The 2013 NCAA Division II football season, part of college football in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association at the Division II level, began on August 31, 2013, and concluded with the National Championship Game of the NCAA Division II Football Championship on December 21, 2013, at Braly Municipal Stadium in Florence, Alabama. This was the final championship played in Florence, after twenty-eight straight finals, before the game moves to Sporting Park in Kansas City, Kansas. The Northwest Missouri State Bearcats defeated the Lenoir–Rhyne Bears, 43–28, to win their fourth national title.
The 2013 Harlon Hill Trophy was awarded to running back Franklyn Quiteh from Bloomsburg.
Conference and program changes It was the first season for the Mountain East Conference, a league founded by eight schools that announced in June 2012 that they would leave the West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WVIAC)—a move that led to the demise of the WVIAC. These eight schools were soon joined by three other football-playing schools, plus one non-football WVIAC member that had been left out of the original split.
School Former conference New conference Abilene Christian Lone Star Southland (FCS) Alderson Broaddus New program Independent Central State GLVC SIAC Charleston WVIAC Mountain East Concord WVIAC Mountain East Fairmont State WVIAC Mountain East Florida Tech New program Gulf South Glenville State College WVIAC Mountain East Incarnate Word Lone Star Southland (FCS) LIU Post PSAC NE10 Notre Dame (OH) GLIAC Mountain East Northwestern Oklahoma State Independent Great American Seton Hill WVIAC PSAC Shepherd WVIAC Mountain East Southern Nazarene Independent Great American Truman MIAA GLVC Urbana GLVC Mountain East Virginia–Wise Mid-South (NAIA) Mountain East West Liberty WVIAC Mountain East West Virginia State WVIAC Mountain East West Virginia Wesleyan WVIAC Mountain East
Black Hills State, Lindenwood, Malone, McKendree, South Dakota Mines, and Walsh completed their transitions to Division II and became eligible for the postseason.
Conference standings
Super Region 1
Super Region 2
Super Region 3
Super Region 4
Conference summaries
Conference ChampionsCentral Intercollegiate Athletic Association – Winston-Salem State (10–2, 7–0)
Following an attack on Winston-Salem State players by Virginia State players during a news conference before the CIAA Championship Game at Bowman Gray Stadium during the week, the CIAA declared Virginia State ineligible. Winston-Salem State was awarded the championship by forfeit. Great American Conference – Henderson State (11–1, 10–0)
Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Ohio Dominican (10–1, 9–0)
Great Lakes Valley Conference – Indianapolis (10–2, 7–0)
Great Northwest Athletic Conference – Azusa Pacific (10–2, 9–1)
Gulf South Conference – North Alabama (10–3, 5–1) and West Alabama (8–3, 5–1)
Lone Star Conference – Eastern New Mexico (7–3, 5–1) and Tarleton State (7–3, 5–1)
Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association – Northwest Missouri State (14–0, 10–0)
Mountain East Conference – Shepherd (11–1, 9–0)
Northeast-10 Conference – American International (9–3, 8–1) and Stonehill (8–3, 8–1)
Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference – Minnesota State (11–1, 10–0)
Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference – Bloomsburg (10–2, 6–1)
Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference – CSU Pueblo (11–1, 9–0)
South Atlantic Conference – Lenoir-Rhyne (13–1, 7–0)
Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Albany State (5–4, 4–0)
Postseason
The 2013 NCAA Division II National Football Championship playoffs involved 24 schools playing in a single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division II college football. The tournament began on November 23, 2013 and concluded on December 21, 2013 with the 2013 NCAA Division II National Football Championship game at Braly Municipal Stadium near the campus of the University of North Alabama in Florence, Alabama.
Format Two teams in each super regional earned first-round byes. The first-round winners advanced to face a bye team in their super regional. Second-round winners met in the quarterfinals and quarterfinal winners advanced to play in the semifinals. First-round, second-round, quarterfinal and semifinal games were played on the campus of one of the competing institutions as determined by the NCAA Division II Football Committee. The home team at the championship was determined by the Division II Football Committee and the Shoals National Championship Committee.
Participants Teams School Conference Regularseasonrecord American International Northeast-10 Conference 9–2 Bloomsburg Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference 10–1 Carson-Newman South Atlantic Conference 10–2 CSU Pueblo Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference 11–0 Emporia State Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association 9–1 Grand Valley State Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference 9–2 Henderson State Great American Conference 11–0 Indianapolis Great Lakes Valley Conference 10–0 Lenoir-Rhyne South Atlantic Conference 10–1 Minnesota State Mankato Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference 11–0 Minnesota Duluth Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference 10–1 Newberry South Atlantic Conference 9–2 North Alabama Gulf South Conference 8–2 Northwest Missouri State Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association 11–0 Ohio Dominican Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference 10–0 Saginaw Valley State Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference 9–2 Shepherd Mountain East Conference 10–0 Slippery Rock Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference 9–2 St. Cloud State Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference 10–1 Tuskegee Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference 8–2 UNC Pembroke Independent 9–1 West Chester Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference 10–1 West Texas A&M Lone Star Conference 9–2 Winston-Salem State Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association 10–1
Bids by conference Conference Total Schools SuperRegion Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association 1 Winston-Salem State 1 Great American Conference 1 Henderson State 3 Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference 3 Grand Valley StateOhio DominicanSaginaw Valley State 4 Great Lakes Valley Conference 1 Indianapolis 4 Gulf South Conference 1 North Alabama 2 Independent 1 UNC Pembroke 2 Lone Star Conference 1 West Texas A&M 4 Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association 2 Northwest Missouri StateEmporia State 3 Mountain East Conference 1 Shepherd 1 Northeast-10 Conference 1 American International 1 Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference 3 Minnesota State MankatoMinnesota DuluthSt. Cloud State 3 Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference 3 BloomsburgSlippery RockWest Chester 1 Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference 1 CSU Pueblo 4 South Atlantic Conference 3 Carson-NewmanLenoir-RhyneNewberry 2 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference 1 Tuskegee 2
Bracket
* Home team Winner
Playoff standings
Place School 1st Northwest Missouri State 2nd Lenoir-Rhyne 3rd Grand Valley State West Chester 5th Shepherd North AlabamaSt. Cloud State West Texas A&M 9th Bloomsburg Carson-Newman CSU Pueblo Minnesota Duluth Minnesota State Mankato Ohio Dominican UNC Pembroke Winston-Salem State 17th American International Emporia State Henderson State Indianapolis Newberry Saginaw Valley State Slippery Rock Tuskegee
See also 2013 NCAA Division I FBS football season 2013 NCAA Division I FCS football season 2013 NCAA Division III football season 2013 NAIA football season
References
External links www.ncaa.com --Championship game play-by-play