2013 Conference USA football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
East Division
Marshall x		7	–	1		10	–	4
East Carolina		6	–	2		10	–	3
Middle Tennessee		6	–	2		8	–	5
Florida Atlantic		4	–	4		6	–	6
UAB		1	–	7		2	–	10
Southern Miss		1	–	7		1	–	11
FIU		1	–	7		1	–	11
West Division
Rice x$		7	–	1		10	–	4
UTSA		6	–	2		7	–	5
North Texas		6	–	2		9	–	4
Tulane		5	–	3		7	–	6
Louisiana Tech		3	–	5		4	–	8
Tulsa		2	–	6		3	–	9
UTEP		1	–	7		2	–	10
Championship: Rice 41, Marshall 24
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

The 2013 Conference USA Football Championship Game, which determined the 2013 football champion of Conference USA (C-USA), was played at noon Eastern Standard Time (11 am local time and 1700 UTC) on December 7 at Rice Stadium in Houston. The game featured the winners of the conference's East division, the Marshall Thundering Herd, and the winners of the West division, the Rice Owls.

Under C-USA rules, the championship game would be played at the home stadium of the team with the best record in conference play. Since Marshall and Rice both finished with 7–1 records in conference play, and did not play one another in the regular season, the site was chosen based on the BCS rankings on December 1. Although only 25 teams are explicitly ranked, the ranking formula can be used to determine the relative rankings of any two teams in the Football Bowl Subdivision. Accordingly, Rice received home-field advantage.

Rice represented C-USA in the 2013 Liberty Bowl on December 31 in Memphis, Tennessee after defeating Marshall by 17 points.

In the 2012 Championship Game Tulsa defeated former conference member UCF (University of Central Florida) in overtime, 33-27 in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

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