| Year: | 2013 |
| Regular Season: | August 31 – November 16, 2013 |
| Playoffs: | November 23 – December 21, 2013 |
| Championship: | Braly Municipal Stadium Florence, AL, December 21, 2013 |
| Champion: | Northwest Missouri State (4) |
| Hill: | Franklyn Quiteh, Bloomsburg (RB) |
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.[1]
The 2013 Harlon Hill Trophy was awarded to running back Franklyn Quiteh from Bloomsburg.
| School | Former conference | New conference | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southland (FCS) | |||
| New program | Independent | ||
| SIAC | |||
| Mountain East | |||
| Mountain East | |||
| Mountain East | |||
| New program | Gulf South | ||
| Mountain East | |||
| Southland (FCS) | |||
| Mountain East | |||
| Great American | |||
| PSAC | |||
| Mountain East | |||
| Great American | |||
| GLVC | |||
| Mountain East | |||
| Mid-South (NAIA) | Mountain East | ||
| Mountain East | |||
| Mountain East | |||
| 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.
See also: List of NCAA Division II football seasons.
| Division: | II |
| Year: | 2013 |
| Teams: | 24 |
| Stadium: | Braly Municipal Stadium |
| Location: | Florence, Alabama |
| Champions: | Northwest Missouri State |
| Titlecount: | 4th |
| Runnerup: | Lenoir–Rhyne |
| Gamecount: | 1st |
| Semifinal1: | West Chester |
| Semifinal2: | Grand Valley State |
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.[2] 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.[3]
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.
| School | Conference | Regular season record< | --- | appearances | Best finish | Tournament W–L record ---> |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9–2 | ||||||
| 10–1 | ||||||
| 10–2 | ||||||
| 11–0 | ||||||
| 9–1 | ||||||
| 9–2 | ||||||
| 11–0 | ||||||
| 10–0 | ||||||
| South Atlantic Conference | 10–1 | |||||
| 11–0 | ||||||
| Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference | 10–1 | |||||
| South Atlantic Conference | 9–2 | |||||
| 8–2 | ||||||
| Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association | 11–0 | |||||
| Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | 10–0 | |||||
| Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | 9–2 | |||||
| 10–0 | ||||||
| Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference | 9–2 | |||||
| Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference | 10–1 | |||||
| 8–2 | ||||||
| 9–1 | ||||||
| Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference | 10–1 | |||||
| 9–2 | ||||||
| 10–1 |
* Home team Winner
| Game Name: | NCAA Division II National Football Championship game |
| Date Game Played: | December 21 |
| Year Game Played: | 2013 |
| Stadium: | Braly Municipal Stadium |
| City: | Florence, Alabama |
| Visitor School: | Lenoir–Rhyne University |
| Visitor Name Short: | Lenoir-Rhyne |
| Visitor Nickname: | Bears |
| Visitor Record: | 13–1 |
| Visitor Coach: | Mike Houston |
| Visitor 1Q: | 7 |
| Visitor 2Q: | 0 |
| Visitor 3Q: | 7 |
| Visitor 4Q: | 14 |
| Home School: | Northwest Missouri State University |
| Home Name Short: | NW Missouri St. |
| Home Nickname: | Bearcats |
| Home Record: | 14–0 |
| Home Coach: | Adam Dorrel |
| Home 1Q: | 17 |
| Home 2Q: | 5 |
| Home 3Q: | 7 |
| Home 4Q: | 14 |
| Attendance: | 6,543 |
| Us Network: | ESPN2 |