2020 Conference USA football season

2020 Conference USA football season
League	NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision
Sport	Football
Duration	September 3, 2019 to December 18, 2020
Number of teams	13†
2021 NFL Draft
Top draft pick	DT Milton Williams, Louisiana Tech
Picked by	Philadelphia Eagles, 73rd overall
Regular season
East champions	Marshall
West champions	UAB
Conference USA Championship Game
Champions	UAB
Runners-up	Marshall
Finals MVP	Spencer Brown, UAB[1]

2020 Conference USA football standings

v t e	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.

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.

Preseason

Preseason Awards

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

No 2020 Preseason Media Poll was released by Conference USA.

Head coaches

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

Main article: 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings

		Pre	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
Charlotte	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released
FIU	AP
	C
	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
	C
	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

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

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

Week One

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Bowl games

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

• Bowl eligible:
• Bowl-ineligible:

Awards and honors

Player of the week honors

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

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

Position Player Team First Team Offense WR Jaelon Darden North Texas WR Austin Trammell Rice WR Austin Watkins, Jr. UAB OL Kody Russey Louisiana Tech OL Cain Madden Marshall OL Josh Ball Marshall OL Colby Ragland UAB OL Sidney Wells UAB TE Xavier Gaines Marshall QB Grant Wells Marshall RB Brenden Knox Marshall RB Sincere McCormick UTSA First Team Defense DT Milton Williams Louisiana Tech DT Dion Novil North Texas DE Darius Hodge Marshall DE Jordan Smith UAB DE DeAngelo Malone WKU LB Tavante Beckett Marshall LB Blaze Alldregde Rice LB Kristopher Moll UAB DB BeeJay Williamson Louisiana Tech DB Steven Gilmore Marshall DB Gregory Grate, Jr. Middle Tennessee DB Rashad Wisdom UTSA First Team Special Teams K Hunter Duplessis UTSA P Lucas Dean UTSA KR Wayne Toussant Louisiana Tech PR Talik Keaton Marshall LS Jacob Fuqua UAB

Position Player Team Second Team Offense WR Victor Tucker Charlotte WR Adrian Hardy Louisiana Tech WR Jacob Cowing UTEP OL Alex Mollette Marshall OL Jacob Brammer North Texas OL Ahofitu Maka UTSA OL Makai Hart UTSA OL Spencer Burford UTSA OL Jordan Meredith WKU TE Jordan Myers Rice TE Hayden Pittman UAB QB Asher O'Hara Middle Tennessee RB Spencer Brown UAB RB Frank Gore Jr. Southern Miss Second Team Defense DT Jamare Edwards Marshall DT Antonio Moultrie UAB DE Leighton McCarthy Florida Atlantic DE Praise Amaewhule UTEP LB Trey Baldwin Louisiana Tech LB Tyler Grubbs Louisiana Tech LB Hayes Maples Southern Miss LB Noah Wilder UAB DB Nazeeh Johnson Marshall DB Brontae Harris UAB DB TD Marshall UAB DB Devon Key WKU DB Dionté Ruffin WKU Second Team Special Teams K Braydon Narveson WKU P John Haggerty WKU KR Lexington Joseph FIU PR Smoke Harris Louisiana Tech LS Reeves Blankenship Louisiana Tech

*Denotes Unanimous Selection

Ref:^[6]

All Conference Honorable Mentions:

Offense:

Defense:

Special Teams:

All-Americans

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

National award winners

C-USA records vs Other Conferences

2020–2021 records against non-conference foes:

Regular season Power 5 Conferences Record ACC 0–3 Big Ten 0–0 Big 12 0–1 BYU/Notre Dame 0–3 Pac-12 0–0 SEC 0–0 Power 5 Total 0–7 Other FBS Conferences Record American 0–2 Independents (Excluding BYU and Notre Dame) 2–4 MAC 0–0 Mountain West 0–0 Sun Belt 5–5 Other FBS Total 7–11 FCS Opponents Record Football Championship Subdivision 8–1 Total Non-Conference Record 15–19

Post Season Power Conferences 5 Record ACC 0–0 Big Ten 0–0 Big 12 0–0 BYU/Notre Dame 0-0 Pac-12 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 Sun Belt 0-0 Other FBS Total 0–0 Total Bowl Record 0–0

C-USA vs Power Five matchups

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

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

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

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

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

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