The 2013 Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) football season was an

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football season that was played from August 29, 2013, to January 7, 2014. It was the first season of play for former

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members

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and Syracuse. Syracuse played in the Atlantic Division, while Pittsburgh played in the Coastal Division. It was also the last season for

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in the ACC as they moved to the

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in 2014. The

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consisted of 14 members in two divisions. The Atlantic division consisted of

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, Clemson,

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, North Carolina State, Syracuse, and Wake Forest. The Coastal division consisted of

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, and

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. The division champions, Duke and Florida State, met in December in the 2013 ACC Championship Game, located in

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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'') #

– 731 (18) # North Carolina State – 490 # Wake Forest – 392 #

– 373 # Syracuse - 320 #

– 211

Coastal Division poll

– 736 (65) #

– 654 (27) #

– 649 (22) #

– 522 (6) #

- 313 #

– 230 #

– 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

Defense

Specialist

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

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. 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

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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

Rankings

Bowl Games

Postseason

All-conference teams

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

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: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 The Dave Rimington Trophy is awarded to the player considered to be the best center in college football. Dave Rimington was a center who played at the University of Nebraska from 1979 to 1982. A member of the National College Football Awards ...

:C Bryan Stork - Florida State

Walter Camp Coach of the Year Award The Walter Camp Coach of the Year Award is given annually to the collegiate American football head coach adjudged by a group of National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) head coaches and sports ...

: David Cutcliffe - Duke

Heisman Trophy The Heisman Memorial Trophy ( ; also known simply as the Heisman) is awarded annually since 1935 to the top player in college football. It is considered the most prestigious award in the sport and is presented by the Heisman Trophy Trust followin ...

:QB Jameis Winston- Florida State Walter Camp Award :QB Jameis Winston - Florida State

Davey O'Brien Award The Davey O'Brien Award, officially the Davey O'Brien National Quarterback Award, named after Davey O'Brien, is presented annually to the collegiate American football player judged by the Davey O'Brien Foundation to be the best of all National C ...

: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.

Preseason

Preseason Poll

Atlantic Division poll

Coastal Division poll

Predicted ACC Championship Game Winner

Preseason ACC Player of the Year

Preseason All Conference Teams

Offense

Defense

Specialist

Coaches

Rankings

Bowl Games

Postseason

All-conference teams

First Team

Second Team

Third Team

ACC Individual Awards

National Awards

2014 NFL Draft

Round one

Round two

Round three

Round four

Round five

Round six

Round seven

Trade references

References