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American college football season
The 2013 NCAA Division III football season , part of college football in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association at the Division III level, began on August 31, 2013, and concluded with the National Championship Game of the NCAA Division III Football Championship on December 20, 2013, at Salem Football Stadium in Salem, Virginia . This was the twenty-first consecutive title game held in Salem. The Wisconsin–Whitewater Warhawks defeated the Mount Union Purple Raiders , 52–14, to win their fifth national title.[ 1]
The 2013 Gagliardi Trophy was awarded to quarterback Kevin Burke from Mount Union .
Conference changes and new programs [ edit ] Conference standings [ edit ] Conference summaries [ edit ]
Conference champions
American Southwest Conference – Mary Hardin–Baylor (13–1, 6–0)
Centennial Conference – Johns Hopkins (10–1, 9–0)
College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin – North Central (IL) (13–1, 7–0)
Eastern Collegiate Football Conference – Gallaudet (9–2, 6–1)
Empire 8 Conference – Ithaca (9–3, 6–1)
Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference – Franklin (8–4, 7–1) and Rose–Hulman (7–3, 7–1)
Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Wartburg (9–3, 6–1)
Liberty League – Hobart (10–1, 7–0)
Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference – Framingham State (9–2, 8–0)Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association – Albion (8–3, 6–0)
Middle Atlantic Conference – Lycoming (7–3, 7–2) and Lebanon Valley (8–3, 7–2)
Midwest Conference – St. Norbert (8–3, 8–1)
Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Bethel (MN) (12–1, 8–0)
New England Football Conference – Endicott (8–3, 7–0)
New England Small College Athletic Conference – Amherst (7–1, 7–1), Middlebury (7–1, 7–1), and Wesleyan (CT) (7–1, 7–1)
New Jersey Athletic Conference – Rowan (9–3, 6–1) and Brockport State (8–3, 6–1)
North Coast Athletic Conference – Wittenberg (10–2, 9–0)
Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference – Concordia (WI) (8–3, 6–0)
Northwest Conference – Linfield (11–1, 6–0)
Ohio Athletic Conference – Mount Union (14–1, 9–0)
Old Dominion Athletic Conference – Hampden–Sydney (9–3, 6–1)Presidents' Athletic Conference – Thomas More (9–1, 7–1) and Washington & Jefferson (8–3, 7–1)
Southern Athletic Association – Millsaps (9–1, 5–1) and Rhodes (8–2, 5–1)Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Redlands (7–3, 7–0)
Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference – Texas Lutheran (8–1, 3–0)
University Athletic Association – Washington–Saint Louis (8–3, 3–0)
Upper Midwest Athletic Conference – St. Scholastica (9–2, 9–0)
USA South Athletic Conference – Methodist (8–2, 6–1) and Maryville (TN) (8–3, 6–1)
Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Wisconsin–Whitewater (15–0, 7–0)
Twenty-four conferences met the requirements for an automatic ("Pool A") bid to the playoffs. Besides the NESCAC, which does not participate in the playoffs, four conferences had no Pool A bid. The MASCAC and SAA were in the first year of the two-year waiting period; the SCAC and UAA had only four members, three short of the requirement. The American Southwest retained its Pool A bid despite falling below seven active Division III members, but entered the two-year grace period.
Schools not in Pool A conferences were eligible for Pool B. The number of Pool B bids was determined by calculating the ratio of Pool A conferences to schools in those conferences and applying that ratio to the number of Pool B schools. The 24 Pool A conferences contained 203 schools, an average of 8.5 teams per conference. Twenty-seven schools were in Pool B, enough for three bids.
The remaining five playoff spots were at-large ("Pool C") teams.
First Round Second Round November 30
Quarterfinals December 7
Semifinals December 14
National Championship Game December 20Salem Football Stadium ,Salem, Virginia ESPN2
Mount Union *
34
Washington & Jefferson
20
Mount Union *
56
Wittenberg *
58
Wittenberg
21
Lebanon Valley
17
Mount Union *
62
Ithaca *
20
Wesley
59
Framingham State
17
Ithaca
15
Johns Hopkins*
24
Wesley *
23
Wesley
29
Mount Union *
41
North Central (IL) *
63
North Central (IL)
40
Albion
7
North Central (IL) *
52
Wisconsin–Platteville *
54
Wisconsin–Platteville
24
Concordia (WI)
20
North Central (IL)
41
Illinois Wesleyan*
7
Bethel (MN)*
17
Wartburg
41
Wartburg
27
Bethel (MN) *
70
Bethel (MN) *
34
St. Scholastica
13
Mount Union
14
Wisconsin–Whitewater *
31
Wisconsin–Whitewater
52
St. Norbert
7
Wisconsin–Whitewater *
33
Franklin *
17
Franklin
3
Washington–St. Louis
10
Wisconsin–Whitewater *
28
Hampden–Sydney 42
Linfield
17
Maryville (TN)
34
Hampden–Sydney
21
Linfield *
42
Linfield *
31
Pacific Lutheran
21
Wisconsin–Whitewater
16
Hobart *
34
Mary Hardin–Baylor*
15
Gallaudet
7
Hobart*
6
John Carroll*
16
St. John Fisher
27
St. John Fisher
25
St. John Fisher
23
Rowan *
24
Mary Hardin–Baylor *
45
Endicott
0
Rowan
8
Mary Hardin–Baylor *
35
Mary Hardin–Baylor *
59
Redlands
7
* Home team † Overtime
