Paul Myerberg

USA TODAY Sports

Only one team – Florida State – ended the season with its hands clasped firmly around a crystal football. The rest, from Auburn on down, came up short of a national championship.

Yet several teams outside of FSU still had extremely successful seasons. It's all in the eye of the beholder: While Alabama's mentality was title or bust, for example, another team could view an eight-win finish the same way FSU views its first championship since 1999.

But winning the national title makes 2013 an A+ season for Florida State. What grade would your team get for its performance this fall? Let's hand out a team-by-team report card for the Football Bowl Subdivision, with grades ranging from A+ through a failing grade – the dreaded F.

A+

Auburn. Even with a loss to FSU, it was a season to savor for the Auburn faithful.

Baylor

Central Florida

Duke

Florida State. The Seminoles aced every test that came their way.

Michigan State. A school-record 13 wins and Big Ten title earns the top grade.

A

Arizona State

Ball State

Buffalo

Clemson. Two losses came to the nation's best: FSU and South Carolina.

Fresno State

Louisiana-Lafayette

Missouri

Oklahoma. Beating Alabama in the Sugar Bowl gave OU a boost.

South Carolina

Tulane

UNLV

Vanderbilt. Nine-win seasons are becoming less and less surprising.

A-

Alabama. When all you want are titles, two losses are disappointing.

Bowling Green

East Carolina

Louisville. Cardinals drop a rung by losing the American to UCF.

Minnesota

North Texas

Northern Illinois. Back-to-back losses hurt NIU's final grade.

Ohio State

Oklahoma State

Rice

Stanford

South Alabama

UCLA

USC. Not bad for a team that fired its coach in September.

Utah State

B+

Arizona

Akron. One of the few places where a five-win season is celebrated.

Boston College

Cincinnati

Colorado State

LSU

Marshall

Navy. Beating Army ensures a solid grade for the Midshipmen.

Oregon

San Diego State

Texas State

Texas Tech. Kingsbury's group salvages a nice grade in bowl play.

UTSA

Washington. Ex-coach Steve Sarkisian saved his best team for last.

Washington State

Western Kentucky

Wisconsin

B

Arkansas State

Houston. Eight wins for the Cougars, but none worth writing home about.

Iowa

Louisiana-Monroe

Middle Tennessee State

Mississippi. The Rebels' grade suffers for leaving a win or two on the field.

Nebraska

Notre Dame

Penn State

Syracuse

Texas A&M. A&M finished fourth in the SEC West, three games out of first.

B-

Brigham Young

Florida Atlantic

Georgia. Injuries dashed Georgia's hopes for an SEC East championship.

Kansas State

Maryland

Miami (Fla.)

North Carolina. After an ugly start, UNC aced the second half of 2013.

Pittsburgh

Virginia Tech

C+

Boise State. Less than 10 wins for the first time since 2005.

Georgia Tech

Indiana

Mississippi State

Oregon State

Texas. Amazingly, UT still came within one win of taking the Big 12.

Troy

C

Central Michigan

Colorado. Buffaloes took baby steps under new coach Mike MacIntyre.

Kansas

Kentucky. Off the field, at least, the new staff had a perfect season.

Ohio

Rutgers

Tennessee

Toledo

C-

Kent State

Memphis

San Jose State

SMU. Failure to win at least six games in the American was disappointing.

Utah. Three losses by a touchdown or less, but another losing season.

Wake Forest

Wyoming

D+

Arkansas. Winless in conference play for the first time since 1942.

Illinois

Iowa State

Nevada

New Mexico

North Carolina State

Northwestern. After starting 4-0, Wildcats lost seven of last eight.

TCU

UTEP

D

Army. Cadets lose to Navy and eight others, but Navy most of all.

Hawaii

Louisiana Tech

New Mexico State

South Florida

Temple

West Virginia. A 4-8 season dropped WVU to 11-14 as part of the Big 12.

D-

California

Connecticut

Eastern Michigan

Michigan. This is not where Michigan thought it would be back in August.

Purdue

Southern Mississippi

UAB

Virginia. Cavaliers set to bring in as many five-star recruits as wins in 2013.

F

Air Force

Florida. Four wins, eight losses, and the program's worst season since 1979.

Florida International

Georgia State

Idaho

Massachusetts

Miami (Ohio)

Tulsa. Remember when Tulsa was supposed to run away with Conference USA?

Western Michigan