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The 2013 NCAA Division I FBS football season was the highest level college football competition in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). The regular season began on August 29, 2013, and ended on December 14, 2013.
The National Championship, played at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California, saw the No. 1 Florida State Seminoles defeat the No. 2 Auburn Tigers, 34–31, to win the school's third national championship. This year was the last of the BCS era, as the College Football Playoff system would be introduced the following season.
The 2013 college football season may refer to: 2013 NCAA Division I FBS football season; 2013 NCAA Division I FCS football season; 2013 NCAA Division II football season; 2013 NCAA Division III football season; 2013 NAIA Football National Championship
The Bowl Championship Series held 16 BCS National Championship games to cap the 1998–2013 seasons by pitting the No. 1 vs. No. 2 teams from the final BCS standings. The games are assumed to uncontroversially be the season's singular "national championship game" unless discussed below.
The 2013–14 bowl season served as the last for the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) format. Starting in 2014–15, a new system, the College Football Playoff, was used. The 2013–2014 bowl game schedule, with 70 teams to compete in 35 bowls, was announced in May 2013. [1] All bowl game participants were selected by December 8, 2013.
The 2013 BCS National Championship Game (branded as the 2013 Discover BCS National Championship Game for sponsorship reasons) was a postseason college football bowl game that took place on Monday, January 7, 2013, at Sun Life Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida. It featured the No. 1 ranked Notre Dame Fighting Irish and No. 2 Alabama Crimson Tide.
Three human polls and one formula ranking made up the 2013 NCAA Division I FBS (Football Bowl Subdivision) football rankings, in addition to various publications' preseason polls. Unlike most sports, college football's governing body, the NCAA, does not bestow a national championship title. That title is bestowed by one or more of four ...
The Seminoles ended the season as the highest-scoring team in college football history, surpassing the 2008 Oklahoma Sooners. [16] They have since only been surpassed by the 2019 LSU Tigers (with 726 points), who also went undefeated and won a national championship.