2013 Sun Belt Conference football season
Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
September 28 11:21 AM South Alabama Tennessee Neyland Stadium • Knoxville , TN SEC Network L 24-31 87,266
September 28 1:00 PM Navy Western Kentucky Houchens Industries-L. T. Smith Stadium • Bowling Green , KY ESPNews W 19-7 19,813
September 28 2:00 PM Troy Duke Wallace Wade Stadium • Durham , NC ESPN3 L 31-38 30,126
September 28 6:00 PM Tulane Louisiana-Monroe Malone Stadium • Monroe , LA ESPN3 L 14-31 20,476
September 28 6:00 PM Wyoming Texas State Bobcat Stadium • San Marcos , TX Longhorn Network W 42-21 22,150
September 28 6:30 PM Arkansas State Missouri Faurot Field • Columbia , MO CSS / ESPN3 L 19-41 62,468
Regular season -- Week 5
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 WKU. 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.