2025 Conference USA football season

2025 Conference USA football season
League	NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision
Sport	Football
Duration	August 23 – December 5, 2025
Number of teams	12
2026 NFL draft
Regular season
CUSA Championship Game
Date	December 5, 2025
Seasons
← 2024 2026 →

2025 Conference USA football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Western Kentucky		1	–	0					2	–	1
Jacksonville State		1	–	0					1	–	1
New Mexico State		0	–	0					2	–	0
Delaware*		0	–	0					1	–	1
FIU		0	–	0					1	–	1
Louisiana Tech		0	–	0					1	–	1
Missouri State*		0	–	0					1	–	1
UTEP		0	–	0					1	–	1
Middle Tennessee		0	–	0					0	–	2
Kennesaw State		0	–	0					0	–	2
Liberty		0	–	1					1	–	1
Sam Houston		0	–	1					0	–	3
Championship: December 5, 2025
* – Ineligible for postseason play due to FCS-to-FBS transition rules As of September 7, 2025

The 2025 Conference USA football season will be the 30th season of college football play for Conference USA (CUSA). The season will begin on August 23, 2025, and conclude with the Conference Championship Game on December 5, 2025. ^[1] 12 member schools will take part in the season, which is part of the 2025 NCAA Division I FBS football season.

Conference realignment

For 2025, two teams — Delaware and Missouri State — joined the conference after moving up from Division I FCS. ^{[2] [3]} By NCAA rules, both teams are ineligible for post-season play while they finish their transition to the FBS level.

The 2025 season is set to be the final season for UTEP in Conference USA. UTEP accepted an invitation to join the Mountain West Conference beginning in 2026. ^[4]

This is potentially the final season for Louisiana Tech in CUSA. Louisiana Tech accepted an invitation to rejoin the Sun Belt Conference, which it had left in 2001, effective no later than 2027. ^[5]

Preseason

The Conference USA decided not to conduct a preseason media poll this season, instead devising a "bowl confidence index," through which 24 voters — two from each Conference USA member school — would select which CUSA members they believed would or would not reach a bowl game at the conclusion of the 2025 regular season. ^[6] The conference published the results of the vote on July 18, 2025. ^[7]

2025 CUSA Bowl Confidence Index
Team	Pct. of Vote
Liberty	100%
Western Kentucky	100%
Jacksonville State	91.67%
Louisiana Tech	75%
Sam Houston	45.83%
UTEP	41.67%
FIU	37.5%
Delaware	29.17%
Middle Tennessee	25%
New Mexico State	25%
Kennesaw State	16.67%
Missouri State	12.5%

Head coaches

• On November 10, 2024, Kennesaw State head coach Brian Bohannon announced that he was stepping down from the position, effective immediately. ^[8] On December 1, 2024, 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. ^[9]
• On December 1, K. C. Keeler was announced as the new head coach of Temple in the American Athletic Conference. On December 18, 2024, Sam Houston announced Phil Longo as the new head coach for 2025. Longo had previously been the offensive coordinator at Wisconsin. ^[10]
• On December 12, 2024, Rich Rodriguez was named as the new head coach of West Virginia in the Big 12 Conference. ^[11] On December 21, 2024, Jacksonville State announced Charles Kelly as the new head coach for 2025. Kelly had previously been the co-defesnive coordinator at Auburn. ^[12]
• On December 1, 2024, FIU announced they had fired head coach Mike MacIntyre. ^[13] On December 7, 2024, FIU named Willie Simmons as their new head coach for the 2025 season. Simmons had previously been the running backs coach at Duke. ^[14]

Note: All stats shown are before the start of the 2025 season.

Team	Head coach	Years at school	Overall record	Record at school	CUSA record
Delaware	Ryan Carty	4	26–11	26–11	0–0
FIU	Willie Simmons	1	66–24	0–0	0–0
Jacksonville State	Charles Kelly	1	0–0	0–0	0–0
Kennesaw State	Jerry Mack	1	31–15	0–0	0–0
Liberty	Jamey Chadwell	3	119–62	21–5	13–3
Louisiana Tech	Sonny Cumbie	4	13–29	11–26	8–16
Middle Tennessee	Derek Mason	2	30–64	3–9	2–6
Missouri State	Ryan Beard	3	12–11	12–11	0–0
New Mexico State	Tony Sanchez	2	23–49	3–9	2–6
Sam Houston	Phil Longo	1	7–14	0–0	0–0
UTEP	Scotty Walden	2	37–29	3–9	3–4
Western Kentucky	Tyson Helton	7	48–32	48–32	34–13

Rankings

See also: 2025 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
Delaware	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released
FIU	AP
	C	NR	RV
	CFP	Not released
Jacksonville State	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released
Kennesaw State	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released
Liberty	AP	RV	RV
	C
	CFP	Not released
Louisiana Tech	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released
Middle Tennessee	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released
Missouri State	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released
New Mexico State	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released
Sam Houston	AP
	C
	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

The 2025 schedule was released on February 6, 2025. ^[1]

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

Week 0

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
August 23	7:00 p.m.	Sam Houston	Western Kentucky	Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium • Bowling Green, KY	CBSSN	WKU 41–24	15,312
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week 1

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
August 28	7:00 p.m.	Jacksonville State	UCF	Acrisure Bounce House • Orlando, FL	ESPN+	L 10–17	43,043
August 28	7:00 p.m.	Delaware State	Delaware	Delaware Stadium • Newark, DE (Route 1 Rivalry)	ESPN+	W 35–17	17,895
August 29	7:00 p.m.	Kennesaw State	Wake Forest	Allegacy Federal Credit Union Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC	ACCN	L 9–10	30,789
August 29	8:15 p.m.	Bethune–Cookman	FIU	Pitbull Stadium • Miami, FL	ESPN+	W 42–9	18,034
August 29	9:30 p.m.	UNLV	Sam Houston	Shell Energy Stadium • Houston, TX	CBSSN	L 21–38	5,837
August 30	4:00 p.m.	Maine	Liberty	Williams Stadium • Lynchburg, VA	ESPN+	W 28–7	20,337
August 30	7:00 p.m.	Austin Peay	Middle Tennessee	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium • Murfreesboro, TN	ESPN+	L 14–34	18,505
August 30	7:00 p.m.	North Alabama	Western Kentucky	Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium • Bowling Green, KY	ESPN+	W 55–6	12,226
August 30	7:30 p.m.	Southeastern Louisiana	Louisiana Tech	Joe Aillet Stadium • Ruston, LA	ESPN+	W 24–0	12,872
August 30	7:30 p.m.	Missouri State	USC	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	BTN	L 13–73	62,841
August 30	7:30 p.m.	UTEP	Utah State	Maverik Stadium • Logan, UT	CBSSN	L 16–28	16,448
August 30	9:00 p.m.	Bryant	New Mexico State	Aggie Memorial Stadium • Las Cruces, NM	ESPN+	W 19–3	10,058
#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 6	12:00 p.m.	FIU	No. 2  Penn State	Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA	BTN	L 0–34	103,817
September 6	12:00 p.m.	Kennesaw State	No. 23  Indiana	Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, IN	FS1	L 9–56	43,801
September 6	12:00 p.m.	Liberty	Jacksonville State	AmFirst Stadium • Jacksonville, AL	CBSSN	JVST 34–24	20,755
September 6	3:30 p.m.	Delaware	Colorado	Folsom Field • Boulder, CO	FOX	L 7–31	50,341
September 6	4:00 p.m.	Middle Tennessee	Wisconsin	Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI	FS1	L 10–42	70,368
September 6	6:00 p.m.	Missouri State	Marshall	Joan C. Edwards Stadium • Huntington, WV	ESPN+	W 21–20	28,564
September 6	7:00 p.m.	Western Kentucky	Toledo	Glass Bowl • Toledo, OH	ESPN+	L 21–45	24,138
September 6	7:30 p.m.	Louisiana Tech	No. 3  LSU	Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	SECN+/ESPN+	L 7–23	101,667
September 6	9:00 p.m.	Tulsa	New Mexico State	Aggie Memorial Stadium • Las Cruces, NM	ESPN+	W 21–14	10,240
September 6	9:00 p.m.	UT Martin	UTEP	Sun Bowl • El Paso, TX	ESPN+	W 42–17	31,122
September 6	11:59 p.m.	Sam Houston	Hawaii	Clarence T. C. Ching Athletics Complex • Honolulu, HI		L 20–37	11,625
#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 13		UConn	Delaware	Delaware Stadium • Newark, DE
September 13		Florida Atlantic	FIU	Pitbull Stadium • Miami, FL (Shula Bowl)
September 13		Jacksonville State	Georgia Southern	Paulson Stadium • Statesboro, GA
September 13		Merrimack	Kennesaw State	Fifth Third Stadium • Kennesaw, GA
September 13		Liberty	Bowling Green	Doyt Perry Stadium • Bowling Green, OH
September 13		New Mexico State	Louisiana Tech	Joe Aillet Stadium • Ruston, LA
September 13		Middle Tennessee	Nevada	Mackay Stadium • Reno, NV
September 13		SMU	Missouri State	Robert W. Plaster Stadium • Springfield, MO
September 13		UTEP	Texas	Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX
#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 20		Delaware	FIU	Pitbull Stadium • Miami, FL
September 20		Murray State	Jacksonville State	AmFirst Stadium • Jacksonville, AL
September 20		Arkansas State	Kennesaw State	Fifth Third Stadium • Kennesaw, GA
September 20		James Madison	Liberty	Williams Stadium • Lynchburg, VA
September 20		Southern Miss	Louisiana Tech	Joe Aillet Stadium • Ruston, LA (Rivalry in Dixie)
September 20		Marshall	Middle Tennessee	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium • Murfreesboro, TN
September 20		UT Martin	Missouri State	Robert W. Plaster Stadium • Springfield, MO
September 20		Sam Houston	Texas	Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX
September 20		Louisiana–Monroe	UTEP	Sun Bowl • El Paso, TX
September 20		Nevada	Western Kentucky	Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium • Bowling Green, KY
#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 27		Jacksonville State	Southern Miss	M. M. Roberts Stadium • Hattiesburg, MS
September 27		Middle Tennessee	Kennesaw State	Fifth Third Stadium • Kennesaw, GA
September 27		Liberty	Old Dominion	S.B. Ballard Stadium • Norfolk, VA
September 27		Louisiana Tech	UTEP	Sun Bowl • El Paso, TX
September 27		Western Kentucky	Missouri State	Robert W. Plaster Stadium • Springfield, MO
September 27		New Mexico State	New Mexico	University Stadium • Albuquerque, NM (Rio Grande Rivalry)
#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 2		Sam Houston	New Mexico State	Aggie Memorial Stadium • Las Cruces, NM
October 3		Western Kentucky	Delaware	Delaware Stadium • Newark, DE
October 4		FIU	UConn	Pratt & Whitney Stadium at Rentschler Field • East Hartford, CT
#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		Liberty	UTEP	Sun Bowl • El Paso, TX
October 8		Missouri State	Middle Tennessee	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium • Murfreesboro, TN
October 9		Jacksonville State	Sam Houston	Shell Energy Stadium • Houston, TX
October 9		Louisiana Tech	Kennesaw State	Fifth Third Stadium • Kennesaw, GA
#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 14		FIU	Western Kentucky	Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium • Bowling Green, KY
October 14		New Mexico State	Liberty	Williams Stadium • Lynchburg, VA
October 15		Delaware	Jacksonville State	AmFirst Stadium • Jacksonville, AL
October 15		UTEP	Sam Houston	Shell Energy Stadium • Houston, TX
#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 21		Kennesaw State	FIU	Pitbull Stadium • Miami, FL
October 21		Western Kentucky	Louisiana Tech	Joe Aillet Stadium • Ruston, LA
October 22		Middle Tennessee	Delaware	Delaware Stadium • Newark, DE
October 22		Missouri State	New Mexico State	Aggie Memorial Stadium • Las Cruces, NM
#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 28		UTEP	Kennesaw State	Fifth Third Stadium • Kennesaw, GA
October 28		Sam Houston	Louisiana Tech	Joe Aillet Stadium • Ruston, LA
October 29		FIU	Missouri State	Robert W. Plaster Stadium • Springfield, MO
October 29		Jacksonville State	Middle Tennessee	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium • Murfreesboro, TN
November 1		Delaware	Liberty	Williams Stadium • Lynchburg, VA
November 1		New Mexico State	Western Kentucky	Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium • Bowling Green, KY
#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 8		Louisiana Tech	Delaware	Delaware Stadium • Newark, DE
November 8		FIU	Middle Tennessee	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium • Murfreesboro, TN
November 8		Jacksonville State	UTEP	Sun Bowl • El Paso, TX
November 8		Kennesaw State	New Mexico State	Aggie Memorial Stadium • Las Cruces, NM
November 8		Missouri State	Liberty	Williams Stadium • Lynchburg, VA
November 8		Sam Houston	Oregon State	Reser Stadium • Corvallis, OR
#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 15		Delaware	Sam Houston	Shell Energy Stadium • Houston, TX
November 15		Liberty	FIU	Pitbull Stadium • Miami, FL
November 15		Kennesaw State	Jacksonville State	AmFirst Stadium • Jacksonville, AL
November 15		Louisiana Tech	Washington State	Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA
November 15		Middle Tennessee	Western Kentucky	Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium • Bowling Green, KY (100 Miles of Hate)
November 15		UTEP	Missouri State	Robert W. Plaster Stadium • Springfield, MO
November 15		New Mexico State	Tennessee	Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, TN
#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 22		Delaware	Wake Forest	Allegacy Federal Credit Union Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC
November 22		Jacksonville State	FIU	Pitbull Stadium • Miami, FL
November 22		Missouri State	Kennesaw State	Fifth Third Stadium • Kennesaw, GA
November 22		Liberty	Louisiana Tech	Joe Aillet Stadium • Ruston, LA
November 22		Sam Houston	Middle Tennessee	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium • Murfreesboro, TN
November 22		New Mexico State	UTEP	Sun Bowl • El Paso, TX (Battle of I-10)
November 22		Western Kentucky	LSU	Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA
#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		UTEP	Delaware	Delaware Stadium • Newark, DE
November 29		FIU	Sam Houston	Shell Energy Stadium • Houston, TX
November 29		Western Kentucky	Jacksonville State	AmFirst Stadium • Jacksonville, AL
November 29		Kennesaw State	Liberty	Williams Stadium • Lynchburg, VA
November 29		Louisiana Tech	Missouri State	Robert W. Plaster Stadium • Springfield, MO
November 29		Middle Tennessee	New Mexico State	Aggie Memorial Stadium • Las Cruces, NM
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Conference Championship Game

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
December 5				TBD • TBD
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Conference USA records vs. other conferences

2025–2026 records against non-conference foes:

Regular season

Power Four Conferences	Record
ACC	0–0
Big 12	0–0
Big Ten	0–0
Notre Dame	0–0
SEC	0–0
Power 5 Total	0–0
Other FBS Conferences	Record
American	0–0
Independents (Excluding Notre Dame)	0–0
MAC	0–0
Mountain West	0–0
Pac-12	0–0
Sun Belt	0–0
Other FBS Total	0–0
FCS Opponents	Record
Football Championship Subdivision	0–0
Total Non-Conference Record	0–0

Conference USA vs Power 4 matchups

This is a list of games Conference USA has scheduled versus power conference teams (ACC, Big Ten, Big 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 28	Big 12	Jacksonville State	UCF	Acrisure Bounce House • Orlando, FL
August 29	ACC	Kennesaw State	Wake Forest	Allegacy Federal Credit Union Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC
August 30	Big Ten	Missouri State	USC	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA
September 6	Big 12	Delaware	Colorado	Folsom Field • Boulder, CO
September 6	Big Ten	FIU	Penn State	Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA
September 6	Big Ten	Kennesaw State	Indiana	Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, IN
September 6	SEC	Louisiana Tech	LSU	Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA
September 6	Big Ten	Middle Tennessee	Wisconsin	Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI
September 13	ACC	SMU	Missouri State	Robert W. Plaster Stadium • Springfield, MO
September 13	SEC	UTEP	Texas	Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX
September 20	SEC	Sam Houston	Texas	Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX
November 15	SEC	New Mexico State	Tennessee	Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, TN
November 22	ACC	Delaware	Wake Forest	Allegacy Federal Credit Union Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC
November 22	SEC	Western Kentucky	LSU	Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA

Conference USA vs other FBS matchups

The following games include Conference USA teams competing against teams from the American, MAC, Mountain West, Pac-12 or Sun Belt.

Date	Conference	Visitor	Home	Site	Score
August 30	Mountain West	UNLV	Sam Houston	Shell Energy Stadium • Houston, TX
August 30	Mountain West	UTEP	Utah State	Maverik Stadium • Logan, UT
September 6	Sun Belt	Missouri State	Marshall	Joan C. Edwards Stadium • Huntington, WV
September 6	American	Tulsa	New Mexico State	Aggie Memorial Stadium • Las Cruces, NM
September 6	Mountain West	Sam Houston	Hawaii	Clarence T. C. Ching Athletics Complex • Honolulu, HI
September 6	MAC	Western Kentucky	Toledo	Glass Bowl • Toledo, OH
September 13	American	Florida Atlantic	FIU	Pitbull Stadium • Miami, FL
September 13	Sun Belt	Jacksonville State	Georgia Southern	Paulson Stadium • Statesboro, GA
September 13	MAC	Liberty	Bowling Green	Doyt Perry Stadium • Bowling Green, OH
September 13	Mountain West	Middle Tennessee	Nevada	Mackay Stadium • Reno, NV
September 20	Sun Belt	Arkansas State	Kennesaw State	Fifth Third Stadium • Kennesaw, GA
September 20	Sun Belt	James Madison	Liberty	Williams Stadium • Lynchburg, VA
September 20	Sun Belt	Southern Miss	Louisiana Tech	Joe Aillet Stadium • Ruston, LA
September 20	Sun Belt	Marshall	Middle Tennessee	ohnny "Red" Floyd Stadium • Murfreesboro, TN
September 20	Sun Belt	Louisiana–Monroe	UTEP	Sun Bowl • El Paso, TX
September 20	Mountain West	Nevada	Western Kentucky	Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium • Bowling Green, KY
September 27	Sun Belt	Jacksonville State	Southern Miss	M. M. Roberts Stadium • Hattiesburg, MS
September 27	Sun Belt	Liberty	Old Dominion	S.B. Ballard Stadium • Norfolk, VA
September 27	Mountain West	New Mexico State	New Mexico	University Stadium • Albuquerque, NM
November 8	Pac-12	Sam Houston	Oregon State	Reser Stadium • Corvallis, OR
November 15	Pac-12	Louisiana Tech	Washington State	Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA

Conference USA vs FBS independents matchups

The following games include Conference USA teams competing against FBS Independents, which only includes UConn for 2025.

Date	Visitor	Home	Site	Score
September 13	UConn	Delaware	Delaware Stadium • Newark, DE
October 4	FIU	UConn	Pratt & Whitney Stadium at Rentschler Field • East Hartford, CT

Conference USA vs. FCS matchups

The following games include Conference USA teams competing against FCS schools.

Date	Visitor	Home	Site	Score
August 28	Delaware State	Delaware	Delaware Stadium • Newark, DE
August 30	Bethune–Cookman	FIU	Pitbull Stadium • Miami, FL
August 30	Maine	Liberty	Williams Stadium • Lynchburg, VA
August 30	Southeastern Louisiana	Louisiana Tech	Joe Aillet Stadium • Ruston, LA
August 30	Austin Peay	Middle Tennessee	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium • Murfreesboro, TN
August 30	Bryant	New Mexico State	Aggie Memorial Stadium • Las Cruces, NM
August 30	North Alabama	Western Kentucky	Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium • Bowling Green, KY
September 6	UT Martin	UTEP	Sun Bowl • El Paso, TX
September 13	Merrimack	Kennesaw State	Fifth Third Stadium • Kennesaw, GA
September 20	Murray State	Jacksonville State	AmFirst Stadium • Jacksonville, AL
September 20	UT Martin	Missouri State	Robert W. Plaster Stadium • Springfield, MO

Awards and honors

Player of the week honors

Week		Offensive				Defensive				Special Teams				Freshman				Offensive Line
		Player	Team	Position		Player	Team	Position		Player	Team	Position		Player	Team	Position		Player	Team	Position
Week 0 [15]		Maverick McIvor	Western Kentucky	QB		Jaylen Lewis	Western Kentucky	S		Cole Maynard	Western Kentucky	P		Marvis Parrish	Western Kentucky	RB		Laurence Seymoure	Western Kentucky	OL
Week 1 [16]		Maverick McIvor (2)	Western Kentucky	QB		Mekhi Mason	Louisiana Tech	LB		John Hoyet Chance	Louisiana Tech	P		Caden Williams	Liberty	RB		Fintan Brose	Delaware	OL

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