2010 Conference USA football season

2010 Conference USA football season
2010 Conference USA football season
League	NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision
Sport	Football
Duration	September 2, 2010; through December 31, 2010
Number of teams	12
TV partner(s)	ESPN, CBS College Sports, CSS, Bright House Sports Network, CST, MASN, ISP Sports
2011 NFL Draft
Top draft pick	OT Jah Reid, UCF
Picked by	Baltimore Ravens, 85th overall
Regular Season
Season MVP	WR/KR Dwayne Harris, ECU
East champions	UCF
West champions	SMU & Tulsa (co-champions)
Championship Game
Champions	UCF
Runners-up	SMU
Finals MVP	RB Latavius Murray, UCF
Football seasons
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2010 Conference USA football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
East Division
No. 21 UCF x$	7	–	1	11	–	3
East Carolina	5	–	3	6	–	7
Southern Miss	5	–	3	8	–	5
Marshall	4	–	4	5	–	7
UAB	3	–	5	4	–	8
Memphis	0	–	8	1	–	11
West Division
SMU xy	6	–	2	7	–	7
No. 24 Tulsa x	6	–	2	10	–	3
Houston	4	–	4	5	–	7
UTEP	3	–	5	6	–	7
Rice	3	–	5	4	–	8
Tulane	2	–	6	4	–	8
Championship: UCF 17, SMU 7
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant As of January 11, 2011 Rankings from AP Poll

The 2010 Conference USA football season was an NCAA football season played from September 2, 2010, through December 31, 2010. Conference USA consists of 12 football members separated into 2 divisions: East Carolina, Marshall, Memphis, Southern Miss, UAB, and UCF make up the eastern division, while Houston, Rice, SMU, Tulane, Tulsa, and UTEP comprise the western division.^[1]

This was the 15th football season and 16th overall for Conference USA. Although C-USA was founded in 1995, it did not start football competition until 1996.^[2]

Previous season

East Carolina won the 2009 conference championship for the second straight year defeating the #21 Houston Cougars 38–32.^[3]

Preseason

Coaching changes

Ruffin McNeil replaced Skip Holtz at East Carolina.^[4]
Doc Holliday replaced Mark Snyder at Marshall.^[5]

Preseason polls

No Conference USA teams were ranked though both SMU and UCF each received one vote. Houston received 66 points in the AP Poll, and 76 points in the Coaches' Poll.

Regular season

Index to colors and formatting
Conference USA member won
Conference USA member lost
Conference USA teams in bold
Rankings from Coaches' Poll

Week One

Date	Time (EDT)	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 2	6:30 p.m.	Southern Miss	South Carolina	Williams-Brice Stadium • Columbia, South Carolina	ESPN	L 41-13	70,438
September 2	7:00 p.m.	Southeastern Louisiana	Tulane	Louisiana Superdome • New Orleans	–	W 27-21	20,258
September 2	7:00 p.m.	Florida Atlantic	UAB	Legion Field • Birmingham, Alabama	ESPN	L 32-31	25,885
September 2	7:30 p.m.	Marshall	#2 Ohio State	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, Ohio	BTN	L 45-7	105,040
September 4	2:30 p.m.	#4 Texas	Rice	Reliant Stadium • Houston, Texas	ESPN	L 34-17	70,445
September 4	6:00 p.m.	Memphis	Mississippi State	Davis Wade Stadium • Starkville, Mississippi	-	L 49-7	56,032
September 4	6:00 p.m.	South Dakota	UCF	Bright House Networks Stadium • Orlando, Florida	-	W 38-7	34,373
September 4	7:00 p.m.	Texas State	Houston	Robertson Stadium • Houston	-	W 68-28	32,119
September 4	7:00 p.m.	Arkansas Pine Bluff	UTEP	Sun Bowl Stadium • El Paso, Texas	–	W 32-10	30,029
September 5	2:00 p.m.	Tulsa	East Carolina	Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, North Carolina	ESPN2	ECU 51-49	50,010
September 5	3:30 p.m.	SMU	Texas Tech	Jones AT&T Stadium • Lubbock, Texas	ESPN	L 35-27	57,528

Week Two

Date	Time (EDT)	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 10	7:00 p.m.	#22 West Virginia	Marshall	Edwards Stadium • Huntington, West Virginia	ESPN	L 24-21 OT	41,382
September 10	10:15 p.m.	UTEP	Houston	Robertson Stadium • Houston	ESPN	HOU 54-24	32,119
September 11	12:00 p.m.	Memphis	East Carolina	Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, North Carolina		ECU 49-27	48,123
September 11	7:00 p.m.	Bowling Green	Tulsa	Chapman Stadium • Tulsa, Oklahoma		W 33-20	19,565
September 11	7:00 p.m.	Rice	North Texas	Fouts Field • Denton, Texas		W 32-31	23,743
September 11	7:00 p.m.	Prairie View A&M	Southern Miss	M.M. Roberts Stadium • Hattiesburg, Mississippi		W 34-7	27,316
September 11	7:30 p.m.	NC State	UCF	Bright House Networks Stadium • Orlando, Florida	CBS CS	L 28-21	43,020
September 11	8:00 p.m.	UAB	SMU	Gerald J. Ford Stadium • Dallas, Texas		SMU 28-7	16,612
September 11	9:00 p.m.	Mississippi	Tulane	Superdome • New Orleans, Louisiana	ESPN2	L 27-13	36,389

Week Three

Date	Time (EDT)	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 17	8:00 p.m.	Kansas	Southern Miss	M.M. Roberts Stadium • Hattiesburg, Mississippi	ESPN	W 31-16	30,211
September 18	1:30 p.m.	East Carolina	Virginia Tech	Lane Stadium • Blacksburg, Virginia		L 49-27	66,233
September 18	3:30 p.m.	Washington State	SMU	Gerald J. Ford Stadium • Dallas, Texas		W 35-21	18,184
September 18	3:30 p.m.	Troy	UAB	Legion Field • Birmingham, Alabama		W 34-33	23,681
September 18	7:00 p.m.	Marshall	Bowling Green	Doyt Perry Stadium • Bowling Green, Ohio		L 44-28	20,515
September 18	7:00 p.m.	Tulsa	Oklahoma State	Boone Pickens Stadium • Stillwater, Oklahoma		L 65-28	51,778
September 18	7:00 p.m.	Middle Tennessee	Memphis	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium • Memphis, Tennessee		W 24-17	27,965
September 18	7:00 p.m.	Northwestern	Rice	Rice Stadium • Houston, Texas		L 30-13	15,562
September 18	7:00 p.m.	UCF	Buffalo	University at Buffalo Stadium • Amherst, New York		W 24-10	14,312
September 18	9:05 p.m.	New Mexico State	UTEP	Aggie Memorial Stadium • Las Cruces, New Mexico		W 42-10	39,214
September 18	10:30 p.m.	#23 Houston	UCLA	Rose Bowl • Pasadena, California		L 31-13	54,407

Week Four

Date	Time (EDT)	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 24	8:00 p.m.	#5 TCU	SMU	Gerald J. Ford Stadium • Dallas	ESPN	L 41-24	35,481
September 25	12:21 p.m.	UAB	Tennessee	Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, Tennessee	SEC Network	L 32-29	95,183
September 25	12:30 p.m.	UCF	Kansas State	Bill Snyder Stadium • Manhattan, Kansas	FSN	L 17-13	50,586
September 25	3:30 p.m.	Tulane	Houston	Robertson Stadium • Houston		HOU 42-23	32,007
September 25	7:00 p.m.	Central Arkansas	Tulsa	Chapman Stadium • Tulsa, Oklahoma		W 41-14	21,928
September 25	7:00 p.m.	Ohio	Marshall	Edwards Stadium • Huntington, West Virginia		W 24-23	28,143
September 25	7:00 p.m.	Southern Miss	Louisiana Tech	Joe Aillet Stadium • Ruston, Louisiana		W 13-12	22,344
September 25	8:00 p.m.	Baylor	Rice	Rice Stadium • Houston, Texas	CBS CS	L 30-13	23,395
September 25	9:05 p.m.	Memphis	UTEP	Sun Bowl • El Paso, Texas		UTEP 16-13	29,765

Week Five

Date	Time (EDT)	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
October 2	2:00 p.m.	Tulane	Rutgers	Rutgers Stadium • Piscataway, New Jersey		W 17-14	47,963
October 2	3:30 p.m.	East Carolina	North Carolina	Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, North Carolina		L 42-17	60,000
October 2	6:00 p.m.	UTEP	New Mexico	University Stadium • Albuquerque, New Mexico		W 38-20	22,511
October 2	7:00 p.m.	Tulsa	Memphis	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium • Memphis, Tennessee		TLSA 48-7	22,231
October 2	7:00 p.m.	SMU	Rice	Rice Stadium • Houston		SMU 42-31	14,981
October 2	8:00 p.m.	Marshall	Southern Miss	M. M. Roberts Stadium • Hattiesburg, Mississippi	CBS CS	SM 41-16	27,518

Week Six

Date	Time (EDT)	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
October 6	8:00 p.m.	UAB	UCF	Bright House Networks Stadium • Orlando, Florida	ESPN	UCF 42-7	40,281
October 9	2:00 p.m.	Memphis	Louisville	Papa John's Cardinal Stadium • Louisville, Kentucky		L 56-0	48,427
October 9	3:30 p.m.	Army	Tulane	Superdome • New Orleans		L 41-23	28,756
October 9	7:30 p.m.	East Carolina	Southern Miss	M. M. Roberts Stadium • Hattiesburg, Mississippi	CSS	ECU 44-43	32,334
October 9	8:00 p.m.	Mississippi State	Houston	Robertson Stadium • Houston, Texas	CBS CS	L 47-24	32,067
October 9	8:00 p.m.	Tulsa	SMU	Gerald J. Ford Stadium • Dallas		SMU 21-18	19,329
October 9	9:05 p.m.	Rice	UTEP	Sun Bowl • El Paso, Texas		UTEP 44-24	28,955

Week Seven

Date	Time (EDT)	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
October 13	8:00 p.m.	UCF	Marshall	Edwards Stadium • Huntington, West Virginia	ESPN	UCF 35-14	23,601
October 16	12:00 p.m.	NC State	East Carolina	Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, North Carolina		W 33-27 OT	50,410
October 16	12:00 p.m.	Southern Miss	Memphis	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium • Memphis, Tennessee		SM 41-19	18,848
October 16	3:30 p.m.	Houston	Rice	Rice Stadium • Houston		RICE 34-31	26,342
October 16	3:30 p.m.	SMU	Navy	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium • Annapolis, Maryland		L 28-21	33,924
October 16	4:00 p.m.	UTEP	UAB	Legion Field • Birmingham, Alabama		UAB 21-6	11,756
October 16	7:00 p.m.	Tulane	Tulsa	Chapman Stadium • Tulsa, Oklahoma		TLSA 52-24	23,295

Week Eight

Date	Time (EDT)	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
October 23	3:30 p.m.	Rice	UCF	Bright House Networks Stadium • Orlando, Florida		UCF 41-14	38,151
October 23	3:30 p.m.	Houston	SMU	Gerald J. Ford Stadium • Dallas	CBSCS	HOU 45-20	20,741
October 23	4:15 p.m.	Marshall	East Carolina	Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, North Carolina	CSS	ECU 37-10	50,145
October 23	7:00 p.m.	UAB	#24 Mississippi State	Davis Wade Stadium • Starkville, Mississippi	ESPNU	L 29-24	56,423
October 23	9:05 p.m.	Tulane	UTEP	Sun Bowl Stadium • El Paso, Texas		TULN 34-24	25,007

Week Nine

Date	Time (EDT)	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
October 30	12:00 p.m.	UAB	Southern Miss	M. M. Roberts Stadium • Hattiesburg, Mississippi	CSS	UAB 50-49	26,415
October 30	2:30 p.m.	Tulsa	Notre Dame	Notre Dame Stadium • Notre Dame, Indiana	NBC	W 28-27	80,795
October 30	3:00 p.m.	UTEP	Marshall	Joan C. Edwards Stadium • Huntington, West Virginia		MRSH 16-12	24,740
October 30	3:30 p.m.	East Carolina	UCF	Bright House Networks Stadium • Orlando, Florida	MASN	UCF 49-35	40,073
October 30	3:30 p.m.	SMU	Tulane	Louisiana Superdome • New Orleans		SMU 31-17	18,636
October 30	7:00 p.m.	Houston	Memphis	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium • Memphis, Tennessee	CSS	HOU 56-17	19,731

Week Ten

Date	Time (EDT)	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
November 5	8:00 p.m.	UCF	Houston	Robertson Stadium • Houston	ESPN2	UCF 40-33	32,008
November 6	2:00 p.m.	Rice	Tulsa	Chapman Stadium • Tulsa, Oklahoma		TLSA 64-27	19,036
November 6	3:30 p.m.	Navy	East Carolina	Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, North Carolina	MASN	L 76-35	50,191
November 6	3:30 p.m.	Southern Miss	Tulane	Louisiana Superdome • New Orleans		SM 46-30	22,737
November 6	4:15 p.m.	Marshall	UAB	Legion Field • Birmingham, Alabama	CSS	MRSH 31-17	17,860
November 6	8:00 p.m.	Tennessee	Memphis	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium • Memphis, Tennessee	CBSCS	L 50-14	39,742
November 6	9:05 p.m.	SMU	UTEP	Sun Bowl • El Paso, Texas		UTEP 28-14	23,127

Week Eleven

Date	Time (EST)	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
November 11	8:00 p.m.	East Carolina	UAB	Legion Field • Birmingham, Alabama	CBSCS	ECU 54-42	14,083
November 13	12:00 p.m.	Southern Miss	#23 UCF	Bright House Networks Stadium • Orlando, Florida	CBSCS	SM 31-21	40,358
November 13	3:00 p.m.	Memphis	Marshall	Edwards Stadium • Huntington, West Virginia		MRSH 28-13	25,108
November 13	3:30 p.m.	Rice	Tulane	Louisiana Superdome • New Orleans		TULN 54-49	16,698
November 13	7:00 p.m.	UTEP	#14 Arkansas	Razorback Stadium • Fayetteville, Arkansas	ESPNU	L 58-21	67,330
November 13	8:00 p.m.	Tulsa	Houston	Robertson Stadium • Houston	CBSCS	TLSA 28-25	30,046

Week Twelve

Date	Time (EST)	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
November 20	1:00 p.m.	East Carolina	Rice	Rice Stadium • Houston, Texas	CSS	RICE 62-38	15,262
November 20	2:00 p.m.	UTEP	Tulsa	Chapman Stadium • Tulsa, Oklahoma		TLSA 31-28	16,547
November 20	3:00 p.m.	Marshall	SMU	Gerald J. Ford Stadium • Dallas		SMU 31-17	17,513
November 20	3:30 p.m.	UCF	Tulane	Louisiana Superdome • New Orleans		UCF 61-14	19,069
November 20	4:00 p.m.	Memphis	UAB	Legion Field • Birmingham, Alabama		UAB 31-15	16,177
November 20	6:00 p.m.	Houston	Southern Miss	M. M. Roberts Stadium • Hattiesburg, Mississippi		SM 59-41	32,606

Week Thirteen

Date	Time (EST)	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
November 26	2:00 p.m.	SMU	East Carolina	Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, North Carolina	CBSCS	SMU 45-38	49,108
November 26	6:30 p.m.	Southern Miss	Tulsa	Chapman Stadium • Tulsa, Oklahoma	CBSCS	TLSA 56-50	21,901
November 27	12:00 p.m.	UCF	Memphis	Liberty Bowl Stadium • Memphis, Tennessee	CSS	UCF 37-10	14,992
November 27	12:00 p.m.	Tulane	Marshall	Joan C. Edwards Stadium • Huntington, West Virginia	CBSCS	MRSH 38-23	19,302
November 27	3:30 p.m.	UAB	Rice	Rice Stadium • Houston	CSS	RICE 28-23	13,007
November 27	8:00 p.m.	Houston	Texas Tech	Jones AT&T Stadium • Lubbock, Texas	FSS	L 35-20	53,461

Week Fourteen- C-USA Championship Game

Date	Time (EST)	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
December 4	12:00 p.m.	SMU	#25 UCF	Bright House Networks Stadium • Orlando, Florida	ESPN2	UCF 17-7	41,045

Players of the week

Week	Offensive		Defensive		Special teams
Week	Player	Team	Player	Team	Player	Team
1 – Sep. 6	Dominique Davis, QB	East Carolina	Trent Mackey, LB	Tulane	Matt Szymanski, P	SMU
2 – Sep. 13	Bryce Beall, RB	Houston	Vinny Curry, DE	Marshall	Kevin Fitzpatrick, K	Tulsa
3 – Sep. 20	Bryan Ellis, QB	UAB	Darius Nall, DE	UCF	Tom Hornsey, P Deron Wilson, DB	Memphis Southern Miss
4 – Sep. 27	Bryan Ellis, QB	UAB	Loyce Means, DB	Houston	Dakota Warren, K	UTEP
5 – Oct. 4	Kyle Padron, QB	SMU	Dezman Moses, DE	Tulane	Jonathan Ginsburgh, P	Tulane
6 – Oct. 11	Kris Adams, WR	UTEP	Kemal Ishmael, S	UCF	Danny Hrapmann, K	Southern Miss
7 – Oct. 18	Dominique Davis, QB	East Carolina	Jamon Hughes, LB	Memphis	Kyle Martens, P	Rice
8 – Oct. 25	Casey Robottom, WR	Tulane	Sammy Brown, LB Darius Nall, DE	Houston UCF	Tyron Carrier, KR	Houston
9 – Nov. 1	Pat Shed, RB Ronnie Weaver, RB	UAB UCF	Shawn Jackson, LB	Tulsa	Damaris Johnson, PR	Tulsa
10 – Nov. 8	Jeffrey Godfrey, QB	UCF	Josh Linam, LB	UCF	Damaris Johnson, KR	Tulsa
11 – Nov. 15	G.J. Kinne, QB	Tulsa	Marco Nelson, DB	Tulsa	Charles Ross, KR	Rice
12 – Nov. 22	Austin Davis, QB	Southern Miss	Richard Crawford, DB	SMU	Quincy McDuffie, KR	UCF

Rankings

**Legend**
		Improvement in ranking
		Drop in ranking
		Not ranked previous week
RV		Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25 of poll

**Ranking Movement**^[6]
		Pre	Wk 1	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 13	Wk 14	Final
East Carolina Pirates	AP	-	RV	RV	-	-	-	-	RV	RV	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	C	-	-	RV	-	-	-	-	RV	RV	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	HAR	Not released						-	RV	RV	-	-	-	-	-	-
	BCS	Not released							RV	RV	-	-	-	-	-	-
Houston Cougars	AP	RV	RV	23	RV	RV	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	C	RV	RV	23	RV	RV	RV	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	HAR	Not released						-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	BCS	Not released							-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Marshall Thundering Herd	AP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	C	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	HAR	Not released						-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	BCS	Not released							-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Memphis Tigers	AP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	C	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	HAR	Not released						-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	BCS	Not released							-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rice Owls	AP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	C	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	HAR	Not released						-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	BCS	Not released							-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Southern Miss Golden Eagles	AP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	RV	-	-	-
	C	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	RV	RV	RV	-	-	-
	HAR	Not released						-	RV	-	-	-	RV	RV	-	-
	BCS	Not released							RV	RV	-	RV	RV	RV	-	-
SMU Mustangs	AP	RV	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	C	RV	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	HAR	Not released						-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	BCS	Not released							-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tulane Green Wave	AP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	C	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	HAR	Not released						-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	BCS	Not released							-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tulsa Golden Hurricane	AP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	RV	RV	RV	RV	24
	C	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	RV	RV	RV	RV
	HAR	Not released						-	-	-	-	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV
	BCS	Not released							-	-	-	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV
UAB Blazers	AP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	C	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	HAR	Not released						-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	BCS	Not released							-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
UCF Knights	AP	RV	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	RV	25	-	RV	RV	RV	21
	C	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	RV	RV	23	RV	RV	25	24	20
	HAR	Not released						-	-	RV	RV	25	RV	RV	RV	25
	BCS	Not released							-	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	25
UTEP Miners	AP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	C	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	HAR	Not released						RV	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	BCS	Not released							-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Records against other conferences

Conference	Wins	Losses
ACC	1	3
Big 12	1	6
Big East	1	2
Big Ten	0	2
Independents	1	3
MAC	3	1
Mountain West	1	1
Pac-10	1	1
SEC	0	8
Sun Belt	3	1
WAC	2	0
All FCS	6	0
Overall	20	28

Bowl games

Bowl eligibility

Bowl eligible (6)

UCF (9–3) became bowl eligible on October 30 after defeating East Carolina.
Southern Miss (8–4) became bowl eligible on November 6 after defeating Tulane.
Tulsa (9–3) became bowl eligible on November 6 after defeating Rice.
East Carolina (6–6) became bowl eligible on November 11 after defeating UAB.
UTEP (6–6) became bowl eligible on November 13 after defeating SMU.
SMU (7–5) became bowl eligible on November 20 after defeating Marshall.

Bowl ineligible (6)

Memphis (1–11) lost the ability to become bowl eligible on October 30 after losing to Houston.
Rice (4–8) lost the ability to become bowl eligible on November 6 after losing to Tulsa.
UAB (4–8) lost the ability to become bowl eligible on November 11 after losing to East Carolina.
Marshall (5–7) lost the ability to become bowl eligible on November 20 after losing to SMU.
Tulane (4–8) lost the ability to become bowl eligible on November 20 after losing to UCF.
Houston (5–7) lost the ability to become bowl eligible on November 27 after losing to Texas Tech.

Bowl games

Bowl Game	Date	Stadium	City	Television	Matchups/Results	Attendance	Payout (US$)
New Mexico Bowl	December 18, 2010	University Stadium	Albuquerque, New Mexico	ESPN	BYU 52, UTEP 24	32,424	$750,000
Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl	December 21, 2010	Tropicana Field	St. Petersburg, Florida	ESPN	Louisville 31, Southern Miss 28	20,017	$1,000,000
Hawai'i Bowl	December 24, 2010	Aloha Stadium	Honolulu, HI	ESPN	Tulsa 62, #25 Hawaii 35	43,673	$750,000
Military Bowl	December 29, 2010	RFK Stadium	Washington, D.C.	ESPN	Maryland 51, East Carolina 20	38,062	$1,000,000
Armed Forces Bowl	December 30, 2010	Gerald J. Ford Stadium	Dallas	ESPN	Army 16, SMU 14	36,742	$750,000
Liberty Bowl	December 31, 2010	Liberty Bowl	Memphis, Tennessee	ESPN	#24 UCF 10, Georgia 6	51,231	$1,350,000

Attendance

Team	Stadium	Capacity	Gm 1	Gm 2	Gm 3	Gm 4	Gm 5	Gm 6	Gm 7	Total	Average	% of Capacity
East Carolina	Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium	50,000	50,010	48,123	50,410	50,145	50,191	49,108	—	297,987	49,664	99.3%
Houston	Robertson Stadium	32,000	32,119	32,119	32,007	32,067	32,008	30,046	—	188,366	31,394	98.1%
Marshall	Joan C. Edwards Stadium	38,019	41,382	28,143	23,601	24,740	25,108	19,302	—	162,276	27,046	71.1%
Memphis	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium	62,380	27,965	22,231	18,848	19,731	39,742	14,992	—	143,149	23,858	38.2%
Rice	Rice Stadium	47,000	15,562	23,395	14,981	26,342	15,262	13,007	—	108,549	18,091	38.5%
Southern Miss	M. M. Roberts Stadium	36,000	27,316	30,211	27,518	32,334	26,415	32,606	—	176,400	29,400	81.6%
SMU	Gerald J. Ford Stadium	32,000	16,612	18,184	35,481	19,329	20,741	17,513	—	127,860	21,310	66.6%
Tulane	Louisiana Superdome	72,968	20,258	36,389	28,756	18,636	22,737	16,698	19,069	162,543	23,220	31.8%
Tulsa	H. A. Chapman Stadium	30,000	19,565	21,928	23,295	19,036	16,547	21,901	—	122,272	20,378	67.9%
UAB	Legion Field	71,594	25,885	23,681	11,756	17,860	14,083	16,177	—	109,442	18,240	25.4%
UCF	Bright House Networks Stadium	45,301	34,373	43,020	40,281	38,151	40,073	40,358	41,045	277,301	39,614	87.4%
UTEP	Sun Bowl Stadium	51,500	30,029	39,214	29,765	28,955	25,007	23,127	—	176,097	29,349	56.9%

References

^ Conference USA Member Schools
^ "About Conference USA". Archived from the original on February 6, 2012. Retrieved January 6, 2011.
^ East Carolina stops Houston for Conference USA crown
^ East Carolina introduces Ruffin McNeill as new coach: 'Not a stepping-stone hop' - ESPN
^ Marshall to hire Doc Holliday as new coach - ESPN
^ 2010 NCAA College Football Polls and Rankings - ESPN

[1] Conference USA Member Schools

[about-2] "About Conference USA". Archived from the original on February 6, 2012. Retrieved January 6, 2011.

[3] East Carolina stops Houston for Conference USA crown

[4] East Carolina introduces Ruffin McNeill as new coach: 'Not a stepping-stone hop' - ESPN

[5] Marshall to hire Doc Holliday as new coach - ESPN

[6] 2010 NCAA College Football Polls and Rankings - ESPN

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v t e Conference USA football
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