Some will say we’re living in the past, but I look at it like giving respect to greatness. Defending the greatest college football team of all time is something I will never get tired of doing, but that’s not what this article is about. I have written several pieces about the 2013 FSU football team, detailing why they’re better than 2001 Miami, 2019 LSU, 2018 Clemson, and 2020 Alabama.
People putting 2023 Michigan in the same breath as 2013 FSU is such a joke that it’s not even funny.  I thought I knew all of the stats detailing how dominant that team was, but it seems new things continue to come out. The two latest stats are insane:
In 2013, Florida State went 584 straight minutes of game time without trailing an opponent.
— CFB Kings (@CFBKings) March 4, 2026
They trailed Boston College 17-10 with 1:50 left in the 2nd quarter on September 28th, 2013, and then did not trail again until the first quarter of the National Championship against… pic.twitter.com/EsXnMMT5vx
That team went 100 days or 584 minutes without trailing that season. Do you know how difficult it is to do that? How easy it is to lose the coin toss and allow a field goal on the first possession to trail 3-0?
FSU went nine consecutive games and never trailed. The crazy part is that casual fans still don’t know that Auburn had FSU’s offensive signals (they had a former FSU coach on their staff, and Jimbo Fisher didn’t think to change the signals until halftime when Kelvin Benjamin told everyone).
FSU was 10-3 against the spread that season and was at least a -10.5 betting favorite in every game. They had seven games with a point spread of at least -28 and covered! No other team has been that dominant, and to go 100 days and never trail? Just another reason why they are the GOAT college football team.