mario Edwards Sr. director of player development
- Joy Beech executive assistant to the head football coach
- Daphne Williams administrative assistant
- Nicole Lamar administrative assistant defense
- Logan McMahon administrative assistant recruiting operations
- Carol Moore executive assistant to football operations
- Scott Smith assistant to football operations
- Ernest Bradley recruiting Intern
- Paul Sheffield recruiting Intern
- Bernie Waxman associate athletics director for Facility Planning, operations and Event Management (football support staff)
Sports medicine and nutrition
- Jake Pfeil head football athletic trainer
- Jerry Latimer associate director of sports medicine, director of Rehabilitation
- Jeronimo Boche assistant athletic trainer
- Brandon Stone athletic training Intern
- Madeleine Scaramuzzo Graduate assistant
Equipment
- Darin Kerns equipment manager
- Zack Lucas equipment manager
Video, communications and other staff
- Craig Campanozzi video director
- Christian Fiero video coordinator
- Kevin Gadowry video coordinator
- Kristen Gravani sports Dietitian
- Jeremiah Wilson support staff
- Brian Williams support staff
- Jamie Mujeni support staff
- Matt McCutchan support staff
- Roy Upchurch support staff
- Rob Wilson associate athletics director, communications (football support staff)
- Mark Rodin executive director, Seminole Productions (FSU athletics video, broadcast); ran the football coaches video department from 1989
The staff as the school listed it that season, roles in the source’s words (students and graduate assistants left out). Names link to coach pages where we have one, else to Wikipedia. Staff lists: Drew Hoover’s how-many-rings (MIT), from the schools’ media guides and staff pages.
Final BCS standings
| 1 | Florida State | 13–0 |
| 2 | Auburn | 12–1 |
| 3 | Alabama | 11–1 |
| 4 | Michigan State | 12–1 |
| 5 | Stanford | 11–2 |
| 6 | Baylor | 11–1 |
| 7 | Ohio State | 12–1 |
| 8 | Missouri | 11–2 |
| 9 | South Carolina | 10–2 |
| 10 | Oregon | 10–2 |
| 11 | Oklahoma | 10–2 |
| 12 | Clemson | 10–2 |
| 13 | Oklahoma State | 10–2 |
| 14 | Arizona State | 10–3 |
| 15 | UCF | 11–1 |
| 16 | LSU | 9–3 |
| 17 | UCLA | 9–3 |
| 18 | Louisville | 11–1 |
| 19 | Wisconsin | 9–3 |
| 20 | Fresno State | 11–1 |
| 21 | Texas A&M | 8–4 |
| 22 | Georgia | 8–4 |
| 23 | Northern Illinois | 12–1 |
| 24 | Duke | 10–3 |
| 25 | USC | 9–4 |
The last standings of the season, released December 8: the Bowl Championship Series’ formula of polls and computer rankings that matched No. 1 and No. 2 in the title game, 1998–2013. From Wikipedia’s season rankings article (CC BY-SA); records as it lists them.
Bowls and playoff
ScoreboardRule book changes
Every rule bookThe 2013–14 NCAA rule book against the one before: 6 new, 23 changed, 3 removed, 1 renumbered and 2 retitled articles.
Rule 1: The Game, Field, Players and Equipment
- Retitled Rule 1-2-1 Dimensions and Markings (The Field)
- Changed Rule 1-2-7 Line-to-Gain and Down Indicators (The Field)
- Changed Rule 1-4-1 Recommended Numbering (Players and Playing Equipment)
- New Rule 1-4-5 Jersey Design, Color and Numerals (Players and Playing Equipment)
- Removed Rule 1-4-5 Jersey Color and Design (Players and Playing Equipment)
- Changed Rule 1-4-8 Mandatory and Illegal Equipment Enforcement (Players and Playing Equipment)
- Changed Rule 1-4-10 Prohibited Signal Devices (Players and Playing Equipment)
- Changed Rule 1-4-11 Prohibited Field Equipment (Players and Playing Equipment)
Rule 2: Definitions
- New Rule 2-3-7 Low-Blocking Zone (Blocking)
- Changed Rule 2-4-1 Possession (Catch, Recovery, Possession)
- Changed Rule 2-11-4 Touching (Fumble, Muff; Batting and RULE 2 DEFINITIONS Touching the Ball; Blocking a Kick)
- Removed Rule 2-12-9 North-South Line (Lines)
- New Rule 2-27-15 Player In Bounds and Out Of Bounds (Team and Player Designations)
Rule 3: Periods, Time Factors and Substitutions
- New Rule 3-2-5 Minimum Time For A Play After Spiking The Ball (Playing Time and Intermissions)
Rule 4: Ball in Play, Dead Ball, Out of Bounds
- Changed Rule 4-2-2 Held Ball Out of Bounds (Out of Bounds)
- Changed Rule 4-2-3 Loose Ball Out of Bounds (Out of Bounds)
Rule 5: Series of Downs, Line to Gain
- Changed Rule 5-1-3 Forward Progress (A Series: Started, Broken, Renewed)
- Changed Rule 5-2-1 Foul During Free Kick Down (Down and Possession After a Penalty)
- Changed Rule 5-2-2 Penalty Resulting in New Series (Down and Possession After a Penalty)
Rule 6: Kicks
- Changed Rule 6-1-11 Player Out Of Bounds (Free Kicks)
- Changed Rule 6-3-13 Fouls by Kicking Team (Scrimmage Kicks)
Rule 7: Snapping and Passing the Ball
- Changed Rule 7-3-4 Eligibility Lost by Going Out of Bounds (Forward Pass)
- New Rule 7-3-12 Team B Personal Foul During Legal Forward Pass Play (Forward Pass)
Rule 8: Scoring
- Changed Rule 8-3-4 Fouls During a Try After a Change of Team Possession (Try Down)
Rule 9: Conduct of Players and Others Subject to the Rules
- Changed Rule 9-1-3 Helmet (Personal Fouls)
- Changed Rule 9-1-4 Defenseless Player: Contact to Head or Neck Area (Personal Fouls)
- New Rule 9-1-6 Blocking Below the Waist (Personal Fouls)
- Changed Rule 9-1-8 Helmet and Face Mask Fouls (Personal Fouls)
- Changed Rule 9-2-3 Unfair Acts (Unsportsmanlike Conduct Fouls)
- Changed Rule 9-2-5 Game Administration Interference (Unsportsmanlike Conduct Fouls)
- Renumbered Rule 9-6-2 Foul Not Called (Flagrant Personal Fouls) was Rule 9-6-3
- Removed Rule 9-6-2 Initiating Contact/Targeting an Opponent (Flagrant Personal Fouls)
Rule 10: Penalty Enforcement
- Changed Rule 10-1-7 Interval Fouls (Penalties Completed)
- Retitled Rule 10-2-2 Determining the Enforcement Spot and the Basic Spot (Enforcement Procedures)
- Changed Rule 10-2-4 Fouls by Team A During Kicks (Enforcement Procedures)
Only the first sentence of each article is compared, so a change deeper in an article (most penalty clauses, the overtime procedure) doesn’t show here, and a change that shows may be rewording. No rule text is kept: only numbers and headings. Rule books: NCAA, via Pierce’s provision dataset (Zenodo, CC BY 4.0).