The 2013 NCAA Division I FBS football season, play 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.
1.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 eligible for instant replay review 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.
2.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).
3.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.
4.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.
5.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.
1.May 14 – The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa announces that effective July 1, all of the school's men's sports teams, including football, will use the historic nickname of Rainbow Warriors. This reverses 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 will not affect UH women's sports, which will continue to be known as Rainbow Wahine.
2.May 20 – The organizers of the Military Bowl announce 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.
3.September 7 - The 2013 Michigan-Notre Dame game set a NCAA record for attendance in a game with 115,109 fans attending the game in Michigan Stadium (also known as the Big House). Michigan won the game 41-30.
Houston has a verbal agreement to use Reliant Stadium, home to the NFL's Houston Texans, this season, but only for dates that do not conflict with Texans home games. Five of the Cougars' seven home games in 2013 will be at Reliant Stadium, with one each at BBVA Compass Stadium, home of Major League Soccer's Houston Dynamo, and Rice Stadium. The Cougars' former on-campus home, Robertson Stadium, was closed after the 2012 season; the new Houston Football Stadium will open on the former Robertson Stadium site in 2014.
As in the 2012 season, Massachusetts is playing its entire 2013 home schedule at Gillette Stadium, home to the New England Patriots (NFL) and New England Revolution (MLS). UMass is currently expanding its on-campus home of Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium to a capacity of roughly 25,000, and hopes to return some games to campus in 2014. However, the school is also contractually obligated to play at least four home games at Gillette in each season from 2014 to 2016. Gillette is approximately a two-hour drive from the UMass campus.
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