The Conference USA Preview

[Harry]

Conference USA was hit pretty hard by the realignment changes going on around the country. While the Big East takes the bullet on the national scale of realignment, Conference USA has been one of the conference to feel the rough impact of changes in the Big East. As the Big East made moves to stay afloat, many of the top targets for their expansion came from Conference USA.

This season will see Central Florida, Houston and SMU leave Conference USA for The American. They take some of the top television markets for the conference with them as well (Orlando, Houston, Dallas-Fort Worth). Next year more Conference USA members will leave for The American when East Carolina, Tulane and Tulsa all change their patriotic conference flags.

Conference USA does add some new members to the fold this season though, to make up for the vacancies opened up by the departure of Central Florida, Houston and SMU. Florida International and Florida Atlantic will leave the Sun Belt Conference for Conference USA to fill two spots. Conference USA also picks up two schools form the rubble that is the WAC, with Louisiana Tech and UTSA.

Conference USA will keep two divisions of seven teams each in 2013. Here is how they look for 2013:

• East Division: East Carolina, FIU, FAU, Marshall, Middle Tennessee, Southern Miss, UAB
• West Division: Louisiana Tech, North Texas, Rice, Tulane, Tulsa, UTEP, UTSA

Conference USA will add Western Kentucky (Sun Belt) and Old Dominion (FCS) in 2014. Charlotte will play their first football season in school history this fall and will join Conference USA in 2015.

Read more: http://www.bloguin.com/crystalballrun/2013-articles/may/the-conference-usa-preview-amid-realignment-changes-tulsa-looks-to-contend-once-again.html

[UNT90]

2nd?

Must be a homer.

[MeanGreen61]

2nd?

Must be a homer.

List is in alphabetical order.

[UNT90]

List is in alphabetical order.

Shoulda read the articel.

WHen I finally did read the article, they list every new addition to CUSA in the body of the article except one.

Any guesses who that one is?

[UNT 90 Grad]

Shoulda read the articel.

WHen I finally did read the article, they list every new addition to CUSA in the body of the article except one.

Any guesses who that one is?

Weird over site.

By the way, when I read the champs to chumps line, my mind translated that with Chris Berman's voice, right before introducing the legendary Ed "Straight Arrow" Gennero.