2022 Conference USA football season
LeagueNCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision
SportFootball
DurationAugust 27, 2022, to January 31, 2023
Number of teams11
2023 NFL draft
Top draft pickDT Brodric Martin, WKU
Picked byDetroit Lions, 96th overall
Regular season
Season championsUTSA
Season MVPFrank Harris, QB, UTSA
Conference USA Championship Game
ChampionsUTSA
  Runners-upNorth Texas
Finals MVPFrank Harris, UTSA
Seasons
2022 Conference USA football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
UTSA y$   8 – 0     11 – 3  
North Texas y   6 – 2     7 – 7  
Western Kentucky   6 – 2     9 – 5  
Middle Tennessee   4 – 4     8 – 5  
UAB   4 – 4     7 – 6  
Florida Atlantic   4 – 4     5 – 7  
Rice   3 – 5     5 – 8  
UTEP   3 – 5     5 – 7  
FIU   2 – 6     4 – 8  
Charlotte   2 – 6     3 – 9  
Louisiana Tech   2 – 6     3 – 9  
Championship: UTSA 48, North Texas 27
  • $ – Conference champion
  • y – Championship game participant
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2022 Conference USA football season was the 27th season of college football play for Conference USA (C-USA). The season started on August 27, 2022, and is ended on January 31, 2023.[1] The conference consisted of 11 members and was part of the 2022 NCAA Division I FBS football season.

Previous season

Main article: 2021 Conference USA football season

The Western Kentucky Hilltoppers won the East Division, while the UTSA Roadrunners won the West Division. In the 2021 Conference USA Football Championship Game, the Roadrunners defeated the Hilltoppers 49-41.

Conference realignment

Prior to the 2022 season, Conference USA shrank to 11 schools, as previous members Marshall, Old Dominion, and Southern Miss all departed to join the Sun Belt Conference as full members. The move was first announced with the release of the Sun Belt's football schedule on March 1,[2] and confirmed on March 29 when C-USA and the three departing schools reached a settlement of a legal dispute over their departure date.[3]

The 2022 season is the last for six schools in the conference. Charlotte, Florida Atlantic, North Texas, Rice, UAB, and UTSA all left the Conference USA in July 2023 to join the American Athletic Conference. Liberty, New Mexico State, Jacksonville State, and Sam Houston joined the Conference USA in 2023 to replace departing members.[4]

Preseason

Recruiting classes

Rankings
Team ESPN[5] Rivals[6] 24/7[7]
Charlotte 107
Florida Atlantic 124
FIU 101
Louisiana Tech 88
Middle Tennessee 120
North Texas 118
Rice 119
UTEP 129
UTSA 72 61 73
UAB 79 86
Western Kentucky 90 95

Conference USA media day

The 2022 Conference USA is scheduled for July 27, 2022, at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas.[8]

Preseason poll

The preseason poll was released on July 25, 2022.

Media poll
Predicted finish Team 1st place votes
1 UTSA 14
2 UAB 8
3 WKU
4 Florida Atlantic
5 North Texas
6 UTEP
7 Charlotte
8 Middle Tennessee
9 Louisiana Tech
10 Rice
11 FIU

Preseason player awards

Preseason player awards were announced on July 26.[9]

Preseason awards

The following list contains C-USA players who were included on preseason watch lists for national awards.

Head coaches

Note: All stats shown are before the start of the 2022 season.

Team Head coach Years at school Overall record Record at school CUSA Record
Charlotte Will Healy 4 27–38 14–17 10–10
Florida Atlantic Willie Taggart 3 66–73 10–11 7–7
FIU Mike MacIntyre 1 46–65 0–0 0–0
Louisiana Tech Sonny Cumbie 1 2–3 0–0 0–0
Middle Tennessee Rick Stockstill 16 101–98 101–98 75–49
North Texas Seth Littrell 6 37–38 37–38 26–21
Rice Mike Bloomgren 5 11–31 11–31 9–20
UAB Bryant Vincent 1 0–0 0–0 0–0
UTEP Dana Dimel 5 42–72 12–33 5–23
UTSA Jeff Traylor 3 19–7 19–7 12–3
Western Kentucky Tyson Helton 4 23–16 23–16 17–6

Mid-season changes

Post-season changes

Rankings

Main article: 2022 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings
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Schedule

Index to colors and formatting
C-USA member won
C-USA member lost
C-USA teams in bold

All times Eastern time.

Week 0

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
August 27 12:00 p.m. Austin Peay Western Kentucky Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium • Bowling Green, KY CBSSN W 38–27   13,688
August 27 7:00 p.m. Charlotte Florida Atlantic FAU Stadium • Boca Raton, FL CBSSN  FAU 43–13   19,571
August 27 9:00 p.m. North Texas UTEP Sun Bowl • El Paso, TX Stadium  UNT 31–13   51,500
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week 1

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
September 1 7:00 p.m. Bryant FIU Riccardo Silva Stadium • Westchester, FL ESPN3 W 38–37 OT 
September 1 8:00 p.m. Alabama A&M UAB Protective Stadium • Birmingham, AL CBSSN W 59–0   32,542
September 1 8:00 p.m. Louisiana Tech Missouri Faurot Field • Columbia, MO ESPNU L 24–52   47,653
September 2 7:00 p.m. William & Mary Charlotte Jerry Richardson Stadium • Charlotte, NC ESPN3 L 24–41   13,940
September 3 3:30 p.m. UTEP No. 9 Oklahoma Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK FOX L 13–45   83,173
September 3 3:30 p.m. No. 24 Houston UTSA Alamodome • San Antonio, TX CBSSN L 35–37 3OT  37,526
September 3 6:00 p.m. Florida Atlantic Ohio Peden Stadium • Athens, OH ESPN+ L 38–41   20,003
September 3 6:00 p.m. Middle Tennessee James Madison Bridgeforth Stadium • Harrisonburg, VA ESPN+ L 7–44   23,074
September 3 6:00 p.m. Rice No. 14 USC Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA P12N L 14–66   60,113
September 3 9:00 p.m. SMU North Texas Apogee Stadium • Denton, TX (Safeway Bowl) CBSSN L 10–48   25,306
September 3 11:59 p.m. Western Kentucky Hawaii Clarence T. C. Ching Athletics Complex • Honolulu, HI Spectrum/MWSN W 49–17   9,346
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week 2

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
September 10 12:00 p.m. UTSA Army Michie Stadium • West Point, NY CBSSN W 41–38 OT  23,551
September 10 3:30 p.m. Maryland Charlotte Jerry Richardson Stadium • Charlotte, NC Stadium L 21–56   12,614
September 10 4:00 p.m. Middle Tennessee Colorado State Canvas Stadium • Fort Collins, CO W 34–19   27,641
September 10 6:00 p.m. UAB Liberty Williams Stadium • Lynchburg, VA ESPN+ L 14–21   18,892
September 10 6:00 p.m. No. 21 (FCS) Southeastern Louisiana Florida Atlantic FAU Stadium • Boca Raton, FL ESPN3 W 42–9   17,532
September 10 6:00 p.m. FIU Texas State Bobcat Stadium • San Marcos, TX ESPN+ L 12–41   18,757
September 10 7:00 p.m. No. 18 (FCS) Stephen F. Austin Louisiana Tech Joe Aillet Stadium • Ruston, LA ESPN3 W 52–17   16,094
September 10 7:30 p.m. Texas Southern North Texas Apogee Stadium • Denton, TX ESPN3 W 59–27   15,984
September 10 7:30 p.m. McNeese State Rice Rice Stadium • Houston, TX ESPN3 W 52–10   18,629
September 10 9:00 p.m. New Mexico State UTEP Sun Bowl • El Paso, TX (Battle of I-10) ESPN+ W 20–13   23,325
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week 3

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
September 17 12:00 p.m. Western Kentucky Indiana Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, IN BTN L 30–33 OT  48,952
September 17 3:00 p.m. North Texas UNLV Allegiant Stadium • Paradise, NV MW Network L 27–58   19,623
September 17 3:30 p.m. Georgia Southern UAB Protective Stadium • Birmingham, AL Stadium W 35–21   24,302
September 17 6:00 p.m. UTEP New Mexico University Stadium • Albuquerque, NM L 10–27   15,269
September 17 7:00 p.m. Charlotte Georgia State Center Parc Stadium • Atlanta, GA ESPN+ W 42–41   16,433
September 17 7:00 p.m. Tennessee State Middle Tennessee Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium • Murfreesboro, TN ESPN3/ESPN+ W 49–6   22,227
September 17 7:30 p.m. UCF Florida Atlantic FAU Stadium • Boca Raton, FL CBSSN L 14–40   30,991
September 18 7:30 p.m. Louisiana Rice Rice Stadium • Houston, TX ESPN+ W 33–21   18,746
September 17 8:00 p.m. Louisiana Tech No. 5 Clemson Memorial Stadium • Clemson, SC ACCN L 20–48   80,542
September 17 8:00 p.m. UTSA No. 21 Texas Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX LHN L 20–41   102,520
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week 4

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
September 23 9:00 p.m. Boise State UTEP Sun Bowl • El Paso, TX CBSSN W 27–10   11,227
September 24 3:30 p.m. Middle Tennessee No. 25 Miami (FL) Hard Rock Stadium • Miami Gardens, FL ACCN W 45–31   46,713
September 24 3:30 p.m. FIU Western Kentucky Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium • Bowling Green, KY CBSSN  WKU 73–0   15,127
September 24 3:30 p.m. North Texas Memphis Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium • Memphis, TN ESPN+ L 34–44   23,203
September 24 3:30 p.m. Texas Southern UTSA Alamodome • San Antonio, TX Stadium W 52–24   22,562
September 24 6:00 p.m. Rice Houston TDECU Stadium • Houston, TX (rivalry) ESPN+ L 27–34   26,377
September 24 7:00 p.m. Louisiana Tech South Alabama Hancock Whitney Stadium • Mobile, AL ESPN+ L 14–38   17,939
September 24 7:30 p.m. Florida Atlantic Purdue Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN BTN L 26–28   55,137
September 24 7:30 p.m. Charlotte South Carolina Williams–Brice Stadium • Columbia, SC ESPNU L 20–56   77,982
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week 5

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
September 30 7:30 p.m. UTSA Middle Tennessee Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium • Murfreesboro, TN CBSSN  UTSA 45–30   15,020
October 1 4:00 p.m. Florida Atlantic North Texas Apogee Stadium • Denton, TX ESPN+  UNT 45–28   18,274
October 1 6:00 p.m. UTEP Charlotte Jerry Richardson Stadium • Charlotte, NC ESPN3  UTEP 41–35   9,547
October 1 7:00 p.m. Troy Western Kentucky Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium • Bowling Green, KY ESPN+ L 27–34   20,168
October 1 7:30 p.m. UAB Rice Rice Stadium • Houston, TX ESPN+  RICE 28–24   21,926
October 1 8:00 p.m. FIU New Mexico State Aggie Memorial Stadium • Las Cruces, NM FloSports W 21–7   10,423
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week 6

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
October 8 3:30 p.m. Middle Tennessee UAB Protective Stadium • Birmingham, AL Stadium  UAB 41–14   23,694
October 8 6:00 p.m. Western Kentucky UTSA Alamodome • San Antonio, TX ESPN+  UTSA 31–28   22,328
October 8 7:00 p.m. UConn FIU Riccardo Silva Stadium • Westchester, FL ESPN3 L 12–33   16,689
October 8 7:00 p.m. UTEP Louisiana Tech Joe Aillet Stadium • Ruston, LA ESPN+  LT 41–31   16,375
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week 7

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
October 14 8:00 p.m. UTSA FIU Riccardo Silva Stadium • Westchester, FL CBSSN  UTSA 30–10   14,122
October 15 3:30 p.m. Charlotte UAB Protective Stadium • Birmingham, AL Stadium  UAB 34–20   22,101
October 15 3:30 p.m. Western Kentucky Middle Tennessee Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium • Murfreesboro, TN (100 Miles of Hate) ESPN+  WKU 35–17   14,806
October 15 4:00 p.m. Louisiana Tech North Texas Apogee Stadium • Denton, TX ESPN+  UNT 47–27   16,590
October 15 6:00 p.m. Rice Florida Atlantic FAU Stadium • Boca Raton, FL ESPN+  FAU 17–14   21,465
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week 8

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
October 21 8:00 p.m. UAB Western Kentucky Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium • Bowling Green, KY CBSSN  WKU 20–17   16,334
October 22 3:00 p.m. Rice Louisiana Tech Joe Aillet Stadium • Ruston, LA ESPN+  RICE 42–41 OT  18,300
October 22 3:30 p.m. FIU Charlotte Jerry Richardson Stadium • Charlotte, NC ESPN3  FIU 34–15   10,576
October 22 3:30 p.m. North Texas UTSA Alamodome • San Antonio, TX Stadium  UTSA 31–27   27,122
October 22 4:00 p.m. Florida Atlantic UTEP Sun Bowl • El Paso, TX ESPN+  UTEP 24–21   12,796
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week 9

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
October 28 8:00 p.m. Louisiana Tech FIU Riccardo Silva Stadium • Westchester, FL CBSSN  FIU 42–34 2OT  12,478
October 29 2:00 p.m. Charlotte Rice Rice Stadium • Houston, TX ESPN3  CHAR 56–23   18,187
October 29 3:30 p.m. North Texas Western Kentucky Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium • Bowling Green, KY Stadium  UNT 40–13   17,194
October 29 7:00 p.m. UAB Florida Atlantic FAU Stadium • Boca Raton, FL CBSSN  FAU 24–17   16,138
October 29 9:00 p.m. Middle Tennessee UTEP Sun Bowl • El Paso, TX ESPN+  MTSU 24–13   10,727
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week 10

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
November 3 7:00 p.m. UTEP Rice Rice Stadium • Houston, TX CBSSN  RICE 37–30   18,326
November 5 12:00 p.m. Western Kentucky Charlotte Jerry Richardson Stadium • Charlotte, NC CBSSN  WKU 59–7   10,857
November 5 3:00 p.m. Middle Tennessee Louisiana Tech Joe Aillet Stadium • Ruston, LA ESPN+  LT 40–24   14,298
November 5 3:30 p.m. UTSA UAB Protective Stadium • Birmingham, AL Stadium  UTSA 44–38 2OT  17,205
November 5 4:00 p.m. FIU North Texas Apogee Stadium • Denton, TX ESPN+  UNT 52–14   22,308
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week 11

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
November 12 2:00 p.m. Rice Western Kentucky Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium • Bowling Green, KY ESPN+  WKU 45–10  
November 12 3:30 p.m. Charlotte Middle Tennessee Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium • Murfreesboro, TN ESPN3  MTSU 24–14  
November 12 3:30 p.m. North Texas UAB Protective Stadium • Birmingham, AL Stadium  UAB 41–21  
November 12 3:30 p.m. Louisiana Tech UTSA Alamodome • San Antonio, TX ESPN+  UTSA 51–7  
November 12 7:00 p.m. Florida Atlantic FIU Riccardo Silva Stadium • Westchester, FL (Shula Bowl) Stadium  FAU 52–7  
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week 12

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
November 19 1:00 p.m. UTSA Rice Rice Stadium • Houston, TX ESPN+  UTSA 41–7   18,249
November 19 3:30 p.m. Florida Atlantic Middle Tennessee Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium • Murfreesboro, TN ESPN+  MTSU 49–21   9,958
November 19 3:30 p.m. Louisiana Tech Charlotte Jerry Richardson Stadium • Charlotte, NC ESPN3  CHAR 26–21   7,905
November 19 4:00 p.m. FIU UTEP Sun Bowl • El Paso, TX ESPN+  UTEP 40–6   10,758
November 19 4:00 p.m. Western Kentucky Auburn Jordan–Hare Stadium • Auburn, AL SECN L 17–41   81,824
November 19 9:00 p.m. UAB No. 6 LSU Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA ESPN2 L 10–41   97,367
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week 13

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
November 26 1:00 p.m. Western Kentucky Florida Atlantic FAU Stadium • Boca Raton, FL CBSSN  WKU 32–31 OT 
November 26 2:00 p.m. Rice North Texas Apogee Stadium • Denton, TX ESPN+  UNT 21–17  
November 26 3:30 p.m. UAB Louisiana Tech Joe Aillet Stadium • Ruston, LA CBSSN  UAB 37–27  
November 26 3:30 p.m. UTEP UTSA Alamodome • San Antonio, TX Stadium  UTSA 34–31  
November 26 6:00 p.m. Middle Tennessee FIU Riccardo Silva Stadium • Westchester, FL ESPN3  MTSU 33–28  
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Conference USA Championship Game

See also: 2022 Conference USA Football Championship Game
Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
December 3 8:00 p.m. North Texas No. 23 UTSA Alamodome • San Antonio, TX CBSSN  UTSA 48–27   41,412
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Postseason

Bowl Games

See also: 2022–23 NCAA football bowl games
Legend
  C-USA Win
  C-USA Loss
Bowl game Date Site Television Time (EST) C-USA team Opponent Score Attendance
Bahamas Bowl December 16 Thomas Robinson Stadium • Nassau, Bahamas ESPN 11:30 a.m. UAB Miami (OH) W 24–20 12,172
Cure Bowl December 16 Exploria Stadium • Orlando, FL ESPN 3:00 p.m. UTSA Troy L 12–18 11,911
LendingTree Bowl December 17 Hancock Whitney Stadium • Mobile, AL ESPN 5:45 p.m. Rice Southern Miss L 24–38 20,512
Frisco Bowl December 17 Toyota Stadium • Frisco, TX ESPN 9:15 p.m. North Texas Boise State L 32–35 12,211
New Orleans Bowl December 21 Caesars Superdome • New Orleans, LA ESPN 9:00 p.m. Western Kentucky South Alabama W 44–23 13,456
Hawaii Bowl December 24 Clarence T. C. Ching Athletics Complex • Honolulu, HI ESPN 8:00 p.m Middle Tennessee San Diego State W 25–23 6,605

Rankings are from AP Poll • All times Eastern Time Zone.

Selection of teams

Conference USA records vs other conferences

2022–2023 records against non-conference foes:

Power Conferences 5 Record
ACC 1–1
Big Ten 0–3
Big 12 0–2
Pac-12 0–1
BYU/Notre Dame 0–0
SEC 0–4
Power 5 Total 1–11
Other FBS Conferences Record
American 0–5
Independents (Excluding Notre Dame and BYU) 3–2
MAC 0–1
Mountain West 3–1
Sun Belt 3–4
Other FBS Total 9–13
FCS Opponents Record
Football Championship Subdivision 9–1
Total Non-Conference Record 19–23

Conference USA vs Power 5 matchups

This is a list of games C-USA has scheduled versus power conference teams (ACC, Big 10, Big 12, Pac-12, BYU, Notre Dame and SEC). All rankings are from the current AP Poll at the time of the game.


Date Conference Visitor Home Site Score
September 1 SEC Louisiana Tech Missouri Faurot Field • Columbia, MO L 24–52
September 3 Big 12 UTEP No. 9 Oklahoma Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK L 13–45
September 3 Pac-12 Rice No. 14 USC Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA L 14–66
September 10 Big Ten Maryland Charlotte Jerry Richardson Stadium • Charlotte, NC L 21–56
September 17 Big Ten Western Kentucky Indiana Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, IN L 30–33 OT
September 17 ACC Louisiana Tech No. 5 Clemson Memorial Stadium • Clemson, SC L 20–48
September 17 Big 12 UTSA No. 21 Texas Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX L 20–41
September 24 Big Ten Florida Atlantic Purdue Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN L 26–28
September 24 SEC Charlotte South Carolina Williams–Brice Stadium • Columbia, SC L 20–56
September 24 ACC Middle Tennessee No. 25 Miami (FL) Hard Rock Stadium • Miami Gardens, FL W 45–31
November 19 SEC UAB LSU Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA L 10-41
November 19 SEC Western Kentucky Auburn Jordan–Hare Stadium • Auburn, AL L 17-41

Conference USA vs Group of Five matchups

The following games include C-USA teams competing against teams from the American, MAC, Mountain West, or Sun Belt.

Date Conference Visitor Home Site Score
September 3 American No. 24 Houston UTSA Alamodome • San Antonio, TX L 35–37 3OT
September 3 MAC Florida Atlantic Ohio Peden Stadium • Athens, OH L 38–41
September 3 Sun Belt Middle Tennessee James Madison Bridgeforth Stadium • Harrisonburg, VA L 7–44
September 3 American SMU North Texas Apogee Stadium • Denton, TX (Safeway Bowl) L 10–48
September 3 Mountain West Western Kentucky Hawaii Clarence T. C. Ching Athletics Complex • Honolulu, HI W 49–17
September 10 Mountain West Middle Tennessee Colorado State Canvas Stadium • Fort Collins, CO W 34–19
September 10 Sun Belt FIU Texas State Bobcat Stadium • San Marcos, TX L 12–41
September 17 Sun Belt Georgia Southern UAB Protective Stadium • Birmingham, AL W 35–21
September 17 Sun Belt Charlotte Georgia State Center Parc Stadium • Atlanta, GA W 42–41
September 17 American UCF Florida Atlantic FAU Stadium • Boca Raton, FL L 14–40
September 17 Sun Belt Louisiana Rice Rice Stadium • Houston, TX W 33–21
September 17 Mountain West UTEP New Mexico University Stadium • Albuquerque, NM (Rio Grande Rivalry) L 10–27
September 23 Mountain West Boise State UTEP Sun Bowl • El Paso, TX W 27–10
September 24 Sun Belt Louisiana Tech South Alabama Hancock Whitney Stadium • Mobile, AL L 14–38
September 24 American North Texas Memphis Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium • Memphis, TN L 34–44
September 24 American Rice Houston TDECU Stadium • Houston, TX (rivalry) L 27–34
October 1 Sun Belt Troy Western Kentucky Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium • Bowling Green, KY L 27–34

Conference USA vs FBS independents matchups

The following games include C-USA teams competing against FBS Independents, which includes Army, Liberty, New Mexico State, UConn, or UMass.

Date Conference Visitor Home Site Score
September 10 Independent UTSA Army Michie Stadium • West Point, NY W 41–38 OT
September 10 Independent UAB Liberty Williams Stadium • Lynchburg, VA L 14–21
September 10 Independent New Mexico State UTEP Sun Bowl • El Paso, NM (Battle of I-10) W 20–13
October 1 Independent FIU New Mexico State Aggie Memorial Stadium • Las Cruces, NM W 21–7
October 8 Independent UConn FIU Riccardo Silva Stadium • Miami, FL L 12–33

Conference USA vs FCS matchups

Date Visitor Home Site Score
August 27 Austin Peay Western Kentucky Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium • Bowling Green, KY W 38–27
September 1 Bryant FIU Riccardo Silva Stadium • Miami, FL W 38–37 OT
September 1 Alabama A&M UAB Protective Stadium • Birmingham, AL W 59–0
September 2 William & Mary Charlotte Jerry Richardson Stadium • Charlotte, NC L 24–41
September 10 No. 21 (FCS) Southeastern Louisiana Florida Atlantic FAU Stadium • Boca Raton, FL W 42–9
September 10 Stephen F. Austin Louisiana Tech Joe Aillet Stadium • Ruston, LA W 52–17
September 10 Texas Southern North Texas Apogee Stadium • Denton, TX W 59–27
September 10 McNeese Rice Rice Stadium • Houston, TX W 52–10
September 17 Tennessee State Middle Tennessee Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium • Murfreesboro, TN W 49–6
September 24 Texas Southern UTSA Alamodome • San Antonio, TX W 52–24

Awards and honors

Player of the week honors

Week Offensive Defensive Special Teams
Player Team Position Player Team Position Player Team Position
Week 0 (August 29)[45] Austin Aune North Texas QB Justin McKithen Florida Atlantic CB Morgan Suarez Florida Atlantic K
Week 1 (September 5)[46] Frank Harris UTSA QB Kaleb Oliver Western Kentucky S Jared Sackett UTSA K
Week 2 (September 12)[47] Frank Harris (2) UTSA QB Quindarius Dunnigan Middle Tennessee DL Gavin Baechle UTEP K
Week 3 (September 19)[48] DeWayne McBride UAB RB Noah Wilder UAB LB Kaylon Horton North Texas KR
Week 4 (September 26)[49] Chase Cunningham Middle Tennessee QB Zaylin Wood Middle Tennessee DL Marcus Bellon UTEP PR
Week 5 (October 3)[50] Frank Harris (3) UTSA QB Ridge Texada North Texas DB Gavin Baechle (2) UTEP K
Week 6 (October 10)[51] Trea Shropshire UAB WR Myles Brooks Louisiana Tech DB Jared Sackett (2) UTSA K
Week 7 (October 17)[52] Dylan Hopkins UAB QB KD Davis North Texas LB Tom Ellard Western Kentucky P
Week 8 (October 24)[53] Frank Harris (4) UTSA QB Kahlef Hailassie Western Kentucky DB Gavin Baechle (3) UTEP K
Week 9 (October 31)[54] Chris Reynolds Charlotte QB Logan Wilson North Texas DB Shadrick Byrd Charlotte KR
Week 10 (November 7)[55] Austin Reed Western Kentucky QB Myles Brooks (2) Louisiana Tech DB Jared Sackett (3) UTSA K
Week 11 (November 14)[56] DeWayne McBride (2) UAB RB Devodric Bynum UAB DB Jaylen Hall Western Kentucky PR
Week 12 (November 21)[57] Chase Cunningham (2) Middle Tennessee QB Teldrick Ross Middle Tennessee DB Jared Sackett (4) UTSA K
Week 13 (November 28)[58] DeWayne McBride (3) UAB RB Jakobe Thomas Middle Tennessee DB Jared Sackett (5) UTSA K

Conference USA Individual Awards

The following individuals received postseason honors as chosen by the league's head coaches.[59][60]

Award Player School
Most Valuable Player Frank Harris, QB UTSA
Offensive Player of the Year DeWayne McBride, RB UAB
Defensive Player of the Year KD Davis, LB North Texas
Special Teams Player of the Year Gavin Baechle, PK UTEP
Freshman of the Year Kevorian Barnes, RB UTSA
Newcomer of the Year Austin Reed, QB Western Kentucky
Coach of the Year Jeff Traylor UTSA

All-Conference Teams

The following list contains players selected as members of the 2022 All-Conference Teams.[61]

* Denotes Unanimous Selection

All Conference Honorable Mentions:

All-Americans

For the complete All-America selections, see 2022 College Football All-America Team.

The 2022 College Football All-America Team is composed of the following College Football All-American first teams chosen by the following selector organizations: Associated Press (AP), Football Writers Association of America (FWAA), American Football Coaches Association (AFCA), Walter Camp Foundation (WCFF), The Sporting News (TSN), Sports Illustrated (SI), USA Today (USAT) ESPN, CBS Sports (CBS), FOX Sports (FOX) College Football News (CFN), Bleacher Report (BR), Scout.com, Phil Steele (PS), SB Nation (SB), Athlon Sports, Pro Football Focus (PFF) and Yahoo! Sports (Yahoo!).

Currently, the NCAA compiles consensus all-America teams using a point system computed from All-America teams named by coaches associations or media sources. Players are chosen against other players playing at their position only. To be selected a consensus All-American, players must be chosen to the first team on at least half of the five official selectors as recognized by the NCAA. Second- and third-team honors are used to break ties. Players named first-team by all five selectors are deemed unanimous All-Americans. Currently, the NCAA recognizes All-Americans selected by the AP, AFCA, FWAA, TSN, and the WCFF to determine consensus and unanimous All-Americans.[62]

Position Player School Selector Unanimous Consensus
First Team All-Americans
()
Position Player School Selector
Second Team All-Americans
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NFL draft

The following list includes all C-USA players who were drafted in the 2023 NFL draft.

Player Position School Draft
Round 		Round
Pick 		Overall
Pick 		Team
Brodric Martin DT Western Kentucky 3 33 96 Detroit Lions
DeWayne McBride RB UAB 7 5 222 Minnesota Vikings
Grant DuBose WR Charlotte 7 39 256 Green Bay Packers

Notes

  1. ^ Rice had a 5–7 record for the season, but was selected for a bowl game as there were not enough teams with 6 wins to fill all bowl game slots.

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