1913 college football season
The 1913 college football season had no clear-cut champion, with the Official NCAA Division I Football Records Book listing Auburn, Chicago, and Harvard as having been selected national champions. All three teams finished with undefeated records. Chicago and Harvard officially claim national championships for the 1913 season.
Chicago was also the champion of the Western Conference, Missouri was champion of the Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association, and Colorado won the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference.
Conference and program changes
Conference changes
- One new conference began play in 1913:
- * Inter-Normal Athletic Conference of Wisconsin – active NCAA Division III conference now known as the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Membership changes
Conference standings
Major conference standings
Independents
Minor conferences
Minor conference standings
Awards and honors
All-Americans
The consensus All-America team included:| Position | Name | Height | Weight | Class | Hometown | Team |
| QB | Ellery Huntington Jr. | 5'9" | 160 | Sr. | Nashville, Tennessee | Colgate |
| QB | Gus Dorais | Sr. | Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin | Notre Dame | ||
| HB | James B. Craig | 160 | Sr. | Detroit, Michigan | Michigan | |
| HB | Eddie Mahan | 5'11" | 171 | So. | Natick, Massachusetts | Harvard |
| FB | Charlie Brickley | 5'10" | 181 | Jr. | Everett, Massachusetts | Harvard |
| E | Robert Hogsett | 5'6" | 156 | Sr. | Cleveland, Ohio | Dartmouth |
| T | Miller Pontius | 6'1" | 189 | Sr. | Circleville, Ohio | Michigan |
| T | Bud Talbott | 6'1" | 190 | Jr. | Dayton, Ohio | Yale |
| G | John Brown | Sr. | Canton, Pennsylvania | Navy | ||
| G | Ray Keeler | Jr. | Bagley, Wisconsin | Wisconsin | ||
| C | Paul Des Jardien | 6'5" | 190 | Jr. | Chicago, Illinois | Chicago |
| G | Stan Pennock | 5'8" | 193 | Jr. | Syracuse, New York | Harvard |
| T | Harold Ballin | 6'1" | 194 | Jr. | New York, New York | Princeton |
| T | Harvey Hitchcock | Sr. | Kingdom of Hawaii | Harvard | ||
| E | Louis A. Merrilat | Jr. | Chicago, Illinois | Army |
Statistical leaders
- Player scoring most points: Johnny Spiegel, Washington & Jefferson, 127
- Passing yards leader: Gus Dorais, Notre Dame, 510+
- Player scoring most field goals: Charlie Brickley, Harvard, 13