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2020 Conference USA football season

The 2020 Conference USA football season was the 25th season of college football play for Conference USA (C-USA). It was played from September 3, 2020 until December 18, 2020. The league consisted of 14 members in two divisions. It was part of the 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season.

2020 Conference USA football season
LeagueNCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision
SportFootball
DurationSeptember 3, 2019 to December 18, 2020
Number of teams13†
2021 NFL Draft
Top draft pickDT Milton Williams, Louisiana Tech
Picked byPhiladelphia Eagles, 73rd overall
Regular season
East championsMarshall
West championsUAB
Conference USA Championship Game
ChampionsUAB
  Runners-upMarshall
Finals MVPSpencer Brown, UAB[1]
Seasons
2020 Conference USA football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
East Division
Marshall xy   4 – 1     7 – 3  
Florida Atlantic   4 – 2     5 – 4  
Western Kentucky   4 – 3     5 – 7  
Charlotte   2 – 2     2 – 4  
Middle Tennessee   2 – 4     3 – 6  
FIU   0 – 3     0 – 5  
West Division
UAB xy$   3 – 1     6 – 3  
UTSA   5 – 2     7 – 5  
Louisiana Tech   4 – 2     5 – 5  
North Texas   3 – 4     4 – 6  
Rice   2 – 3     2 – 3  
Southern Miss   2 – 4     3 – 7  
UTEP   0 – 4     3 – 5  
Championship: UAB 22, Marshall 13
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant
  • Note: Due to COVID-19, Old Dominion opted out of the season.

Preseason

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Preseason Awards

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The conference preseason awards were released On August 25.[2]

  • Preseason Offensive Player of the Year: Brenden Knox, Junior, RB, Marshall
  • Preseason Defensive Player of the Year: DeAngelo Malone, Senior, DE, WKU
  • Preseason Special Teams Player of the Year: John Haggerty, Sophomore, Punter, WKU
Offense
Position Player Class Team
QB Jack Abraham Senior Southern Miss
RB Justin Henderson Senior Louisiana Tech
RB Brenden Knox Junior Marshall
OL D'Antne Demery Senior FIU
OL Desmond Noel Senior Florida Atlantic
OL Kody Russey Senior Louisiana Tech
OL Cain Madden Senior Marshall
OL Jordan Meredith Senior WKU
TE Jason Pirtle Senior North Texas
WR Jaelon Darden Senior North Texas
WR Tim Jones Senior Southern Miss
WR Austin Watkins Jr. Senior UAB
Defense
Position Player Class Team
DL Markees Watts Junior Charlotte
DL Willie Baker Senior Louisiana Tech
DL Dion Novil Senior North Texas
DL Jordan Smith Junior UAB
DL DeAngelo Malone Senior WKU
LB Tavante Beckett Senior Marshall
LB Blaze Alldredge Senior Rice
LB Kristopher Moll Senior UAB
DB Nazeeh Johnson Senior Marshall
DB Ben DeLuca Senior Charlotte
DB Reed Blankenship Senior Middle Tennessee
DB Ky’el Hemby Senior Southern Miss
Specialists
Position Player Class Team
K Ethan Mooney Junior North Texas
P John Haggerty Senior WKU
KR Deion Hair-Griffin Junior North Texas
PR Talik Keaton Sophomore Marshall
LS Reeves Blankenship Junior Louisiana Tech

Media predictions

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No 2020 Preseason Media Poll was released by Conference USA.

Head coaches

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Note: All stats shown are before the start of the 2020 season.

Team Head coach Years at school Overall record Record at school CUSA Record
Charlotte Will Healy 2 20-27 7-6 5-3
FIU Butch Davis 3 86–59 23-16 14–10
Florida Atlantic Willie Taggart 1 56–62 0–0 0–0
Louisiana Tech Skip Holtz 8 144–107 56–36 37–19
Marshall Doc Holliday 11 78–51 78–51 49–29
Middle Tennessee Rick Stockstill 15 91–88 91–88 68–41
North Texas Seth Littrell 5 28–26 28–26 18–14
Old Dominion Ricky Rahne 1 0–0 0–0 0–0
Rice Mike Bloomgren 3 5–20 5–20 4–12
Southern Miss Jay Hopson 5 60–39 28–22 20-12
UAB Bill Clark 5 45–22 34–19 23–9
UTEP Dana Dimel 3 32-61 2–22 1-15
UTSA Jeff Traylor 1 0–0 0–0 0–0
Western Kentucky Tyson Helton 2 9–4 9–4 6–2

Rankings

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Main article: 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings
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Charlotte AP
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CFP Not released
FIU AP
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CFP Not released
Florida Atlantic AP RV
C RV
CFP Not released
Louisiana Tech AP RV
C RV RV RV
CFP Not released
Marshall AP RV RV RV RV 22 19 16 16 15 17 15
C RV RV RV RV RV 25 18 15 15 15 16 15
CFP Not released 21
Middle Tennessee AP
C
CFP Not released
North Texas AP
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CFP Not released
Old Dominion AP
C
CFP Not released
Rice AP
C
CFP Not released
Southern Miss AP
C
CFP Not released
UAB AP RV RV RV RV RV RV RV
C RV RV RV RV
CFP Not released
UTEP AP
C
CFP Not released
UTSA AP
C
CFP Not released
WKU AP
C
CFP Not released
Legend
    Improvement in ranking
  Drop in ranking
  Not ranked previous week
  No change in ranking from previous week
RV Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25 of poll
т Tied with team above or below also with this symbol

Schedule

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Old Dominion suspended all Fall sports including football for the 2020 season.[3] Rice suspended the start of the football season till September 26 on August 8.[4] Rice pushed the start of their football season back an additional month, not starting play until October 24.[5]

Regular season

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

Week One

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Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance Ref.
September 3 8:00 p.m. EDT Central Arkansas UAB Legion Field • Birmingham, AL ESPN3 W 45–35   12,716
September 3 9:00 p.m. EDT South Alabama Southern Miss M.M. Roberts Stadium • Hattiesburg, MS CBSSN L 21–32   7,500
September 5 1:30 p.m. EDT Middle Tennessee Army Michie Stadium • West Point, NY CBSSN L 0–42   5,249
September 5 1:30 p.m. EDT Eastern Kentucky Marshall Joan C. Edwards Stadium • Huntington, WV ESPN W 59–0   12,000
September 5 7:30 p.m. EDT Houston Baptist North Texas Apogee Stadium • Denton, TX ESPN3 W 57–31   7,611
September 5 9:00 p.m. EDT Stephen F. Austin UTEP Sun Bowl Stadium • El Paso, TX ESPN3 W 24–14   6,047
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game.

Week Two

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Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance Ref.
September 10 8:00 p.m. EDT UAB Miami (FL) Hard Rock Stadium • Miami Gardens, FL ACCN L 14–31   8,153
September 12 8:00 p.m. EDT Marshall ECU Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, NC ESPN  POSTPONED   NA
September 12 12:00 p.m. EDT Charlotte App State Kidd Brewer Stadium • Boone, NC ESPN2 L 20–35   0
September 12 3:30 p.m. EDT UTSA Texas State Bobcat Stadium • San Marcos, TX ESPN2 W 51–48 2OT  7,500
September 12 7:00 p.m. EDT UTEP No. 14 Texas Darrell K Royal - Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX LHN L 3–59   15,337
September 12 7:00 p.m. EDT Western Kentucky Louisville Cardinal Stadium • Louisville, KY ACCN L 21–35   11,179
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game.

Week Three

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Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance Ref.
September 19 12:00 p.m. EDT Liberty Western Kentucky Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium • Bowling Green, KY ESPNU L 24–30   4,276
September 19 12:00 p.m. EDT Charlotte No. 12 UNC Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC ACCN  CANCELED   NA
September 19 2:30 p.m. EDT Troy Middle Tennessee Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium • Murfreesboro, TN ESPN L 14–47   6,000
September 19 3:30 p.m. EDT Florida Atlantic Georgia Southern Allen E. Paulson Stadium • Statesboro, GA  POSTPONED   NA
September 19 3:00 p.m. EDT Stephen F. Austin UTSA Alamodome • San Antonio, TX ESPN2 W 24–10   6,611
September 19 3:45 p.m. EDT No. 23 App State Marshall Joan C. Edwards Stadium • Huntington, WV CBS W 17–7   12,050
September 19 6:00 p.m. EDT SMU North Texas Apogee Stadium • Denton, TX CBSSN L 35–65   8,464
September 19 6:30 p.m. EDT Louisiana Tech Southern Miss M.M. Roberts Stadium • Hattiesburg, MS ESPN2  LT 31–30   7,140
September 19 7:05 p.m. EDT Abilene Christian UTEP Sun Bowl Stadium • El Paso, TX ESPN3 W 17–13   6,056
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game.

Week Four

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Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance Ref.
September 24 7:30 p.m. EDT UAB South Alabama Hancock Whitney Stadium • Mobile, AL ESPN W 42-10   5,766
September 25 8:00 p.m. EDT Middle Tennessee UTSA Alamodome • San Antonio, TX CBSSN  UTSA 37-35   6,182
September 26 p.m. EDT Georgia State Charlotte Jerry Richardson Stadium • Charlotte, NC  POSTPONED   NA
September 26 p.m. EDT South Florida Florida Atlantic FAU Stadium • Boca Raton, FL  POSTPONED   NA
September 26 p.m. EDT North Texas Houston TDECU Stadium • Houston, TX  CANCELED   NA
September 26 1:00 p.m. EDT FIU Liberty Williams Stadium • Lynchburg, VA ESPNU L 34-36   1,000
September 26 2:30 p.m. EDT Tulane Southern Miss M.M. Roberts Stadium • Hattiesburg, MS Stadium L 24-66   0
September 26 3:30 p.m. EDT UTEP Louisiana-Monroe Malone Stadium • Monroe, LA ESPN2 W 31-6   5,491
September 26 7:00 p.m. EDT Houston Baptist Louisiana Tech Joe Aillet Stadium • Ruston, LA ESPN3 W 66-38   7,140
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game.

Week Five

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Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance Ref.
October 2 9:00 p.m. EDT Louisiana Tech No. 22 BYU LaVell Edwards Stadium • Provo, UT ESPN2 L 14-45   0
October 3 p.m. EDT Rice Marshall Joan C. Edwards Stadium • Huntington, WV  POSTPONED   NA
October 3 12:30 p.m. EDT UTSA UAB Legion Field • Birmingham, AL Stadium  UAB 21-13   12,547
October 3 4:00 p.m. EDT Charlotte Florida Atlantic FAU Stadium • Boca Raton, FL ESPNU  FAU 21-17   5,675
October 3 5:00 p.m. EDT Western Kentucky Middle Tennessee Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium • Murfreesboro, TN ESPN3  WKU 20-17   6,500
October 3 7:30 p.m. EDT Southern Miss North Texas Apogee Stadium • Denton, TX Stadium  USM 41-31   6,490
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game.

Week Six

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Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance Ref.
October 10 p.m. EDT Florida Atlantic Southern Miss M.M. Roberts Stadium • Hattiesburg, MS  POSTPONED   NA
October 10 p.m. EDT UAB Rice Rice Stadium • Houston, TX  POSTPONED   NA
October 10 3:30 p.m. EDT UTSA No. 15 BYU LaVell Edwards Stadium • Provo, UT ESPN2 L 20-27   0
October 10 4:00 p.m. EDT Middle Tennessee FIU Riccardo Silva Stadium • Miami, FL ESPNU  MTSU 31-28   2,213
October 10 7:30 p.m. EDT Marshall Western Kentucky Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium • Bowling Green, KY Stadium  MU 38-14   4,428
October 10 7:30 p.m. EDT UTEP Louisiana Tech Joe Aillet Stadium • Ruston, LA ESPN2  LT 21-17   7,140
October 10 8:00 p.m. EDT Charlotte North Texas Apogee Stadium • Denton, TX ESPNU  CHAR 49-21   6,864
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game.

Week Seven

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Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance Ref.
October 17 p.m. EDT FIU Charlotte Jerry Richardson Stadium • Charlotte, NC  POSTPONED   NA
October 17 p.m. EDT Southern Miss UTEP Sun Bowl Stadium • El Paso, TX  POSTPONED   NA
October 17 1:30 p.m. EDT Western Kentucky UAB Legion Field • Birmingham, AL Stadium  UAB 37-14   11.098
October 17 1:30 p.m. EDT Army UTSA Alamodome • San Antonio, TX CBSSN L 16-28   7,887
October 17 5:00 p.m. EDT North Texas Middle Tennessee Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium • Murfreesboro, TN Stadium  UNT 52-35   5,000
October 17 7:00 p.m. EDT Marshall Louisiana Tech Joe Alliet Stadium • Ruston, LA CBSSN  MU 35-17   7,140
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game.

Week Eight

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Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance Ref.
October 23 7:00 p.m. EDT Jacksonville State FIU Riccardo Silva Stadium • Miami, FL ESPN3 L 10-19   1,041
October 23 8:00 p.m. EDT Louisiana UAB Legion Field • Birmingham, AL CBSSN L 20-24   11,610
October 23 8:00 p.m. EDT Middle Tennessee Rice Rice Stadium • Houston, TX ESPN3  MTSU 34-40 2OT  0
October 24 12:00 p.m. EDT UTEP Charlotte Jerry Richardson Stadium • Charlotte, NC ESPN+  CHAR 38-28   1,042
October 24 2:30 p.m. EDT Florida Atlantic No. 22 Marshall Joan C. Edwards Stadium • Huntington, WV Stadium  MU 20-9   12,002
October 24 4:00 p.m. EDT Chattanooga Western Kentucky Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium • Bowling Green, KY ESPN3 W 13-10   3,905
October 24 8:00 p.m. EDT Louisiana Tech UTSA Alamodome • San Antonio, TX ESPNU  UTSA 27-26   6,114
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game.

Week Nine

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Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance Ref.
October 30 p.m. EDT Marshall FIU Riccardo Silva Stadium • Miami, FL  POSTPONED   NA
October 31 p.m. EDT North Texas UTEP Sun Bowl Stadium • El Paso, TX  POSTPONED   NA
October 31 12:00 p.m. EDT UTSA Florida Atlantic FAU Stadium • Boca Raton, FL Stadium  FAU 24-3   5,026
October 31 3:00 p.m. EDT Rice Southern Miss M.M. Roberts Stadium • Hattiesburg, MS ESPN3  Rice 30-6   0
October 31 3:30 p.m. EDT UAB Louisiana Tech Joe Aillet Stadium • Ruston, LA Stadium  LT 37-34 2OT  7,140
October 31 7:00 p.m. EDT Charlotte Duke Wallace Wade Stadium • Durham, NC ACCRSN L 19-53   0
October 31 10:15 p.m. EDT Western Kentucky No. 11 BYU LaVell Edwards Stadium • Provo, UT ESPN L 10-41   6,843
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game.

Week Ten

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Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance Ref.
November 7 2:30 p.m. EST UMass Marshall Joan C. Edwards Stadium • Huntington, WV ESPN+ W 51-10   -
November 7 3:30 p.m. EST Charlotte Middle Tennessee Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium • Murfreesbooro, TN ESPN+  POSTPONED   NA
November 7 3:00 p.m. EST North Alabama Southern Miss M.M. Roberts Stadium • Hattiesburg, MS ESPN3 W 24-13   -
November 7 3:30 p.m. EST UTSA Rice Rice Stadium • Houston, TX ESPN3  POSTPONED   NA
November 7 4:00 p.m. EST FIU UTEP Sun Bowl Stadium • El Paso, TX ESPN3  POSTPONED   NA
November 7 6:00 p.m. EST Western Kentucky Florida Atlantic FAU Stadium • Boca Raton, FL Stadium  FAU 10-6   5,292
November 7 7:00 p.m. EST Louisiana Tech North Texas Apogee Stadium • Denton, TX CBSSN  POSTPONED   NA
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game.

Week Eleven

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Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance Ref.
November 13 7:00 p.m. EST Florida Atlantic FIU Riccardo Silva Stadium • Miami, FL CBSSN  FAU 38-19   0
November 14 12:00 p.m. EST Gardner-Webb Charlotte Jerry Richardson Stadium • Charlotte, NC ESPN3  CANCELED   NA
November 14 1:30 p.m. EST Middle Tennessee Marshall Joan C. Edwards Stadium • Huntington, WV CBSSN  MU 42-14   -
November 14 3:00 p.m. EST UTEP UTSA Alamodome • San Antonio, TX ESPN+  UTSA 52-21   -
November 14 3:30 p.m. EST Southern Miss Western Kentucky Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium • Bowling Green, KY CBSSN  WKU 10-7   -
November 14 3:30 p.m. EST North Texas UAB Legion Field • Birmingham, AL Stadium  POSTPONED   NA
November 14 3:30 p.m. EST Rice Louisiana Tech Joe Aillet Stadium • Ruston, LA ESPN3  POSTPONED   NA
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game.

Week Twelve

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Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance Ref.
November 20 8:00 p.m. EST UMass Florida Atlantic FAU Stadium • Boca Raton, FL CBSSN W 24-2   5,554
November 21 12:30 p.m. EST Charlotte Marshall Joan C. Edwards Stadium • Huntington, WV Stadium  POSTPONED   NA
November 21 2:00 p.m. EST FIU Western Kentucky Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium • Bowling Green, KY  WKU 39-21   -
November 21 2:00 p.m. EST Rice North Texas Apogee Stadium • Denton, TX  UNT 27-17   -
November 21 3:00 p.m. EST UTSA Southern Miss M.M. Roberts Stadium • Hattiesburg, MS  UTSA 23-20   -
November 21 3:30 p.m. EST Middle Tennessee Troy Veterans Memorial Stadium • Troy, AL W 20-17   -
November 21 4:00 p.m. EST UAB UTEP Sun Bowl Stadium • El Paso, TX  CANCELED   NA
November 21 4:00 p.m. EST Louisiana-Monroe Louisiana Tech Independence Stadium • Shreveport, LA Stadium  CANCELED   NA
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game.

Week Thirteen

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Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance Ref.
November 27 12:30 p.m. EST Southern Miss UAB Legion Field • Birmingham, AL CBSSN  CANCELLED   NA
November 28 12:00 p.m. EST Louisiana Tech FIU Riccardo Silva Stadium • Miami, FL ESPN+  POSTPONED   NA
November 28 1:00 p.m. EST Rice UTEP Grande Communications Stadium • Midland, TX ESPN3  CANCELLED   NA
November 28 3:00 p.m. EST North Texas UTSA Alamodome • San Antonio, TX Stadium  UTSA 49-17   -
November 28 3:30 p.m. EST Florida Atlantic Middle Tennessee Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium • Murfreesboro, TN CBSSN  POSTPONED   NA
December 1 10:30 a.m. EST Western Kentucky Charlotte Jerry Richardson Stadium • Charlotte, NC CBSSN  POSTPONED   NA
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game.

Week Fourteen

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Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance Ref.
December 3 6:00 p.m. EST Louisiana Tech North Texas Apogee Stadium • Denton, TX CBSSN  LT 42–31   6,085
December 4 8:00 p.m. EST Southern Miss UTEP Sun Bowl Stadium • El Paso, TX Stadium  CANCELLED   n/a
December 5 12:00 p.m. EST Rice No. 15 Marshall Joan C. Edwards Stadium • Huntington, WV ESPN+  Rice 20–0   10,429
December 5 6:00 p.m. EDT Florida Atlantic Georgia Southern Allen E. Paulson Stadium • Statesboro, GA ESPN+ L 3-20   3,867
December 6 12:00 p.m. EST Western Kentucky Charlotte Jerry Richardson Stadium • Charlotte, NC ESPN3  WKU 37–19   0
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game.

Week Fifteen

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Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance Ref.
December 10 6:30 p.m. EST Florida Atlantic Southern Miss M.M. Roberts Stadium • Hattiesburg, MS CBSSN  USM 45-31   0
December 11 6:00 p.m. EST North Texas UTEP Sun Bowl Stadium • El Paso, TX ESPN3  UNT 45-43   5,612
December 11 6:30 p.m. EST Charlotte Marshall Joan C. Edwards Stadium • Huntington, WV CBSSN  CANCELLED   NA
December 12 1:00 p.m. EST UAB Rice Rice Stadium • Houston, TX ESPN3  UAB 21-16   2,000
December 12 7:00 p.m. EST Louisiana Tech TCU Amon G. Carter Stadium • Fort Worth, TX FS1 L 10-52   10,472
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game.

Conference USA Championship Game

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See also: 2020 Conference USA Football Championship Game
Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance Ref.
December 18 7:00 p.m. EST UAB Marshall Joan C. Edwards Stadium • Huntington, WV CBSSN  UAB 22–13    
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Postseason

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Bowl games

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Legend
  C-USA Win
  C-USA Loss
See also: 2020–21 NCAA football bowl games
Bowl game Date Site Television Time (EST) C-USA team Opponent Score Attendance
Myrtle Beach Bowl December 21 Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC ESPN 2:30 p.m. North Texas Appalachian State L 28–56 5,000
New Orleans Bowl December 23 Mercedes-Benz Superdome • New Orleans, LA ESPN 3:00 p.m. Louisiana Tech Georgia Southern L 3–38 3,000
Montgomery Bowl December 23 Cramton Bowl • Montgomery, AL ESPN 7:00 p.m. Florida Atlantic Memphis L 10–25 2,979
Camellia Bowl December 25 Cramton Bowl • Montgomery, AL ESPN 2:30 p.m. Marshall Buffalo L 10–17 2,512
First Responder Bowl December 26 Gerald J. Ford Stadium • Dallas, TX ABC 3:30 p.m. UTSA No. 19 Louisiana L 24–31
LendingTree Bowl December 26 Ladd-Peebles Stadium • Mobile, AL ESPN 3:30 p.m. Western Kentucky Georgia State L 21–39

Rankings are from CFP rankings. All times Eastern Time Zone. C-USA teams shown in bold.

Note: UAB was originally slated to play in the Gasparilla Bowl on December 26. However, the bowl was cancelled after their opponent, South Carolina, was forced to withdraw due to COVID-19 issues among the team.

Selection of teams

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  • Bowl eligible:
  • Bowl-ineligible:

Awards and honors

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Player of the week honors

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Week Offensive Defensive Special Teams
Player Team Position Player Team Position Player Team Position
Week 1 (Sept. 7) Grant Wells Marshall QB K.D. Davis North Texas LB Matt Quinn UAB K
Week 2 (Sept. 14) Sincere McCormick UTSA RB Tyler Murray Charlotte LB Hunter Duplessis UTSA K
Week 3 (Sept. 21) Frank Harris UTSA QB Tavante Beckett, Marshall LB Jacob Barnes Louisiana Tech K
Week 4 (Sept. 28) Luke Anthony Louisiana Tech QB Jamal Ligon UTSA LB Lexington Joseph FIU KR
Week 5 (Oct. 5) Tyrrell Pigrome Western Kentucky QB Leighton McCarthy Florida Atlantic LB Brayden Narveson Western Kentucky K
Week 6 (Oct. 12) Aaron McAllister Charlotte RB Tavante Beckett (2) Marshall LB Duron Lowe UTEP KR
Week 7 (Oct. 19) Jason Bean North Texas QB Eli Neal Marshall LB Nikia Eason Jr. UAB OLB
Week 8 (Oct. 26) Sincere McCormick (2) UTSA RB Trey Baldwin,
Antonio Parks 		Louisiana Tech,
UTSA 		LB,
S 		Jalen Jackson Middle Tennessee CB
Week 9 (Nov. 2) Aaron Allen Louisiana Tech QB Bee Jay Williamson Louisiana Tech DB Jacob Barnes (2) Louisiana Tech K
Week 10 (Nov. 9) Grant Wells (2) Marshall QB DeAngelo Malone Western Kentucky DL Matt Hayball Florida Atlantic P
Week 11 (Nov. 16) Grant Wells (3) Marshall QB Rashad Wisdom UTSA S Robert LeFevre Marshall P
Week 12 (Nov. 23) Sincere McCormick (3) UTSA RB Dion Novil North Texas DL John Haggerty Western Kentucky P
Week 13 (Nov. 30)
Week 14 (Dec. 7)
Week 15 (Dec. 14)

C–USA Individual Awards

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The following individuals received postseason honors as voted by the Conference USA football coaches at the end of the season

Award Player School
Player of the Year Jaelon Darden, WR, Sr. North Texas
Offensive Player of the Year Sincere McCormick, RB, So. UTSA
Defensive Player of the Year Tavante Beckett, LB, Sr. Marshall
Special Teams Player of the Year Lucas Dean, P, So. UTSA
Freshman Player of the Year Grant Wells, QB Marshall
Newcomer of the Year Luke Anthony, QB, Grad. Louisiana Tech
Coach of the Year Doc Holliday Marshall

All-conference teams

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*Denotes Unanimous Selection

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All Conference Honorable Mentions:

Offense:

Defense:

Special Teams:

All-Americans

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For the complete All-America selections, see 2020 College Football All-America Team.

The 2020 College Football All-America Teams are composed of the following College Football All-American first teams chosen by the following selector organizations: Associated Press (AP), Football Writers Association of America (FWAA), American Football Coaches Association (AFCA), Walter Camp Foundation (WCFF), The Sporting News (TSN), Sports Illustrated (SI), USA Today (USAT) ESPN, CBS Sports (CBS), FOX Sports (FOX) College Football News (CFN), Bleacher Report (BR), Scout.com, Phil Steele (PS), SB Nation (SB), Athlon Sports, Pro Football Focus (PFF) and Yahoo! Sports (Yahoo!).

Currently, the NCAA compiles consensus all-America teams in the sports of Division I-FBS football and Division I men's basketball using a point system computed from All-America teams named by coaches associations or media sources. The system consists of three points for a first-team honor, two points for second-team honor, and one point for third-team honor. Honorable mention and fourth team or lower recognitions are not accorded any points. Football consensus teams are compiled by position and the player accumulating the most points at each position is named first team consensus all-American. Currently, the NCAA recognizes All-Americans selected by the AP, AFCA, FWAA, TSN, and the WCFF to determine Consensus and Unanimous All-Americans. Any player named to the First Team by all five of the NCAA-recognized selectors is deemed a Unanimous All-American.[7][8]

Position Player School Selector Unanimous Consensus
First Team All-Americans
WR Jaelon Darden North Texas ESPN, FWAA, USAT
OL Cain Madden Marshall Athletic, USAT
Position Player School Selector Unanimous Consensus
Second Team All-Americans
WR Jaelon Darden North Texas AFCA, AP, CBS, TSN
OL Cain Madden Marshall AP
RB Sincere McCormick UTSA FWAA
LB Tavante Beckett Marshall FWAA
P Lucas Dean UTSA TSN
Position Player School Selector Unanimous Consensus
Third Team All-Americans
Position Player School Selector Unanimous Consensus
Fourth Team All-Americans

All-Academic

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National award winners

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C-USA records vs Other Conferences

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2020–2021 records against non-conference foes:

C-USA vs Power Five matchups

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This is a list of games the Sun Belt has scheduled versus power conference teams (ACC, Big 10, Big 12, Pac-12, BYU/Notre Dame and SEC). All rankings are from the current AP Poll at the time of the game.

Date Conference Visitor Home Site Score
September 10 ACC UAB Miami, FL Hard Rock Stadium • Miami, FL L 14–31
September 12 Big 12 UTEP No. 14 Texas Darrell K Royal - Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX L 3–59
September 12 ACC Western Kentucky Louisville Cardinal Stadium • Louisville, KY L 21–35
October 2 Independents Louisiana Tech No. 22 BYU LaVell Edwards Stadium • Provo, UT L 14–45
October 9 Independents UTSA No. 15 BYU LaVell Edwards Stadium • Provo, UT L 20–27
October 31 ACC Charlotte Duke Wallace Wade Stadium • Durham, NC L 19–53
October 31 Independents Western Kentucky No. 11 BYU LaVell Edwards Stadium • Provo, UT L 10–41

C-USA vs Group of Five matchups

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The following games include C-USA teams competing against teams from the American, MAC, Mountain West or Sun Belt.

Date Conference Visitor Home Site Score
September 3 Sun Belt South Alabama Southern Miss M.M. Roberts Stadium • Hattiesburg, MS L 21-32
September 12 Sun Belt Charlotte App State Kidd Brewer Stadium • Boone, NC L 20-35
September 12 Sun Belt UTSA Texas State Bobcats Stadium • San Marcos, TX W 51-48 2OT
September 19 Sun Belt Troy Middle Tennessee Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium • Murfreesboro, TN L 20-35
September 19 Sun Belt No. 23 App State Marshall Joan C. Edwards Stadium • Huntington, WV W 17-7
September 19 American SMU North Texas Apogee Stadium • Denton, TX L 35-65
September 24 Sun Belt UAB South Alabama Hancock Whitney Stadium • Mobile, AL W 42-10
September 26 American Tulane Southern Miss M.M. Roberts Stadium • Hattiesburg, MS L 24-66
September 26 Sun Belt UTEP Louisiana-Monroe Malone Stadium • Monroe, LA W 24-10
October 23 Sun Belt Louisiana UAB Legion Field • Birmingham, AL L 20-24
November 21 Sun Belt Middle Tennessee Troy Veterans Memorial Stadium • Troy, AL W 20-17
December 7 Sun Belt Florida Atlantic Georgia Southern Allen E. Paulson Stadium • Statesboro, GA L 3-20

C-USA vs FBS independents matchups

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The following games include C-USA teams competing against FBS Independents, which includes Army, Liberty, New Mexico State, or UMass.

Date Conference Visitor Home Site Score
September 5 Independents Middle Tennessee Army Michie Stadium • West Point, NY L 0-42
September 19 Independents Liberty Western Kentucky Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium • Bowling Green, KY L 24-30
September 26 Independents FIU Liberty Williams Stadium • Lynchburg, VA L 34-36
September 5 Independents Army UTSA Alamodome • San Antonio, TX L 16-28
November 7 Independents UMass Marshall Joan C. Edwards Stadium• Huntington, WV W 51-10
November 20 Independents UMass Florida Atlantic FAU Stadium • Boca Raton, FL W 24-2

C–USA vs FCS matchups

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Date Visitor Home Site Score
September 3 Central Arkansas UAB Legion Field • Birmingham, AL W 45-35
September 5 Eastern Kentucky Marshall Joan C. Edwards Stadium • Huntington, WV W 59-0
September 5 Houston Baptist North Texas Apogee Stadium • Denton, TX W 57-31
September 5 Stepen F. Austin UTEP Sun Bowl Stadium • El Paso, TX W 24-14
September 19 Abilene Christian UTEP Sun Bowl Stadium • El Paso, TX W 17-13
September 26 Houston Baptist Louisiana Tech Joe Aillet Stadium • Ruston, LA W 66-38
October 23 Jacksonville State FIU Riccardo Silva Stadium • Miami, FL L 10-19
October 24 Chattanooga Western Kentucky Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium • Bowling Green, KY W 13-10
November 7 North Alabama Southern Miss M.M. Roberts Stadium • Hattiesburg, MS W 24-13

NFL Draft

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The following list includes all C-USA players who were drafted in the 2021 NFL draft.

Player Position School Draft
Round 		Round
Pick 		Overall
Pick 		Team
Milton Williams DT Louisiana Tech 3 9 73 Philadelphia Eagles
Jordan Smith OLB UAB 4 16 121 Jacksonville Jaguars
Jaelon Darden WR North Texas 4 24 129 Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Josh Ball OT Marshall 4 33 138 Dallas Cowboys

References

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  1. ^ "CHAMPS AGAIN! UAB Defeats Marshall 22-13 to Win C-USA Title". uabsports.com. December 18, 2020. Retrieved December 19, 2020.
  2. ^ "2020 Preseason Football Awards". Conference USA. Retrieved May 11, 2020.
  3. ^ "Old Dominion Athletics Announces Cancellation of Fall Sports Season". ODUsports.com. August 10, 2020. Retrieved November 7, 2020.
  4. ^ "Rice Delays Start of 2020 Football Season". RiceOwls.com. August 10, 2020. Retrieved November 7, 2020.
  5. ^ "Owls Opener with Middle Tennessee to be Played Without Fans". RiceOwls.com. October 9, 2020. Retrieved November 7, 2020.
  6. ^ "C-USA Announces 2020 All-Conference Teams". conferenceusa.com. Conference USA. December 20, 2020. Retrieved December 22, 2020.
  7. ^ "2010-11 NCAA Statistics Policies(updated 9/15/2010)". National Collegiate Athletic Association. September 15, 2010. Archived from the original on January 3, 2012. Retrieved December 10, 2011.
  8. ^ 2018 Consensus All-America Team
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