2024 Conference USA football season

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 teams	10
2025 NFL draft
Regular season
CUSA Championship Game
Champions	Jacksonville State
Runners-up	Western Kentucky
Seasons
	← 2023 2025 →

Last updated January 06, 2025

2024 Conference USA football standings
v t e
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 is the 29th season of college football play for Conference USA (CUSA). The season began on August 31, 2024, and concludes with the Conference Championship Game on December 6, 2024.^[1] CUSA consists of 10 members, and conference play is part of the 2024 NCAA Division I FBS football season.

Previous 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 is ineligible for post-season play for the 2024 season.

The conference is set to expand further in 2025, with Delaware and Missouri State confirming that they will join the conference for the 2025–26 season.^[3]^[4]

Preseason

Preseason poll

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

Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
Media poll
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

		Pre	Wk 1	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 12	Wk 15
FIU	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released
Jacksonville State	AP
	C											RV
	CFP	Not released
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
August 29	8:00 p.m.	Coastal Carolina	Jacksonville State	Burgess–Snow Field at JSU 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
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
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
September 21	3:00 p.m.	Southern Miss	Jacksonville State	Burgess–Snow Field at JSU 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
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
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
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	Burgess–Snow Field at JSU 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
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
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	Burgess–Snow Field at JSU 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
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
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
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	Burgess–Snow Field at JSU 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
November 23	12:00 p.m.	Sam Houston	Jacksonville State	Burgess–Snow Field at JSU 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
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

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

Postseason

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 Tech¹	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	Burgess–Snow Field at JSU 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	Burgess–Snow Field at JSU 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

Player of the week honors

Week	Offensive			Defensive			Special Teams
Week	Player	Team	Position	Player	Team	Position	Player	Team	Position
Week 1^[19]	Hunter Watson	Sam Houston	QB	Tayden Barnes	New Mexico State	CB	Christian Pavon	Sam Houston	K
Week 2^[20]	Keyone Jenkins	FIU	QB	CJ Bazile Jr.	Liberty	DE	Colin Karhu	Liberty	K
Week 3^[21]	Caden Veltkamp	Western Kentucky	QB	Caleb Weaver	Sam Houston	S	Buck Buchanan	Louisiana Tech	K
Week 4^[22]	Reese Smith	Liberty	WR	Devonte’ Mathews	Western Kentucky	DB	Cole Maynard	Western Kentucky	P
Week 5^[23]	Hunter Watson (2)	Sam Houston	QB	Travion Barnes	FIU	LB	Christian Pavon (2)	Sam Houston	K
Week 6^[24]	Tyler Huff	Jacksonville State	QB	Zechariah Poyser	Jacksonville State	S	Jadon Cardell	Sam Houston	P
Week 7^[25]	Evan Bullock	Louisiana Tech	QB	Travion Barnes (2)	FIU	LB	Lucas Carneiro	Western Kentucky	K
Week 8^[26]	Caden Veltkamp (2)	Western Kentucky	QB	Kale Edwards	New Mexico State	DE	Omari Kelly	Middle Tennessee	WR
Week 9^[27]	Davis Bryson	Kennesaw State	QB	Tyler Hallum	Kennesaw State	DB	Austin Welch	Kennesaw State	K
Week 10^[28]	Eric Rivers Tre Stewart	FIU Jacksonville State	WR RB	Geimere Latimer	Jacksonville State	CB	Abraham Montano	New Mexico State	K
Week 11^[29]	Skyler Locklear	UTEP	QB	Kory Chapman	UTEP	S	Lucas Carneiro (2)	Western Kentucky	K
Week 12^[30]	Quinton Cooley	Liberty	RB	Joseph Carter	Liberty	LB	Buck Buchanan (2)	Louisiana Tech	K
Week 13^[31]	Tyler Huff (2)	Jacksonville State	QB	Dylan Early	New Mexico State	S	Austin Welch (2)	Kennesaw State	K
Week 14^[32]	Keyone Jenkins (2)	FIU	QB	Bryton Thompson	UTEP	DE	Lucas Carneiro (3)	Western Kentucky	K

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[2024schedule-1] 1 2 "CUSA Announces 2024 Football Schedule". Conference USA. February 1, 2024. Retrieved March 2, 2024.

[2] "Kennesaw State to Join Conference USA in 2024-25". ksuowls.com. Kennesaw State University Athletics. October 14, 2022. Retrieved March 2, 2024.

[3] "CUSA Adds Delaware, Blue Hens to Join in 2025". Conference USA. November 28, 2023. Retrieved March 2, 2024.

[4] "CUSA Adds Missouri State, Bears to Join in 2025" (Press release). Conference USA. May 10, 2024. Retrieved May 10, 2024.

[5] "FB: CUSA Announces Media's Predicted Order of Finish". Conference USA. July 19, 2024. Retrieved July 22, 2024.

[6] "FB: CUSA Announces 2024 Preseason Awards". Conference USA. July 22, 2024. Retrieved July 24, 2024.

[7] Deaver, Colin (November 26, 2023). "UTEP parts ways with Dana Dimel after six seasons". KTSM-TV . Retrieved November 26, 2023.

[8] "UTEP hires Scotty Walden away from Austin Peay to be coach". ESPN. December 4, 2023. Retrieved December 5, 2023.

[9] "Massaro announces change in leadership for Blue Raider football" (Press release). Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders. November 27, 2023. Retrieved November 27, 2023.

[10] Cobb, David (December 6, 2023). "Middle Tennessee hires Derek Mason: Ex-Vanderbilt coach returns to college football after one-year sabbatical". CBS Sports. Retrieved December 6, 2023.

[11] Thamel, Pete (December 23, 2023). "Jerry Kill steps down, Tony Sanchez named new NMSU head coach". ESPN. Retrieved December 23, 2023.

[12] "Kennesaw State Head Football Coach Brian Bohannon Steps Down After 10 Seasons". ksuowls.com. Kennesaw State University Athletics. November 10, 2024. Retrieved November 10, 2024.

[13] "Mack Named Kennesaw State Football Head Coach". ksuowls.com. Kennesaw State University Athletics. December 1, 2024. Retrieved December 1, 2024.

[14] Low, Chris (December 1, 2024). "Temple hires K.C. Keeler to be Owls' new head coach". ESPN. Retrieved December 1, 2024.

[15] "Rich Rodriguez Named West Virginia's 36th Football Coach". wvusports.com. December 12, 2024. Retrieved December 12, 2024.

[16] Peery, Wade (December 1, 2024). "FIU fires head football coach Mike MacIntyre". On3. Retrieved December 1, 2024.

[17] Villa, Walter (December 7, 2024). "FIU football hires former FAMU coach Willie Simmons for vacant head coaching job". Miami Herald . Retrieved December 7, 2024.

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