2018 Conference USA football season

2018 Conference USA football season
2018 Conference USA football season
League	NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision
Sport	Football
Duration	August 25–; January 2019
Number of teams	14
CUSA Championship Game
Seasons
	← 2017 2019 →

2018 Conference USA football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
East Division
Middle Tennessee x	7	–	1	8	–	6
Marshall	6	–	2	9	–	4
FIU	6	–	2	9	–	4
Charlotte	4	–	4	5	–	7
Florida Atlantic	3	–	5	5	–	7
Old Dominion	2	–	6	4	–	8
Western Kentucky	2	–	6	3	–	9
West Division
UAB x$	7	–	1	11	–	3
North Texas	5	–	3	9	–	4
Louisiana Tech	5	–	3	8	–	5
Southern Miss	5	–	3	6	–	5
UTSA	2	–	6	3	–	9
UTEP	1	–	7	1	–	11
Rice	1	–	7	2	–	11
Championship: UAB 27, Middle Tennessee 25
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions

The 2018 Conference USA football season is the 23rd season of Conference USA football and part of the 2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season..^[1]^[2] The season will begin on August 25 and will end on November 24.^[3] This will be the fourth season under realignment that took place in 2014 NCAA Division I FBS football season which added the 14 member Charlotte from the Atlantic 10 Conference. C-USA is a "Group of Five" conference under the College Football Playoff format along with the American Athletic Conference, the Mid–American Conference, the Mountain West Conference and the Sun Belt Conference. The entire schedule was released on January 23.^[4]

The Conference consists of 14 members. The Conference USA Football Championship game will be played on December 1.^[3]

Preseason

Preseason awards

The conference preseason awards were released on July 16.^[5]

Preseason Offensive Player of the Year: Devin Singletary, Junior, RB, Florida Atlantic
Preseason Defensive Player of the Year: Azeez Al-Shaair, Senior, LB, Florida Atlantic
Preseason Special Teams Player of the Year: Parker Shaunfield, Senior, K, Southern Miss

Offense
Position	Player	Class	Team
QB	Mason Fine	Junior	North Texas
QB	Brent Stockstill	Senior	Middle Tennessee
WR	Tyre Brady	Senior	Marshall
WR	Jalen Guyton	Senior	North Texas
WR	Ty Lee	Junior	Middle Tennessee
WR	Teddy Veal	Senior	Louisiana Tech
RB	Spencer Brown	Sophomore	UAB
RB	Devin Singletary	Junior	Florida Atlantic
OL	Reggie Bain	Senior	Florida Atlantic
OL	Chandler Brewer	Senior	Middle Tennessee
OL	Jordan Budwig	Senior	FIU
OL	Levi Brown	Junior	Marshall
OL	O'Shea Dugas	Senior	Louisiana Tech
TE	Harrison Bryant	Junior	Florida Atlantic

Defense
Position	Player	Class	Team
DL	Jaylon Ferguson	Sophomore	Louisiana Tech
DL	Fermin Silva	Senior	FIU
DL	Kevin Strong, Jr.	Senior	UTSA
DL	Oshane Ximines	Senior	Old Dominion
LB	Azeez Al-Shaair	Senior	Florida Atlantic
LB	Khalil Brooks	Junior	Middle Tennessee
LB	Josiah Tauaefa	Junior	UTSA
LB	Chase Hancock	Senior	Marshall
DB	Ben DeLuca	Junior	Charlotte
DB	Malik Gant	Junior	Marshall
DB	Shelton Lewis	Senior	Florida Atlantic
DB	Amik Robertson	Sophomore	Louisiana Tech
DB	Jalen Young	Senior	Florida Atlantic

Specialists
Position	Player	Class	Team
P	Jack Fox	Senior	Old Dominion
K	Parker Shaunfield	Senior	Southern Miss
KR	Isaiah Harper	Senior	Old Dominion
PR	Darrell Brown	Junior	Old Dominion
LS	Matt Beardall	Junior	Marshall

Media predictions

The 2018 preseason media football poll was released on July 17.^[6]

East Division

1. Florida Atlantic (22 first-place votes)
2. Marshall (4)
3. Middle Tennessee
4. FIU
5. Western Kentucky
6. Old Dominion
7. Charlotte

West Division

1. North Texas (18)
2. Louisiana Tech (4)
3. UAB (3)
4. Southern Miss (1)
5. UTSA
T6. Rice
T6. UTEP

Head coaches

Note: All stats shown are before the beginning of the season.

Team	Head coach	Years at school	Overall record	Record at school	CUSA record
Charlotte	Brad Lambert	6	17–41	17–41	4–20
FIU	Butch Davis	2	71–48	8–5	5–3
Florida Atlantic	Lane Kiffin	2	46–24	11–3	8–0
Louisiana Tech	Skip Holtz	6	126–99	38–28	26–14
Marshall	Doc Holliday	9	61–42	61–42	39–25
Middle Tennessee	Rick Stockstill	13	79–72	79–72	26–14
North Texas	Seth Littrell	3	14–13	14–13	10–6
Old Dominion	Bobby Wilder	10	72–37	72–37	17–15
Rice	Mike Bloomgren	1	0–0	0–0	0–0
Southern Miss	Jay Hopson	3	47–28	15–11	10–6
UAB	Bill Clark	3	25–15	14–11	10–6
UTEP	Dana Dimel	1	30–39	0–0	0–0
UTSA	Frank Wilson	3	12–12	12–12	8–8
Western Kentucky	Mike Sanford Jr.	2	6–7	6–7	4–4

Schedule

Regular season

Index to colors and formatting
C-USA member won
C-USA member lost
C-USA teams in bold

Week Zero

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
August 25	6:00 p.m.	Prairie View A&M	Rice	Rice Stadium • Houston, TX	ESPN+	W 31–28	20,050
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week One

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 30	7:00 p.m.	Savannah State	UAB	Legion Field • Birmingham, AL	ESPN+	W 52–0	27,124
August 31	8:00 p.m.	Western Kentucky	No. 4 Wisconsin	Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI	ESPN	L 3–34	74,145
September 1	12:00 p.m.	Florida Atlantic	No. 7 Oklahoma	Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK	FOX	L 14–63	86,402
September 1	12:00 p.m.	Houston	Rice	Rice Stadium • Houston, TX (Bayou Bucket Classic)	CBSSN	L 27–45	26,390
September 1	3:30 p.m.	Marshall	Miami (OH)	Yager Stadium • Oxford, OH	ESPN+	W 35–28	15,827
September 1	6:00 p.m.	Fordham	Charlotte	Jerry Richardson Stadium • Charlotte, NC	ESPN+	W 34–10	9,240
September 1	6:00 p.m.	Old Dominion	Liberty	Williams Stadium • Lynchburg, VA	ESPN3	L 10–52	20,425
September 1	7:00 p.m.	Indiana	FIU	Riccardo Silva Stadium • Miami, FL	CBSSN	L 28–38	17,082
September 1	7:00 p.m.	Louisiana Tech	South Alabama	Ladd–Peebles Stadium • Mobile, AL	ESPN+	W 30–26	13,457
September 1	7:00 p.m.	Jackson State	Southern Miss	M. M. Roberts Stadium • Hattiesburg, MS	ESPN+	W 55–7	29,176
September 1	7:30 p.m.	Middle Tennessee	Vanderbilt	Vanderbilt Stadium • Nashville, TN	SECN	L 7–35	25,348
September 1	7:30 p.m.	SMU	North Texas	Apogee Stadium • Denton, TX (Safeway Bowl)	Stadium	W 46–23	29,519
September 1	7:30 p.m.	Northern Arizona	UTEP	Sun Bowl • El Paso, TX	ESPN3	L 10–30	17,271
September 1	10:30 p.m.	UTSA	Arizona State	Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ	FS1	L 7–49	50,188
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week Two

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 8	2:00 p.m.	Air Force	Florida Atlantic	FAU Stadium • Boca Raton, FL	CBSSN	W 33–27	24,101
September 8	6:00 p.m.	Appalachian State	Charlotte	Jerry Richardson Stadium • Charlotte, NC	ESPN+	L 9–45	19,151
September 8	6:00 p.m.	UT Martin	Middle Tennessee	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium • Murfreesboro, TN	ESPN+	W 61–37	16,227
September 8	6:30 p.m.	Eastern Kentucky	Marshall	Joan C. Edwards Stadium • Huntington, WV	ESPN+	W 32–16	24,304
September 8	6:30 p.m.	Maine	Western Kentucky	Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium • Bowling Green, KY	ESPN+	L 28–31	15,178
September 8	7:00 p.m.	Southern	Louisiana Tech	Joe Aillet Stadium • Ruston, LA	ESPN+	W 54–17	22,926
September 8	7:00 p.m.	Louisiana–Monroe	Southern Miss	M. M. Roberts Stadium • Hattiesburg, MS	ESPN3	L 20–21	19,579
September 8	7:00 p.m.	UAB	Coastal Carolina	Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC	ESPN+	L 24–47	9,776
September 8	7:00 p.m.	Baylor	UTSA	Alamodome • San Antonio, TX	CBSSN	L 20–37	42,071
September 8	7:30 p.m.	FIU	Old Dominion	Foreman Field • Norfolk, VA	beIN	FIU 28–20	19,243
September 8	7:30 p.m.	Incarnate Word	North Texas	Apogee Stadium • Denton, TX	ESPN+	W 58–16	18,538
September 8	8:00 p.m.	UTEP	UNLV	Sam Boyd Stadium • Whitney, NV	ATTSN	L 24–52	14,122
September 9	12:00 a.m.	Rice	Hawaii	Aloha Stadium • Honolulu, HI	SPEC HI	L 29–43	23,112
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week Three

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 13^[a]	4:00 p.m.	Old Dominion	Charlotte	Jerry Richardson Stadium • Charlotte, NC	ESPN3	CHAR 28–25	8,204
September 15	12:00 p.m.	Middle Tennessee	No. 3 Georgia	Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA	ESPNews	L 7–49	92,746
September 15	12:00 p.m.	UTEP	Tennessee	Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, TN	SECN	L 0–24	87,074
September 15	1:00 p.m.	Tulane	UAB	Legion Field • Birmingham, AL	Stadium	W 31–24	21,991
~~September 15~~	~~3:30 p.m.~~	~~Southern Miss~~	~~Appalachian State~~	~~Kidd Brewer Stadium~~ • ~~Boone, NC~~	~~ESPN+~~	Cancelled ^[b]
September 15	4:00 p.m.	North Texas	Arkansas	Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium • Fayetteville, AR	SECN	W 44–17	62,355
September 15	4:00 p.m.	UTSA	Kansas State	Bill Snyder Family Football Stadium • Manhattan, KS	FSN	L 17–41	50,618
September 15	6:00 p.m.	Bethune–Cookman	Florida Atlantic	FAU Stadium • Boca Raton, FL	Stadium	W 49–28	19,017
September 15	7:30 p.m.	UMass	FIU	Ricardo Silva Stadium • Miami, FL	beIN	W 63–24	14,695
~~September 15~~	~~7:30 p.m.~~	~~Marshall~~	~~South Carolina~~	~~Williams–Brice Stadium~~ • ~~Columbia, SC~~	~~ESPNU~~	Cancelled ^[b]
September 15	7:30 p.m.	Western Kentucky	Louisville	Cardinal Stadium • Louisville, KY	ACCRSN	L 17–20	54,923
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

^ This game was originally scheduled for September 15. It was moved up two days in anticipation of Hurricane Florence.
^ ^a ^b This game has been cancelled in anticipation of Hurricane Florence.

Week Four

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 21	7:00 p.m.	Florida Atlantic	No. 16 UCF	Spectrum Stadium • Orlando, FL	ESPN	L 36–56	44,257
September 22	2:00 p.m.	Western Kentucky	Ball State	Scheumann Stadium • Muncie, IN	ESPN3	W 28–20	15,873
September 22	3:30 p.m.	Charlotte	UMass	McGuirk Stadium • Amherst, MA	ELVN	L 31–49	10,086
September 22	3:30 p.m.	No. 13 Virginia Tech	Old Dominion	Forman Field • Norfolk, VA	CBSSN	W 49–35	20,532
September 22	3:30 p.m.	FIU	No. 21 Miami (FL)	Hard Rock Stadium • Miami Gardens, FL	ESPN2	L 17–31	59,814
September 22	6:00 p.m.	North Texas	Liberty	Williams Stadium • Lynchburg, VA	ESPN3	W 47–7	14,112
September 22	6:00 p.m.	Louisiana Tech	No. 6 LSU	Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	ESPNU	L 21–38	102,321
September 22	7:00 p.m.	NC State	Marshall	Joan C. Edwards Stadium • Huntington, WV	CBSSN	L 37–20	32,349
September 22	7:00 p.m.	Rice	Southern Miss	M. M. Roberts Stadium • Hattiesburg, MS	ESPN+	USM 40–22	20,159
September 22	7:00 p.m.	Texas State	UTSA	Alamodome • San Antonio, TX (I-35 Rivalry)	ESPN+	W 25–21	29,205
September 22	7:30 p.m.	New Mexico State	UTEP	Sun Bowl • El Paso, TX (Battle of I-10)	ESPN3	L 20–27	19,412
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week Five

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 29	3:30 p.m.	Old Dominion	East Carolina	Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, NC	ESPN3	L 35–37	35,047
September 29	3:30 p.m.	Rice	Wake Forest	BB&T Field • Winston-Salem, NC	ACCN	L 24–56	24,519
September 29	4:00 p.m.	Southern Miss	No. 10 Auburn	Jordan–Hare Stadium • Auburn, AL	SECN	L 13–24	83,792
September 29	7:00 p.m.	Florida Atlantic	Middle Tennessee	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium • Murfreesboro, TN	Stadium	MTSU 25–24	17,299
September 29	7:00 p.m.	UTEP	UTSA	Alamodome • San Antonio, TX	ESPN+	UTSA 30–21	20,176
September 29	7:00 p.m.	Charlotte	UAB	Legion Field • Birmingham, AL	ESPN3	UAB 28–7	25,395
September 29	7:30 p.m.	Arkansas–Pine Bluff	FIU	Riccardo Silva Stadium • Miami, FL	ESPN+	W 55–9	14,937
September 29	7:30 p.m.	Marshall	Western Kentucky	Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium • Bowling Green, KY	Stadium	MARSH 20–17	20,176
September 29	7:30 p.m.	Louisiana Tech	North Texas	Apogee Stadium • Denton, TX	beIN	LT 29–27	30,105
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week Six

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
October 5	7:30 p.m.	Middle Tennessee	Marshall	Joan C. Edwards Stadium • Huntington, WV	CBSSN	MTSU 34–24	25,979
October 6	5:00 p.m.	Old Dominion	Florida Atlantic	FAU Stadium • Boca Raton, FL	Stadium	FAU 52–33	18,204
October 6	7:00 p.m.	UAB	Louisiana Tech	Joe Aillet Stadium • Ruston, LA	Stadium	UAB 28–7	18,983
October 6	7:00 p.m.	UTSA	Rice	Rice Stadium • Houston, TX	ESPN3	UTSA 20–3	19,170
October 6	7:30 p.m.	North Texas	UTEP	Sun Bowl • El Paso, TX	beIN	UNT 27–24	12,809
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week Seven

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
October 13	1:00 p.m.	UAB	Rice	Rice Stadium • Houston, TX	ESPN+	UAB 42–0	18,916
October 13	2:00 p.m.	Southern Miss	North Texas	Apogee Stadium • Denton, TX	ESPN3	UNT 30–7	18,252
October 13	3:30 p.m.	Western Kentucky	Charlotte	Jerry Richardson Stadium • Charlotte, NC	ESPN+	CHAR 40–14	11,610
October 13	3:30 p.m.	Marshall	Old Dominion	Foreman Field • Norfolk, VA	Stadium	MARSH 42–20	20,118
October 13	7:00 p.m.	Louisiana Tech	UTSA	Alamodome • San Antonio, TX	ESPN+	LT 31–3	20,057
October 13	7:30 p.m.	Middle Tennessee	FIU	Riccardo Silva Stadium • Miami, FL	beIN	FIU 24–21	16,002
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week Eight

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV
October 20	2:30 p.m.	Florida Atlantic	Marshall	Joan C. Edwards Stadium • Huntington, WV	CBSSN
October 20	3:00 p.m.	Charlotte	Middle Tennessee	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium • Murfreesboro, TN	ESPN3
October 20	3:30 p.m.	UTEP	Louisiana Tech	Joe Aillet Stadium • Ruston, LA	ESPN+
October 20	7:00 p.m.	UTSA	Southern Miss	M. M. Roberts Stadium • Hattiesburg, MS	ESPN+
October 20	7:30 p.m.	Rice	FIU	Riccardo Silva Stadium • Miami, FL	ESPN+
October 20	7:30 p.m.	Old Dominion	Western Kentucky	Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium • Bowling Green, Kentucky	ESPN+
October 20	7:30 p.m.	North Texas	UAB	Legion Field • Birmingham, AL	beIN
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week Nine

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV
October 26	6:30 p.m.	Louisiana Tech	Florida Atlantic	FAU Stadium • Boca Raton, FL	CBSSN
October 27	2:00 p.m.	Southern Miss	Charlotte	Jerry Richardson Stadium • Charlotte, NC	ESPN3
October 27	3:30 p.m.	Middle Tennessee	Old Dominion	Foreman Field • Norfolk, VA	ESPN+
October 27	4:00 p.m.	Rice	North Texas	Apogee Stadium • Denton, TX	ESPN+
October 27	7:30 p.m.	FIU	Western Kentucky	Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium • Bowling Green, KY	beIN
October 27	7:30 p.m.	UAB	UTEP	Sun Bowl • El Paso, TX	ESPN+
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week Ten

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV
November 2	8:00 p.m.	Western Kentucky	Middle Tennessee	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium • Murfreesboro, TN (100 Miles of Hate)	CBSSN
November 3	7:30 p.m.	Florida Atlantic	FIU	Riccardo Silva Stadium • Miami, FL (Shula Bowl)	Stadium
November 3	3:00 p.m.	Marshall	Southern Miss	M. M. Roberts Stadium • Hattiesburg, MS	Stadium
November 3	3:30 p.m.	UTEP	Rice	Rice Stadium • Houston, TX	ESPN3
November 3	7:30 p.m.	UTSA	UAB	Legion Field • Birmingham, AL	beIN
November 3		Charlotte	Tennessee	Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, TN
November 3		Louisiana Tech	Mississippi State	Davis Wade Stadium • Starkville, MS
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week Eleven

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV
November 10	2:30 p.m.	Charlotte	Marshall	Joan C. Edwards Stadium • Huntington, WV	ESPN+
November 10	3:00 p.m.	Middle Tennessee	UTEP	Sun Bowl • El Paso, TX	ESPN+
November 10	3:30 p.m.	North Texas	Old Dominion	Foreman Field • Norfolk, VA	ESPN3
November 10	3:30 p.m.	Southern Miss	UAB	Legion Field • Birmingham, AL	beIN
November 10	5:00 p.m.	Western Kentucky	Florida Atlantic	FAU Stadium • Boca Raton, FL	Stadium
November 10	7:00 p.m.	FIU	UTSA	Alamodome • San Antonio, TX	ESPN+
November 10	7:00 p.m.	Rice	Louisiana Tech	Joe Aillet Stadium • Ruston, LA	ESPN+
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week Twelve

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV
November 15	9:30 p.m.	Florida Atlantic	North Texas	Apogee Stadium • Denton, TX	CBSSN
November 17	2:00 p.m.	FIU	Charlotte	Jerry Richardson Stadium • Charlotte, NC	ESPN3
November 17	2:00 p.m.	VMI	Old Dominion	Foreman Field • Norfolk, VA	ESPN+
November 17	2:30 p.m.	UTSA	Marshall	Joan C. Edwards Stadium • Huntington, WV	Stadium
November 17	3:30 p.m.	Louisiana Tech	Southern Miss	M. M. Roberts Stadium • Hattiesburg, MS (Rivalry in Dixie)	Stadium
November 17	7:30 p.m.	UTEP	Western Kentucky	Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium • Bowling Green, KY	beIN
November 17		Middle Tennessee	Kentucky	Kroger Field • Lexington, KY
November 17		Rice	LSU	Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA
November 17		UAB	Texas A&M	Kyle Field • College Station, TX
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week Thirteen

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV
November 24	12:00 p.m.	Marshall	FIU	Riccardo Silva Stadium • Miami, FL	Stadium
November 24	12:00 p.m.	Western Kentucky	Louisiana Tech	Joe Aillet Stadium • Ruston, LA	CBSSN
November 24	1:00 p.m.	Old Dominion	Rice	Rice Stadium • Houston, TX	ESPN+
November 24	3:00 p.m.	UAB	Middle Tennessee	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium • Murfreesboro, TN	ESPN3
November 24	3:00 p.m.	Southern Miss	UTEP	Sun Bowl • El Paso, TX	ESPN+
November 24	6:00 p.m.	Charlotte	Florida Atlantic	FAU Stadium • Boca Raton, FL	Stadium
November 24	7:00 p.m.	North Texas	UTSA	Alamodome • San Antonio, TX (rivalry)	ESPN+
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Conference USA Championship Game

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
December 1					CBSSN
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Postseason

Bowl games

Legend
	C-USA win
	C-USA loss

Bowls based on contractual tie-ins. Actual bowls attended by C-USA members may vary and will be announced following the regular season.

Bowl game	Date	Site	Television	Time (CST)
New Mexico Bowl	December 15	Dreamstyle Stadium • Albuquerque, NM	ESPN	2:00 p.m.
New Orleans Bowl	December 15	Mercedes-Benz Superdome • New Orleans, LA	ESPN	9:00 p.m.
Boca Raton Bowl	December 18	FAU Stadium • Boca Raton, FL	ESPN	7:00 p.m.
Frisco Bowl *	December 19	Toyota Stadium • Frisco, TX	ESPN	7:00 p.m.
Gasparilla Bowl	December 20	Raymond James Stadium • Tampa, FL	ESPN	8:00 p.m.
Bahamas Bowl	December 22	Thomas Robinson Stadium • Nassau, Bahamas	ESPN	12:30 p.m.
Hawaii Bowl	December 22	Aloha Stadium • Honolulu, HI	ESPN	10:30 p.m.
First Responder Bowl	December 26	Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX	ESPN	1:30 p.m.
Independence Bowl *	December 27	Independence Stadium • Shreveport, LA	ESPN	1:30 p.m.

* conditional pick if other conferences do not have enough eligible teams

Awards and Honors

Individual Awards

All Conference Teams

Records against FBS Conferences

Power Five conferences

Power 5 Conferences	Record
ACC	0–3
Big Ten	0–2
Big 12	0–3
Pac-12	0–1
SEC	1–5
Power 5 Total	1–14

Group of Five conferences

Group of 5 Conferences	Record
American	2–3
Mountain West	1–2
MAC	2–0
Sun Belt	2–3
Independents	2–3
Group of 5 Total	9–11

FCS Subdivision

FCS Opponents	Record
Football Championship Subdivision	10–2

Home game attendance

Team	Stadium	Capacity	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 6	Game 7
Charlotte	Jerry Richardson Stadium	15,314	9,240	19,151	8,204	11,610		—
FIU	Riccardo Silva Stadium	20,000	17,082	14,937	14,937	16,002
Florida Atlantic	FAU Stadium	29,419	24,101	19,017	18,205			—
Louisiana Tech	Joe Aillet Stadium	28,562	22,926	18,983			—	—
Marshall	Joan C. Edwards Stadium	38,227	24,304	32,349	25,979			—
Middle Tennessee	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium	30,788	16,227	17,299			—	—
North Texas	Apogee Stadium	30,850	29,519	18,538	30,105	18,252		—
Old Dominion	Foreman Field	20,118	19,243	20,532	20,118			—
Rice	Rice Stadium	47,000	20,050	26,390	19,170	18,916		—
Southern Miss	M. M. Roberts Stadium	36,000	29,176	19,579	20,159			—
UAB	Legion Field	71,594	27,124	21,991	25,395			—
UTEP	Sun Bowl Stadium	51,500	17,271	19,412	12,809			—
UTSA	Alamodome	65,000	42,071	29,205	20,176	20,057		—
WKU	Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium	22,113	15,178	20,176			—	—

Bold – Exceed capacity
†Season High

Weekly Awards

Players of the Week
Date	Offense	Defense	Special Teams
Sept 3	Mason Fine, QB, North Texas	James Jackson, S, Louisiana Tech	Quez Watkins, PR, Southern Miss.
Sept 10	Chris Robison, QB, Florida Atlantic	Rashad Smith, LB, Florida Atlantic	Jonathan Cruz, K, Charlotte
Sept 17	Mason Fine, QB, North Texas	Nate Brooks, CB, North Texas	Keegan Brewer, PR, North Texas
Sept 22	Blake LaRussa, QB, Old Dominion	Oshane Ximines, DE, Old Dominion	Jared Sacket, K, UTSA
Sept 29	Tyre Brady, WR, Marshall Brent Stockstill, QB, Middle Tennessee	Jaylon Ferguson, DE, Louisiana Tech	Bailey Hale, K, Louisiana Tech
Oct 6	Brent Stockstill, QB, Middle Tennessee	Jovante Moffatt, S, Middle Tennessee	Kerrith Whyte, Jr., KR, Florida Atlantic

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^ "C-USA ANNOUNCES 2018 PRESEASON MEDIA FOOTBALL POLL" (PDF). Conference USA. Retrieved 2017-07-17.

[7] This game was originally scheduled for September 15. It was moved up two days in anticipation of Hurricane Florence.

[hurricane-8] This game has been cancelled in anticipation of Hurricane Florence.

[1] "UTSA Athletics announces 2018 Conference USA football schedule". www.utsa.edu. Retrieved 2018-03-14.

[2] Broaddus, Adrian. "C-USA releases UTEP football full 2018 schedule – The Prospector". www.theprospectordaily.com. Retrieved 2018-03-14.

[CFBN-3] "2018 Conference USA Football Weekly Schedule, Analysis & Top Games Rankings". College Football News. 2018-01-23. Retrieved 2018-03-14.

[4] "2018 Football Scheduled Announced". January 23, 2018. Retrieved January 23, 2018.^{[dead link‍]}

[5] "FB: 2018 Preseason Awards". Conference USA. Retrieved 2018-08-09.

[6] "C-USA ANNOUNCES 2018 PRESEASON MEDIA FOOTBALL POLL" (PDF). Conference USA. Retrieved 2017-07-17.

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