Conference USA

"C-USA" redirects here. For the American soccer club, see Chivas USA.

Conference USA (C-USA)
Established	1995
Association	NCAA
Division	Division I FBS
Members	12 (16 beginning July 1, 2013)
Sports fielded	20 (men's: 9; women's: 11)
Region	Southern United States
Headquarters	Irving, Texas
Commissioner	Britton Banowsky (since 2002)
Website	conferenceusa.com
Locations

Conference USA (C-USA) is a college athletic conference whose member institutions are located within the Southern United States. The conference participates in the NCAA's Division I in all sports. C-USA's offices are located in the Las Colinas business district of the Dallas suburb of Irving, Texas.

C-USA was founded in 1995 by the merger of the Metro Conference and Great Midwest Conference, two Division I conferences that did not sponsor football. To even out at 12 members (because Dayton, VCU, and Virginia Tech were left out of the merger) the conference invited the University of Houston, but UH could not start C-USA play for a year due to committing to being in the Southwest Conference in its final year. The conference immediately started competition in all sports, except football which started in 1996.

In 2011, Conference USA and the Mountain West Conference announced a plan for a football only alliance. Then on February 12, 2012, the league announced that it would dissolve in order to form an new legal entity merging its remaining members, the Mountain West and two to eight more schools. However, because of financial issues related to NCAA rules, both conferences backed away from a full merger; as of April 2012, the likeliest scenario is now an all-sports alliance in which both conferences retain their separate identities.

Member schools

Current members

Institution	Location (Metro Population)	Founded	Type	Enrollment	U.S. News Ranking	Joined	Nickname	Mascot	Varsity Sports
East Division
Alabama Birmingham !University of Alabama at Birmingham	Birmingham, Alabama (1,128,047)	1969	Public	18,498	7002151000000000000151 (National)	1995	Blazers	Blaze	17
Central Florida !University of Central Florida	Orlando, Florida (2,134,411)	1963	Public	58,698	7002174000000000000174 (National)	2005	Knights	Knightro	16
East Carolina University	Greenville, North Carolina (192,690)	1907	Public	27,386	7002199000000000000199 (National)	2001	Pirates	PeeDee	19
Marshall University	Huntington, West Virginia (286,012)	1837	Public	14,196	700230700000000000041 (Regional: South)	2005	Thundering Herd	Marco	15
Memphis !University of Memphis	Memphis, Tennessee (1,316,100)	1912	Public	22,725	7002205000000000000205–270 (National)	1995	Tigers	TOM III	18
Southern Mississippi !University of Southern Mississippi	Hattiesburg, Mississippi (148,546)	1910	Public	16,506	7002205000000000000205–270 (National)	1995	Golden Eagles	Seymour d'Campus	14
West Division
Houston !University of Houston	Houston, Texas (6,086,538)	1927	Public	39,824	7002184000000000000184 (National)	1996*	Cougars	Shasta	16
Rice University	Houston, Texas (6,086,538)	1912	Private	6,082	700117000000000000017 (National)	2005	Owls	Sammy the Owl	16
Southern Methodist University	University Park, Texas (6,371,773)	1911	Private	10,982	700158000000000000058 (National)	2005	Mustangs	Peruna	17
Texas El Paso !University of Texas at El Paso	El Paso, Texas (820,790)	1914	Public	22,640	7002205000000000000205–270 (National)	2005	Miners	Paydirt Pete	15
Tulane University	New Orleans, Louisiana (1,167,764)	1834	Private	13,359	700151000000000000051 (National)	1995	Green Wave	Riptide/Gumby	16
Tulsa !University of Tulsa	Tulsa, Oklahoma (946,962)	1894	Private	4,256	700183000000000000083 (National)	2005	Golden Hurricane	Captain 'Cane	18

Pink denotes schools that will be departing for the American Athletic Conference on July 1, 2013.
Yellow denotes schools that will be departing for the American Athletic Conference on July 1, 2014.
* - Houston was a founding member of C-USA in 1995 but did not begin competition until 1996 because of its commitments to the final year of competition in the Southwest Conference.

Future members

On May 4, 2012, C-USA announced that Charlotte, FIU, LA Tech, North Texas, and UTSA would join the league on July 1, 2013. A couple weeks later on May 17, 2012, Old Dominion announced they would join C-USA on July 1, 2013. Old Dominion will play eight conference opponents in football 2014 and be eligible for the C-USA championship, but will not be eligible for postseason play as the team is transitioning to FBS. Charlotte will officially begin conference play in football in the 2015 season. On November 28, 2012, it was announced that Middle Tennessee State University of Murfreesboro, Tennessee and Florida Atlantic University of Boca Raton, Florida would make the move to C-USA, joining FIU and North Texas universities as recent Sun Belt conference defectors. On April 1, 2013, it was officially announced that Western Kentucky would depart the Sun Belt Conference for C-USA, effective July 1, 2014.

Institution	Nickname	Location (Metro Population)	Founded	Type	Enrollment	U.S. News Ranking	Joining
Charlotte !University of North Carolina at Charlotte	49ers	Charlotte, North Carolina 1,758,038	1946	Public	25,144	7002199000000000000199 (National)	20131
Florida Atlantic University	Owls	Boca Raton, Florida 5,564,635	1961	Public	29,290	7002205000000000000205–270 (National)	2013
Florida International University	Panthers	Miami, Florida 5,564,635	1965	Public	47,966	7002205000000000000205–270 (National)	2013 2
Louisiana Tech University	Bulldogs (men's) Lady Techsters (women's)	Ruston, Louisiana 58,349	1894	Public	11,581	7002199000000000000199 (National)	2013
Middle Tennessee State University	Blue Raiders	Murfreesboro, Tennessee 1,589,934	1911	Public	24,192	7002205000000000000205–270 (National)	2013
North Texas !University of North Texas	Mean Green	Denton, Texas 6,526,548	1890	Public	35,722	7002205000000000000205–270 (National)	2013
Old Dominion University	Monarchs (men's) Lady Monarchs (women's)	Norfolk, Virginia 1,671,683	1930	Public	24,125	7002205000000000000205–270 (National)	2013
UTSA !University of Texas at San Antonio	Roadrunners	San Antonio, Texas 2,194,297	1969	Public	31,114	7002205000000000000205–270 (National)	2013
WKU !Western Kentucky University	Hilltoppers	Bowling Green, Kentucky 162,231	1906	Public	21,048	700229900000000000033 (Regional: South)	2014

¹ - Charlotte was a non-football member of the Conference from the original reunification in 1995 until 2005, and will re-join C-USA in 2013 as the school begins its football program, which becomes a full C-USA member in 2015.
² - FIU joined C-USA initially in 2005 for men's soccer only and in 2013 will move all sports C-USA sponsors to the conference.

Affiliate members

Institution	Nickname	Location	Founded	Type	Enrollment	Primary Conference	C-USA Sport
Alabama !University of Alabama	Crimson Tide	Tuscaloosa, Alabama	1831	Public	31,747	SEC	Women's rowing
Colorado College	Tigers	Colorado Springs, Colorado	1874	Private	2,011	SCAC (NCAA Division III)	Women's soccer
Florida International University	Panthers	Miami, Florida	1965	Public	47,966	Sun Belt	Men's soccer
Kansas !University of Kansas	Jayhawks	Lawrence, Kansas	1865	Public	30,004	Big 12	Women's rowing
Kansas State University	Wildcats	Manhattan, Kansas	1863	Public	23,588	Big 12	Women's rowing
Kentucky !University of Kentucky	Wildcats	Lexington, Kentucky	1865	Public	26,054	SEC	Men's soccer
Oklahoma !University of Oklahoma	Sooners	Norman, Oklahoma	1890	Public	29,721	Big 12	Women's rowing
Old Dominion University	Monarchs	Norfolk, Virginia	1930	Public	24,125	CAA	Multiple
South Carolina !University of South Carolina	Gamecocks	Columbia, South Carolina	1801	Public	28,481	SEC	Men's soccer
Tennessee !University of Tennessee	Lady Volunteers	Knoxville, Tennessee	1794	Public	27,523	SEC	Women's rowing
Texas !University of Texas at Austin	Longhorns	Austin, Texas	1883	Public	51,195	Big 12	Women's rowing
West Virginia University	Mountaineers	Morgantown, West Virginia	1867	Public	29,306	Big 12	Women's rowing

Future affiliate members

Institution	Nickname	Location	Founded	Type	Enrollment	Primary Conference	C-USA Sport	Joining
Sacramento State !California State University, Sacramento (Sacramento State)	Hornets	Sacramento, California	1947	Public	27,972	Big Sky	Women's rowing	2013
New Mexico !University of New Mexico	Lobos	Albuquerque, New Mexico	1889	Public	35,211	Mountain West	Men's soccer	2013
San Diego State University	Aztecs	San Diego, California	1947	Public	28,789	Mountain West	Women's rowing	2013

Former members

Institution	Nickname	Location	Joined	Left	Current Conference
United States Military Academy (football only)	Black Knights	West Point, New York	1998	2005	Patriot League (all sports) NCAA D-I FBS Independent (football)
University of Cincinnati	Bearcats	Cincinnati, Ohio	1995	2005	Big East
DePaul University	Blue Demons	Chicago, Illinois	1995	2005	Big East ("New" Big East in 2013)
University of Louisville	Cardinals	Louisville, Kentucky	1995	2005	Big East (ACC in 2014)
Marquette University	Golden Eagles	Milwaukee, Wisconsin	1995	2005	Big East ("New" Big East in 2013)
Saint Louis University	Billikens	St. Louis, Missouri	1995	2005	Atlantic 10 (A-10)
University of South Florida	Bulls	Tampa, Florida	1995	2005	Big East
Texas Christian University	Horned Frogs	Fort Worth, Texas	2001	2005	Big 12

Membership timeline

Full members (all-sports) Full members (non-football) Associate members (football-only) Other Conference Other Conference

History

Locations of Conference USA member institutions as of July 1, 2013.

C-USA was founded in 1995 by the merger of the Metro Conference and Great Midwest Conference, two Division I conferences that did not sponsor football. To even out at 12 members (because Dayton, VCU, and Virginia Tech were left out of the merger) the conference invited the University of Houston, but UH could not start C-USA play for a year due to committing to being in the Southwest Conference in its final year. The conference immediately started competition in all sports, except football which started in 1996.

The conference saw radical changes for the 2005–06 academic year. The stage for these changes was set in 2003, when the Atlantic Coast Conference successfully lured Miami and Virginia Tech to make a move from the Big East Conference in 2004. Boston College would later make the same move, joining the ACC in 2005. In response to that series of moves, which depleted the Big East football conference, the Big East looked to Conference USA to attract replacements. Five C-USA members departed for the Big East, including three football-playing schools (Cincinnati, Louisville, and South Florida) and two non-football schools (DePaul and Marquette). Another two schools (Charlotte and Saint Louis) left for the Atlantic 10; TCU joined the Mountain West; and a ninth member, Army, which was C-USA football-only, opted to become an independent in that sport again.

With the loss of these teams, C-USA lured six teams from other conferences: UCF and Marshall from the MAC, as well as Rice, SMU, Tulsa, and later UTEP from the WAC. Note that UCF played in the MAC for football only; for all other sports, it was a member of the Atlantic Sun Conference.

With C-USA's membership now consisting of 12 schools, all of which sponsor football, the conference has adopted a two-division alignment.

In 2013, C-USA will enter its next phase with the departure of four schools for the Big East Conference (Houston, Memphis, SMU, and UCF). This was again the result of Big East schools leaving for the ACC, this time being Syracuse and Pittsburgh. It was announced in early 2012 that Conference USA was in talks with the Mountain West Conference about forming either a football alliance or conference merger in the future.

However, when the conferences discussed their plans with the NCAA, they were told that if they merged, the new league would receive only one automatic bid to NCAA championships; at least one of the former conferences would lose expected future revenues from the NCAA men's basketball tournament; and at least one former conference would lose exit fees from any schools that departed for the new league. As a result, both C-USA and the MW backed away from a full merger. As of April 2012, the likeliest scenario was an all-sports alliance in which both conferences retain separate identities. However, after the MW added more members, the alliance was apparently abandoned.

For men's soccer, there was a chance that the MW, SEC, and C-USA along with the one Sun Belt member, that sponsor the sport, would play under the C-USA's men's soccer program. The MW, which does not sponsor men's soccer, would take three of the four members that offer the sport (UNLV, Air Force, New Mexico—San Diego State is a Pac-12 associate member in that sport), join C-USA's three full members that offer the sport (UAB, Marshall, Tulsa), the two SEC members already in C-USA for the sport (Kentucky, South Carolina), and the Sun Belt's Florida International (also in C-USA for the sport). However, the only MW member school that ultimately moved to C-USA men's soccer was New Mexico.

For the 2013-14 season C-USA invited five new members to join their conference, with all accepting. UTSA and Louisiana Tech will join from the WAC. North Texas will join from the Sun Belt. Old Dominion, which already houses five of its sports in C-USA, will move the rest of its athletic program from the CAA (except for field hockey and wrestling, which are respectively joining the American (the football-sponsoring part of the former Big East) and MAC because C-USA does not sponsor those sports) and upgrade its football program from the Football Championship Subdivision. Charlotte will return from the A-10 and accelerate its recently established football program set to begin play in 2013 as an FCS school to FBS in 2015 with full conference rights in 2016. Also Florida International, another Sun Belt member that joined C-USA for men's soccer in 2005, will become a full all-sports member in 2013.

On November 27, 2012, it was announced that Tulane would leave the conference to join the Big East in all sports and East Carolina would join the Big East for football only (ECU's membership was upgraded to all-sports in March 2013 after the Big East's non-football members, save for ACC-bound Notre Dame, announced they were leaving to form a new conference which will take the Big East name, leaving the football-playing members to become the American Athletic Conference). Conference USA responded by adding Middle Tennessee and Florida Atlantic, both from the Sun Belt. On April 1, 2013, Conference USA announced they were adding Western Kentucky to offset Tulsa's departure to the American in all sports which was confirmed the next day.

Commissioners

• Michael Slive 1995-2002
• Britton Banowsky 2002–present

Sports

Sponsorship

Conference USA sponsors championship competition in nine men's and eleven women's NCAA sanctioned sports. Twelve schools, including future members Florida International and Old Dominion, are Affiliate members for six sports.

Teams in C-USA Conference competition

Sport	Men's	Women's
Baseball	9	-
Basketball	12	12
Cross Country	8	12
Football	12	-
Golf	12	11
Rowing	-	10
Soccer	9	12
Softball	-	9
Swimming & Diving	-	6
Tennis	10	13
Track and Field (Indoor)	8	12
Track and Field (Outdoor)	8	12
Volleyball	-	12

Men's sponsored sports by school

Member	Baseball	Basketball	Cross Country	Football	Golf	Soccer	Tennis	Indoor Track & Field	Outdoor Track & Field	Total C-USA Sports
Charlotte	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	9
East Carolina	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	8
FIU	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	N	Y	Y	7
Florida Atlantic	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	N	7
Houston	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	N	Y	Y	7
Kentucky	N	N	N	N	N	Y	N	N	N	1
Louisiana Tech	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	N	Y	Y	7
Marshall	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	N	N	6
Memphis	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	9
Middle Tennessee	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	8
New Mexico	N	N	N	N	N	Y	N	N	N	1
North Texas	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	N	Y	Y	6
Old Dominion	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	N	6
Rice	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	8
SMU	N	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	N	5
South Carolina	N	N	N	N	N	Y	N	N	N	1
Southern Miss	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	7
Tulane	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	N	Y	N	Y	6
Tulsa	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	8
UAB	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	N	6
UCF	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	N	6
UTEP	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	N	Y	Y	6
UTSA	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	8
WKU	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	8
Total (2012–13)	9	12	8	12	12	9	10	7	8
Total (2013–14)	13	16	13	14	14	10	11	11	12
Total (2014–15)	12	14	11	13	13	9	9	10	10
Total (2015–16)	12	14	11	14	13	9	9	10	10

Notes:

• Old Dominion will begin C-USA play in football for the 2014–15 season, and Charlotte will begin C-USA play in football for the 2015–16 season.
• Kentucky and South Carolina are affiliate members for men's soccer. FIU is an affiliate member for men's soccer for the 2012–13 season before they become a full member. New Mexico will begin C-USA play as an affiliate member in men's soccer for the 2013–14 season.
• Old Dominion is an affiliate member for men's golf and men's tennis for the 2012–13 season.

Women's sponsored sports by school

Member	Basketball	Cross Country	Golf	Rowing	Soccer	Softball	Swimming & Diving	Tennis	Indoor Track & Field	Outdoor Track & Field	Volleyball	Total C-USA Sports
Alabama	N	N	N	Y	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	1
Charlotte	Y	Y	N	N	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	8
Colorado College	N	N	N	N	Y	N	N	N	N	N	N	1
East Carolina	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	10
FIU	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	10
Florida Atlantic	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	10
Houston	Y	Y	N	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	9
Kansas	N	N	N	Y	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	1
Kansas State	N	N	N	Y	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	1
Louisiana Tech	Y	Y	N	N	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	8
Marshall	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	10
Memphis	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	9
Middle Tennessee	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	9
North Texas	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	10
Oklahoma	N	N	N	Y	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	1
Old Dominion	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	N	N	N	6
Rice	Y	Y	N	N	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	8
Sacramento State	N	N	N	Y	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	1
San Diego State	N	N	N	Y	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	1
SMU	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	10
Southern Miss	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	9
Tennessee	N	N	N	Y	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	1
Texas	N	N	N	Y	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	1
Tulane	Y	Y	Y	N	N	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	8
Tulsa	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	10
UAB	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	9
UCF	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	10
UTEP	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	9
UTSA	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	9
West Virginia	N	N	N	Y	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	1
WKU	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	10
Total (2012–13)	12	12	11	11	12	9	6	13	12	12	12
Total (2013–14)	16	15	13	11	16	13	9	16	15	15	15
Total (2014–15)	14	13	11	10	14	12	7	14	13	13	13
Total (2015–16)	14	13	11	10	14	12	7	14	13	13	13

Notes:

• Eight schools are affiliate members in women's rowing as of 2012–13. Three of these, Alabama, Old Dominion, and Tennessee, compete solely as C-USA affiliates. The five Big 12 members that sponsor the sport—Kansas, Kansas State, Oklahoma, Texas, and West Virginia—have dual membership, competing among themselves for a Big 12 title and also separately contesting the C-USA championship. Old Dominion will become a full member in 2013–14, and Sacramento State and San Diego State will become rowing affiliates at the same time.
• Colorado College is an affiliate member in women's soccer.
• Old Dominion is also an affiliate member in women's golf and women's tennis for the 2012–13 season.
• Rice fields a women's team in swimming but not in diving.

Football

For the most recent season, see 2012 Conference USA football season.

Team	First Season	All-Time Record	All-Time Win %	Bowl Appearances	Bowl Record	Conference Titles	Stadium	Head Coach
East Division
UAB	1991	110–137–2	.446	1	0–1	0	Legion Field	Garrick McGee
UCF	1979	204–185–1	.524	5	2–3	2	Bright House Networks Stadium	George O'Leary
East Carolina	1932	408–376–11	.520	13	5–8	7	Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium	Ruffin McNeill
Marshall	1895	542–520–48	.510	10	7–3	12	Joan C. Edwards Stadium	Doc Holliday
Memphis	1912	442–489–33	.476	6	3–3	6	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium	Justin Fuente
Southern Miss	1912	560–385–27	.590	20	10–10	8	M. M. Roberts Stadium	Todd Monken
West Division
Houston	1946	388–341–15	.532	20	8–11–1	10	Reliant Stadium	Tony Levine
Rice	1912	444–571–32	.439	10	6–4	7	Rice Stadium	David Bailiff
SMU	1915	469–500–54	.485	15	7–7–1	11	Gerald J. Ford Stadium	June Jones
UTEP	1914	376–546–28	.411	13	5–8	2	Sun Bowl Stadium	Sean Kugler
Tulane	1893	495–603–38	.452	10	4–6	9	Mercedes-Benz Superdome	Curtis Johnson
Tulsa	1895	594–458–27	.563	19	9–10	35	Skelly Field at H. A. Chapman Stadium	Bill Blankenship
Future Members
Charlotte	2013	0–0	–	0	0–0	0	McColl-Richardson Field	Brad Lambert
Florida Atlantic	2001	61–83	.424	2	2–0	1	FAU Stadium	Carl Pelini
FIU	2002	42–88	.323	2	1–1	1	FIU Stadium	Ron Turner
Louisiana Tech	1901	571–430–37	.568	6	2–3–1	25	Joe Aillet Stadium	Skip Holtz
Middle Tennessee	1911	535–398–28	.571	3	1–2	20	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium	Rick Stockstill
North Texas	1913	481–466–35	.508	6	1–5	24	Apogee Stadium	Dan McCarney
Old Dominion	1930	79–46–4	.628	0	0–0	0	Foreman Field	Bobby Wilder
UTSA	2011	12–10	.545	0	0–0	0	Alamodome	Larry Coker
WKU	1908	511–349–30	.594	1	0–1	11	Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium	Bobby Petrino

C-USA champions

Main article: Conference USA Football Championship Game

Bowl games

The C-USA champion will receive an automatic berth in one of the five Bowl Championship Series (BCS) bowl games if they are the highest ranked non-automatic qualifying conference champion and either of the following:

• Ranked in the top 12 of the BCS Rankings.
• Ranked in the top 16 of the BCS Rankings and its ranking is higher than that of an automatic qualifying conference champion.

Any C-USA team ranked in the top 14 of the BCS Rankings and that has at least nine wins is eligible to be selected for an at-large BCS berth by the individual bowl committees.

For the 2013 season, Conference USA has six primary bowl tie-ins and two secondary bowl tie-ins:

Pick	Name	Location	Opposing Conference	Opposing Pick
1	Liberty Bowl	Memphis, Tennessee	SEC or American	7/8 or 5
2	Heart of Dallas Bowl	Dallas, Texas	Big Ten	7
3	Military Bowl	Annapolis, Maryland	ACC	8
4	Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl	St. Petersburg, Florida	American	6
5	Hawai'i Bowl	Honolulu, Hawaii	Mountain West	5
6	New Orleans Bowl	New Orleans, Louisiana	Sun Belt	1

For the 2013 season, C-USA has a secondary agreement with the Armed Forces Bowl to select any additional C-USA bowl-eligible teams if a primary contracted conference cannot fill its bowl spot in the aforementioned bowl games.

Rivalries

Football rivalries involving C-USA teams include:

Teams		Rivalry Name	Trophy	Meetings	Record	Series Leader	Current Streak
UAB	Memphis	Battle for the Bones	The Bones	15	10–5	UAB	Memphis won 1
UCF	South Florida	The war on I-4	–	4	0–4	South Florida	South Florida won 4
East Carolina	NC State	East Carolina–NC State rivalry	–	27	11–16	NC State	East Carolina won 1
FIU	Florida Atlantic	Shula Bowl	Don Shula Award	10	2–8	Florida Atlantic	FIU won 1
Louisiana Tech	Fresno State	Battle for the Bone	–	11	4–7	Fresno State	Louisiana Tech won 1
Marshall	Ohio	Battle for the Bell	The Bell	55	19–30–6	Ohio	Ohio won 1
Marshall	West Virginia	Friends of Coal Bowl	Governor's Trophy	11	0–11	West Virginia	West Virginia won 11
Memphis	Arkansas State	Paint Bucket Bowl	Paint Bucket	57	29–23–5	Memphis	Arkansas State won 2
Middle Tennessee	Troy	Battle for the Palladium	Palladium	20	12–8	Middle Tennessee	Middle Tennessee won 1
Rice	Houston	Bayou Bucket Classic	–	38	11–27	Houston	Houston won 1
Rice	SMU	Battle for the Mayor's Cup	Mayor's Cup	89	40–48–1	SMU	SMU won 3
SMU	Navy	–	Gansz Trophy	16	7–9	Navy	Navy won 5
SMU	North Texas	Safeway Bowl	–	33	28–4–1	SMU	SMU won 1
SMU	TCU	Battle for the Iron Skillet	Iron Skillet	91	40–44–7	TCU	SMU won 1
Southern Miss	Louisiana Tech	Rivalry in Dixie	–	44	31–13	Southern Miss	Southern Miss won 3
Southern Miss	Memphis	Black and Blue Bowl	–	63	40–22–1	Southern Miss	Memphis won 1
Southern Miss	Tulane	Battle for the Bell	–	30	23–7	Southern Miss	Southern Miss won 6
UTEP	New Mexico State	The Battle of I-10	Silver Spade Mayor's Cup (Brass Spittoon)	89	52–35–2	UTEP	UTEP won 3
Tulane	LSU	Battle for the Rag	Tiger Rag (LSU) Victory Flag (Tulane)	98	22–69–7	LSU	LSU won 18

Men's basketball

For the most recently completed season, see 2012–13 Conference USA men's basketball season.

See also: Conference USA Men's Basketball Tournament and Conference USA Men's Basketball Player of the Year

Team	First Season	All-Time Record	All-Time Win %	NCAA Tournament Appearances	NCAA Tournament Record	Arena	Head Coach
UAB	1979	664–385	.633	14	19–14	Bartow Arena	Jerod Haase
UCF	1970	701–536	.567	4	0–4	UCF Arena	Donnie Jones
Charlotte	1966	747–608	.551	11	7–12	Dale F. Halton Arena	Alan Major
East Carolina	1932	981–1024	.489	2	0–2	Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum	Jeff Lebo
Florida Atlantic		–	–	1	0–1	FAU Arena	Mike Jarvis
FIU	1982	326–527	.382	1	0–1	U.S. Century Bank Arena	Anthony Evans
Houston	1946	1132–773	.594	19	26–24	Hofheinz Pavilion	James Dickey
Louisiana Tech	1926	1201–957	.557	5	4–5	Thomas Assembly Center	Michael White
Marshall	1907	1387–999–2	.581	5	0–5	Cam Henderson Center	Tom Herrion
Memphis	1921	1410–833–1	.629	23	32–23	FedExForum	Josh Pastner
Middle Tennessee			–	7	2–7	Murphy Center	Kermit Davis
North Texas	1915	1067–1193	.472	3	0–3	UNT Coliseum	Tony Benford
Old Dominion	1951	1041–646	.617	11	3–11	Ted Constant Convocation Center	Jeff Jones
Rice	1915	1034–1297	.444	4	2–5	Tudor Fieldhouse	Ben Braun
SMU	1917	1190–1148	.509	10	10–12	Moody Coliseum	Larry Brown
Southern Miss	1913	1144–962–1	.543	3	0–3	Reed Green Coliseum	Donnie Tyndall
UTEP	1915	1269–959	.570	17	14–16	Don Haskins Center	Tim Floyd
UTSA	1982	475–423	.529	4	1–4	Convocation Center	Brooks Thompson
Tulane	1906	1131–1160	.494	3	3–3	Devlin Fieldhouse	Ed Conroy
Tulsa	1908	1321–1065	.554	14	12–14	Reynolds Center	Danny Manning
WKU	1914	1679–843	.666	23	19–24	E. A. Diddle Arena	Ray Harper

Women's basketball

See also: Conference USA Women's Basketball Tournament

Team	First Season	All-Time Record	All-Time Win %	NCAA Tournament Appearances	NCAA Tournament Record	Arena	Head Coach
UAB	1979	519–482	.518	2	2–2	Bartow Arena	Audra Smith
UCF	1978	483–517	.483	4	0–4	UCF Arena	Joi Williams Felton
Charlotte	1976	511–392	.566	2	0–2	Dale F. Halton Arena	Cara Consuegra
East Carolina	1979	505–478	.514	2	0–2	Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum	Heather Macy
Florida Atlantic			–	1	0–1	FAU Arena	Kellie Lewis-Jay
FIU	1976	649–383	.629	6	3–6	U.S. Century Bank Arena	Cindy Russo
Houston	1977	578–465	.554	5	1–5	Hofheinz Pavilion	Todd Buchanan
Louisiana Tech	1975	1017–227	.818	27	65–25	Thomas Assembly Center	Teresa Weatherspoon
Marshall	1970	582–576	.503	1	0–1	Cam Henderson Center	Matt Daniel
Memphis	1972	714–528	.575	7	2–7	Elma Roane Fieldhouse	Melissa McFerrin
Middle Tennessee			–	16	–	Murphy Center	Rick Insell
North Texas	1977	423–583	.420	1	0–1	UNT Coliseum	Mike Petersen
Old Dominion	1970	940–346	.731	25	34–24	Ted Constant Convocation Center	Karen Barefoot
Rice	1979	497–487	.505	2	1–2	Tudor Fieldhouse	Greg Williams
SMU	1976	552–493	.528	7	3–7	Moody Coliseum	Rhonda Rompola
Southern Miss	1976	603–460	.567	8	4–8	Reed Green Coliseum	Joye Lee-McNelis
UTEP	1975	439–569	.436	2	1–2	Don Haskins Center	Keitha Adams
UTSA	1982	437–435	.501	2	0–2	Convocation Center	Rae Rippetoe-Blair
Tulane	1981	467–340	.579	10	3–10	Avron B. Fogelman Arena/Devlin Fieldhouse	Lisa Stockton
Tulsa	1977	257–457	.360	1	1–1	Reynolds Center	Matilda Mossman
WKU	1914	852–441	.659	16	17–16	E. A. Diddle Arena	Michelle Clark-Heard

Baseball

See also: Conference USA Baseball Tournament

Championships

Current C-USA champions

Fall 2012

Sport	School
Football	Tulsa
Soccer (M)	SMU (Regular Season) Tulsa (Tournament)
Soccer (W)	Colorado College-Rice (Regular Season) UCF (Tournament)
Volleyball (W)	Tulsa
Cross Country (M)	Tulsa
Cross Country (W)	SMU

Winter 2012

Sport	School
Basketball (M)	Memphis
Basketball (W)	UTEP
Indoor Track & Field (M)	Tulsa
Indoor Track & Field (W)	East Carolina
Swimming & Diving (W)	SMU

Spring 2012

Sport	School
Baseball	Rice UAB
Softball	Tulsa
Outdoor Track & Field (M)	Houston
Outdoor Track & Field (W)	UCF
Golf (M)	Memphis
Golf (W)	Tulsa
Tennis (M)	Tulsa
Tennis (W)	Tulsa
Rowing (W)	Tennessee

National champions

No team has won an NCAA team championship as a member of C-USA.

However, the following current and future C-USA teams have won national championships when they were not affiliated with C-USA:

School	National titles	Sport	Years
Houston	17	Men's golf	1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1977, 1982, 1984, 1985
		Men's cross country	1960
Louisiana Tech	3	Women's basketball	1981, 1982, 1988
Marshall	2	Football (Division I-AA)	1992, 1996
North Texas	4	Men's golf	1949, 1950, 1951, 1952
Old Dominion	10	Women's basketball	1985
		Women's field hockey	1982, 1983, 1984, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1998, 2000
Rice	1	Baseball	2003
SMU	4	Men's outdoor track and field	1983, 1986
		Men's indoor track and field	1983
		Men's golf	1954
UTEP	21	Men's basketball	1966
		Men's outdoor track and field	1975, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982
		Men's indoor track and field	1974, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1982
		Men's cross country	1969, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981
Tulane	1	Men's tennis	1959
Tulsa	1	Women's golf	1982
WKU	1	Football (Division I-AA)	2002

Facilities

School	Football stadium	Capacity	Basketball arena	Capacity	Baseball park	Capacity
UAB	Legion Field	71,594	Bartow Arena	8,508	Jerry D. Young Memorial Field	1,000
UCF	Bright House Networks Stadium	45,301	UCF Arena	10,045	Jay Bergman Field	1,980
Charlotte	McColl-Richardson Field	15,300	Dale F. Halton Arena	9,105	Hayes Stadium	3,000
East Carolina	Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium	50,000	Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum	8,000	Clark-LeClair Stadium	5,000
Florida Atlantic	FAU Stadium	30,000	FAU Arena	5,000	FAU Baseball Stadium	3,000
FIU	FIU Stadium	23,500	U.S. Century Bank Arena	5,000	FIU Baseball Stadium	2,000
Houston	Reliant Stadium	71,054	Hofheinz Pavilion	8,479	Cougar Field	5,000
Louisiana Tech	Joe Aillet Stadium	30,600	Thomas Assembly Center	8,098	J.C. Love Field	3,000
Marshall	Joan C. Edwards Stadium	38,019	Cam Henderson Center	9,048	Appalachian Power Park Kennedy Center Field	4,500 300
Memphis	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium	62,380	FedExForum (men) Elma Roane Fieldhouse (women)	18,400 2,500	FedExPark	2,000
Middle Tennessee	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium	31,000	Murphy Center	11,802	Reese Smith Jr. Field	2,600
North Texas	Apogee Stadium	30,850	UNT Coliseum	10,032	Non-baseball school
Old Dominion	Foreman Field	19,818	Ted Constant Convocation Center	8,639	Bud Metheny Baseball Complex	2,500
Rice	Rice Stadium	47,000	Tudor Fieldhouse	5,208	Reckling Park	5,368
SMU	Gerald J. Ford Stadium	32,000	Moody Coliseum	8,998	Non-baseball school
Southern Miss	M. M. Roberts Stadium	36,000	Reed Green Coliseum	8,095	Pete Taylor Park	5,036
UTEP	Sun Bowl Stadium	51,500	Don Haskins Center	12,222	Non-baseball school
UTSA	Alamodome	65,000	Convocation Center	5,100	Roadrunner Field	800
Tulane	Mercedes-Benz Superdome (2013) Yulman Stadium (2014)	76,468 30,000	New Orleans Arena (men) Devlin Fieldhouse (men and women)	18,500 3,600	Greer Field at Turchin Stadium	5,000
Tulsa	H. A. Chapman Stadium	30,000	Reynolds Center	8,355	Non-baseball school
WKU	Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium	22,113	E. A. Diddle Arena	7,326	Nick Denes Field	1,500

Media

In 2005, C-USA began a long-term television contract with CBS Sports Network (formerly known as CBS College Sports Network and before known as CSTV) to carry a variety of sports. The deal largely replaced the one it had with ESPN and ESPN Plus, though some C-USA football and men's basketball games are still carried by the ESPN networks. The college basketball men's championship game can be seen on CBS Sports Network. Beginning in 2011-12, CBS Sports Network will be joined by FSN for football and select men's & women's basketball games. Some games, including the C-USA Football Championship game may be moved to Fox or FX.

External links

• Official website