The 2013 Discover Orange Bowl was a college football bowl game played on Tuesday, January 1, 2013, at Sun Life Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida.
[4] The game was organized by the Orange Bowl committee.
[5] The Orange Bowl featured ACC champions Florida State versus at-large selection and MAC champions Northern Illinois.
[6] The Florida State Seminoles clinched a berth in the 2013 Orange Bowl by winning the 2012 ACC Championship.
A school from a BCS non-automatic qualifying conference earns a bid if in the top sixteen and ranked ahead of a champion from an automatic qualifying conference.