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2013 NCAA Division I FBS season
Number of teams124 full members, 1 transitional
DurationAugust 29 – December 14
Preseason AP No. 1Alabama Crimson Tide
Postseason
DurationDecember 21, 2013 – January 6, 2014 (excluding all-star games)
Bowl games35
Championship bowl game
2014 BCS Championship Game
SiteRose Bowl Stadium
Pasadena, California
NCAA Division I FBS football seasons
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The 2013 NCAA Division I FBS football season, of college football in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) level, began on August 29, 2013, and, not including all-star games, is scheduled to conclude on January 6, 2014 with the 2014 BCS National Championship Game.

This will be the final season of FBS football with the current BCS system in place, before the new four-team College Football Playoff system takes effect for the 2014 season.

Rule changes

The following rule changes were made by the NCAA Football Rules Committee for the 2013 season:[1]

  • Players who intentionally deliver a blow above the shoulders of a defenseless player (targeting) will now be automatically ejected from the game in addition to the 15-yard penalty assessed. If the ejection occurs in the first half, it is for the remainder of the game. If the ejection occurs in the second half or in overtime, it is for the remainder of the game plus the first half of the next scheduled game. The ejection penalty is automatically reviewed to determine if the hit was intentional, however the yardage penalty is not reviewable.[2]
  • Blocking below the waist is now legal if done from the front side of the defender anywhere on the field, while blocks below the waist delivered from the side or back are fouls, simplifying rule changes from the 2011 and 2012 seasons.
  • In the final minute of each half, if the clock is stopped solely for an injured player, there will be an option for a 10 second runoff before the ball is put in play to cut down on teams faking injuries to stop the clock. If the clock is stopped for another reason (first down, incomplete pass, etc.) or if players from both teams are injured on the same play no runoff will occur.
  • Establishing three seconds as the minimum time required to be on the game clock to spike the ball to stop the clock and get an additional play. If one or two seconds remain on the game clock when the ball is spiked, the half or game will end.
  • Permitting the use of electronic equipment (such as wireless headsets) for game officials to communicate with each other.
  • Two players at the same position on the same team may not wear the same uniform number (example, two quarterbacks on the same team cannot wear #12).
  • Players that change numbers during a game must report to the referee, who will announce it via wireless microphone. Failure to report is an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty (15 yards).
  • Instant replay will be permitted to adjust the game clock at the end of each quarter. Previously, instant replay could only adjust the game clock at the end of each half.
  • Permitting the Big 12 Conference to experiment with an eighth official during conference games, positioned in the offensive backfield opposite the Referee (similar to the positioning of the umpire in the NFL) to assist in detecting infractions (such as holding, chop blocks, blindside hits on the quarterback, etc.) on the offensive line as well as spotting the ball and monitoring substitutions. This official will be referred to as an "alternate referee" and wear an "A" on the back of the uniform.[3]

A rule that would have required the colors of uniform jerseys and pants to contrast to the field was recommended by the Rules Committee but was denied by the Playing Rules Oversight Panel. This rule was proposed to prevent teams (such as Boise State University) from wearing uniforms that matched the color of their field. Another recommended rule would have switched the side of the field on which the line-to-gain and down markers are displayed in each half but was also denied.[4]

The NCAA Legislative Council also approved a new rule that allows any FBS team with a 6–6 record entering a conference championship game to be bowl-eligible regardless of the result of the title game. Previously, such teams (for example, Georgia Tech last season and UCLA in 2011) had to seek an NCAA waiver if they lost in their conference championship.[5]

Conference realignment

Main article: 2010–13 NCAA conference realignment

On April 3, 2013, the schools remaining in the original Big East Conference, which had sold the "Big East" name to the seven Catholic schools that would leave the league to form their own conference in July 2013, announced that they would operate as the American Athletic Conference.[6]

The Western Athletic Conference dropped football as a sport after the 2012-13 season, becoming the first conference since the Big West Conference after the 2000-01 season to do so, as most of its football-playing members announced their departure for other conferences, and the 2 staying for 2013-14 temporarily became football independents.

Membership changes

School Former Conference New Conference
Florida Atlantic Owls Sun Belt C-USA
FIU Panthers Sun Belt C-USA
Georgia State Panthers CAA Sun Belt
Houston Cougars C-USA The American
Idaho Vandals WAC FBS Independent
Louisiana Tech Bulldogs WAC C-USA
Memphis Tigers C-USA The American
Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders Sun Belt C-USA
New Mexico State Aggies WAC FBS Independent
North Texas Mean Green Sun Belt C-USA
Pittsburgh Panthers Big East ACC
San Jose State Spartans WAC Mountain West
SMU Mustangs C-USA The American
Syracuse Orange Big East ACC
Texas State Bobcats WAC Sun Belt
UCF Knights C-USA The American
Utah State Aggies WAC Mountain West
UTSA Roadrunners WAC C-USA

Idaho and New Mexico State will play only the 2013 season as independents; both later accepted invitations to become football-only members of the Sun Belt in 2014.

In addition, this will be the final season for several other schools in their current conferences:

Teams transitioning to FBS

Transitioning from the FCS to FBS is a two year process. The Georgia State Panthers are in year two of transition and will begin play in the Sun Belt Conference for the 2013 season.

Three teams are in year one of their transitions: Old Dominion, Appalachian State, and Georgia Southern. Old Dominion is transitioning from the Colonial Athletic Association to Conference USA and will play as an FCS Independent in 2013 before beginning C-USA play in 2014. Appalachian State and Georgia Southern are both transitioning from the Southern Conference to the Sun Belt Conference. The Sun Belt is expected to add another current FCS school to replace the WKU Hilltoppers who are joining C-USA in 2014, however it is now certain that any such move will not take effect until at the 2015 season.

The Charlotte 49ers will be playing their first season of football in 2013 as an FCS Independent, and they will move up to the C-USA in 2015.

Other headlines

  • May 14 – The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa announced that effective July 1, all of the school's men's sports teams, including football, would use the historic nickname of Rainbow Warriors. This reversed a plan announced by UH in February 2013, under which all men's teams would use "Warriors", previously used by football, men's golf, and men's volleyball. UH had allowed men's teams to choose their own nicknames in 2000, which resulted in the baseball team using "Rainbows", the three aforementioned teams using "Warriors", and other men's teams using "Rainbow Warriors". The change did not affect UH women's sports, which continue to be known as Rainbow Wahine.[7]
  • May 20 – The organizers of the Military Bowl announced that the game, previously held at RFK Stadium in Washington, D.C., would be moved to Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium in Annapolis, Maryland effective with the upcoming 2013 edition.[8]
  • September 7 – The 2013 Michigan–Notre Dame game set a NCAA record for attendance in a game with 115,109 fans attending the game at Michigan Stadium (also known as the Big House).[9] Michigan won the game 41–30.[9]
  • October 10 – Minnesota and its head coach Jerry Kill jointly announced that Kill would take an indefinite leave of absence, effective immediately, to focus on treatment and management of his epilepsy. Kill had missed the second half of the Golden Gophers' win over Western Illinois on September 14 due to a seizure, and was unable to travel with the team to Michigan on October 5 due to his condition.[10] Minnesota named defensive coordinator Tracy Claeys as interim head coach; Kill returned to the team for the Northwestern game on October 19, but has remained in the press box, allowing Claeys to direct the team from the sidelines for the time being.[11]

Updated stadiums

Conference standings

2013 American Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 10 UCF $   8 – 0     12 – 1  
No. 15 Louisville   7 – 1     12 – 1  
Cincinnati   6 – 2     9 – 4  
Houston   5 – 3     8 – 5  
SMU   4 – 4     5 – 7  
Rutgers   3 – 5     6 – 7  
UConn   3 – 5     3 – 9  
South Florida   2 – 6     2 – 10  
Memphis   1 – 7     3 – 9  
Temple   1 – 7     2 – 10  
  • $ – BCS representative as conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll
2013 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
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
2013 Big 12 Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 13 Baylor $   8 – 1     11 – 2  
No. 6 Oklahoma %   7 – 2     11 – 2  
No. 17 Oklahoma State   7 – 2     10 – 3  
Texas   7 – 2     8 – 5  
Kansas State   5 – 4     8 – 5  
Texas Tech   4 – 5     8 – 5  
TCU   2 – 7     4 – 8  
West Virginia   2 – 7     4 – 8  
Iowa State   2 – 7     3 – 9  
Kansas   1 – 8     3 – 9  
  • $ – BCS representative as conference champion
  • % – BCS at-large representative
Rankings from AP Poll
2013 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
Legends Division
No. 3 Michigan State x$   8 – 0     12 – 1  
Iowa   5 – 3     8 – 5  
Nebraska   5 – 3     9 – 4  
Minnesota   4 – 4     8 – 5  
Michigan   3 – 5     7 – 6  
Northwestern   1 – 7     5 – 7  
Leaders Division
No. 12 Ohio State x%   8 – 0     12 – 2  
No. 22 Wisconsin   6 – 2     9 – 4  
Penn State*   4 – 4     7 – 5  
Indiana   3 – 5     5 – 7  
Illinois   1 – 7     4 – 8  
Purdue   0 – 8     1 – 11  
Championship: Michigan State 34, Ohio State 24
  • $ – BCS representative as conference champion
  • % – BCS at-large representative
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • Penn State ineligible for conference championship game and post-season bowl games due to NCAA sanctions
Rankings from AP Poll
2013 Conference USA football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
East Division
Marshall x   7 – 1     10 – 4  
East Carolina   6 – 2     10 – 3  
Middle Tennessee   6 – 2     8 – 5  
Florida Atlantic   4 – 4     6 – 6  
UAB   1 – 7     2 – 10  
Southern Miss   1 – 7     1 – 11  
FIU   1 – 7     1 – 11  
West Division
Rice x$   7 – 1     10 – 4  
UTSA   6 – 2     7 – 5  
North Texas   6 – 2     9 – 4  
Tulane   5 – 3     7 – 6  
Louisiana Tech   3 – 5     4 – 8  
Tulsa   2 – 6     3 – 9  
UTEP   1 – 7     2 – 10  
Championship: Rice 41, Marshall 24
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll
2013 NCAA Division I FBS independents football records
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 20 Notre Dame*     –       9 – 4  
Navy     –       9 – 4  
BYU     –       8 – 5  
Army     –       3 – 9  
New Mexico State     –       2 – 10  
Idaho     –       1 – 11  
  • *All wins for Notre Dame (9–4) in the 2013 season were later vacated
Rankings from AP Poll
2013 Mid-American Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
East Division
Bowling Green x$   7 – 1     10 – 4  
Buffalo   6 – 2     8 – 5  
Ohio   4 – 4     7 – 6  
Akron   4 – 4     5 – 7  
Kent State   3 – 5     4 – 8  
UMass   1 – 7     1 – 11  
Miami (OH)   0 – 8     0 – 12  
West Division
Northern Illinois x   8 – 0     12 – 2  
Ball State   7 – 1     10 – 3  
Toledo   5 – 3     7 – 5  
Central Michigan   5 – 3     6 – 6  
Eastern Michigan   1 – 7     2 – 10  
Western Michigan   1 – 7     1 – 11  
Championship: Bowling Green 47, Northern Illinois 27
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
2013 Mountain West Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
Mountain Division
Utah State x   7 – 1     9 – 5  
Boise State   6 – 2     8 – 5  
Colorado State   5 – 3     8 – 6  
Wyoming   3 – 5     5 – 7  
New Mexico   1 – 7     3 – 9  
Air Force   0 – 8     2 – 10  
West Division
Fresno State x$   7 – 1     11 – 2  
San Diego State   6 – 2     8 – 5  
UNLV   5 – 3     7 – 6  
San Jose State   5 – 3     6 – 6  
Nevada   3 – 5     4 – 8  
Hawaii   0 – 8     1 – 11  
Championship: Fresno State 24, Utah State 17
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll
2013 Pac-12 Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
North Division
No. 11 Stanford xy$   7 – 2     11 – 3  
No. 9 Oregon x   7 – 2     11 – 2  
No. 25 Washington   5 – 4     9 – 4  
Oregon State   4 – 5     7 – 6  
Washington State   4 – 5     6 – 7  
California   0 – 9     1 – 11  
South Division
No. 21 Arizona State x   8 – 1     10 – 4  
No. 16 UCLA   6 – 3     10 – 3  
No. 19 USC   6 – 3     10 – 4  
Arizona   4 – 5     8 – 5  
Utah   2 – 7     5 – 7  
Colorado   1 – 8     4 – 8  
Championship: Stanford 38, Arizona State 14
  • $ – BCS representative as conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant
Rankings from AP Poll
2013 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
Eastern Division
No. 5 Missouri x   7 – 1     12 – 2  
No. 4 South Carolina   6 – 2     11 – 2  
Georgia   5 – 3     8 – 5  
No. 24 Vanderbilt   4 – 4     9 – 4  
Florida   3 – 5     4 – 8  
Tennessee   2 – 6     5 – 7  
Kentucky   0 – 8     2 – 10  
Western Division
No. 2 Auburn xy$   7 – 1     12 – 2  
No. 7 Alabama x%   7 – 1     11 – 2  
No. 14 LSU *   5 – 3     10 – 3  
No. 18 Texas A&M   4 – 4     9 – 4  
Mississippi State   3 – 5     7 – 6  
Ole Miss *   3 – 5     8 – 5  
Arkansas   0 – 8     3 – 9  
Championship: Auburn 59, Missouri 42
  • $ – BCS representative as conference champion
  • % – BCS at-large representative
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant
  • * LSU and Ole Miss vacated all wins (except for Ole Miss' Music City Bowl win) due to NCAA violations.
Rankings from AP Poll
2013 Sun Belt Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
Arkansas State $   5 – 2     8 – 5  
Western Kentucky   4 – 3     8 – 4  
South Alabama   4 – 3     6 – 6  
Troy   4 – 3     6 – 6  
Louisiana–Monroe   4 – 3     6 – 6  
Texas State   2 – 5     6 – 6  
Louisiana–Lafayette *   0 – 2     1 – 4  
Georgia State **   0 – 7     0 – 12  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • * – Louisiana–Lafayette vacated eight wins due to NCAA violations
    ** – Georgia State ineligible for postseason play due to FCS-to-FBS transition rules

Conference summaries

Championship games

Conference Participant Participant Score Offensive Player of the Year Defensive Player of the Year Coach of the Year
ACC Florida State Duke
Big Ten Michigan State Ohio State
C-USA Marshall Rice
MAC Bowling Green Northern Illinois
MWC Utah State Fresno State
Pac-12 Stanford Arizona State
SEC Missouri Auburn

Other conference winners

Conference Champion Record Offensive Player of the Year Defensive Player of the Year Coach of the Year
American UCF, or UCF & Cincinnati, or UCF* & Louisville
Big 12 Baylor, or Texas, or Oklahoma St* & Baylor, or Oklahoma St* & Texas
Sun Belt Louisiana-Lafayette, or Louisiana-Lafayette & Arkansas State

Asterisk indicates winner of tiebreaker for BCS automatic qualifier from AQ conference

Because UCF and Cincinnati did not play each other, a tie between the two would be broken by BCS ranking.[12]

Scenarios

  • American - UCF has clinched a share of the conference championship. If UCF beats SMU then UCF wins the title outright; if UCF loses then the winner of the Cincinnati-Louisville game shares the conference championship with UCF. UCF has the tiebreaker over Louisville in head-to-head play, while a tie between UCF and Cincinnati would be broken by BCS ranking.
  • Big 12 - If Oklahoma State beats Oklahoma then it would share the Big 12 Championship with the winner of Baylor-Texas, and would also win the BCS bowl bid by head-to-head tiebreaker. If Oklahoma State loses then the winner of Baylor-Texas wins the Big 12 Championship outright.
  • Sun Belt - Louisiana-Lafayette has clinched a share of the conference championship. If Louisiana-Lafayette beats South Alabama then Louisiana-Lafayette wins the title outright; if Louisiana-Lafayette loses then shares the conference championship with Arkansas State. Louisiana-Lafayette has the tiebreaker over Arkansas State in head-to-head play, but since the Sun Belt is not an AQ conference for the BCS bowls, the tiebreaker has no practical effect.

Coaching changes

Preseason and in-season

This is restricted to coaching changes that took place on or after May 1, 2013. For coaching changes that occurred earlier in 2013, see 2012 NCAA Division I FBS end-of-season coaching changes.

School Outgoing coach Date Reason Replacement
USC Lane Kiffin September 29 Fired[13] Ed Orgeron (interim)
Connecticut Paul Pasqualoni September 30 Fired[14] T. J. Weist (interim)
Miami (OH) Don Treadwell October 6 Fired[15] Mike Bath (interim)[16]
FAU Carl Pelini October 30 Fired[17] Brian Wright (interim)
Eastern Michigan Ron English November 8 Fired[18] Stan Parrish (interim)[18]

End of season

School Outgoing coach Date announced Reason Replacement
Wyoming Dave Christensen December 1 Fired[19] TBD
Wake Forest Jim Grobe December 2 Resigned TBD
USC Ed Orgeron December 2 Permanent replacement Steve Sarkisian[20]
Washington Steve Sarkisian December 2 Hired by USC TBD

See also

References

  1. ^ CBS Sports (February 13, 2013). "NCAA Rules Panel approves ejections for targeted hits to head". cbssports.com. Retrieved 13 February 2013.
  2. ^ AP (October 4, 2013). "NCAA targeting calls will now have automatic review". espn.com. Retrieved 5 October 2013.
  3. ^ CBS Sports (July 22, 2013). "Big 12 adds eighth official just to keep up with up-tempo offenses". cbssports.com. Retrieved 24 July 2013.
  4. ^ NCAA.org (March 7, 2013). "NCAA Rules Panel approves more stringent penalty in football". ncaa.org. Retrieved 7 March 2013.
  5. ^ "Midnight Madness to start earlier". ESPN.com. May 3, 2013. Retrieved May 4, 2013. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  6. ^ "New Name in College Sports - Current BIG EAST Enters New Era as 'American Athletic Conference'" (Press release). Big East Conference. April 3, 2013. Retrieved April 3, 2013.
  7. ^ Associated Press (May 14, 2013). "Hawaii to keep 'Rainbow' in name". ESPN.com. Retrieved May 21, 2013. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  8. ^ Patterson, Chip (May 20, 2013). "Military Bowl moving to Annapolis, adds Conference USA for '13". Eye on College Football. CBSSports.com. Retrieved May 21, 2013. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  9. ^ a b Fornelli, Tom (September 7, 2013). "Michigan Stadium sets single-game NCAA attendance record". CBS Sports. Retrieved September 30, 2013.
  10. ^ "Jerry Kill to continue treatment". ESPN.com. Associated Press. October 10, 2013. Retrieved October 10, 2013. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  11. ^ Maisel, Ivan (November 20, 2013). "Jerry Kill changes the game plan". ESPN.com. Retrieved November 25, 2013. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  12. ^ http://theamerican.org/documents/2013/8/15/Tie-Breaking_Procedures.pdf
  13. ^ "Trojans dismiss coach Lane Kiffin". ESPNLA.com. September 19, 2013. Retrieved September 29, 2013. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  14. ^ "UConn fires Paul Pasqualoni". ESPN.com. Associated Press. September 30, 2013. Retrieved September 30, 2013. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  15. ^ "Treadwell Relieved of Duties" (Press release). Miami University Athletics. October 6, 2013. Retrieved October 7, 2013.
  16. ^ "Bath Named Interim Head Football Coach" (Press release). Miami University Athletics. October 6, 2013. Retrieved October 7, 2013.
  17. ^ "FAU now says Carl Pelini has been fired with cause" (Press release). CBSSPORTS.COM. Novemeber 26, 2013. Retrieved December 2, 2013. {{cite press release}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  18. ^ a b "Eastern Michigan fires Ron English". ESPN.com. ESPN.com news services. November 8, 2013. Retrieved November 8, 2013.
  19. ^ "Wyoming fires Dave Christensen". ESPN.com. December 1, 2013. Retrieved December 2, 2013. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  20. ^ "Steve Sarkisian hired as USC head coach". ESPN.com. December 2, 2012. Retrieved December 2, 2012.
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