Tag: Conference USA

College Sports Journal announces the preseason Top 25 rankings in the Group of Five schools for the 2020 season....

Seventy student-athletes in the NCAA Division I Football’s Group of Five FBS Conferences have been named to the 2020 College Sports Journal G5 All-America Team. ...

Despite the cancellation of several conference tournaments and the annual NCAA Tournament, Middle Tennessee State will be taking a much more optimistic approach to the...

College Sports Journal 2020 NFL Draft Preview of Group of FIve Schools...

J’Mar Smith passed for one touchdown and ran for another with just over one minute remaining in the game as Louisiana Tech blanked the Hurricanes...

The first Independence Bowl was played in 1977 and saw Louisiana Tech defeat Louisville 24-14. Louisville returned the following season and dropped a 35-13 decision...

The Owls' perfection in bowl games remained intact as Florida Atlantic cruised past SMU 52-28 to win the Cheribundi Boca Raton Bowl on Dec. 21...

Appalachian State vs. UAB (New Orleans Bowl) When: Saturday, December 21st, 9:00 PM EST Where: Mercedes-Benz Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana TV/Streaming: ESPN, WatchESPN (subscription req’d) New...

Happily for Bulls fans, Buffalo was able to reload, not rebuild, as they competed for the MAC East title all season and easily qualified for...

UAB at FAU When: Saturday, December 7, 12:30 PM CST Where:FAU Stadium, Boca Raton, Fla. TV/Streaming: CBS Sports Network / CBS Sports App UAB Blazers (9-3, 6-2 C-USA) ...

BOONE, NC – The college football season is winding down and almost all of the talk is concerning the College Football Playoffs and the four...

Four of the five Group of Five teams ranked teams won in Week 12.  Cincinnati, who is currently is ranked as the highest ranked G5...

Wow, what a Week 11 we had in the Group of Five.  Two late season Power 5 wins over the Southeastern Conference highlighted the week...

And then there was none.  We came into Week 10 with two undefeated teams in Appalachian State and SMU and after Week 10 there are...

After several weeks of at least one of the undefeated teams going down, Week 9 saw a little more normalcy in the Group of Five....

Down goes #1.  Just one week after capturing the top spot in the Sagarin rankings amongst the Group of Five teams, Boise State fell this...

For the first time in over two years, UCF is not the top ranked team in the Group of Five.  Boise State now sits in...

And we are down to three.  Three undefeated teams in the Group of Five that is.  That number is down from the four we had...

Wow, what a game in Dallas!!  SMU came back from a three touchdown deficite to win in three overtimes over Tulsa.  The Mustangs remain undefeated...

This Friday, one game stood out but a second game came to light that a week ago looked like a walkover type game in the...

FAU went just 5-7 (3-5 C-USA) that ended poorly with closed with painful losses to North Texas and Charlotte by three points apiece.  This was...

Late-season setbacks against Southern Miss and Western Kentucky prevented Louisiana Tech from contending for a Conference USA title, but the Bulldogs bounced back with a...

Marshall has had back-to-back bowl winning seasons, going 8-5 in 2017 and 9-4 in 2018 and the Herd enjoyed the season finale,where the Marshall defense...

FIU recorded a school-record nine (9-4 overall,  wins in 2018, building on the surprising success of Coach Butch Davis' debut season leading the Panthers.  There...

Southern Miss finished being bowl eligible by finishing last season with a 6-5 overall record (5-3 C-USA) but were not selected despite ending the 2018...

In just its second season since its revival as program, the Blazers won eleven games (11-3, 7-1 C-USA) and a C-USA Championship over Middle Tennessee...

UNT finished the season 9–4 (5–3 C-USA) play to finish in a three-way tie for second place in the West Division and were invited to...

The Blue Raiders won their first division title and came within a late score of the C-USA championship to UAB but were blown out by...

After a 6-7 2017 season, WKU dropped to 3-9 in 2018, losing nine of its first 10 games of the season but closed out the...

Charlotte finished 5-7 overall (4-4 C-USA) and was an improved football team in 2018  to set school records for wins at the FBS level and...

The Monarchs started the season at just 1-6 (although the one win was over the ACC's Virginia Tech) but rallied to a 3-2 end to...

UTSA finished dead last in the nation in total offense – averaging just 247 yards per game – and scoring a mere 14 points per...

The Owls won their first (FCS Prairie View A&M) and last (Old Dominion) games of the season but unfortantely did not win any other games...

Texas-El Paso Miners Location: El Paso, TX Coach: Dana Dimel (1-11) 2nd Season at UTEP Stadium: Sun Bowl (Capacity 51,500) CSJ Projections: 14th: Conference USA...

Marshall men's basketball looks to stay perfect as it prepares for road game at Western Kentucky on Monday....

Hawai’i vs. Louisiana Tech (Hawai’i Bowl) When: Saturday, December 22, 19:30 PM EST Where: Aloha Stadium, Honolulu, HI TV/Streaming: ESPN, WatchESPN (subscription req’d) Hawai’i Rainbow Warriors...

FIU is back in the postseason for the second consecutive year under Butch Davis. ...

Marshall vs. South Florida (Gasparilla Bowl) When: Thursday, December 20, 8:00 PM EST Where: Raymond James Stadium, Tampa, Fla. TV/Streaming: ESPN, WatchESPN (subscription req’d) Marshall Thundering Herd...

UAB vs. Northern Illinois (Boca Raton Bowl) When: Tuesday, December 18, 7:00 PM EST Where: FAU Stadium, Boca Raton, Fla. TV/Streaming: ESPN, WatchESPN (subscription req’d)...

Appalachian State vs. Middle Tennessee State (New Orleans Bowl) When: Saturday, December 15, 9:00 PM EST Where: Superdome, New Orleans, La. TV/Streaming: ESPN, WatchESPN (subscription...

Utah State vs. North Texas (New Mexico Bowl) When: Saturday, December 15, 2:00 PM EST Where: Dreamstyle Stadium, Albuquerque, N.M. TV/Streaming: ESPN / Watch ESPN Utah...

UCF defeated Navy and remains the only unblemished team left in the Group of Five. While the Knights kept winning, other Group of Five conference...

When: Saturday, October 13, 2:30 PM EDT Where: Joan C. Edwards Stadium, Huntington, W.Va. TV/Streaming: Facebook Live Florida Atlantic Owls (3-3, 1-1 C-USA) FAU has struggled on defense...

College Sports Journal announces their 2018 Fearless Prediction for the Order of finish of Conference USA, the third of our Group of Five Conference previews....

Florida Atlantic Owls Location: Boca Raton, FL Coach: Lane Kiffin (11-3 @FAU, 46-24 overall) 2nd Season Stadium: FAU Stadium (Capacity: 29,495) CSJ Projections: 1st: Conference USA...

Louisiana Tech Bulldogs Location: Ruston, LA Coach: Skip Holtz (38-29 @ LT, 126-99 overall) 6th Season Stadium: Joe Aillet Stadium (Capacity: 32,227) CSJ Projections: 2nd: Conference...

Marshall Thundering Herd Location: Huntington, WV Coach: Doc Holliday (61-42) 9th Season Stadium: Joan C. Edwards Stadium (Capacity: 32,227) CSJ Projections: 3rd: Conference USA (2nd in...

Middle Tennessee State Blue Raiders Location: Murfreesboro, TN Coach: Rick Stockstill (79-72) 13th Season Stadium: Johnny “Red” Floyd Stadium (Capacity: 30,788) CSJ Projections: 4th: Conference USA...

North Texas Mean Green Location: Denton, TX Coach: Seth Littrell (14-13) 3rd Season Stadium: Apogee Stadium (Capacity: 30,850) CSJ Projections: 5th: Conference USA (2nd in West...