2013 NCAA Division I FCS football season

American college football season

2013 NCAA Division I FCS season

Regular season
Number of teams| 127
Duration| August 29 – November 23
Payton Award| Jimmy Garoppolo, QB, Eastern Illinois
Buchanan Award| Brad Daly, DE, Montana State
Playoff
Duration| November 30 – December 21
Championship date| January 4, 2014
Championship site| Toyota Stadium, Frisco, TX
Champion| North Dakota State
NCAA Division I FCS football seasons

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2014»

The 2013 NCAA Division I FCS football season, part of college football in the United States, was organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) level. The season began on August 29, 2013, and concluded with the 2014 NCAA Division I Football Championship Game on January 4, 2014, at Toyota Stadium in Frisco, Texas. North Dakota State won its third consecutive title, defeating Towson, 35–7.

## Conference changes and new programs

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Main article: 2010–2014 NCAA conference realignment

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Abilene Christian | Lone Star (D-II) | FCS Independent
Albany | NEC | CAA
Charlotte | New program | FCS Independent
Georgia State | CAA | Sun Belt (FBS)
Houston Baptist | New program | FCS Independent
Incarnate Word | Lone Star (D-II) | FCS Independent
Mercer | Revived program | Pioneer
Monmouth | NEC | FCS Independent[1]
Old Dominion | CAA | FCS Independent
Stetson | Revived program | Pioneer
Stony Brook | Big South | CAA

## Other notable changes

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* The Pioneer Football League joined the conferences receiving an automatic bid into the FCS playoffs, which increased from 20 to 24 teams in 2013.

* 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.[2]

## FCS team wins over FBS teams

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(FCS rankings from the Sports Network poll; FBS rankings from the AP Poll)

August 29: Southern Utah 22, South Alabama 21
August 29: No. 11 Towson 33, Connecticut 18
August 30: No. 1 North Dakota State 24, Kansas State 21
August 30: Samford 31, Georgia State 21
August 31: No. 21 Eastern Illinois 40, San Diego State 19
August 31: No. 4 Eastern Washington 49, No. 25 Oregon State 46 (NOTE: this is the third time an FCS team has beat an FBS team that was ranked in the AP poll, after James Madison's victory over No. 13 Virginia Tech in 2010 and Appalachian State's upset of No. 5 Michigan in 2007).
August 31: McNeese State 53, South Florida 21
August 31: No. 17 Northern Iowa 28, Iowa State 20
September 7: Chattanooga 42, Georgia State 14
September 7: Maine 24, Massachusetts 14
September 7: Nicholls State 27, Western Michigan 23
September 14: No. 23 Bethune–Cookman 34, Florida International 13
September 14: Fordham 30, Temple 29
September 21: Jacksonville State 32, Georgia State 26 OT
November 9: Old Dominion 59, Idaho 38
November 23: Georgia Southern 26, Florida 20

## Conference standings

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2013 Big Sky Conference football standings |

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No. 3 Eastern Washington $^  |  | 8  | - | 0  |  |  |  |  | 12  | - | 3  |
No. 5 Northern Arizona ^  |  | 7  | - | 1  |  |  |  |  | 9  | - | 3  |
No. 8 Montana ^  |  | 6  | - | 2  |  |  |  |  | 10  | - | 3  |
No. 21 Southern Utah ^  |  | 5  | - | 3  |  |  |  |  | 8  | - | 5  |
No. 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 poll
2013 Big South Conference football standings |

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No. 7 Coastal Carolina +^  |  | 4  | - | 1  |  |  |  |  | 12  | - | 3  |
Liberty \+  |  | 4  | - | 1  |  |  |  |  | 8  | - | 4  |
No. 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 poll
2013 Colonial Athletic Association football standings |

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No. 12 Maine $^  |  | 7  | - | 1  |  |  |  |  | 10  | - | 3  |
No. 2 Towson ^  |  | 6  | - | 2  |  |  |  |  | 13  | - | 3  |
No. 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 poll
2013 Ivy League football standings |

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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

2013 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference football standings |

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No. 16 Bethune–Cookman +^  |  | 7  | - | 1  |  |  |  |  | 10  | - | 3  |
No. 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 poll
2013 Missouri Valley Football Conference standings |

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No. 1 North Dakota State $^  |  | 8  | - | 0  |  |  |  |  | 15  | - | 0  |
No. 13 South Dakota State ^  |  | 5  | - | 3  |  |  |  |  | 9  | - | 5  |
No. 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 poll
2013 Northeast Conference football standings |

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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

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No. 4 Eastern Illinois $^  |  | 8  | - | 0  |  |  |  |  | 12  | - | 2  |
No. 17 Tennessee State ^  |  | 6  | - | 2  |  |  |  |  | 10  | - | 4  |
No. 10 Jacksonville State ^  |  | 5  | - | 3  |  |  |  |  | 11  | - | 4  |
UT Martin |  | 5  | - | 3  |  |  |  |  | 7  | - | 5  |
Eastern Kentucky |  | 4  | - | 4  |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 6  |
Murray State |  | 4  | - | 4  |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 6  |
Tennessee Tech |  | 2  | - | 6  |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 7  |
Southeast Missouri State |  | 2  | - | 6  |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 9  |
Austin Peay |  | 0  | - | 8  |  |  |  |  | 0  | - | 12  |

* $ - Conference champion
* ^ - FCS playoff participant

Rankings from The Sports Network poll
2013 Patriot League football standings |

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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  |
No. 9 Fordham ^  |  | 0  | - | 0  |  |  |  |  | 12  | - | 2  |

* $ - Conference champion
* ^ - FCS playoff participant
* Fordham was ineligible for conference title because they previously offered football scholarships while other Patriot League members did not.

Rankings from The Sports Network poll
2013 Pioneer Football League standings |

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Marist \+  |  | 7  | - | 1  |  |  |  |  | 8  | - | 3  |
Butler +^  |  | 7  | - | 1  |  |  |  |  | 9  | - | 4  |
Mercer |  | 6  | - | 2  |  |  |  |  | 10  | - | 2  |
Dayton |  | 5  | - | 3  |  |  |  |  | 7  | - | 4  |
Drake |  | 5  | - | 3  |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 5  |
Jacksonville |  | 4  | - | 4  |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 6  |
Morehead State |  | 3  | - | 5  |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 9  |
Campbell |  | 2  | - | 6  |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 9  |
Stetson |  | 1  | - | 7  |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 9  |
Valparaiso |  | 1  | - | 7  |  |  |  |  | 1  | - | 10  |
Davidson |  | 0  | - | 8  |  |  |  |  | 0  | - | 11  |
San Diego |  | 0  | - | 0  |  |  |  |  | 8  | - | 3  |

* \+ - Conference co-champions
* ^ - FCS playoff participant
* San Diego declared itself ineligible for conference title because of improper scholarships for football players; it will have an official conference record of 0–0 and will not have a place in the conference standings.

2013 Southern Conference football standings |

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No. 22 Furman +^  |  | 6  | - | 2  |  |  |  |  | 8  | - | 6  |
No. 19 Samford +^  |  | 6  | - | 2  |  |  |  |  | 8  | - | 5  |
No. 23 Chattanooga \+  |  | 6  | - | 2  |  |  |  |  | 8  | - | 4  |
Georgia Southern *  |  | 4  | - | 4  |  |  |  |  | 7  | - | 4  |
Wofford |  | 4  | - | 4  |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 6  |
The Citadel |  | 4  | - | 4  |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 7  |
Appalachian State *  |  | 4  | - | 4  |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 8  |
Elon |  | 1  | - | 7  |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 10  |
Western Carolina |  | 1  | - | 7  |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 10  |

* \+ - Conference co-champions
* ^ - FCS playoff participant
* * – Appalachian State and Georgia Southern ineligible for conference championship and FCS playoffs as part of FBS transition

Rankings from The Sports Network Poll
2013 Southland Conference football standings |

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No. 6 Southeastern Louisiana $^  |  | 7  | - | 0  |  |  |  |  | 11  | - | 3  |
No. 11 McNeese State ^  |  | 6  | - | 1  |  |  |  |  | 10  | - | 3  |
No. 14 Sam Houston State ^  |  | 4  | - | 3  |  |  |  |  | 9  | - | 5  |
Central Arkansas |  | 4  | - | 3  |  |  |  |  | 7  | - | 5  |
Northwestern State |  | 3  | - | 4  |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 6  |
Lamar |  | 2  | - | 5  |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 7  |
Nicholls State |  | 1  | - | 6  |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 8  |
Stephen F. Austin |  | 1  | - | 6  |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 9  |

* $ - Conference champion
* ^ - FCS playoff participant

Rankings from The Sports Network poll
2013 Southwestern Athletic Conference football standings |

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East Division
Jackson State xy  |  | 8  | - | 1  |  |  |  |  | 8  | - | 4  |
Alcorn State |  | 7  | - | 2  |  |  |  |  | 9  | - | 3  |
Alabama State *  |  | 7  | - | 2  |  |  |  |  | 8  | - | 4  |
Alabama A&M |  | 4  | - | 5  |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 8  |
Mississippi Valley State *  |  | 2  | - | 7  |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 9  |
West Division
Southern xy$  |  | 7  | - | 2  |  |  |  |  | 9  | - | 4  |
Prairie View A&M |  | 5  | - | 4  |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 6  |
Arkansas–Pine Bluff |  | 2  | - | 7  |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 9  |
Texas Southern *  |  | 2  | - | 7  |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 9  |
Grambling State |  | 1  | - | 8  |  |  |  |  | 1  | - | 11  |
Championship: Southern 34, Jackson State 27 2OT

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* x - Division champion/co-champions
* y - Championship game participant
* * – ineligible for postseason

2013 NCAA Division I FCS independents football standings |

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Old Dominion |  |  | - |  |  |  |  |  | 8  | - | 4  |
Abilene Christian |  |  | - |  |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 5  |
Incarnate Word |  |  | - |  |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 5  |
Monmouth |  |  | - |  |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 6  |
Charlotte |  |  | - |  |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 6  |
Houston Baptist |  |  | - |  |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 4  |

* Abilene Christian and Incarnate Word ineligible for FCS playoffs as part of reclassification from Division II
* Charlotte and Old Dominion ineligible for FCS playoffs as part of FBS transition
* Houston Baptist ineligible for FCS playoffs due to playing only a partial exhibition schedule

## Conference summaries

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### Championship games

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SWAC | Southern | Jackson State | 34–272OT | Dray Joseph, QB, Southern
Arnold Walker, RB, Alcorn State | Jer-ryan Harris, LB, Arkansas-Pine Bluff | Dawson Odums, Southern

### Other conference winners

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Note: Records are regular-season only, and do not include playoff games.

Conference  | Champion  | Record  | Offensive Player of the Year | Defensive Player of the Year | Coach of the Year

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Sullivan Grosz (Cal Poly)  | Beau Baldwin (Eastern Washington)
Big South  | Coastal Carolina
Liberty | 10–2 (4–1)
8–4 (4–1)  | Lorenzo Taliaferro, RB (Coastal Carolina)  | Quinn Backus, LB (Coastal Carolina)  |
CAA  | Maine | 10–2 (7–1)  | Terrance West, RB (Towson)  | Stephon Robertson, LB (James Madison)  | Jack Cosgrove (Maine)
Ivy  | Harvard
Princeton | 9–1 (6–1)
8–2 (6–1)  | Quinn Epperly, QB (Princeton)  | Zack Hodges, DE (Harvard)  |
MEAC  | Bethune–Cookman
South Carolina State | 10–2 (7–1)
9–3 (7–1)  | Greg McGhee, QB (Howard)  | Joe Thomas, LB (South Carolina State)  | Brian Jenkins (Bethune–Cookman)
MVFC  | North Dakota State | 11–0 (8–0)  | Brock Jensen, QB (North Dakota State)[3] | Tyler Starr, LB (South Dakota)[3] | Craig Bohl (North Dakota State)[3]
NEC  | Sacred Heart
Duquesne | 10–2 (4–2)
6–4 (4–2)  | Keshaudas Spence, RB (Sacred Heart)  | Troy Moore, DL (Sacred Heart)  | Mark Nofri (Sacred Heart)
OVC  | Eastern Illinois | 11–1 (8–0)  | Jimmy Garoppolo, QB (Eastern Illinois)  | Anthony Bass, DE (Tennessee State)  | Dino Babers (Eastern Illinois)
Patriot  | Lafayette | 5–6 (4–1)  | Michael Nebrich, QB (Fordham)  | Stephen Hodge, LB (Fordham)  | Joe Moorhead (Fordham)
Pioneer  | Butler
Marist | 9–3 (7–1)
8–3 (7–1)  | Mason Mills, QB (San Diego)  | Terrence Fede, DE (Marist)  | Jim Parady (Marist)
Southern  | Chattanooga
Samford
Furman | 8–4 (6–2)
8–4 (6–2)
7–5 (6–2)  | Jacob Huesman, So., QB (Chattanooga)  | Davis Tull, Jr., DL (Chattanooga)  | Russ Huesman (Chattanooga)
Southland  | Southeastern Louisiana | 10–2 (7–0)  | Bryan Bennett (Southeastern Louisiana) POY
Cody Stroud (McNeese State) OPOY  | Cqulin Hubert (Southeastern Louisiana)  | Ron Roberts (Southeastern Louisiana)

## Playoff qualifiers

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### Automatic berths for conference champions

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* Big Sky Conference – Eastern Washington
* Big South Conference – Coastal Carolina
* Colonial Athletic Association – Maine
* Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference – Bethune–Cookman
* Missouri Valley Football Conference – North Dakota State
* Northeast Conference – Sacred Heart
* Ohio Valley Conference – Eastern Illinois
* Patriot League – Lafayette
* Pioneer Football League \- Butler
* Southern Conference – Furman
* Southland Conference – Southeastern Louisiana

### At large qualifiers

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* Big Sky Conference \- Montana, Northern Arizona, Southern Utah
* Big South Conference \- None
* Colonial Athletic Association \- New Hampshire, Towson
* Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference \- South Carolina State
* Missouri Valley Football Conference \- South Dakota State
* Northeast Conference \- None
* Ohio Valley Conference \- Jacksonville State, Tennessee State
* Patriot League \- Fordham
* Pioneer Football League \- None
* Southern Conference \- Samford
* Southland Conference \- McNeese State, Sam Houston State

### Abstentions

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* Ivy League – Princeton
* Southwestern Athletic Conference – Southern

## Postseason

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After three seasons with a playoff field of twenty teams, the FCS bracket was expanded to 24 this postseason, with the eight seeded teams receiving first-round byes.

### NCAA Division I playoff bracket

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| First Round
November 30
Campus sites | | | Second Round
December 7
Campus sites | | | Quarterfinals
December 13 and 14
Campus sites | | | Semifinals
December 20 and 21
Campus sites | | | National Championship Game

January 4
1:00 PM CST
Toyota Stadium,
Frisco, Texas
ESPN2
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| Furman | 30 | | | 1 | North Dakota State* | 38 |
| South Carolina State* | 20 | | | | | | 1 | North Dakota State* | 48 |
| | | | | |  | Coastal Carolina | 14 |
| | | |  | Coastal Carolina | 42 | | | |
| Bethune–Cookman | 24 | | | 8 | Montana* | 35 |
| Coastal Carolina* | 48 | | | | 1 | North Dakota State* | 52 |
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| | | |  | Sam Houston State | 29 | | | |
| Southern Utah | 20 | | | 4 | Southeastern Louisiana* | 30 |
| Sam Houston State* | 51 | | | | | | 4 | Southeastern Louisiana* | 17 |
| | | | | |  | New Hampshire | 20 |
| | | |  | New Hampshire | 41 | |
| Lafayette | 7 | | | 5 | Maine* | 27 |
| New Hampshire* | 45 | | | | 1 | North Dakota State | 35 |
| | | | | | | | 7 | Towson | 7 |
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| Tennessee State | 31 | | | 2 | Eastern Illinois* | 51 |
| Butler* | 0 | | | | | | 2 | Eastern Illinois* | 39 |
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| | | |  | Fordham | 28 | | | |
| Sacred Heart | 27 | | | 7 | Towson* | 48 |
| Fordham* | 37 | | | | 7 | Towson | 35 |
| | | | | | | 3 | Eastern Washington* | 31 |
| | | |  | South Dakota State | 17 | |
| South Dakota State | 26 | | | 3 | Eastern Washington* | 41 |
| Northern Arizona* | 7 | | | | | | 3 | Eastern Washington* | 35 |
| | | | | |  | Jacksonville State | 24 |
| | | |  | Jacksonville State | 31 | |
| Samford | 14 | | | 6 | McNeese State* | 10 |
| Jacksonville State* | 55 | |

* Home team

## New, expanded, renovated, and temporary stadiums

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* Albany made its CAA debut in Bob Ford Field, a new 8,500-seat on-campus stadium. University Field, which Albany had used for both football and track since 1970, is now solely a track venue.
* Charlotte made its football debut in Jerry Richardson Stadium, a new on-campus facility. Its initial capacity is 15,300, but it can be expanded to 25,000 with temporary seating. The stadium design allows future expansion to 40,000.
* Mercer plays at the Moye Complex, a new on-campus venue with a capacity of 10,200.
* Stetson plays at the already-existing Spec Martin Stadium, an off-campus stadium owned by Stetson's home city of DeLand, Florida. The stadium holds 6,000.

## Coaching changes

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### Preseason and in-season

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This is restricted to coaching changes that took place on or after May 1, 2013. For coaching changes that occurred earlier in 2013, see 2012 NCAA Division I FCS end-of-season coaching changes.

School  | Outgoing coach  | Date  | Reason  | Replacement

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North Carolina Central | Henry Frazier, III | August 22  | Fired[4] | Dwayne Foster (interim)[4]
Grambling State | Doug Williams | September 11  | Fired[5] | George Ragsdale (interim)[6]
Grambling State  | George Ragsdale | October 17  | Fired[6] | Dennis Winston (interim)[6]
Valparaiso | Dale Carlson | November 10  | Fired  | Mike Gravier (interim)[7]

### End of season

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School  | Outgoing coach  | Date announced  | Reason  | Replacement

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Albany | Bob Ford | August 13  | Retired[8] | Greg Gattuso[9]
Rhode Island | Joe Trainer | November 18  | Fired[10] | Jim Fleming[11]
North Dakota | Chris Mussman | November 18  | Fired[12] | Kyle "Bubba" Schweigert[13]
Robert Morris | Joe Walton | November 21  | Retired  | John Banaszak[14]
Central Connecticut | Jeff McInerney | November 25  | Resigned[15] | Peter Rossomando[16]
James Madison | Mickey Matthews | November 25  | Fired[17] | Everett Withers[18]
Elon | Jason Swepson | November 25  | Fired[19] | Rich Skrosky[20]
Morgan State | Donald Hill-Eley | November 25  | Fired[21] | Lee Hull[22]
Stephen F. Austin | J. C. Harper | November 25  | Fired[23] | Clint Conque[24]
Southeast Missouri State | Tony Samuel | November 26  | Fired[25] | Tom Matukewicz[26]
Weber State | Jody Sears | November 26  | Fired[27] | Jay Hill[28]
Alabama A&M | Anthony Jones | December 1  | Fired[29] | James Spady[30]
Colgate | Dick Biddle | December 2  | Retired[31] | Dan Hunt
Grambling State | Dennis Winston  | December 4  | Permanent replacement[32] | Broderick Fobbs
North Dakota State | Craig Bohl | December 7  | Hired by Wyoming[33] | Chris Klieman[34]
Mississippi Valley State | Karl Morgan | December 9  | Fired[35] | Rick Comegy[36]
Valparaiso | Mike Gravier | December 11  | Permanent replacement  | Dave Cecchini[37]
Drake | Chris Creighton | December 11  | Hired by Eastern Michigan[38] | Rick Fox[39]
Central Arkansas | Clint Conque  | December 14  | Hired by Stephen F. Austin[24] | Steve Campbell[40]
The Citadel | Kevin Higgins | December 16  | Hired by Wake Forest (Assistant)[41] | Mike Houston[42]
Hampton | Donovan Rose | December 17  | Fired  | Connell Maynor[43]
Eastern Illinois | Dino Babers | December 18  | Hired by Bowling Green[44] | Kim Dameron[45]
Jackson State | Rick Comegy | December 18  | Fired[46] | Harold Jackson[47]
North Carolina Central | Dwayne Foster | December 19  | Permanent replacement[4] | Jerry Mack[4]
Georgia Southern | Jeff Monken | December 24  | Hired by Army[48] | Willie Fritz[49]
Sam Houston State | Willie Fritz  | January 10  | Hired by Georgia Southern[49] | K. C. Keeler[50]
Jacksonville State | Bill Clark | January 21  | Hired by UAB[51] | John Grass[52]
Georgetown | Kevin Kelly | January 30  | Resigned[53] | Rob Sgarlata[54]
Sacramento State | Marshall Sperbeck | April 25  | Resigned  | Jody Sears (interim)[55]

## NFL draft selections

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Main article: 2014 NFL draft

Listed below are all FCS players selected in the 2014 NFL Draft

Round | Selection | Player | Position | School | NFL Team

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2 | 62 | Jimmy Garoppolo | Quarterback | Eastern Illinois | New England Patriots
3 | 67 | Billy Turner | Offensive tackle | North Dakota State | Miami Dolphins
3 | 94 | Terrance West | Running back | Towson | Cleveland Browns
3 | 96 | Jerick McKinnon | Running Back | Georgia Southern | Minnesota Vikings
4 | 125 | Walt Aikens | Cornerback | Liberty | Miami Dolphins
4 | 137 | Dakota Dozier | Offensive Tackle | Furman | New York Jets
4 | 138 | Lorenzo Taliaferro | Running Back | Coastal Carolina | Baltimore Ravens
5 | 143 | Kadeem Edwards | Offensive Guard | Tennessee State | Tampa Bay Buccaneers
5 | 158 | Caraun Reid | Defensive tackle | Princeton | Detroit Lions
5 | 171 | Jordan Tripp | Outside linebacker | Montana | Miami Dolphins
6 | 184 | Kendall James | Cornerback | Maine | Minnesota Vikings
6 | 190 | Matt Hazel | Wide receiver | Coastal Carolina | Miami Dolphins
6 | 196 | Walt Powell | Wide Receiver | Murray State | Arizona Cardinals
7 | 226 | Mitchell Van Dyk | Offensive Tackle | Portland State | St. Louis Rams
7 | 234 | Terrence Fede | Defensive end | Marist | Miami Dolphins
7 | 235 | Shelby Harris | Defensive End | Illinois State | Oakland Raiders
7 | 250 | Demetrius Rhaney | Center | Tennessee State | St. Louis Rams
7 | 252 | Lavelle Westbrooks | Cornerback | Georgia Southern | Cincinnati Bengals
7 | 255 | Tyler Starr | Outside Linebacker | South Dakota | Atlanta Falcons

## See also

[edit]

* College football portal

* 2013 NCAA Division I FCS football rankings

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