It was for hs class of 2014, so applying in fall 2013. It was definitely Oct 16, 2013 as the application deadline, because I was sitting in a meeting on the 15th and couldn’t believe the GCs were giving us less than a day’s notice. Then there was another round, which was considered regular decision, in Jan with decisions in Feb or March. My nephew graduated from a different Florida school a few years before and also had very early acceptances to UCF, UF and USF, definitely in the fall. I remember him filling out RD applications for other schools on NYE and he already had acceptances to the Florida schools.
But I don’t know why they changed it.