2013 NCAA Division I FCS football season

2013 NCAA Division I FCS season
Duration	August 29 – November 23, 2013
Playoff
Duration	November 30, 2013 – January 4, 2014
Championship site	Toyota Stadium, Frisco, TX
Champion	North Dakota State
Payton Award	Jimmy Garoppolo, QB, Eastern Illinois
Buchanan Award	Brad Daly, DE, Montana State
Division I FCS football season
«2012 2014»

2013 Big Sky football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
#3 Eastern Washington $^		8	–	0		12	–	3
#15 Northern Arizona ^		7	–	1		9	–	3
#8 Montana ^		6	–	2		10	–	3
#21 Southern Utah ^		5	–	3		8	–	5
#20 Montana State		5	–	3		7	–	5
Cal Poly		5	–	3		6	–	6
UC Davis		5	–	3		5	–	7
Sacramento State		4	–	4		5	–	7
Portland State		3	–	5		6	–	6
North Dakota		2	–	6		3	–	8
Idaho State		1	–	7		3	–	9
Weber State		1	–	7		2	–	10
Northern Colorado		0	–	8		1	–	11

$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network FCS Poll

2013 Big South football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
#7 Coastal Carolina +^		4	–	1		12	–	3
Liberty +		4	–	1		8	–	4
#24 Charleston Southern		3	–	2		10	–	3
Gardner–Webb		2	–	3		7	–	5
Presbyterian		1	–	4		3	–	8
VMI		1	–	4		2	–	10

+ – Conference co-champions ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network FCS Poll

2013 CAA football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
#12 Maine $^		7	–	1		10	–	3
#2 Towson ^		6	–	2		13	–	3
#5 New Hampshire ^		6	–	2		10	–	5
Villanova		5	–	3		6	–	5
Delaware		4	–	4		7	–	5
William & Mary		4	–	4		7	–	5
Richmond		4	–	4		6	–	6
James Madison		3	–	5		6	–	6
Stony Brook		3	–	5		5	–	6
Rhode Island		2	–	6		3	–	9
Albany		0	–	8		1	–	11

$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network FCS Poll

2013 Ivy League football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
Harvard +		6	–	1		9	–	1
Princeton +		6	–	1		8	–	2
Dartmouth		5	–	2		6	–	4
Brown		3	–	4		6	–	4
Yale		3	–	4		5	–	5
Penn		3	–	4		4	–	6
Cornell		2	–	5		3	–	7
Columbia		0	–	7		0	–	10

+ – Conference co-champions The Ivy League does not participate in the FCS Playoffs Rankings from The Sports Network FCS Poll

2013 MEAC football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
#16 Bethune-Cookman +^		7	–	1		10	–	3
#25 South Carolina State +^		7	–	1		9	–	4
Morgan State		5	–	3		5	–	7
Delaware State		5	–	3		5	–	6
North Carolina A&T		4	–	4		7	–	4
Howard		4	–	4		6	–	6
Hampton		4	–	4		4	–	8
North Carolina Central		3	–	5		5	–	7
Norfolk State		3	–	5		3	–	9
Florida A&M		2	–	6		3	–	9
Savannah State		0	–	8		1	–	11

+ – Conference co-champions ^ – FCS playoff participant Savannah State ineligible for FCS playoffs due to Academic Progress Rate sanctions Rankings from The Sports Network FCS Poll

2013 MVFC football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
#1 North Dakota St. $^		8	–	0		15	–	0
#13 South Dakota St. ^		5	–	3		9	–	5
#18 Youngstown State		5	–	3		8	–	4
Southern Illinois		5	–	3		7	–	5
Missouri State		5	–	3		5	–	7
Illinois State		4	–	4		5	–	6
South Dakota		3	–	5		4	–	8
Northern Iowa		3	–	5		7	–	5
Western Illinois		2	–	6		4	–	8
Indiana State		0	–	8		1	–	11

$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network FCS Poll

2013 NEC football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
Sacred Heart +^		4	–	2		10	–	3
Duquesne +		4	–	2		7	–	4
Robert Morris		3	–	3		5	–	6
Saint Francis (PA)		3	–	3		5	–	6
Bryant		3	–	3		5	–	7
Central Connecticut		2	–	4		4	–	8
Wagner		2	–	4		3	–	8

+ – Conference co-champions ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network FCS Poll

2013 OVC football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
#4 Eastern Illinois †^		8	–	0		12	–	2
#17 Tennessee State ^		6	–	2		10	–	4
#10 Jacksonville State ^		5	–	3		11	–	4
Tennessee–Martin		5	–	3		7	–	5
Eastern Kentucky		4	–	4		6	–	6
Murray State		4	–	4		6	–	6
Tennessee Tech		2	–	6		5	–	7
SE Missouri State		2	–	6		3	–	9
Austin Peay		0	–	8		0	–	12

$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network FCS Poll

2013 Patriot League football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
Lafayette $^		4	–	1		5	–	7
Lehigh		3	–	2		8	–	3
Bucknell		3	–	2		6	–	5
Colgate		3	–	2		4	–	8
Holy Cross		1	–	4		3	–	9
Georgetown		1	–	4		2	–	9
#9 Fordham ^		0	–	0		12	–	2

$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Fordham ineligible for conference title because they previously offered football scholarships while other Patriot League members did not; Fordham's official conference record will be 0–0 and won't occupy a spot in the conference standings Rankings from The Sports Network FCS Poll

The 2013 NCAA Division I FCS football season, part of college football in the United States, is organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association at the Division I Football Championship Subdivision level.

For 2013, the FCS playoffs expanded for the first time since 2010. The Pioneer Football League champion now receives an automatic bid into the FCS playoffs, which increased to 24 teams.

Under a standard provision of NCAA rules, all FCS programs were allowed to play 12 regular-season games (not counting conference title games) in 2013, and also in 2014. In years when the period starting with the Thursday before Labor Day and ending with the final Saturday in November contains 14 Saturdays, FCS programs may play 12 games instead of the regular 11. After 2014, the next season in which 12-game seasons are allowed will be 2019.

Several teams changed conferences from the 2012 season, with all moves officially taking effect on July 1, 2013.

Albany and Stony Brook became football-only members of the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA). Previously, they had respectively been football-only members of the Northeast Conference and Big South Conference.

Georgia State left the FCS ranks to become a member of the Sun Belt Conference. As it began its FBS transition in 2012, it was counted as an FBS member for scheduling purposes in 2013.

Old Dominion joined Conference USA (C-USA) and started its FBS transition. ODU was technically an FCS independent in 2013 before becoming a provisional FBS member in 2014 and a full FBS member in 2015.

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