Conference USA

NCAA Tournament Betting Preview: No. 15 Western Kentucky vs. No. 2 Marquette

No. 15 Western Kentucky and No. 2 Marquette play on Friday. The crew discusses their thoughts on the game.

  • January 16,2019
  • Andy Wittry

New Faces, New Places: Ranking the Latest College Football Head Coaching Hires

Despite Northern Illinois’ search for a head football coach, the coaching carousel across the country has begun to slow down now that it’s mid-January. Here are our new faces, new places tier rankings of head coaches who have been hired this offseason — with consideration given to each school, its conference, the potential candidate pool […]

  • January 9,2019
  • Andy Wittry

Here’s Alabama QB Jalen Hurts’ Potential Transfer Destinations

Alabama quarterback Jalen Hurts has officially entered the NCAA transfer portal, meaning other schools are now allowed to contact him. The 2016 SEC Offensive Player of the Year has played in the last three College Football Playoff National Championship games with the Crimson Tide, but he lost his role as the team’s starting quarterback to […]

  • January 8,2019
  • Andy Wittry

Ranking the Best Conferences From the 2018 College Football Season

Clemson won the 2018 College Football Playoff National Championship, its second national title in three years, but the ACC only had one other team ranked in the final AP Top 25 Poll, so the conference offers an interesting profile for how it stacked up with the rest of the conferences nationally last season. The Big […]

  • December 13,2018
  • Nate Jacobson

Best Bets for the First Week of the College Football Bowl Season

Here are my favorite bets for the first week of this bowl season, which runs from December 15th through the 22nd. Las Vegas Bowl: No. 21 Fresno State (-5) over Arizona State The highlight of the opening day of bowl season is Fresno State playing Arizona State in Las Vegas. Fresno State last played in […]

  • December 11,2018
  • Andy Wittry

Previewing Middle Tennessee vs. Appalachian State in the New Orleans Bowl: Time, Date, Spread, How to Watch

Who: Middle Tennessee (8-5) vs. Appalachian State (10-2) What: New Orleans Bowl When: 9 p.m. ET, Saturday, December 15 Where: Mercedes-Benz Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana Spread: Appalachian State -7 How to watch: ESPN, WatchESPN Former Appalachian State coach Scott Satterfield, who led the Mountaineers to four consecutive bowl games (and three straight bowl wins entering this […]

  • November 30,2018
  • Jeff Goodman, Stadium Basketball Insider

Conference USA Basketball Coaches Rank the Best Jobs in the Conference

This is the latest in Stadium’s “Conference Chain of Command” series in which we polled a handful of veteran coaches in every league to determine the best JOBS in each league, all the way down to the ones that are the most difficult. Here are the nine categories that were utilized to determine the overall […]

  • November 28,2018
  • Brett McMurphy, Stadium College Football Insider

Brett McMurphy’s College Football Bowl Projections After Week 13

After the release of the penultimate College Football Playoff rankings Tuesday, the bowl pairings became a lot easier to decipher. This much is certain based on the selection committee’s rankings: * No. 1 Alabama and No. 3 Notre Dame are locks in the College Football Playoff. Yes, even if Alabama loses to Georgia, the Crimson […]

  • November 25,2018
  • Brett McMurphy, Stadium College Football Insider

Sources: Toledo, FIU to Play in Bahamas Bowl

Toledo and Florida International are headed to the Bahamas Bowl on Dec. 21, sources told Stadium. The Rockets (7-5) finished tied for second in the MAC’s West Division, while the Panthers (8-4) tied for second in Conference USA’s East Division. This will be the fourth meeting between the teams and first since FIU defeated Toledo […]

  • November 19,2018
  • Brett McMurphy, Stadium College Football Insider

Brett McMurphy’s College Football Bowl Projections After Week 12

Down the stretch we come: only three weeks until Selection Sunday, when all of the 39 bowl pairings will be announced. My College Football Playoff selections remain unchanged and I expect the committee to have these rankings on Dec. 2 (as long as they all win out): No. 1 Alabama vs. No. 4 Michigan in […]

  • November 16,2018
  • Nate Jacobson

College Football Best Bets: Nebraska, Syracuse Headline Saturday’s Top Picks

There isn’t much excitement for Week 12 of the college football season, but there are several betting opportunities to take advantage of. There are plenty of motivational angles with “rivalry week” coming up and teams with five wins looking to clinch a bowl berth. Here are seven sides to look at this weekend:   Best […]

  • November 12,2018
  • Brett McMurphy, Stadium College Football Insider

Brett McMurphy’s College Football Bowl Projections After Week 11

With no losses among the Top 10 teams in last week’s Associated Press rankings, this week’s bowl projections look pretty similar to last week’s. However, there was one slight – but major – change in my College Football Playoff projections. Since Notre Dame has been so dominating and it has the head-to-head victory against Michigan, […]


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