2013 Sun Belt Conference football season information
Sports season
2013 Sun Belt Conference football season
League
NCAA Division I FBS (Football Bowl Subdivision)
Sport
football
Duration
August 31, 2013–January 5, 2014
Number of teams
8
TV partner(s)
ESPN, CSS/CST
2014 NFL Draft
Top draft pick
DT Ryan Carrethers, Arkansas State
Picked by
San Diego Chargers, 165th overall
Regular season
Season champions
Louisiana-Lafayette & Arkansas State
Runners-up
WKU, Troy, Louisiana-Monroe, South Alabama
Season MVP
Antonio Andrews
Top scorer
Antonio Andrews (96 points)
Football seasons
← 2012
2014 →
2013 Sun Belt Conference football standings
v
t
e
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
W
L
Arkansas State $
5
–
2
8
–
5
Western Kentucky
4
–
3
8
–
4
South Alabama
4
–
3
6
–
6
Troy
4
–
3
6
–
6
Louisiana–Monroe
4
–
3
6
–
6
Texas State
2
–
5
6
–
6
Louisiana–Lafayette *
0
–
2
1
–
4
Georgia State **
0
–
7
0
–
12
$ – Conference champion
* – Louisiana–Lafayette vacated eight wins due to NCAA violations ** – Georgia State ineligible for postseason play due to FCS-to-FBS transition rules
The 2013 Sun Belt Conference football season was the 13th college football season for the Sun Belt Conference. During the 2013 season, Sun Belt football consisted of eight members: Arkansas State, Georgia State, Louisiana–Lafayette, Louisiana–Monroe, South Alabama, Texas State, Troy, and Western Kentucky.
This was the first season for two teams in Sun Belt football; and the final season of Sun Belt play for a third. Georgia State was one of the six charter members of the Sun Belt Conference in 1976, but left the league in 1981, 20 years before the conference began sponsoring football in 2001 and nearly 30 years before the school started its football program in 2010. The Panthers returned to the Sun Belt in 2013 during a major wave of realignment that dramatically affected the conference. Also joining the Sun Belt in 2013 was Texas State, which left the WAC after only one season in that league. WKU was in its last season of Sun Belt play, as it will join Conference USA in 2014.
Due to NCAA transitional rules, Georgia State, coming from the FCS Colonial Athletic Association, was not eligible for a conference championship or postseason play. South Alabama and Texas State, which both began transitions from FCS in 2011, were now eligible for postseason play and a conference championship.
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