2013–14 NCAA football bowl games
| 2013–14 NCAA football bowl games | |||||||||
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| Season | 2013 | ||||||||
| Regular season | August 29, 2013 – December 14, 2013 | ||||||||
| Number of bowls | 35 | ||||||||
| All-star games | 2 | ||||||||
| Bowl games | December 21, 2013 – January 6, 2014 | ||||||||
| National Championship | 2014 BCS National Championship | ||||||||
| Location of Championship | Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA | ||||||||
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The 2013–14 NCAA football bowl games are a series of college football bowl games. They will conclude the 2013 NCAA Division I FBS football season, and include 35 team-competitive games and two all-star games. The games begin on Saturday December 21, 2013 and, aside from the all-star games, will conclude with the 2014 BCS National Championship at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena that will be played on January 6, 2014.
Schedule
The 2013–14 bowl season also will be the last for the current Bowl Championship Series (BCS) format. Starting in 2014–15, a new system, the College Football Playoff, will be used with two national semi-finals rotated among with Rose and Sugar, Orange and Fiesta, along with the Cotton and Peach Bowls and a championship game played at a neutral site two weeks later. The Rose and Sugar Bowls will be the two permanent games played on January 1, while the other four will play on December 31. In addition, the number of bowls will expand to 39 games that year with four new games – the Camellia Bowl, scheduled for the Cramton Bowl in Montgomery, Alabama pitting the Sun Belt against the MAC; the Bahamas Bowl to be played in Nassau between the MAC and the American Athletic Conference; the Miami Beach Bowl to be played in Marlins Park with an AAC team as host; and the Boca Raton Bowl, to be played at FAU Stadium, with a third MAC team taking on a team from Conference USA. This will increase the possibility that the bowls may run out of normally eligible teams, forcing some bowls to pick otherwise non-eligible teams as detailed above.
The 2013–2014 bowl game schedule was announced in May 2013,[1] and all bowl game participants were selected by December 8, 2013.
Note: All times are EST (UTC−5). Rankings from final BCS poll.
Non-BCS games
BCS Games
| Date | Game | Site | Television | Teams | Affiliations | Results |
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| Jan. 1 | Rose Bowl presented by Vizio | Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA 5:00 pm |
ESPN | #5 Stanford Cardinal[4] (11–2) #4 Michigan State Spartans[4] (12–1) |
Pac-12 Big Ten |
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| Tostitos Fiesta Bowl | University of Phoenix Stadium Glendale, AZ 8:30 pm |
#6 Baylor Bears[5] (11–1) #15 UCF Knights[5] (11–1) |
Big 12 American |
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| Jan. 2 | Allstate Sugar Bowl | Mercedes-Benz Superdome New Orleans, LA 8:30 pm |
#3 Alabama Crimson Tide[6] (11–1) #11 Oklahoma Sooners[6] (10–2) |
SEC Big 12 |
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| Jan. 3 | Discover Orange Bowl | Sun Life Stadium Miami Gardens, FL 8:30 pm |
#12 Clemson Tigers[7] (10–2) #7 Ohio State Buckeyes[7] (12–1) |
ACC Big Ten |
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| Jan. 6 | Vizio BCS National Championship Game | Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA 8:30 pm |
#1 Florida State Seminoles[8] (13–0) #2 Auburn Tigers[8] (12–1) |
ACC SEC |
Post BCS all-star games
| Date | Game | Site | Television | Participants | Results |
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| Jan. 18 | East-West Shrine Game | Tropicana Field St. Petersburg, FL 4:00 pm |
NFL Network | East Team vs. West Team |
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| Jan. 25 | Senior Bowl | Ladd Peebles Stadium Mobile, AL 4:00pm |
North Team vs. South Team |
Selection of the teams
To play in a bowl game, a college football team must qualify to do so according to the NCAA rules of bowl eligibility.
As in the 2010, 2011, and 2012 seasons, initial bowl eligibility would go to teams with no lower than a non-losing record (6–6) for the season. On August 2, 2012, the NCAA Division I Board of Directors approved a significant change to the process to determine bowl eligible teams, going so far as to potentially allow 5–7 teams to go to a bowl, in case there were not enough regular bowl-eligible teams to fill every game.
If a bowl has one or more conferences/teams unable to meet their contractual commitments and there are no available bowl-eligible teams, the open spots can be filled – by the particular bowl's sponsoring agencies – as follows:[9]
- Teams finishing with an above .500 record, that is, 7–5. In case of two teams with identical record, the team with a .500 or above in conference play, AND winning percentage in a) FIRST non-conference Road games against i) BCS conference opponents, ii) Division I non BCS conference opponents, b) SECOND non-conference Neutral-site games against iii) BCS conference opponents, iv) Division I non BCS conference opponents, c) THIRD non-conference Home games against v) BCS conference opponents, vi) Division I non BCS conference opponents, and last, games at home against lower division opponents.
- Teams finishing 6–6 with one win against a team from the lower Football Championship Subdivision (FCS), regardless of whether that FCS school meets NCAA scholarship requirements. Until now, an FCS win counted only if that opponent met the scholarship requirements—specifically, that school had to award at least 90% of the FCS maximum of 63 scholarship equivalents over a two-year period. In the 2013 season, programs in four FCS conferences cannot meet the 90% requirement (56.7 equivalents)—the Ivy League, which prohibits all athletic scholarships; the Pioneer Football League, which does not currently award football scholarships; the Patriot League, which only began awarding football scholarships in the 2012 season and had a limit of 30 equivalents in the 2013 season; and the Northeast Conference, which limits football scholarships to 40 equivalents.
- 6–6 teams with two wins over FCS schools.
- 6–7 teams that normally play a 13-team schedule, such as Hawaii's home opponents. Although Hawaii normally plays a 13-game schedule, it is only playing 12 games this season.
- FCS teams who are in the final year of the two-year FBS transition process, if they have at least a 6–6 record.
- Finally, 5–7 teams that have a top-5 Academic Progress Rate (APR) score. This was later adjusted to allow other 5–7 teams to be selected thereafter—in order of their APR.[10]
Under a rule change approved by the NCAA Legislative Council on May 3, 2013, teams that enter a conference championship game with a 6–6 record are bowl-eligible regardless of the result of the championship game, without the team having to seek an NCAA waiver.[11]
Bowl Championship Series
Ten teams were selected for the Bowl Championship Series:
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BCS top 25 teams
| Rank | Team | Conference and standing | Bowl game |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Florida State Seminoles | ACC champions | National Championship Game |
| 2 | Auburn Tigers | SEC champions | National Championship Game |
| 3 | Alabama Crimson Tide | SEC Western Division co-champions | Sugar Bowl |
| 4 | Michigan State Spartans | Big Ten champions | Rose Bowl |
| 5 | Stanford Cardinal | Pac-12 champions | Rose Bowl |
| 6 | Baylor Bears | Big 12 champions | Fiesta Bowl |
| 7 | Ohio State Buckeyes | Big Ten Leaders Division champions | Orange Bowl |
| 8 | Missouri Tigers | SEC Eastern Division champions | Cotton Bowl Classic |
| 9 | South Carolina Gamecocks | SEC Eastern Division second place | Capital One Bowl |
| 10 | Oregon Ducks | Pac-12 North Division co-champions | Alamo Bowl |
| 11 | Oklahoma Sooners | Big 12 second place (tie) | Sugar Bowl |
| 12 | Clemson Tigers | ACC Atlantic Division second place | Orange Bowl |
| 13 | Oklahoma State Cowboys | Big 12 second place (tie) | Cotton Bowl Classic |
| 14 | Arizona State Sun Devils | Pac-12 South Division champions | Holiday Bowl |
| 15 | UCF Knights | American champions | Fiesta Bowl |
| 16 | LSU Tigers | SEC Western Division third place | Outback Bowl |
| 17 | UCLA Bruins | Pac-12 South Division second place (tie) | Sun Bowl |
| 18 | Louisville Cardinals | American second place | Russell Athletic Bowl |
| 19 | Wisconsin Badgers | Big Ten Leaders Division second place | Capital One Bowl |
| 20 | Fresno State Bulldogs | MWC champions | Las Vegas Bowl |
| 21 | Texas A&M Aggies | SEC Western Division fourth place | Peach Bowl |
| 22 | Georgia Bulldogs | SEC Eastern Division third place | Gator Bowl |
| 23 | Northern Illinois Huskies | MAC West Division champions | Poinsettia Bowl |
| 24 | Duke Blue Devils | ACC Coastal Division Champions | Peach Bowl |
| 25 | USC Trojans | Pac-12 South Division second place (tie) | Las Vegas Bowl |
Teams that became bowl eligible
- American (5) : Cincinnati, Houston, Louisville, UCF (Champions), Rutgers
- ACC (11) : Boston College, Clemson, Duke (ACC Coastal Division Champions), Florida State (ACC Atlantic Division Champions, Champions), Georgia Tech, Maryland, Miami (FL), North Carolina, Pittsburgh, Syracuse, Virginia Tech
- Big Ten (7) : Iowa, Michigan, Michigan State (Big Ten Legends Division Champions, Champions), Minnesota, Nebraska, Ohio State (Big Ten Leaders Division Champions), Wisconsin
- Big 12 (6) : Baylor (Champions), Kansas State, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Texas, Texas Tech
- Conference USA (7) : East Carolina, Florida Atlantic, Marshall (C-USA East Division Champions), Middle Tennessee, North Texas, Rice (Champions, C-USA West Division Champions), Tulane
- Independents (3) : BYU, Navy, Notre Dame
- MAC (7) : Ball State, Bowling Green (MAC East Division Champions, Champions), Buffalo, Central Michigan, Northern Illinois (MAC West Division Champions), Ohio, Toledo
- Mountain West (7) : Boise State, Colorado State, Fresno State (Mountain West West Division Champions, Champions), San Diego State, San Jose State, UNLV, Utah State (Mountain West Mountain Division Champions)
- Pac-12 (9) : Arizona, Arizona State (Pac-12 South Division Champions), Oregon (Pac-12 North Division Co-Champions), Oregon State, Stanford (Pac-12 North Division Co-Champions, Champions), UCLA, USC, Washington, Washington State
- SEC (10) : Alabama (SEC West Division Co-Champions), Auburn (SEC West Division Co-Champions, Champions), Georgia, LSU, Mississippi State, Missouri (SEC East Division Champions), Ole Miss, South Carolina, Texas A&M, Vanderbilt
- Sun Belt (7) : Arkansas State (Co-Champions), Louisiana–Lafayette (Co-Champions), Louisiana–Monroe, South Alabama, Texas State, Troy, Western Kentucky
Number of bowl berths available: 70
Number of teams bowl eligible: 79
Nine eligible teams did not reach a bowl: Central Michigan (6–6), Florida Atlantic (6–6), Louisiana-Monroe (6–6), San Jose State (6–6), South Alabama (6–6), Texas State (6–6), Toledo (7–5), Troy (6–6), Western Kentucky (8–4)
Teams that did not become bowl eligible
- American (5) : Connecticut, Memphis, South Florida, SMU, Temple
- ACC (3) : NC State, Virginia, Wake Forest
- Big Ten (5) : Illinois, Indiana, Northwestern, Penn State (via NCAA sanctions), Purdue
- Big 12 (4) : Iowa State, Kansas, TCU, West Virginia
- Conference USA (7) : FIU, Louisiana Tech, Southern Miss, Tulsa, UAB, UTEP, UTSA (via transition)
- Independents (3) : Army, Idaho, New Mexico State
- MAC (6) : Akron, Eastern Michigan, Kent State, Miami (OH), UMass, Western Michigan
- Mountain West (5) : Air Force, Hawaii, Nevada, New Mexico, Wyoming
- Pac-12 (3) : California, Colorado, Utah
- SEC (4) : Arkansas, Florida, Kentucky, Tennessee
- Sun Belt (1) : Georgia State
Number of teams bowl ineligible: 46
Notes
- ^ The American Athletic Conference would have their sixth team to this game, but only five teams were bowl eligible.
- ^ Conference USA was to have sent a team, but because of a lack of bowl eligible teams, the Pac 12 will send an team.
- ^ The Big Ten Conference would have had their eighth selection go to this bowl, but they have only 7 eligible teams. Therefore, the ACC will take their place.
- ^ Army would have been eligible, but had a losing record.
- ^ The Big 12 Conference was supposed to send its seventh selection to the Pinstripe Bowl. However since only 6 Big 12 teams will be eligible this year, they cannot send a team to the Pinstripe Bowl, and its place will be taken by an at-large team.
- ^ With two SEC in the BCS, the Pac 12 replaces them.
- ^ Neither the Big Ten or Big 12 were able to fulfill their required bowl slots for this game.
References
- ^ "2013–14 Bowl Schedule", ESPN, May 22, 2013. Retrieved October 20, 2013.
- ^ Pinstripe Bowl set: Rutgers to play Notre Dame in Yankee Stadium
- ^ McMurphy, Brett. "Twitter Account of ESPN's Brett McMurphy". Retrieved December 8, 2013.
- ^ a b Wilner, Jon (January 7, 2013). "Stanford Cardinal headed back to Rose Bowl". San Jose Mercury-News.
- ^ a b Fuhrmeister, Chris (December 8, 2013). "2014 Tostitos Fiesta Bowl, Baylor vs. UCF: TV time, team profiles and more". SBNation. Vox Media, Inc.
- ^ a b "2014 Sugar Bowl, Alabama vs. Oklahoma: TV time, team profiles and more". SBNation. Philly.com. December 8, 2013.
- ^ a b "2014 Orange Bowl, Ohio State vs. Clemson: TV time, team profiles and more". SBNation. Philly.com. December 8, 2013.
- ^ a b "College football: Florida State to face Auburn in BCS National Championship game". San Jose Mercury-News. Associated Press. December 7, 2013.
- ^ Johnson, Greg. "DI Board approves process to fill football bowls in case of shortfall". Retrieved August 2, 2012.
- ^ Palm, Jerry. "Possible fallout from Canes' self-imposed bowl ban".
- ^ "Midnight Madness to start earlier". ESPN.com. May 3, 2013. Retrieved May 4, 2013.
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