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 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

 * 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

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

First Team
Offense

Defense

Second Team
Offense

Defense

Third Team
Offense

Defense

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
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
