The postseason concluded on January 6, 2014, with the final BCS National Championship Game, played at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California.

This rule was proposed to prevent teams (such as Boise State) 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.

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.

The WAC discontinued football as a sponsored sport after the 2012 season when most of its football-playing members announced their departures for other conferences, primarily the Mountain West, in the preceding years.