Ten teams from Newark, Delaware to Las Cruces, New Mexico, and a conference that spends most of October playing on Tuesday and Wednesday nights. Here is the whole Conference USA season, week by week.
Times are Eastern. Conference games are in bold. TBA means the networks have not set the window.
The midweek conference
Every league takes a Thursday game or two. Conference USA takes the whole midweek, and it is contractual rather than incidental: the league’s media deals with ESPN and CBS Sports Network specifically cover weeknight football.
Between October 7 and October 28, the league plays fourteen conference games and exactly one of them falls on a Saturday. Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays, on CBS Sports Network, ESPN2 and ESPNU, with no competition in the window. It is the clearest strategy in college football: if you cannot win Saturday, own the nights nobody else wants.
Week 1 — August 29 to September 5
| Matchup | Date | Time | TV | Pick |
| Jacksonville State at North Dakota State | Sat Aug 29 | 5:30 | CBSSN | Pick → |
| New Mexico State at Florida State | Sat Aug 29 | 7:00 | CW | Pick → |
| Merrimack at Delaware | Thu Sep 3 | 7:00 | ESPN+ | Pick → |
| West Georgia at Kennesaw State | Thu Sep 3 | 7:00 | ESPN+ | Pick → |
| Liberty at James Madison | Sat Sep 5 | 12:00 | ESPNU | Pick → |
| Missouri State at Texas A&M | Sat Sep 5 | 7:00 | ESPN | Pick → |
| FIU at South Florida | Sat Sep 5 | 7:00 | ESPN+ | Pick → |
| Eastern Kentucky at Jacksonville State | Sat Sep 5 | 7:00 | ESPN+ | Pick → |
| Sam Houston at Troy | Sat Sep 5 | 7:00 | ESPN+ | Pick → |
| Murray State at Middle Tennessee | Sat Sep 5 | 7:00 | ESPN+ | Pick → |
| Mercyhurst at New Mexico State | Sat Sep 5 | 9:00 | ESPN+ | Pick → |
| Western Kentucky at Nevada | Sat Sep 5 | 10:30 | CBSSN | Pick → |
Week 2 — September 12
| Matchup | Time | TV | Pick |
| Western Kentucky at Georgia | 12:45 | SEC Network | Pick → |
| Delaware at Vanderbilt | 4:15 | SEC Network | Pick → |
| Buffalo at FIU | 6:00 | ESPN+ | Pick → |
| Jacksonville State at Ohio | 6:00 | ESPN+ | Pick → |
| Gardner-Webb at Liberty | 6:00 | ESPN+ | Pick → |
| Lindenwood at Missouri State | 7:00 | ESPN+ | Pick → |
| Georgia State at Kennesaw State | 7:00 | ESPN+ | Pick → |
| Tulsa at Sam Houston | 7:00 | ESPN+ | Pick → |
| Middle Tennessee at Marshall | 7:00 | ESPN+ | Pick → |
| New Mexico State at Hawaii | 12:00 AM | Mountain West+ | Pick → |
New Mexico State‘s trip to Manoa kicks at midnight Eastern.
Week 3 — September 19
| Matchup | Time | TV | Pick |
| Coastal Carolina at Delaware | 11:30 | CBSSN | Pick → |
| Ball State at Liberty | 4:00 | ESPN+ | Pick → |
| Western Kentucky at Indiana | 4:00 | Peacock | Pick → |
| FIU at Florida Atlantic | 6:00 | ESPN+ | Pick → |
| Marshall at Missouri State | 6:30 | CBSSN | Pick → |
| Nevada at Middle Tennessee | 7:00 | ESPN+ | Pick → |
| Georgia Southern at Jacksonville State | 7:00 | ESPN+ | Pick → |
| Nicholls at Sam Houston | 7:00 | ESPN+ | Pick → |
| Kennesaw State at Tennessee | 7:45 | SEC Network | Pick → |
Week 4 — September 24 and 26
| Matchup | Date | Time | TV | Pick |
| Liberty at Coastal Carolina | Thu Sep 24 | 7:30 | ESPN | Pick → |
| Delaware at Virginia | Sat Sep 26 | TBA | ESPN Platforms | Pick → |
| Missouri State at SMU | Sat Sep 26 | TBA | ESPN Platforms | Pick → |
| Sam Houston at Texas Tech | Sat Sep 26 | TBA | Pick → | |
| New Mexico at New Mexico State | Sat Sep 26 | 3:30 | CBSSN | Pick → |
| LIU at FIU | Sat Sep 26 | 6:00 | ESPN+ | Pick → |
| Middle Tennessee at Jacksonville State | Sat Sep 26 | 7:00 | ESPN+ | Pick → |
| Kennesaw State at Arkansas State | Sat Sep 26 | 7:00 | ESPN Platforms | Pick → |
| Mercyhurst at Western Kentucky | Sat Sep 26 | 7:00 | ESPN Platforms | Pick → |
Week 5 — October 1 to 3
| Matchup | Date | Time | TV | Pick |
| Western Kentucky at New Mexico State | Thu Oct 1 | 8:00 | CBSSN | Pick → |
| Liberty at Delaware | Fri Oct 2 | 7:00 | CBSSN | Pick → |
| Middle Tennessee at Kansas | Sat Oct 3 | TBA | Pick → |
One Saturday game in the entire league.
Week 6 — October 7 and 8
| Matchup | Date | Time | TV | Pick |
| Jacksonville State at Kennesaw State | Wed Oct 7 | 7:00 | CBSSN | Pick → |
| New Mexico State at FIU | Wed Oct 7 | 7:30 | ESPN2 | Pick → |
| Missouri State at Western Kentucky | Thu Oct 8 | 7:00 | CBSSN | Pick → |
| Sam Houston at Liberty | Thu Oct 8 | 7:00 | ESPNU | Pick → |
No Saturday games at all.
Week 7 — October 13 and 14
| Matchup | Date | Time | TV | Pick |
| Delaware at Middle Tennessee | Tue Oct 13 | 7:00 | CBSSN | Pick → |
| FIU at Jacksonville State | Tue Oct 13 | 8:00 | ESPNU | Pick → |
| Kennesaw State at Missouri State | Wed Oct 14 | 7:30 | CBSSN | Pick → |
| Western Kentucky at Sam Houston | Wed Oct 14 | 8:00 | ESPN2 | Pick → |
A full conference slate on a Tuesday and Wednesday.
Week 8 — October 20 to 22
| Matchup | Date | Time | TV | Pick |
| Middle Tennessee at FIU | Tue Oct 20 | 7:00 | CBSSN | Pick → |
| Missouri State at Delaware | Tue Oct 20 | 7:00 | ESPNU | Pick → |
| New Mexico State at Sam Houston | Wed Oct 21 | 8:00 | ESPN2 | Pick → |
| Liberty at Kennesaw State | Thu Oct 22 | 7:00 | CBSSN | Pick → |
Week 9 — October 27 to 31
| Matchup | Date | Time | TV | Pick |
| Delaware at Western Kentucky | Tue Oct 27 | 7:00 | CBSSN | Pick → |
| Sam Houston at Missouri State | Tue Oct 27 | 8:00 | ESPN2 | Pick → |
| Kennesaw State at Middle Tennessee | Wed Oct 28 | 7:00 | CBSSN | Pick → |
| Jacksonville State at New Mexico State | Wed Oct 28 | 8:00 | ESPN2 | Pick → |
| FIU at Liberty | Sat Oct 31 | 3:30 | CBSSN | Pick → |
Week 10 — November 7
| Matchup | Time | TV | Pick |
| Delaware at Kennesaw State | 3:00 | ESPN Platforms | Pick → |
| Western Kentucky at Middle Tennessee | 3:30 | ESPN+ | Pick → |
| Missouri State at FIU | 4:00 | ESPN Platforms | Pick → |
| Liberty at New Mexico State | 5:00 | ESPN Networks | Pick → |
| Sam Houston at Jacksonville State | 7:00 | CBSSN | Pick → |
November arrives and the league moves back to Saturdays. Five conference games, all ten teams playing.
Week 11 — November 14
| Matchup | Time | TV | Pick |
| Kennesaw State at Sam Houston | 2:00 | ESPN Platforms | Pick → |
| New Mexico State at Missouri State | 3:00 | ESPN Platforms | Pick → |
| FIU at Delaware | 3:00 | ESPN Platforms | Pick → |
| Middle Tennessee at Liberty | 3:30 | CBSSN | Pick → |
| Jacksonville State at Western Kentucky | 3:30 | ESPN Platforms | Pick → |
Week 12 — November 21
| Matchup | Time | TV | Pick |
| Western Kentucky at Liberty | 1:00 | ESPN Platforms | Pick → |
| Missouri State at Jacksonville State | 2:00 | ESPN Platforms | Pick → |
| Middle Tennessee at Sam Houston | 2:00 | ESPN Platforms | Pick → |
| Delaware at New Mexico State | 3:00 | ESPN Networks | Pick → |
| FIU at Kennesaw State | 3:00 | ESPN Platforms | Pick → |
Week 13 — November 28
| Matchup | Time | TV | Pick |
| Kennesaw State at Western Kentucky | 1:00 | ESPN Platforms | Pick → |
| Liberty at Missouri State | 2:00 | ESPN Platforms | Pick → |
| New Mexico State at Middle Tennessee | 2:00 | ESPN Platforms | Pick → |
| Sam Houston at FIU | 2:00 | ESPN Platforms | Pick → |
| Jacksonville State at Delaware | 3:30 | CBSSN | Pick → |
Five conference games to finish, all ten teams playing, nothing else on the board.
Dig deeper
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