College Basketball: Conference USA

The top-seeded Sam Houston Bearkats will look for a three-game season sweep over the fifth-seeded UTEP Miners when they meet in the semifinals of the 2024 Conference USA Tournament on Friday. The Bearkats (21-11, 13-3 C-USA), who beat UTEP 60-56 on Jan. 27 and 65-54 on Feb. 24, are on a roll and have won eight straight. The Miners (17-15, 7-9…

When looking at raw numbers, the Liberty Flames run defense is quite impressive. But dig a little deeper, and you'll see its ability to run the ball kept other teams from really having the opportunity to establish a run game of their own. Liberty's opponents averaged the fifth-fewest rushing attempts per game at 28.8. And when you see the Flames…

The Western Kentucky Hilltoppers will play the Old Dominion Monarchs on Monday afternoon in the Famous Toastery Bowl at Jerry Richardson Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina. Western Kentucky finished the season by winning three of their last four games, while Old Dominion is on a two game winning streak. Let's take a look at the betting matchup…

Free Daily NFL Lock Pick, Thursday December 14th: Las Vegas vs LA Chargers 8:15pm ET It's college bowl season and that brings some different matchups than you may normally see on an annual basis. In the Isleta New Mexico Bowl, the New Mexico State Aggies get to play in their home state as they take on the Fresno State Bulldogs Saturday afternoon.…

New Mexico State faces No.24 Liberty in the Conference USA Football Championship game on Friday, Dec.1, 2023 (12/1/23) at Williams Stadium in Lynchburg, Virginia. How to watch: Fans can watch the game for FREE via a trial of DirecTV Stream or fuboTV, which is offering $20 off the first two months until the end of the year. Here's what you need to…

Point Spread PickBest Bet The Liberty Flames were perfect in their first season in Conference USA. Not only did they secure a perfect 8-0 record in conference, but the Flames won all 12 of their games and will host this conference championship. Liberty averaged a conference-best 38.1 points per game against CUSA opponents, and the defense was third…

Two of the Group of Five's best meet in the Conference USA Championship on Friday night. Two newcomers to Conference USA have taken the league by storm as Liberty ran through its regular season schedule to an undefeated record while New Mexico State has been the hottest team in the league, including an outright upset of Auburn. With a pair of…

The Conference USA crown is on the line Friday night when No. 24 Liberty -- one of five remaining undefeated teams in the FBS -- hosts New Mexico State for the 2023 Conference USA Championship Game on CBS Sports Network. The Flames enter the contest seeking perfection in their first season under coach Jamey Chadwell. A New Year's Six berth is also…

The Aggies are playing well at the moment and come into this game on an eight-game winning streak. They will try to keep the momentum going with a win over the Flames, which will give them their ninth win in a row and first Conference USA title. New Mexico State is averaging 28.2 points per game. They are throwing for 217.4 yards and rushing for…

The program also earns AAC Coach, Offensive Player and Rookie of the Year honors IRVING, Texas - The No. 22 CFP nationally ranked Tulane football team (11-1, 8-0 AAC) racked up three of the league's end of the season awards and a total of 18 All-American Athletic Conference (AAC) selections on Wednesday. The program saw Willie Fritz picking up…

The Conference USA Championship will feature two teams competing at an exceptionally high level in recent weeks. No. 24-ranked Liberty (12-0, 8-0 CUSA) will host New Mexico State (10-3, 7-1) at 7 p.m. ET on Friday at Williams Stadium in Lynchburg, Virginia. Here's more info about the game. Liberty is a -10.5 college football betting odds favorite…

BETHLEHEM, PA - It wasn't a total surprise, but even so, the news came down like a boulder on FCS Nation. According to Pete Thamel of ESPN, Delaware will be headed to Group of Five football as a part of Conference USA, exiting the Coastal Athletic Association in all sports. In so doing, the Blue Hens will be exiting the all-sports conference that…

With Hugh Freeze returning to the SEC and taking the Auburn job, there may have been some concern that Liberty would take a step back. The Flames did no such thing; in fact, they look as good or maybe better than any team Freeze had. Give credit to Freeze, as many players are his recruits, but new head coach Jamey Chadwell has gotten the best out…

The Jacksonville State Gamecocks (8-3, 6-1 in Conference USA) have been playing extremely well as they are coming off a 56-17 home win over the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs on Saturday. Senior running back Zion Webb finished going 6-of-17 for 106 yards while running 10 times for 122 yards (12.2 yards per attempt) with three rushing touchdowns. The New…

CBS Sports Network's coverage of the 2023 college football season continues into November with four Week 10 games in the lineup, three of which will feature at least one Mountain West school in action. After Friday night's MWC showdown between Wyoming and Colorado State, the Saturday triple-header kicks off with a battle of service academies in the…

CBS Sports Network's coverage of the 2023 college football season continues into November with four Week 10 games in the lineup, three of which will feature at least one Mountain West school in action. After Friday night's MWC showdown between Wyoming and Colorado State, the Saturday triple-header kicks off with a battle of service academies in the…

To win CUSA this season, the Liberty Flames (-175) and the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers (+200) are among the favorites. Below, you can find a complete list of teams with the next best odds. Want to place a futures bet on the CUSA winner? to unlock a new user bonus! New Mexico State Aggies at Louisiana Tech Bulldogs 7:00 PM ET, Tuesday, October 24…

The truest football junkies in the country thank Conference USA for their services. The CUSA experimented with a conference schedule from Week 6 through Week 9, featuring a 4-game midweek slate throughout the month of October. But after this Tuesday and Wednesday, the league bids farewell to owning the center stage of the college football world on…

With most teams either at or past the halfway point of their seasons, now is a good time to revisit the current odds for this year's prospective conference title winners. There is a lot of football left to be played, but a handful of programs have played well enough to earn the right to sit atop the heap as the betting favorite to win their…

It's another week where Tuesday and Wednesday nights in October are something to look forward to, as we have multi-game football slates gracing our television screens (and if you're a true football junkie, your second television/laptop/iPad screen). Week 8 features a pair of Tuesday night and a pair of Wednesday night CUSA games, with a Sun Belt…

The midweek madness of Conference USA action is only halfway through the month of October, but the conference may already be decided with half a season to play. Liberty has four wins and no losses in the conference standings, building a scoring margin of+66. The bigger question is whether or not this is a look-ahead spot for the Flames with Western…

The Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders will play the Liberty Flames in a Conference USA game on Tuesday night at Williams Stadium in Lynchburg, Virginia. Middle Tennessee snapped their three game losing streak with a win last week, while Liberty comes into this matchup with an undefeated record. The Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders are 2-5 (1-2) this…

Conference USA is making a name for itself for football junkies this fall. Although the Mid-American Conference famously shifts to "Midweek MACtion" in late October and November, the CUSA is filling the blanks and meeting the high demand for football every night of the week in the late September and early October slate. The conference eased into…

Conference USA play is in full swing. Although the CUSA brand name has been around for decades, the league is the most unidentifiable in college football right now. Three members departed prior to the 2022 season, six members fled to the AAC this summer, and only five incumbent members returned for 2023. To recoup the losses, the conference added…

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. - Listening into and Tyson Helton's weekly press conferences this week made for a slightly eerie experience, as the Middle Tennessee and Western Kentucky head coaches, respectively, went through the similarities between the two programs. Beyond the two schools' close distance, a little over 100 miles on I-24 and I-65 or a little…

As Oklahoma embarks on its second game of the season, let's put the opponent into context. If you've listened to Sooner coaches this week, their praise for SMU might have appeared more authentic and less coach-speaky because it was. This should be helpful, too. SMU received three first-place votes in the American Athletic Conference's preseason…

With eight games on the CUSA Week 2 college football schedule, there are plenty of options to consider before placing any bets. Our model thinks Liberty (-10) against New Mexico State is the best spread bet, while the New Mexico State vs. Liberty matchup is the best over/under to bet on. Get even more stats and insights on those and other contests…

The debut of Army's new "Gun Option" offense showed some promise early on Saturday but the Black Knights wilted in the Louisiana heat and ended up shooting themselves in the foot. Louisiana Monroe rallied from 10 points down with six minutes to play, rallying with two long-yardage plays and scoring two touchdowns to prevail 17-13 at Malone…

college football odds series for our FIU Louisiana Tech prediction and pick. Find how to watch FIU Louisiana Tech. The Week Zero slate includes this Conference USA matchup between Florida International and Louisiana Tech. Conference USA has four new members for the 2023 football season and the 2023-2024 college sports cycle: Jacksonville State,…

The UMass Minutemen will make the trip down to Las Cruces to take on the New Mexico Aggies this Saturday from Aggie Memorial Stadium on ESPN. New Mexico State won last year's contested meeting, 23-13. UMass went 1-11 during the 2022 season, with a 5-7 record against the spread. Don Brown returns for his second year at the helm, and the Minutemen…

Realignment in college football has disintegrated the Pac-12 and has changed the Power 5 Conferences for the future landscape of the sport. Smaller conferences, such as Conference USA, have been hit just as hard. The league lost three teams to the Sun Belt prior to 2022 and had six teams bounce for the American Athletic Conference this offseason. A…

In a conference with a number of high-powered offenses, UTEP finished first in total defense and allowed just 136 yards per game on the ground. LB Tyrice Knight is the team's leading returning tackler and S Kobe Hylton flies around the field and can lower the boom. The Jacksonville State Gamecocks ended its FCS run with an ASUN Championship and…

Rice will enter the American Athletic Conference with optimism. The Owls and five other Conference USA teams - UTSA, North Texas, Charlotte, UAB, and FAU - are new members of the AAC. Last year, the Owls went 5-8 and were 3-5 in CUSA, which was tied for eighth. Rice did earn a bowl bid, losing to Southern Miss, 38-24, in the LendingTree…

Despite a 2-1 start and winning three times in a four-game stretch later in the year, FAU finished the 2022 season with a losing record at 5-7. Despite moving to the American Athletic Conference, many believe the team will be stronger in 2023 with head coach Tom Herman entering his first season with the program. In fact, the Owls are 18th in HERO…

Liberty started the 2022 season strong. Now in Conference USA, the Flames will want to rebound after ending last year the way they did. The Flames began the season with a four-overtime win over Southern Miss and won eight of their first nine games, including at Arkansas. Their only loss during that time was a one-point defeat at Wake Forest. But…

The University of Texas at El Paso Miners have a serious shot at the Conference USA title heading into 2023. With the University of Texas at San Antonio going to the American Athletic Conference, and UTEP having weapons on both sides of the ball, the Miners have all the right ingredients for a successful season. Follow all the UTEP Miners news…

Nine teams. As mentioned above, four teams are joining C-USA this year, and five have departed. Even after Kennesaw State in the Atlanta area officially joins in 2024, the conference is still looking to expand in the future and may look towards FCS schools like Eastern Kentucky, Missouri State, and Tarleton State in Texas. In many ways, the…

The UAB football team opened fall camp Monday at the UAB Football Operations Complex in Birmingham and enter a new age in the American Athletic Conference under new head coach Trent Dilfer. The Blazers were 56-32 overall and 38-17 in Conference USA during the Bill Clark era (2014-2022), including last year under interim head coach Bryant Vincent,…

The UAB football team returns a single starter on special teams and only one other position is technically up for grabs. Matt Quinn returns for his final year as placekicker for the Blazers while punting duties will be determined in fall camp following the highly productive and consistent career of Kyle Greenwell. Departed: Kyle Greenwell Returning…

With all of the shifting and re-alignment in the sport of college football, there are a few leagues that have really been hit hard. Conference USA is one of those leagues, as there will be just nine teams in the conference for the 2023 season. Even though this league is going to look much different this season, betting on Conference USA futures is…

Conference USA ended up being a very fun conference down to the end of the season. The two games between UTSA and North Texas were extremely entertaining. Sadly enough, we will not see either of these teams in the 2023 C-USA, as this conference had a massive re-alignment for this upcoming season. UTSA, North Texas, Charlotte, Florida Atlantic,…

In the face of doubters, Miners head into 2023 with a sense of urgency and confidence UTEP heads into Year 6 of the Dana Dimel era with a familiar friend on its shoulder - a chip. Dimel resurrected a program from a winless 2017 to reach a bowl game in 2021 with seven regular season wins. The 2022 squad was supposed to match that effort and reach…

After ending its FCS era with an ASUN championship, Jacksonville State is now moving up to the FBS in 2023. The Gamecocks undoubtedly were one of the top FCS programs, making a run to the national title game in 2015. But will they sustain that level of success in Conference USA, or will they need more time to acclimate to their new situation? Place…

The Mean Green Morris era kicks off - just one of the many changes in Denton. Change was the only constant for the North Texas athletic department as 2022 rolled into 2023. The Mean Green hired Jared Mosley to replace Wren Baker as athletic director while relieving head coach Seth Littrell of his duties following a trip to the Conference USA…

Ole Miss has dipped into the transfer portal once again to score an impact player. The Rebels landed a commitment over the weekend from ex-UTSA wide receiver Zakhari Franklin, who had 94 receptions for 1136 yards and 15 touchdowns for the Roadrunners in 2022. In four seasons at UTSA from 2019-22, Franklin caught 262 balls for 3348 yards and 37 TDs.…

Conference USA rivals meet for the fourth time to decide the NIT Championship as the North Texas Mean Green face the UAB Blazers. Read on for our North Texas vs. UAB prediction based on the top NCAAB odds. North Texas' NIT semifinal victory over Wisconsin was its 30th win of the season. It's the first time in school history that the Mean Green have…

No. 9 Florida Atlantic beat No. 3 Kansas State 79-76 in the East Regional finals to book one of the craziest and most unexpected Final Four berths in NCAA men's basketball tournament history. Making just the program's second tournament appearance, the Owls now lead Division I with 35 wins and are the first Conference USA team to reach the national…

The No. 2 seedVanderbilt Commodores and No. 4 seed UAB Blazers meet with a berth in the NITsemifinals on the line. Read on for our UAB vs. Vanderbilt prediction based onthe top NCAAB odds. UAB (27-9, 14-6 C-USA) has won 10 of 11 games, with the onlyloss coming in the Conference USA Tournament championship game to FloridaAtlantic. The Blazers own…

By the time the day ends on Friday and the first-round action comes to a close, the 2023 NCAA Tournament field will be whittled down to 32 teams. Those teams may not be the ones you expect, however, as Thursday's action was not shy on delivering the goods as we were treated to upsets galore. More of that excitement could be on tap Friday. The only…

North Texas vs UTSA prediction, game preview, odds, how to watch. Championship Week, Friday, December 2 Date: Friday, December 2 Game Time: 7:30 ET Venue: Alamodome, San Antonio, TX How To Watch: CBS Sports Network Record: North Texas (7-5), UTSA (10-2) - The Mean Green came close the first time around. They went to UTSA, got the passing game…