Final 2013 Top 25
1. Florida State, 14-0, 1
2. Auburn, 12-2, 2
3. Michigan State, 13-1, 6
4. South Carolina, 11-2, 7
5. Missouri, 12-2, 4
6. Oklahoma, 11-2, 12
7. Clemson, 11-2, 9
8. Alabama, 11-2, 3
9. Oregon, 11-2, 11
10. Stanford, 11-3, 5
11. Louisiana State, 10-3, 10
12. Central Florida, 12-1, 17
13. Ohio State, 12-2, 13
14. Baylor, 11-2, 8
15. Oklahoma State, 10-3, 14
16. UCLA, 10-3, 15
17. Louisville, 12-1, 18
18. Texas A&M, 9-4, 20
19. Wisconsin, 9-4, 19
20. Duke, 10-4, 21
21. Southern Cal, 9-4, NR
22. Notre Dame, 9-4, 24
23. Washington, 9-4, NR
24. Nebraska, 9-4, NR
25. Arizona State, 10-4, 16
OUT: Miami (22), Iowa (24) and Georgia (25)
VOTES: Vanderbilt, Iowa, Texas Tech, North Carolina, Kansas State, Ole Miss, Texas, Georgia, Arizona, North Dakota State and Miami.
BCS NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
Please find our analysis on the final BCS National Championship from Pasadena HERE. For a great read about the entire experience, please the following post from SBNATION.
BOWL GAME ANALYSIS
Colorado State roared from behind to take out Washington State in a most entertaining contest with Ram running back Kapri Bibbs running wild.......USC flexed some serious muscle, unlike last seasons lackluster performance in getting spanked by Ga.Tech, to smash up and coming Fresno State and heralded signal caller Derek Carr......San Diego State proved much to much for Buffalo.....The NO Superdome was almost full as Lafayette took out Tulane...Frank Solich and his Ohio Bobcats played strong but were overmatched by East Carolina, a game I actually watched most of at work on the wonderful WatchESPN....Oregon State easily disposed of Boise State, whose starting quarterback missed the game due to an unusual infraction....Pitt ran wild on Bowling Green, signaling issues for the MAC....Those issues of concern were warranted as Utah State won in controlling fashion over Jordan Lynch and Northern Illinois......Maryland lost to Marshall, but few recognize Marshall as the pretty good team they are....Minnesota had a very good year, with a home victory over Nebraska, but got dumped by Syracuse, who FSU beat 59-3 in November.....Washington defeated a sound BYU squad, and the Huskies are one of the best four loss teams out there....Notre Dame took out Rutgers in Yankee Stadium, a game much of Central Florida missed due to cable outage and notable for astute actions by ESPN analyst Jesse Palmer, who saved Chris Fowler from choking......North Carolina, seemingly for years, appears on the brink of becoming a major, but after a 1-5 start, doubt remained but the Tar Heels finished strong, blasting Cincinnati setting a catalyst for a decent 2014....Louisville destroyed Miami, with the Canes looking lethargic and uninterested, signaling a coaching alarm for me.....Even though Michigan had to play a reserve quarterback, Kansas State got them covered in every phase of the game, and Brady Hoke will begin to feel heat in his seat......Navy overwhelmed Middle Tennessee.....Ole Miss won a hard fought game against Georgia Tech....In the final game Mack Brown coached at Texas due to having been ousted, Oregon blasted the 'Horns, who are not what they used to be by any stretch....Texas Tech blasted Arizona State, who came in playing god football, and one must wonder the potential for the Red Raiders....In a game featuring two of the nations top running backs, KaDeem Carey and Andre Williams, Arizona bombed Boston College....UCLA, on the verge of becoming a solid top ten team, blasted Virginia Tech, who fielded an unusually poor team in 2013.....Mississippi State blasted a decent Rice squad, and eyes a bright future....Duke jumped all over A&M, scoring the first five times they had the ball, but behind the magical efforts of 2012 Heisman winner Johnny Manziel, the Aggies came back to win a 52-48 contest.....See analysis of Nebraska's Gator Bowl win over Georgia HERE......North Texas bombed UNLV, and why this was a Jan 1 game is highly questionable.....Iowa played tough, but could not get past LSU, even with a backup signal caller....South Carolina beat Wisconsin in the Capital One Bowl in beautiful downtown Orlando.....Michigan State came back to win a game of defensive strength against Stanford at the Rose Bowl......Baylor came in high flying, but upstart UCF, who won at Louisville and Penn State losing a tight home game to South Carolina after leading 10-0 at the half, jumped all over Baylor to easily win the Fiesta Bowl, a most significant milestone in the history of UCF, playing ball only since 1979 and seemingly cementing a brighter future....In stunning fashion, Oklahoma threw up 45 points in trashing the vaunted Alabama defense and disposing of the Crimson Tide, sending shock waves across the football landscape, and also a big win for the Sooners, who have been short on those in recent years.....Missouri outlasted Oklahoma State in a clash of former Big 8 rivals, a great y ear for the Tigers....Clemson beat Ohio State in the Orange Bowl giving the Tigers a much needed significant win after a somewhat disappointing 2013....After jumping out to a 24-0 lead, Vanderbilt held on to beat Houston for a second 9 win season in a row....Arkansas State used a brilliant fake punt to beat Ball State and Florida State beat Auburn 34-31 to win the 2013 National Championship at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena.
It has been a most exciting season, and as a very proud alumni of The Florida State University, I congratulate the Seminoles; Undefeated and Unconquered, for daring to be great and achieving excellence. Job well done!
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