1913 college football season

1913 college football season
Total # of teams	77
Number of bowls	0
Champions	Harvard Crimson Chicago Maroons
Heisman	Not awarded until 1935
College football seasons «1912 1914»

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 national champions. All three teams finished with undefeated records. Harvard and Chicago 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 (MVIAA), and Colorado won the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference. Prior to the season, Kansas State College was added to the MVIAA.

Conference standings

The following is an incomplete list of conference standings:

1913 Big 9 football standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   T     W   L   T Chicago † 7 – 0 – 0     7 – 0 – 0 Iowa 2 – 1 – 0     5 – 2 – 0 Minnesota 2 – 1 – 0     5 – 2 – 0 Purdue 2 – 1 – 2     4 – 1 – 2 Illinois 2 – 2 – 1     4 – 2 – 1 Wisconsin 1 – 2 – 1     3 – 3 – 1 Ohio State 1 – 2 – 0     4 – 2 – 1 Indiana 2 – 4 – 0     3 – 4 – 0 Northwestern 0 – 6 – 0     1 – 6 – 0 † – Conference champion

1913 Missouri Valley football standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   T     W   L   T Missouri 4 – 0 – 0     7 – 1 – 0 Nebraska 3 – 0 – 0     8 – 0 – 0 Kansas 3 – 2 – 0     5 – 3 – 0 Iowa State 2 – 2 – 0     4 – 4 – 0 Drake 1 – 3 – 0     4 – 3 – 1 Kansas State 0 – 2 – 0     3 – 4 – 1 Washington (MO) 0 – 4 – 0     1 – 5 – 0