2024 Conference USA football season

2024 Conference USA football season
League	NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision
Sport	Football
Duration	August 31 – December 6, 2024
Number of games	8 conference games per team
Number of teams	10
2025 NFL draft
Top draft pick	Upton Stout, CB, Western Kentucky
Picked by	San Francisco 49ers, 100th overall
Regular season
Season champions	Jacksonville State
Season MVP	Tyler Huff, QB, Jacksonville State
CUSA Championship Game
Date	December 6, 2024
Venue	AmFirst Stadium, Jacksonville, Alabama
Champions	Jacksonville State
Runners-up	Western Kentucky
Finals MVP	Tyler Huff, QB, Jacksonville State
Seasons
← 2023 2025 →

2024 Conference USA football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Jacksonville State y$		7	–	1					9	–	5
Western Kentucky y		6	–	2					8	–	6
Sam Houston		6	–	2					10	–	3
Liberty		5	–	3					8	–	4
Louisiana Tech		4	–	4					5	–	8
UTEP		3	–	5					3	–	9
FIU		3	–	5					4	–	8
New Mexico State		2	–	6					3	–	9
Middle Tennessee		2	–	6					3	–	9
Kennesaw State*		2	–	6					2	–	10
Championship: Jacksonville State 52, Western Kentucky 12
$ – Conference champion y – Championship game participant * – Ineligible for postseason play due to FCS-to-FBS transition rules

The 2024 Conference USA football season was the 29th season of college football play for Conference USA (CUSA). The season began on August 31, 2024, and concluded with the conference championship game on December 6, 2024. ^[1] CUSA consisted of 10 members, and conference play was part of the 2024 NCAA Division I FBS football season.

Previous season

Main article: 2023 Conference USA football season

During the 2023 season, the Liberty Flames posted the best record in the regular season. Liberty and New Mexico State advanced to the championship game, where Liberty won by a score of 49–35. Liberty advanced to their first New Year's Six bowl game, being invited to play in the Fiesta Bowl, where they lost to Oregon by a score of 6–45.

Conference realignment

For the 2024 season, Kennesaw State joined CUSA, moving up from NCAA Division I FCS to Division I FBS. ^[2] Due to NCAA rules regarding transitioning from FCS to FBS, the school was ineligible for post-season play for the 2024 season.

The conference was set to expand further in 2025, with Delaware and Missouri State confirming that they would join CUSA for the 2025–26 academic year. ^{[3] [4]} The 2025 football season would be the second year of transition from FCS to FBS for both teams.

Preseason

Preseason poll

The Conference USA preseason media poll was released on July 19. Liberty was named the favorite to win the conference. ^[5]

Media poll
Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
1	Liberty	197 (18)
2	Western Kentucky	173 (2)
3	Jacksonville State	166
4	Middle Tennessee	98
t5	New Mexico State	97
t5	Sam Houston	97
7	Louisiana Tech	88
8	FIU	81
9	UTEP	76
10	Kennesaw State	27

Preseason player awards

Preseason player awards were announced on July 22. ^[6]

• Offensive Player of the Year: Kaidon Salter (Junior, Liberty quarterback)
• Defensive Player of the Year: CJ Bazile Jr. (Junior, Liberty defensive end)
• Special Teams Player of the Year: Lucas Carneiro (Sophomore, Western Kentucky kicker)

Head coaches

• On November 26, 2023, UTEP announced that it had fired head coach Dana Dimel after 6 seasons with the school. ^[7] Dimel had posted a 20–49 record in his tenure. On December 4, 2023, UTEP announced Scotty Walden as the new head coach for the 2024 season. ^[8] Walden had previously been head coach at Austin Peay.
• On November 27, 2023, Middle Tennessee announced that it had fired head coach Rick Stockstill after 18 seasons with the school. ^[9] Stockstill had a 113–111 record during his tenure at the school. On December 6, 2023, Middle Tennessee announced Derek Mason as the new head coach for the 2024 season. ^[10] Mason had previously been head coach at Vanderbilt.
• On December 23, 2023, New Mexico State head coach Jerry Kill announced that he was stepping down from the position. The school announced that wide receivers coach Tony Sanchez would be promoted to the head coach position for 2024. ^[11]

Note: All stats shown are before the start of the 2024 season.

Team	Head coach	Years at school	Overall record	Record at school	CUSA record
FIU	Mike MacIntyre	3	54–81	8–16	3–13
Jacksonville State	Rich Rodriguez	3	181–125–2	18–6	6–2
Kennesaw State	Brian Bohannon	10	71–30	71–30	0–0
Liberty	Jamey Chadwell	2	112–58	13–1	8–0
Louisiana Tech	Sonny Cumbie	3	8–21	6–18	4–12
Middle Tennessee	Derek Mason	1	27–55	0–0	0–0
New Mexico State	Tony Sanchez	1	20–40	0–0	0–0
Sam Houston	K. C. Keeler	11	262–109–1	88–36	2–6
UTEP	Scotty Walden	1	34–20	0–0	0–0
Western Kentucky	Tyson Helton	6	40–26	40–26	28–11

Mid-season changes

• On November 10, Kennesaw State head coach Brian Bohannon announced that he was stepping down from the position, effective immediately. Kennesaw State named Co-offesnive coordinator Chandler Burks the interim head coach for the remainder of the season. ^[12] On December 1, Kennesaw State announced Jerry Mack as the new head coach. Mack had previously been the running backs coach of the Jacksonville Jaguars in the NFL. ^[13]
• On December 1, K. C. Keeler was announced as the new head coach of Temple in the American Athletic Conference. Offensive coordinator Brad Cornelsen was named Sam Houston's interim head coach for Sam Houston's bowl game. ^[14]
• On December 12, Rich Rodriguez was named as the new head coach of West Virginia in the Big 12 Conference. ^[15] Jacksonville State's offensive coordinator Rod Smith was named the interim head coach for the team's bowl game.

Post-season changes

• On December 1, FIU announced they had fired head coach Mike MacIntyre. ^[16] On December 7, FIU named Willie Simmons as their new head coach for the 2025 season. Simmons had previously been the running backs coach at Duke. ^[17]

Rankings

See also: 2024 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings

		Pre	Wk 1	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 13	Wk 14	Wk 15	Final
FIU	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released
Jacksonville State	AP
	C																RV
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Kennesaw State	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released
Liberty	AP	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV			RV	RV
	C	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV
	CFP	Not released
Louisiana Tech	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released
Middle Tennessee	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released
New Mexico State	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released
Sam Houston	AP
	C													RV
	CFP	Not released
UTEP	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released
Western Kentucky	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

Index to colors and formatting
CUSA member won
CUSA member lost
CUSA teams in bold

The 2024 schedule was released on February 1, 2024. ^[1]

All times Eastern time.

Week 1

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
August 29	8:00 p.m.	Coastal Carolina	Jacksonville State	AmFirst Stadium • Jacksonville, AL	CBSSN	L 27–55	18,977
August 31	3:30 p.m.	Kennesaw State	UTSA	Alamodome • San Antonio, TX	ESPN+	L 16–28	25,911
August 31	3:30 p.m.	UTEP	Nebraska	Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, NE	FOX	L 7–40	86,072
August 31	3:30 p.m.	FIU	Indiana	Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, IN	BTN	L 7–31	44,150
August 31	6:00 p.m.	Campbell	Liberty	Williams Stadium • Lynchburg, VA	ESPN+	W 41–24	21,573
August 31	7:00 p.m.	Western Kentucky	No. 5  Alabama	Bryant–Denny Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL	ESPN	L 0–63	100,077
August 31	7:00 p.m.	Tennessee Tech	Middle Tennessee	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium • Murfreesboro, TN	ESPN+	W 32–25	16,000
August 31	7:00 p.m.	Sam Houston	Rice	Rice Stadium • Houston, TX	ESPN+	W 34–14	17,298
August 31	8:00 p.m.	No. 23 (FCS)  Nicholls	Louisiana Tech	Joe Aillet Stadium • Ruston, LA	ESPN+	W 25–17	16,570
August 31	9:00 p.m.	Southeast Missouri State	New Mexico State	Aggie Memorial Stadium • Las Cruces, NM	ESPN+	W 23–16	10,738
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week 2

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
September 7	3:30 p.m.	Jacksonville State	No. 22  Louisville	L&N Federal Credit Union Stadium • Louisville, KY	ACCNX	L 14–49	48,575
September 7	4:15 p.m.	Middle Tennessee	No. 6  Ole Miss	Vaught–Hemingway Stadium • University, MS	SECN	L 3–52	66,427
September 7	6:00 p.m.	Central Michigan	FIU	Pitbull Stadium • Miami, FL	ESPN+	W 52–16	17,852
September 7	6:30 p.m.	Sam Houston	UCF	FBC Mortgage Stadium • Orlando, FL	ESPN+	L 14–45	43,807
September 7	7:00 p.m.	Louisiana	Kennesaw State	Fifth Third Stadium • Kennesaw, GA	ESPN+	L 10–34	11,040
September 7	7:00 p.m.	Eastern Kentucky	Western Kentucky	Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium • Bowling Green, KY (Battle of the Bluegrass)	ESPN+	W 31–0	16,712
September 7	9:00 p.m.	Southern Utah	UTEP	Sun Bowl • El Paso, TX	ESPN+	L 24–27 OT	41,609
September 7	10:15 p.m.	Liberty	New Mexico State	Aggie Memorial Stadium • Las Cruces, NM	ESPN2	LIB 30–24	16,562
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week 3

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
September 14	12:00 p.m.	Louisiana Tech	NC State	Carter–Finley Stadium • Raleigh, NC	ACCN	L 20–30	56,919
September 14	6:00 p.m.	FIU	Florida Atlantic	FAU Stadium • Boca Raton, FL (Shula Bowl)	ESPN+	L 20–38	24,283
September 14	6:00 p.m.	UTEP	Liberty	Williams Stadium • Lynchburg, VA	ESPN+	LIB 28–10	21,805
September 14	7:00 p.m.	Jacksonville State	Eastern Michigan	Rynearson Stadium • Ypsilanti, MI	ESPN+	L 34–37 2OT	17,501
September 14	7:00 p.m.	Western Kentucky	Middle Tennessee	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium • Murfreesboro, TN (100 Miles of Hate)	ESPN+	WKU 49–21	12,227
September 14	7:00 p.m.	Hawaii	Sam Houston	Bowers Stadium • Huntsville, TX	ESPN+	W 31–13	15,134
September 14	7:00 p.m.	Kennesaw State	San Jose State	CEFCU Stadium • San Jose, CA	TruTV	L 10–31	11,090
September 14	10:30 p.m.	New Mexico State	Fresno State	Valley Children's Stadium • Fresno, CA	TruTV	L 0–48	39,079
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week 4

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
September 21	3:00 p.m.	Southern Miss	Jacksonville State	AmFirst Stadium • Jacksonville, AL	ESPN+	W 44–7	21,788
September 21	4:00 p.m.	Duke	Middle Tennessee	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium • Murfreesboro, TN	ESPNU	L 17–45	15,209
September 21	6:00 p.m.	Monmouth	FIU	Pitbull Stadium • Miami, FL	ESPN+	L 42–45	17,922
September 21	6:00 p.m.	UTEP	Colorado State	Canvas Stadium • Fort Collins, CO	TruTV	L 17–27	29,151
September 21	6:00 p.m.	East Carolina	Liberty	Williams Stadium • Lynchburg, VA	ESPN+	W 35–24	24,076
September 21	7:00 p.m.	Tulsa	Louisiana Tech	Joe Aillet Stadium • Ruston, LA	ESPN+	L 20–23 OT	18,152
September 21	7:00 p.m.	New Mexico State	Sam Houston	Bowers Stadium • Huntsville, TX	ESPN+	SHSU 31–11
September 21	7:00 p.m.	Toledo	Western Kentucky	Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium • Bowling Green, KY	ESPN+	W 26–21	19,127
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week 5

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
September 28	12:00 p.m.	Western Kentucky	Boston College	Alumni Stadium • Chestnut Hill, MA	ACCN	L 20–21	41,403
September 28	3:00 p.m.	Texas State	Sam Houston	NRG Stadium • Houston, TX	ESPN+	W 40–39	27,225
September 28	3:30 p.m.	Liberty	Appalachian State	Kidd Brewer Stadium • Boone, NC	ESPN+	Canceled
September 28	6:00 p.m.	UT Martin	Kennesaw State	Fifth Third Stadium • Kennesaw, GA	ESPN+	L 13–24	10,847
September 28	6:00 p.m.	Louisiana Tech	FIU	Pitbull Stadium • Miami, FL	ESPN+	FIU 17–10	12,425
September 28	7:30 p.m.	Middle Tennessee	Memphis	Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium • Memphis, TN	ESPNU	L 7–24	25,266
September 28	8:00 p.m.	New Mexico	New Mexico State	Aggie Memorial Stadium • Las Cruces, NM (Rio Grande Rivalry)	ESPN+	L 40–50	21,062
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week 6

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
October 3	9:00 p.m.	Sam Houston	UTEP	Sun Bowl • El Paso, TX	CBSSN	SHSU 41–21	14,454
October 4	7:00 p.m.	Jacksonville State	Kennesaw State	Fifth Third Stadium • Kennesaw, GA	CBSSN	JVST 63–24	10,029
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week 7

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
October 8	7:00 p.m.	FIU	Liberty	Williams Stadium • Lynchburg, VA	CBSSN	LIB 31–24 OT	16,343
October 9	7:30 p.m.	New Mexico State	Jacksonville State	AmFirst Stadium • Jacksonville, AL	ESPN2	JVST 54–13	16,555
October 10	8:00 p.m.	Middle Tennessee	Louisiana Tech	Joe Aillet Stadium • Ruston, LA	CBSSN	LT 48–21	15,072
October 10	8:00 p.m.	UTEP	Western Kentucky	Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium • Bowling Green, KY	ESPNU	WKU 44–17	12,723
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week 8

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
October 15	8:00 p.m.	Kennesaw State	Middle Tennessee	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium • Murfreesboro, TN	CBSSN	MTSU 14–5	10,200
October 15	9:00 p.m.	Louisiana Tech	New Mexico State	Aggie Memorial Stadium • Las Cruces, NM	ESPNU	NMSU 33–30 2OT	9,671
October 16	8:00 p.m.	Western Kentucky	Sam Houston	Bowers Stadium • Huntsville, TX	ESPN2	WKU 31–14	8,914
October 16	9:00 p.m.	FIU	UTEP	Sun Bowl • El Paso, TX	CBSSN	UTEP 30–21	11,373
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week 9

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
October 22	7:30 p.m.	Sam Houston	FIU	Pitbull Stadium • Miami, FL	ESPNU	SHSU 10–7	10,625
October 22	8:00 p.m.	UTEP	Louisiana Tech	Joe Aillet Stadium • Ruston, LA	CBSSN	LT 14–10	15,168
October 23	7:00 p.m.	Liberty	Kennesaw State	Fifth Third Stadium • Kennesaw, GA	CBSSN	KENN 27–24	8,209
October 23	7:30 p.m.	Middle Tennessee	Jacksonville State	AmFirst Stadium • Jacksonville, AL	ESPN2	JVST 42–20	17,988
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week 10

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
October 29	7:00 p.m.	New Mexico State	FIU	Pitbull Stadium • Miami, FL	CBSSN	FIU 34–13	9,103
October 29	8:00 p.m.	Louisiana Tech	Sam Houston	Bowers Stadium • Huntsville, TX	ESPNU	SHSU 9–3	9,128
October 30	7:00 p.m.	Jacksonville State	Liberty	Williams Stadium • Lynchburg, VA	CBSSN	JVST 31–21	18,069
October 30	7:30 p.m.	Kennesaw Sate	Western Kentucky	Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium • Bowling Green, KY	ESPN2	WKU 31–14	14,547
November 2	3:30 p.m.	Middle Tennessee	UTEP	Sun Bowl • El Paso, TX	CBSSN	MTSU 20–13	14,775
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week 11

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
November 9	1:00 p.m.	Liberty	Middle Tennessee	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium • Murfreesboro, TN	CBSSN	LIB 37–17	13,500
November 9	4:00 p.m.	Kennesaw State	UTEP	Sun Bowl • El Paso, TX	ESPN+	UTEP 43–35 2OT	14,728
November 9	4:30 p.m.	Jacksonville State	Louisiana Tech	Joe Aillet Stadium • Ruston, LA	CBSSN	JVST 44–37 OT	16,345
November 9	6:00 p.m.	Western Kentucky	New Mexico State	Aggie Memorial Stadium • Las Cruces, NM	ESPN+	WKU 41–28	12,710
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week 12

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
November 16	12:00 p.m.	Louisiana Tech	Western Kentucky	Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium • Bowling Green, KY	CBSSN	LT 12–7	13,312
November 16	12:00 p.m.	Liberty	UMass	McGuirk Alumni Stadium • Hadley, MA	ESPN+	W 35–34 OT	9,115
November 16	2:00 p.m.	FIU	Jacksonville State	AmFirst Stadium • Jacksonville, AL	ESPN+	JVST 34–31	17,688
November 16	3:00 p.m.	Sam Houston	Kennesaw State	Fifth Third Stadium • Kennesaw, GA	ESPN+	SHSU 23–17 OT	7,736
November 16	7:45 p.m.	New Mexico State	No. 15  Texas A&M	Kyle Field • College Station, TX	SECN	L 3–38	105,815
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week 13

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
November 23	12:00 p.m.	Sam Houston	Jacksonville State	AmFirst Stadium • Jacksonville, AL	CBSSN	JVST 21–11	16,312
November 23	1:00 p.m.	Western Kentucky	Liberty	Williams Stadium • Lynchburg, VA	ESPN+	LIB 38–21	17,930
November 23	1:00 p.m.	UTEP	No. 11  Tennessee	Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, TN	ESPN+/SECN+	L 0–56	101,915
November 23	2:30 p.m.	New Mexico State	Middle Tennessee	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium • Murfreesboro, TN	ESPN+	NMSU 36–21	10,123
November 23	3:00 p.m.	FIU	Kennesaw State	Fifth Third Stadium • Kennesaw, GA	ESPN+	KENN 27–26	6,210
November 23	4:00 p.m.	Louisiana Tech	Arkansas	Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium • Fayetteville, AR	ESPN+/SECN+	L 14–35	66,041
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week 14

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
November 29	3:30 p.m.	Liberty	Sam Houston	Bowers Stadium • Huntsville, TX	CBSSN	SHSU 20–18
November 30	2:00 p.m.	Middle Tennessee	FIU	Pitbull Stadium • Miami, FL	ESPN+	FIU 35–24
November 30	4:00 p.m.	Kennesaw State	Louisiana Tech	Joe Aillet Stadium • Ruston, LA	ESPN+	LT 33–0
November 30	4:00 p.m.	Jacksonville State	Western Kentucky	Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium • Bowling Green, KY	ESPNU	WKU 19–17
November 30	4:00 p.m.	UTEP	New Mexico State	Aggie Memorial Stadium • Las Cruces, NM (Battle of I-10)	ESPN+	UTEP 42–35
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Conference USA Championship Game

See also: 2024 Conference USA Football Championship Game

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
December 6	8:00 p.m.	Western Kentucky	Jacksonville State	AmFirst Stadium • Jacksonville, AL	CBSSN	JVST 52–12
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Postseason

Bowl Games

See also: 2024–25 NCAA football bowl games

Legend
	CUSA win
	CUSA loss

Bowl game	Date	Site	Television	Time (EST)	CUSA team	Opponent	Score	Attendance
Boca Raton Bowl	December 18	FAU Stadium • Boca Raton, FL	ESPN	5:30 p.m.	Western Kentucky	James Madison	L 17–27	15,808
New Orleans Bowl	December 19	Caesars Superdome • New Orleans, LA	ESPN2	7:00 p.m.	Sam Houston	Georgia Southern	W 31–26	13,151
Cure Bowl	December 20	Camping World Stadium • Orlando, FL	ESPN	12:00 p.m.	Jacksonville State	Ohio	L 27–30	10,518
Independence Bowl	December 28	Independence Stadium • Shreveport, LA	ESPN	9:15 p.m.	Louisiana Tech 1	No. 22 Army	L 6–27	34,283
Bahamas Bowl	January 4, 2025	Thomas Robinson Stadium • Nassau, The Bahamas	ESPN2	11:00 a.m.	Liberty	Buffalo	L 7–26	4,610

• ¹ Louisiana Tech was bowl ineligible with a 5–7 record, but was selected to compete in the Independence Bowl after Marshall withdrew. ^[18]

Conference USA records vs other conferences

2024–2025 records against non-conference foes:

Power conferences 5	Record
ACC	0–4
Big Ten	0–2
Big 12	0–1
Notre Dame	0–0
Pac-12	0–0
SEC	0–5
Power 5 Total	0–10
Other FBS conferences	Record
American	2–4
Independents (Excluding Notre Dame)	1–0
MAC	2–1
Mountain West	1–4
Sun Belt	2–2
Other FBS total	8–11
FCS opponents	Record
Football Championship Subdivision	5–3
Total non-conference record	11–24

Conference USA vs power 5 matchups

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

Date	Conference	Visitor	Home	Site	Score
August 31	Big Ten	FIU	Indiana	Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, IN	L 7–31
August 31	Big Ten	UTEP	Nebraska	Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, NE	L 7–40
August 31	SEC	Western Kentucky	No. 5 Alabama	Bryant–Denny Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL	L 0–63
September 7	ACC	Jacksonville State	No. 22 Louisville	L&N Federal Credit Union Stadium • Louisville, KY	L 14–49
September 7	SEC	Middle Tennessee	No. 6 Ole Miss	Vaught–Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS	L 3–52
September 7	Big 12	Sam Houston	UCF	FBC Mortgage Stadium • Orlando, FL	L 14–45
September 14	ACC	Louisiana Tech	NC State	Carter–Finley Stadium • Raleigh, NC	L 20–30
September 21	ACC	Duke	Middle Tennessee	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium • Murfreesboro, TN	L 17–45
September 28	ACC	Western Kentucky	Boston College	Alumni Stadium • Chestnut Hill, MA	L 20–21
November 16	SEC	New Mexico State	Texas A&M	Kyle Field • College Station, TX	L 3–38
November 23	SEC	Louisiana Tech	Arkansas	Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium • Fayetteville, AR	L 14–35
November 23	SEC	UTEP	Tennessee	Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, TN	L 0–56

Conference USA vs group of five matchups

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

Date	Conference	Visitor	Home	Site	Score
August 31	Sun Belt	Coastal Carolina	Jacksonville State	AmFirst Stadium • Jacksonville, AL	L 27–55
August 31	American	Kennesaw State	UTSA	Alamodome • San Antonio, TX	L 16–28
August 31	American	Sam Houston	Rice	Rice Stadium • Houston, TX	W 34–14
September 7	MAC	Central Michigan	FIU	Pitbull Stadium • Miami, FL	W 52–16
September 7	Sun Belt	Louisiana	Kennesaw State	Fifth Third Stadium • Kennesaw, GA	L 10–34
September 14	American	FIU	Florida Atlantic	FAU Stadium • Boca Raton, FL	L 20–38
September 14	MAC	Jacksonville State	Eastern Michigan	Rynearson Stadium • Ypsilanti, MI	L 34–37 OT
September 14	Mountain West	Kennesaw State	San Jose State	CEFCU Stadium • San Jose, CA	L 10–31
September 14	Mountain West	New Mexico State	Fresno State	Valley Children's Stadium • Fresno, CA	L 0–48
September 14	Mountain West	Hawaii	Sam Houston	Bowers Stadium • Huntsville, TX	W 31–14
September 21	Sun Belt	Southern Miss	Jacksonville State	AmFirst Stadium • Jacksonville, AL	W 44–7
September 21	American	East Carolina	Liberty	Williams Stadium • Lynchburg, VA	W 35–24
September 21	American	Tulsa	Louisiana Tech	Joe Aillet Stadium • Ruston, LA	L 20–23 OT
September 21	Mountain West	UTEP	Colorado State	Canvas Stadium • Fort Collins, CO	L 17–27
September 21	MAC	Toledo	Western Kentucky	Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium • Bowling Green, KY	W 26–21
September 28	Sun Belt	Liberty	Appalachian State	Kidd Brewer Stadium • Boone, NC	Canceled
September 28	Mountain West	New Mexico	New Mexico State	Aggie Memorial Stadium • Las Cruces, NM	L 40–50
September 28	American	Middle Tennessee	Memphis	Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium • Memphis, TN	L 7–24
September 28	Sun Belt	Texas State	Sam Houston	NRG Stadium • Houston, TX	W 40–39

Conference USA vs FBS independents matchups

The following games include CUSA teams competing against FBS independents, which includes UConn or UMass.

Date	Visitor	Home	Site	Score
November 16	Liberty	UMass	McGuirk Alumni Stadium • Hadley, MA	W 35–34 OT

Conference USA vs FCS matchups

Date	Visitor	Home	Site	Score
August 31	Campbell	Liberty	Williams Stadium • Lynchburg, VA	W 41–24
August 31	No. 23 (FCS) Nicholls	Louisiana Tech	Joe Aillet Stadium • Ruston, LA	W 25–17
August 31	Tennessee Tech	Middle Tennessee	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium • Murfreesboro, TN	W 32–25
August 31	Southeast Missouri State	New Mexico State	Aggie Memorial Stadium • Las Cruces, NM	W 23–16
September 7	Southern Utah	UTEP	Sun Bowl • El Paso, TX	L 24–27
September 7	Eastern Kentucky	Western Kentucky	Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium • Bowling Green, KY	W 31–0
September 21	Monmouth	FIU	Pitbull Stadium • Miami, FL	L 42–45
September 28	UT Martin	Kennesaw State	Fifth Third Stadium • Kennesaw, GA	L 13–24

Awards and honors

CUSA individual awards

On December 16, 2024, CUSA released their individual award winners and all-conference honors for the 2024 season. ^[19]

Award	Honoree	School
Most Valuable Player	Tyler Huff	Jacksonville State
Offensive Player of the Year	Caden Veltkamp	Western Kentucky
Defensive Player of the Year	Travion Barnes	FIU
Special Teams Player of the Year	Lucas Carniero	Western Kentucky
Freshman of the Year	DJ McKinney	Sam Houston
Newcomer of the Year	Tyler Huff	Jacksonville State
Coach of the Year	Rich Rodriguez	Jacksonville State

First-team all-conference offense

Pos.	Player	School
QB	Tyler Huff	Jacksonville State
RB	Tre Stewart	Western Kentucky
RB	Quinton Cooley	Liberty
WR	Eric Rivers	FIU
WR	Omari Kelly	Middle Tennessee
WR	Tru Edwards	Louisiana Tech
TE	Holden Willis	Middle Tennessee
OL	Jordan White	Liberty
OL	Clay Webb	Jacksonville State
OL	Xavior Gray	Liberty
OL	Aaron Fenimore	Liberty
OL	Will O'Steen	Jacksonville State

First-team all-conference defense

Pos.	Player	School
DE	Maurice Westmoreland	UTEP
DT	David Blay	Louisiana Tech
DT	Hosea Wheeler	Western Kentucky
DE	Chris Murray	Sam Houston
LB	Travion Barnes	FIU
LB	Reginald Hughes	Jacksonville State
LB	Kavian Gaither	Sam Houston
DB	Fred Perry	Jacksonville State
DB	Caleb Weaver	Sam Houston
DB	Upton Stout	Western Kentucky
DB	JoJo Evans	FIU

First-team all-conference special teams

Pos.	Player	School
K	Lucas Carneiro	Western Kentucky
P	Jacob Ulrich	Kennesaw State
KR	Qua Ashley	Kennesaw State
PR	Kam Thomas	UTEP
LS	Brody Butler	Middle Tennessee

Second-team all-conference offense

Pos.	Player	School
QB	Caden Veltkamp	Western Kentucky
RB	Seth McGowan	New Mexico State
RB	Mike Washington	New Mexico State
WR	Kisean Johnson	Western Kentucky
WR	Kenny Odom	UTEP
WR	Dean Patterson	FIU
TE	Carson Kent	Kennesaw State
OL	Ethan Hagler	Sam Houston
OL	AJ Vaipulu	New Mexico State
OL	Quantavious Leslie	Western Kentucky
OL	James Dawn II	Sam Houston
OL	Marshall Jackson	Western Kentucky

Second-team all-conference defense

Pos.	Player	School
DE	J-Rock Swain	Jacksonville State
DT	Kyran Duhon	UTEP
DT	Jeramy Passmore	FIU
DE	TJ Bush	Liberty
LB	Joseph Carter	Liberty
LB	Kolbe Fields	Louisiana Tech
LB	Tyler Martinez	New Mexico State
DB	Devonte' Mathews	Western Kentucky
DB	Geimere Latimer	Jacksonville State
DB	JeRico Washington Jr.	Kennesaw State
DB	Brylan Green	Liberty

Second-team all-conference special teams

Pos.	Player	School
K	Abraham Montaño	New Mexico State
P	George Eberle	New Mexico State
KR	C'Quan Jnopierre	FIU
PR	Omari Kelly	Middle Tennessee
LS	Rex Robich	Western Kentucky

Feshman all-conference offense

Pos.	Player	School
QB	Evan Bullock	Louisiana Tech
RB	DJ McKinney	Sam Houston
RB	Jekail Middlebrook	Middle Tennessee
WR	TJ Pride	New Mexico State
WR	Cam Vaughn	Jacksonville State
WR	Cameron Flowers	Western Kentucky
TE	Martavious Collins	UTEP
OL	Jacob Norcross	Kennesaw State
OL	Jaheim Buchanon	FIU
OL	Amare Grayson	Jacksonville State
OL	Kolt Deiterich	Sam Houston
OL	BJ Tolo	New Mexico State

Freshman all-conference defense

Pos.	Player	School
DE	Anthony Bynum	Middle Tennessee
DT	Shakai Woods	Middle Tennessee
DT	Malaki Ta'ase	New Mexico State
DE	Kyran Duhon	UTEP
LB	Stratton Shufelt	UTEP
LB	Jaylin Jones	UTEP
LB	Lofton Howard	Western Kentucky
DB	Zechariah Poyser	Jacksonville State
DB	JeRico Washington Jr.	Kennesaw State
DB	Tayden Barnes	New Mexico State
DB	Isaac Paul	Kennesaw State

Freshman all-conference special teams

Pos.	Player	School
K	Garrison Rippa	Jacksonville State
P	Jacob Ulrich	Kennesaw State

Player of the week honors

Week		Offensive				Defensive				Special Teams
		Player	Team	Position		Player	Team	Position		Player	Team	Position
Week 1 [20]		Hunter Watson	Sam Houston	QB		Tayden Barnes	New Mexico State	CB		Christian Pavon	Sam Houston	K
Week 2 [21]		Keyone Jenkins	FIU	QB		CJ Bazile Jr.	Liberty	DE		Colin Karhu	Liberty	K
Week 3 [22]		Caden Veltkamp	Western Kentucky	QB		Caleb Weaver	Sam Houston	S		Buck Buchanan	Louisiana Tech	K
Week 4 [23]		Reese Smith	Liberty	WR		Devonte’ Mathews	Western Kentucky	DB		Cole Maynard	Western Kentucky	P
Week 5 [24]		Hunter Watson (2)	Sam Houston	QB		Travion Barnes	FIU	LB		Christian Pavon (2)	Sam Houston	K
Week 6 [25]		Tyler Huff	Jacksonville State	QB		Zechariah Poyser	Jacksonville State	S		Jadon Cardell	Sam Houston	P
Week 7 [26]		Evan Bullock	Louisiana Tech	QB		Travion Barnes (2)	FIU	LB		Lucas Carneiro	Western Kentucky	K
Week 8 [27]		Caden Veltkamp (2)	Western Kentucky	QB		Kale Edwards	New Mexico State	DE		Omari Kelly	Middle Tennessee	WR
Week 9 [28]		Davis Bryson	Kennesaw State	QB		Tyler Hallum	Kennesaw State	DB		Austin Welch	Kennesaw State	K
Week 10 [29]		Eric Rivers Tre Stewart	FIU Jacksonville State	WR RB		Geimere Latimer	Jacksonville State	CB		Abraham Montano	New Mexico State	K
Week 11 [30]		Skyler Locklear	UTEP	QB		Kory Chapman	UTEP	S		Lucas Carneiro (2)	Western Kentucky	K
Week 12 [31]		Quinton Cooley	Liberty	RB		Joseph Carter	Liberty	LB		Buck Buchanan (2)	Louisiana Tech	K
Week 13 [32]		Tyler Huff (2)	Jacksonville State	QB		Dylan Early	New Mexico State	S		Austin Welch (2)	Kennesaw State	K
Week 14 [33]		Keyone Jenkins (2)	FIU	QB		Bryton Thompson	UTEP	DE		Lucas Carneiro (3)	Western Kentucky	K

NFL draft

See also: 2025 NFL draft

The NFL draft will be held at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The following list includes all C-USA players in the draft.

List of selections

Player	Position	School	Draft round	Round pick	Overall pick	Team
Upton Stout	CB	Western Kentucky	3	36	100	San Francisco 49ers

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