Conference USA commissioner Britton Banowsky said Thursday that he expects a 14-team conference in football in 2013.
In response to recent reports that C-USA members Tulane and East Carolina might be able to play in the Big East in the fall, Banowsky clarified it by saying, ”I think they’re with us next year.”
Banowsky said he hopes to produce a C-USA football schedule with defined Western and Eastern divisions by the end of the month.
UTSA will be in the Western Division, he said, before stopping short of sorting out the two seven-team divisions.
Banowsky said UTSA would play six conference games within its division and two against the East.
Presumably, the West would include UTSA, UTEP, North Texas, Rice, Tulsa, Louisiana Tech and Tulane.
Tulsa is the defending C-USA champion.
Presumably, the East would include Southern Mississippi, Middle Tennessee, Alabama-Birmingham, Marshall, East Carolina, Florida International and Florida Atlantic.
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