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2017 Conference USA football season#Postseason awards

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{{Infobox sports season

| title = 2017 Conference USA football season

| color = #193980

| color text = #FFFFFF

| league = NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision

| sport = Football

| logo = Conference USA logo (2013-2023).svg

| pixels = 250px

| caption =

| duration = August 26, 2017
through December 27, 2017

| no_of_teams = 14

| attendance =

| TV = ESPN, CBS Sports Network, Stadium, beIN Sports, CUSA.tv, FloSports

| draft = 2018 NFL Draft

| draft_link = 2018 NFL Draft

| top_pick = DE Marcus Davenport, UTSA

| picked_by = New Orleans Saints, 14th overall

| season = Regular season

| season_champ_name = Champions

| season_champs =

| MVP = RB Devin Singletary, FAU

| MVP_link =

| conf1 = East

| conf1_champ = Florida Atlantic

| conf1_runner_up =

| conf2 = West

| conf2_champ = North Texas

| conf2_runner_up =

| playoffs_MVP =

| playoffs_MVP_link =

| finals = Championship Game

| finals_link = 2017 Conference USA Football Championship Game

| finals_champ = Florida Atlantic

| finals_runner-up = North Texas

| finals_MVP = WR Kalib Woods, FAU

| finals_MVP_link =

| top_scorer =

| top_scorer_link =

| seasonslist =

| seasonslistnames = Football

| prevseason_year = 2016

| nextseason_year = 2018

}}

{{2017 Conference USA football standings}}

The 2017 Conference USA football season was the 22nd season of Conference USA football and part of the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The season began on August 26 with Rice facing Stanford in Sydney, Australia.{{cite web|url=http://conferenceusa.com/news/2017/1/26/FB_0126175144.aspx?path=football|title=FB: 2017 Schedule Released|publisher=Conferenceusa.com|date=2017-01-26|accessdate=2017-06-12}} This season was the third season for C-USA under realignment that took place in 2014, which added the 14th member Charlotte from the Atlantic 10 Conference. C-USA is a "Group of Five" conference under the College Football Playoff format along with the American Athletic Conference, the Mid-American Conference, the Mountain West Conference, and the Sun Belt Conference.

C-USA consists of 14 members: Charlotte, FIU, Florida Atlantic, Louisiana Tech, Marshall, Middle Tennessee, North Texas, Old Dominion, Rice, Southern Miss, UAB, UTEP, UTSA, and Western Kentucky; and is divided into the East and West divisions. UAB will begin play for the first time since 2014, after the Blazer football program was dropped from competition.{{cite news|url=https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/13295966/uab-blazers-bring-back-football-program-2017 |title=UAB to reinstate football for 2017 season |work=ESPN.com |date=July 21, 2015 |access-date=June 12, 2017}}

Preseason

=Media predictions=

The 2017 preseason media football poll was released on July 18.{{Cite web|url=http://www.conferenceusa.com/news/2017/7/18/FB_0718175229.aspx|title=FB: Preseason Media Poll|website=Conference USA|language=en|access-date=2017-07-19}} Western Kentucky was picked to win its third straight East Division title, while Louisiana Tech was picked to repeat as West Division champion.

{{Col-begin}}{{Col-1-of-2}}East Division

  • 1. Western Kentucky (20 first-place votes)
  • 2. Middle Tennessee (4)
  • 3. Old Dominion (3)
  • 4. Marshall (1)
  • 5. Florida Atlantic
  • 6. FIU
  • 7. Charlotte{{Col-2-of-2}}West Division
  • 1. Louisiana Tech (20)
  • 2. UTSA (7)
  • 3. Southern Miss (1)
  • 4. North Texas
  • 5. Rice
  • 6. UTEP
  • 7. UAB{{Col-end}}

=Preseason awards=

The conference preseason awards were released on July 17.{{Cite web|url=http://www.conferenceusa.com/news/2017/7/17/FB_0717175653.aspx|title=FB: 2017 Preseason Awards|website=Conference USA|language=en|access-date=2017-07-19}} WKU senior QB Mike White was selected as the C-USA Offensive Player of the Year. Rice senior LB Emmanuel Ellerbee was selected the Defensive Player of the Year, and WKU senior KR Kylen Towner was selected Special Teams Player of the Year honors

class="wikitable sortable"

|+ Offense

! Position

! Player

! Class

! Team

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:white" | QB

| style="background:white" | Mike White

| style="background:white" | Senior

! style="background:#B01E24; color:#FFFFFF;"|Western Kentucky

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:white" | WR

| style="background:white" | Richie James

| style="background:white" | Junior

!style="background:#0066CC; color:#ffffff;"|{{nowrap|Middle Tennessee}}

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:white" | WR

| style="background:white" | Jonathan Duhart

| style="background:white" | Senior

! style="background:#003057; color:#7c878e;"|Old Dominion

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:white" | WR

| style="background:white" | Allenzae Staggers

| style="background:white" | Senior

! style="background:#000000; color:#FDC737;"|Southern Miss

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:white" | RB

| style="background:white" | Ray Lawry

| style="background:white" | Senior

! style="background:#003057; color:#7c878e;"|Old Dominion

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:white" | RB

| style="background:white" | Ito Smith

| style="background:white" | Senior

! style="background:#000000; color:#FDC737;"|Southern Miss

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:white" | OL

| style="background:white" | O’Shea Dugas

| style="background:white" | Junior

! style="background:#002F8B; color:#E31B23;"|Louisiana Tech

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:white" | OL

| style="background:white" | Will Hernandez

| style="background:white" | Senior

! style="background:#ff5600; color:#002147;"|UTEP

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:white" | OL

| style="background:white" | Trey Martin

| style="background:white" | Senior

!style="background:#002469; color:#5e6062;"|Rice

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:white" | OL

| style="background:white" | Austin Pratt

| style="background:white" | Senior

! style="background:#0c2340; color:#f15a22;"|UTSA

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:white" | OL

| style="background:white" | Brandon Ray

| style="background:white" | Senior

! style="background:#B01E24; color:#FFFFFF;"|Western Kentucky

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:white" | TE

| style="background:white" | Ryan Yurachek

| style="background:white" | Senior

! style="background:#04945a; color:#FFFFFF;"|Marshall

class="wikitable sortable"

|+ Defense

! Position

! Player

! Class

! Team

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:white" | DL

| style="background:white" | Marcus Davenport

| style="background:white" | Senior

! style="background:#0c2340; color:#f15a22;"|UTSA

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:white" | DL

| style="background:white" | Jaylon Ferguson

| style="background:white" | Sophomore

! style="background:#002F8B; color:#E31B23;"|Louisiana Tech

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:white" | DL

| style="background:white" | Chris Johnson

| style="background:white" | Senior

! style="background:#B01E24; color:#FFFFFF;"|Western Kentucky

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:white" | DL

| style="background:white" | Oshane Ximines

| style="background:white" | Senior

! style="background:#003057; color:#7c878e;"|Old Dominion

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:white" | LB

| style="background:white" | Emmanuel Ellerbee

| style="background:white" | Senior

!style="background:#002469; color:#5e6062;"|Rice

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:white" | LB

| style="background:white" | Alvin Jones

| style="background:white" | Senior

! style="background:#ff5600; color:#002147;"|UTEP

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:white" | LB

| style="background:white" | Josiah Tauaefa

| style="background:white" | Sophomore

! style="background:#0c2340; color:#f15a22;"|UTSA

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:white" | LB

| style="background:white" | Anthony Wint

| style="background:white" | Senior

! style="background:#002d62; color:#c5960c;" | FIU

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:white" | DB

| style="background:white" | Brandon Addison

| style="background:white" | Senior

! style="background:#003057; color:#7c878e;"|Old Dominion

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:white" | DB

| style="background:white" | Nate Brooks

| style="background:white" | Junior

! style="background:#00853E; color:#FFFFFF;"|North Texas

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:white" | DB

| style="background:white" | Joe Brown

| style="background:white" | Senior

! style="background:#B01E24; color:#FFFFFF;"|Western Kentucky

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:white" | DB

| style="background:white" | Kishawn McClain

| style="background:white" | Senior

! style="background:#00853E; color:#FFFFFF;"|North Texas

class="wikitable sortable"

|+ Specialists

! Position

! Player

! Class

! Team

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:white" | P

| style="background:white" | Jake Collins

| style="background:white" | Junior

! style="background:#B01E24; color:#FFFFFF;"|Western Kentucky

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:white" | K

| style="background:white" | Canon Rooker

| style="background:white" | Senior

!style="background:#0066CC; color:#ffffff;"|{{nowrap|Middle Tennessee}}

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:white" | KR

| style="background:white" | Kylen Towner

| style="background:white" | Senior

! style="background:#B01E24; color:#FFFFFF;"|Western Kentucky

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:white" | PR

| style="background:white" | Nacarius Fant

| style="background:white" | Senior

! style="background:#B01E24; color:#FFFFFF;"|Western Kentucky

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:white" | LS

| style="background:white" | Matt Bayliss

| style="background:white" | Senior

! style="background:#0c2340; color:#f15a22;"|UTSA

  • Preseason Offensive Player of the Year: Mike White, Senior, QB, WKU
  • Preseason Defensive Player of the Year: Emmanuel Ellerbee, Senior, LB, Rice
  • Preseason Special Teams Player of the Year: Kylen Towner, Senior, KR, WKU

Head coaches

Three Conference USA teams hired new head coaches for the 2017 season. All three were in the East Division, and all three were replacing coaches who had spent at least three seasons at their respective schools.

  • FIU hired Butch Davis to replace Ron Turner, who was fired after going 0–4 with the panthers.{{Cite web|url=https://news.fiu.edu/2016/09/weekend-replay-head-coach-ron-turner-relieved-of-duties/104397|title = Weekend Replay: Head Coach Ron Turner relieved of duties|date = 26 September 2016}} Ron Cooper was promoted as interim head coach after the fire until the hire of Davis. Davis is coming from a break from coaching football from 2011 to 2016. He was the head coach for many teams in college such as North Carolina and teams in NFL. Littrell was hired on November 14, 2016.{{Cite web|url=http://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/18049428/florida-international-hires-espn-butch-davis-next-head-coach|title=ESPN analyst Davis leaving to be FIU coach|date=14 November 2016}}
  • Florida Atlantic hired Lane Kiffin to replace Charlie Partridge, who was fired after leading the Owls to a 9–27 record during his three-year tenure at Florida Atlantic.{{Cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/2016/11/27/florida-atlantic-fires-charlie-partridge-after-three-seasons/94512252/|title = Florida Atlantic fires Charlie Partridge after three seasons|website = USA Today}} Kiffin spent three years prior to Florida Atlantic at Alabama as an offensive coordinator under the head coach, Nick Saban. Lane was hired on December 12, 2016.{{cite web|url=http://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/18262108/alabama-crimson-tide-oc-lane-kiffin-next-head-coach-florida-atlantic-owls|title=Alabama OC Lane Kiffin to be next head coach of Florida Atlantic|last1=Low|first1=Chris|last2=McMurphy|first2=Brett|publisher=ESPN|date=December 12, 2016|accessdate=December 12, 2016}}
  • Western Kentucky hired Mike Sanford Jr. to replace Jeff Brohm, who resigned on December 5, 2016, to become the head coach at Purdue. Sanford was a quarterback coach and an offensive coordinator at Notre Dame for two seasons. Sanford was hired on December 14, 2016.

Note: All stats shown are before the beginning of the season.

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"
width="110" | Team

! Head coach

! Years at school

! Overall record

! Record at school

! CUSA record

style="background:#00703C; color:#FFFFFF;"|Charlotte

| Brad Lambert

| 5

| 16–30

| 16–30

| 3–13

style="background:#002d62; color:#c5960c;"|FIU

| Butch Davis

| 1

| 63–43

| 0–0

| 0–0

style="background:#003366; color:#CC0000;"|Florida Atlantic

| Lane Kiffin

| 1

| 35–21

| 0–0

| 0–0

style="background:#002F8B; color:#E31B23;"|Louisiana Tech

| Skip Holtz

| 5

| 119–93

| 31–22

| 22–10

style="background:#04945a; color:#FFFFFF;"|Marshall

| Doc Holliday

| 8

| 53–37

| 53–37

| 35–21

style="background:#0066CC; color:#ffffff;"|Middle Tennessee

| Rick Stockstill

| 12

| 72–66

| 72–66

| 22–10

style="background:#00853E; color:#FFFFFF;"|North Texas

| Seth Littrell

| 2

| 5–8

| 5–8

| 3–5

style="background:#003057; color:#7c878e;"|Old Dominion

| Bobby Wilder

| 9

| 67–30

| 67–30

| 14–10

style="background:#002469; color:#5e6062;"|Rice

| David Bailiff

| 11

| 77–84

| 56–69

| 39–41

style="background:#000000; color:#FDC737;"|Southern Miss

| Jay Hopson

| 2

| 39–23

| 7–6

| 4–4

style="background:#1E6B52; color:#d2c780;"|UAB

| Bill Clark

| 2

| 17–10

| 6–6

| 4–4

style="background:#ff5600; color:#002147;"|UTEP

| Sean Kugler

| 5

| 18–31

| 18–31

| 11–21

style="background:#0c2340; color:#f15a22;"|UTSA

| Frank Wilson

| 2

| 6–7

| 6–7

| 5–3

style="background:#B01E24; color:#FFFFFF;"|Western Kentucky

| Mike Sanford Jr.

| 1

| 0–0

| 0–0

| 0–0

Records against FBS conferences

{{col-begin}}

{{col-2}}

Regular season

class="wikitable"

!Power 5 conferences

!Record

ACC

|align=center|1–4

Big Ten

|align=center|0–4

Big 12

|align=center|1–2

Pac-12

|align=center|0–2

SEC

|align=center|0–7

Power 5 Total

!2–19

colSpan="2" style="background-color:lightgrey;"|
Other FBS conferences

!Record

American

|align=center|2–4

Independents

|align=center|3–2

MAC

|align=center|4–3

Mountain West

|align=center|0–0

Sun Belt

|align=center|4–2

Other FBS Total

!13–11

colSpan="2" style="background-color:lightgrey;"|
FCS Opponents

!Record

Football Championship Subdivision

|align=center|9–1

colSpan="2" style="background-color:lightgrey;"|
Total non-conference record

!24–31

{{col-2}}

Post season

class="wikitable"

!Other FBS conferences

!Record

ACC

|align=center|0–1

American

|align=center|1–1

MAC

|align=center|1–1

Mountain West

|align=center|1–0

Sun Belt

|align=center|1–2

colSpan="2" style="background-color:lightgrey;"|
Total bowl record

!4–5

{{col-end}}

Postseason

=Postseason awards=

  • Most Valuable Player: Devin Singletary, RB, Florida Atlantic{{cite press release|url=http://conferenceusa.com/news/2017/12/6/FB_1206172936.aspx |title=FB: 2017 C-USA Individual Awards |publisher=Conference USA |date=December 6, 2017 |accessdate=December 7, 2017}}
  • Offensive Player of the Year: Mason Fine, QB, North Texas
  • Defensive Player of the Year: Marcus Davenport, DE, UTSA
  • Special Teams Player of the Year: Isaiah Harper, KR, Old Dominion
  • Coach of the Year: Bill Clark, UAB{{cite press release|url=http://conferenceusa.com/news/2017/12/6/FB_1206172129.aspx |title=FB: UAB's Bill Clark Named Coach of the Year |publisher=Conference USA |date=December 6, 2017 |accessdate=December 7, 2017}}
  • Freshman of the Year: Spencer Brown, RB, UAB
  • Newcomer of the Year: Jalen Guyton, WR, sophomore, North Texas & Teddy Veal, WR, junior, Louisiana Tech

=All-Conference Teams=

{{cite press release|url=http://conferenceusa.com/news/2017/12/5/FB_1205175027.aspx |title=FB: 2017 All-Conference Awards |publisher=Conference USA |date=December 5, 2017 |accessdate=December 24, 2017}}

{{col-begin}}

{{col-3}}

class="wikitable sortable"
Position

! Player

! Team

colspan="3" style="text-align:center; background:#ddd;"| First Team Offense
style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:white" |QB

| style="background:white" | {{sortname|Mason|Fine}}

! style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|North Texas Mean Green|color=white}} |North Texas

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:white" | RB

| style="background:white" | {{sortname|Devin|Singletary}}

! style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|Florida Atlantic Owls|color=white}} |Florida Atlantic

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:white" | RB

| style="background:white" | {{sortname|Ito|Smith}}

! style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|Southern Miss Golden Eagles|color=white}} |Southern Miss

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:white" | WR

| style="background:white" | {{sortname|Thomas|Owens|nolink=1}}

! style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|FIU Panthers|color=white}} |FIU

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:white" | WR

| style="background:white" | {{sortname|Tyre|Brady|nolink=1}}

! style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|Marshall Thundering Herd|color=white}} |Marshall

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:white" | WR

| style="background:white" | {{sortname|Korey|Robertson}}

! style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|Southern Miss Golden Eagles|color=white}} |Southern Miss

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:white" | TE

| style="background:white" | {{sortname|Ryan|Yurachek|nolink=1}}

! style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|Marshall Thundering Herd|color=white}} |Marshall

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:white" | OL

| style="background:white" | {{sortname|Reggie|Bain|nolink=1}}

! style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|Florida Atlantic Owls|color=white}} |Florida Atlantic

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:white" | OL

| style="background:white" | {{sortname|Roman|Fernandez|nolink=1}}

! style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|Florida Atlantic Owls|color=white}} |Florida Atlantic

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:white" | OL

| style="background:white" | {{sortname|Antonyo|Woods|nolink=1}}

! style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|Florida Atlantic Owls|color=white}} |Florida Atlantic

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:white" | OL

| style="background:white" | {{sortname|Will|Hernandez}}

! style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|UTEP Miners|color=white}} |UTEP

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:white" | OL

| style="background:white" | {{sortname|Brandon|Ray|nolink=1}}

! style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|Western Kentucky Hilltoppers|color=white}} |Western Kentucky

colspan="3" style="text-align:center; background:#ddd;"| First Team Defense
style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:white" |DL

| style="background:white" | {{sortname|Jaylon|Ferguson}}

! style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|Louisiana Tech Bulldogs|color=white}} |Louisiana Tech

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:white" | DL

| style="background:white" | {{sortname|Oshane|Ximines}}

! style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|Old Dominion Monarchs|color=white}} |Old Dominion

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:white" | DL

| style="background:white" | {{sortname|Brian|Womac|nolink=1}}

! style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|Rice Owls|color=white}} |Rice

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:white" | DL

| style="background:white" | {{sortname|Marcus|Davenport}}

! style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|UTSA Roadrunners|color=white}} |UTSA

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:white" | LB

| style="background:white" | {{sortname|Azeez|Al-Shaair}}

! style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|Florida Atlantic Owls|color=white}} |Florida Atlantic

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:white" | LB

| style="background:white" | {{sortname|Emmanuel|Ellerbee}}

! style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|Rice Owls|color=white}} |Rice

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:white" | LB

| style="background:white" | {{sortname|Joel|Iyiegbuniwe}}

! style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|Western Kentucky Hilltoppers|color=white}} |Western Kentucky

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:white" | DB

| style="background:white" | {{sortname|Jalen|Young|nolink=1}}

! style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|Florida Atlantic Owls|color=white}} |Florida Atlantic

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:white" | DB

| style="background:white" | {{sortname|Shelton|Lewis|nolink=1}}

! style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|Florida Atlantic Owls|color=white}} |Florida Atlantic

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:white" | DB

| style="background:white" | {{sortname|Secdrick|Cooper|nolink=1}}

! style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|Louisiana Tech Bulldogs|color=white}} |Louisiana Tech

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:white" | DB

| style="background:white" | {{sortname|Darious|Williams}}

! style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|UAB Blazers|color=white}} |UAB

colspan="3" style="text-align:center; background:#ddd;"| First Team Special Teams
style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:white" | P

| style="background:white" | {{sortname|Kaare|Vedvik}}

! style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|Marshall Thundering Herd|color=white}} |Marshall

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:white" | K

| style="background:white" | {{sortname|Parker|Shaunfield|nolink=1}}

! style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|Southern Miss Golden Eagles|color=white}} |Southern Miss

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:white" | KR

| style="background:white" | {{sortname|Isaiah|Harper|nolink=1}}

! style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|Old Dominion Monarchs|color=white}} |Old Dominion

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:white" | PR

| style="background:white" | {{sortname|Darrell|Brown|nolink=1}}

! style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|Old Dominion Monarchs|color=white}} |Old Dominion

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:white" | LS

| style="background:white" | {{sortname|Cameron|Linck|nolink=1}}

! style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|Louisiana Tech Bulldogs|color=white}} |Louisiana Tech

{{col-3}}

class="wikitable sortable"
Position

! Player

! Team

colspan="3" style="text-align:center; background:#ddd;"| Second Team Offense
style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:white" |QB

| style="background:white" |{{sortname|Mike|White|Mike White (quarterback)}}

! style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|Western Kentucky Hilltoppers|color=white}} |Western Kentucky

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:white" |RB

| style="background:white" |{{sortname|Jeffery|Wilson|Jeff Wilson (American football)}}

! style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|North Texas Mean Green|color=white}} |North Texas

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:white" |RB

| style="background:white" |{{sortname|Spencer|Brown|dab=running back}}

! style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|UAB Blazers|color=white}} |UAB

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:white" |WR

| style="background:white" |{{sortname|Teddy|Veal|nolink=1}}

! style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|Louisiana Tech Bulldogs|color=white}} |Louisiana Tech

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:white" |WR

| style="background:white" |{{sortname|Ty|Lee|nolink=1}}

! style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders|color=white}} |Middle Tennessee

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:white" |WR

| style="background:white" |{{sortname|Jalen|Guyton}}

! style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|North Texas Mean Green|color=white}} |North Texas

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:white" |TE

| style="background:white" |{{sortname|Harrison|Bryant}}

! style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|Florida Atlantic Owls|color=white}} |Florida Atlantic

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:white" |OL

| style="background:white" |{{sortname|Jordan|Budwig|nolink=1}}

! style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|FIU Panthers|color=white}} |FIU

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:white" |OL

| style="background:white" |{{sortname|O'Shea|Dugas|nolink=1}}

! style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|Louisiana Tech Bulldogs|color=white}} |Louisiana Tech

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:white" |OL

| style="background:white" |{{sortname|Levi|Brown|nolink=1}}

! style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|Marshall Thundering Herd|color=white}} |Marshall

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:white" |OL

| style="background:white" |{{sortname|Devin|Farrior|nolink=1}}

! style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|Southern Miss Golden Eagles|color=white}} |Southern Miss

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:white" |OL

| style="background:white" |{{sortname|Chris|Schleuger|nolink=1}}

! style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|UAB Blazers|color=white}} |UAB

colspan="3" style="text-align:center; background:#ddd;"| Second Team Defense
style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:white" |DL

| style="background:white" | {{sortname|Fermin|Silva|nolink=1}}

! style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|FIU Panthers|color=white}} |FIU

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:white" | DL

| style="background:white" | {{sortname|Ryan|Bee|nolink=1}}

! style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|Marshall Thundering Herd|color=white}} |Marshall

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:white" | DL

| style="background:white" | {{sortname|Xavier|Thigpen|nolink=1}}

! style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|Southern Miss Golden Eagles|color=white}} |Southern Miss

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:white" | DL

| style="background:white" | {{sortname|Kevin|Strong}}

! style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|UTSA Roadrunners|color=white}} |UTSA

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:white" | LB

| style="background:white" | {{sortname|Anthony|Wint}}

! style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|FIU Panthers|color=white}} |FIU

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:white" | LB

| style="background:white" | {{sortname|Chase|Hancock|nolink=1}}

! style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|Marshall Thundering Herd|color=white}} |Marshall

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:white" | LB

| style="background:white" | {{sortname|Khalil|Brooks|nolink=1}}

! style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders|color=white}} |Middle Tennessee

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:white" | DB

| style="background:white" | {{sortname|Brad|Muhammad}}

! style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|FIU Panthers|color=white}} |FIU

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:white" | DB

| style="background:white" | {{sortname|Amik|Robertson}}

! style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|Louisiana Tech Bulldogs|color=white}} |Louisiana Tech

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:white" | DB

| style="background:white" | {{sortname|Malik|Gant|nolink=1}}

! style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|Marshall Thundering Herd|color=white}} |Marshall

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:white" | DB

| style="background:white" | {{sortname|Curtis|Mikell|nolink=1}}

! style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|Southern Miss Golden Eagles|color=white}} |Southern Miss

colspan="3" style="text-align:center; background:#ddd;"| Second Team Special Teams
style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:white" | P

| style="background:white" | {{sortname|Jack|Fox|dab=American football}}

! style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|Rice Owls|color=white}} |Rice

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:white" | K

| style="background:white" | {{sortname|Trevor|Moore|nolink=1}}

! style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|North Texas Mean Green|color=white}} |North Texas

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:white" | KR

| style="background:white" | {{sortname|Keion|Davis|nolink=1}}

! style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|Marshall Thundering Herd|color=white}} |Marshall

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:white" | PR

| style="background:white" | {{sortname|Austin|Trammell|nolink=1}}

! style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|Rice Owls|color=white}} |Rice

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:white" | LS

| style="background:white" | {{sortname|Matt|Bayliss|nolink=1}}

! style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|UTSA Roadrunners|color=white}} |UTSA

{{col-3}}

class="wikitable sortable"
Position

! Player

! Team

colspan="3" style="text-align:center; background:#ddd;"| Honorable Mention Offense
style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:white" |QB

| style="background:white" |{{sortname|Alex|McGough}}

! style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|FIU Panthers|color=white}} |FIU

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:white" |QB

| style="background:white" |{{sortname|Jason|Driskel|nolink=1}}

! style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|Florida Atlantic Owls|color=white}} |Florida Atlantic

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:white" |QB

| style="background:white" |{{sortname|Brent|Stockstill}}

! style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders|color=white}} |Middle Tennessee

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:white" |QB

| style="background:white" |{{sortname|A. J.|Erdely|nolink=1}}

! style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|UAB Blazers|color=white}} |UAB

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:white" |RB

| style="background:white" |{{sortname|Alex|Gardner|nolink=1}}

! style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|FIU Panthers|color=white}} |FIU

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:white" |RB

| style="background:white" |{{sortname|Gregory|Howell|Buddy Howell}}

! style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|Florida Atlantic Owls|color=white}} |Florida Atlantic

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:white" |RB

| style="background:white" |{{sortname|Jarred|Craft|nolink=1}}

! style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|Louisiana Tech Bulldogs|color=white}} |Louisiana Tech

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:white" |RB

| style="background:white" |{{sortname|Boston|Scott}}

! style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|Louisiana Tech Bulldogs|color=white}} |Louisiana Tech

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:white" |RB

| style="background:white" |{{sortname|Ray|Lawry|nolink=1}}

! style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|Old Dominion Monarchs|color=white}} |Old Dominion

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:white" |WR

| style="background:white" |{{sortname|Rashid|Bonnette|nolink=1}}

! style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|Louisiana Tech Bulldogs|color=white}} |Louisiana Tech

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:white" |WR

| style="background:white" |{{sortname|Marcel|Williams|nolink=1}}

! style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|Marshall Thundering Herd|color=white}} |Marshall

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:white" |WR

| style="background:white" |{{sortname|Michael|Lawrence|nolink=1}}

! style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|North Texas Mean Green|color=white}} |North Texas

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:white" |WR

| style="background:white" |{{sortname|Austin|Walter}}

! style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|Rice Owls|color=white}} |Rice

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:white" |WR

| style="background:white" |{{sortname|Allenzae|Staggers|nolink=1}}

! style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|Southern Miss Golden Eagles|color=white}} |Southern Miss

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:white" |WR

| style="background:white" |{{sortname|Andre|Wilson|nolink=1}}

! style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|UAB Blazers|color=white}} |UAB

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:white" |WR

| style="background:white" |{{sortname|Nacarius|Fant|nolink=1}}

! style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|Western Kentucky Hilltoppers|color=white}} |Western Kentucky

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:white" |WR

| style="background:white" |{{sortname|Lucky|Jackson|nolink=1}}

! style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|Western Kentucky Hilltoppers|color=white}} |Western Kentucky

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:white" |TE

| style="background:white" |{{sortname|Pharoah|McKever|nolink=1}}

! style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|FIU Panthers|color=white}} |FIU

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:white" |TE

| style="background:white" |{{sortname|Kam|McKnight|nolink=1}}

! style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|Louisiana Tech Bulldogs|color=white}} |Louisiana Tech

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:white" |TE

| style="background:white" |{{sortname|Deon|Yelder}}

! style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|Western Kentucky Hilltoppers|color=white}} |Western Kentucky

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:white" |OL

| style="background:white" |{{sortname|Nate|Davis|Nate Davis (offensive lineman)}}

! style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|Charlotte 49ers|color=white}} |Charlotte

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:white" |OL

| style="background:white" |{{sortname|Eugene|German|nolink=1}}

! style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|Charlotte 49ers|color=white}} |Charlotte

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:white" |OL

| style="background:white" |{{sortname|Joshua|Outlaw|nolink=1}}

! style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|Louisiana Tech Bulldogs|color=white}} |Louisiana Tech

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:white" |OL

| style="background:white" |{{sortname|Ethan|Reed|nolink=1}}

! style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|Louisiana Tech Bulldogs|color=white}} |Louisiana Tech

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:white" |OL

| style="background:white" |{{sortname|Robert|Behanan|nolink=1}}

! style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders|color=white}} |Middle Tennessee

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:white" |OL

| style="background:white" |{{sortname|Chandler|Brewer}}

! style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders|color=white}} |Middle Tennessee

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:white" |OL

| style="background:white" |{{sortname|T. J.|Henson|nolink=1}}

! style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|North Texas Mean Green|color=white}} |North Texas

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:white" |OL

| style="background:white" |{{sortname|Sosaia|Mose|nolink=1}}

! style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|North Texas Mean Green|color=white}} |North Texas

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:white" |OL

| style="background:white" |{{sortname|Jordan|Murray|nolink=1}}

! style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|North Texas Mean Green|color=white}} |North Texas

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:white" |OL

| style="background:white" |{{sortname|Elex|Woodworth|nolink=1}}

! style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|North Texas Mean Green|color=white}} |North Texas

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:white" |OL

| style="background:white" |{{sortname|Nick|Clarke|nolink=1}}

! style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|Old Dominion Monarchs|color=white}} |Old Dominion

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:white" |OL

| style="background:white" |{{sortname|Isaac|Weaver|nolink=1}}

! style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|Old Dominion Monarchs|color=white}} |Old Dominion

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:white" |OL

| style="background:white" |{{sortname|Calvin|Anderson}}

! style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|Rice Owls|color=white}} |Rice

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:white" |OL

| style="background:white" |{{sortname|Trey|Martin|nolink=1}}

! style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|Rice Owls|color=white}} |Rice

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:white" |OL

| style="background:white" |{{sortname|Drake|Dorbeck|nolink=1}}

! style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|Southern Miss Golden Eagles|color=white}} |Southern Miss

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:white" |OL

| style="background:white" |{{sortname|Arvin|Fletcher|nolink=1}}

! style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|Southern Miss Golden Eagles|color=white}} |Southern Miss

style="text-align:center;"

| style="background:white" |OL

| style="background:white" |{{sortname|James|Davis|nolink=1}}

! style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|UAB Blazers|color=white}} |UAB

{{col-end}}

=Bowl games=

{{see also|2017–18 NCAA football bowl games}}

class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
colspan="2"|Legend
style="background:#bfb;"| CUSA win
style="background:#fbb;"| CUSA loss

(Rankings from final CFP Poll; All times Eastern)

class="wikitable"

! Date !! Time!! Bowl Game !! Site !! TV !! CUSA Team !! Opponent !! Result

bgcolor=#fbb

| December 16, 2017

1:00 p.m.New Orleans BowlMercedes-Benz Superdome • New Orleans, LAESPNNorth TexasTroy50–30
bgcolor=#fbb

| December 16, 2017

2:30 p.m.AutoNation Cure BowlCamping World Stadium • Orlando, FLCBSSNWestern KentuckyGeorgia State27–17
bgcolor=#bfb

| December 16, 2017

4:30 p.m.New Mexico BowlDreamstyle Stadium • Albuquerque, NMESPNMarshallColorado State31–28
bgcolor=#bfb

| December 16, 2017

8:00 p.m.Camellia BowlCramton Bowl • Montgomery, ALESPNMiddle TennesseeArkansas State35–30
bgcolor=#bfb

| December 19, 2017

7:00 p.m.Boca Raton BowlFAU Stadium • Boca Raton, FLESPNFlorida AtlanticAkron50–3
bgcolor=#bfb

| December 20, 2017

7:00 p.m.Frisco BowlToyota Stadium • Frisco, TXESPNLouisiana TechSMU51–10
bgcolor=#fbb

| December 21, 2017

8:00 p.m.Gasparilla BowlTropicana Field • St. Petersburg, FLESPNFIUTemple28–3
bgcolor=#fbb

| December 22, 2017

12:30 p.m.Bahamas BowlThomas Robinson Stadium • Nassau, BahamasESPNUABOhio41–6
bgcolor=#fbb

| December 27, 2017

1:30 p.m.Independence BowlIndependence Stadium • Shreveport, LAESPNSouthern MissFlorida State42–13

Home game attendance

class="wikitable sortable"
Attendance

!Team

!Stadium

!Capacity

!Game 1

!Game 2

!Game 3

!Game 4

!Game 5

!Game 6

!Game 7

!Total

!Average

!% of Capacity

style="background:#00703C; color:#FFFFFF;"|Charlotte

|Jerry Richardson Stadium

|15,314

|18,651

|11,029

|10,584

|11,889

|10,937

|8,330

|align=center|{{sort|0|—}}

|71,420

|11,903

|77.73%

style="background:#002d62; color:#c5960c;"|FIU

|FIU Stadium

|20,000

|5,017†

|15,348

|16,433

|18,874

|17,127

|16,199

|14,004

|103,002

|14,715

|73.57%

style="background:#003366; color:#CC0000;"|Florida Atlantic

|FAU Stadium

|29,419

|28,481

|16,743

|12,913

|13,277

|15,880

|24,116

|14,258 ‡

|125,668

|17,953

|61.02%

style="background:#002F8B; color:#E31B23;"|Louisiana Tech

|Joe Aillet Stadium

|28,562

|24,002

|28,100

|22,013

|17,815

|18,504

|16,511

|15,651

|142,596

|20,371

|71.32%

style="background:#04945a; color:#FFFFFF;"|Marshall

|Joan C. Edwards Stadium

|38,227

|22,463

|24,044

|26,097

|19,966

|19,516

|18,361

|

|130,447

|21,741

|56.87%

style="background:#0066CC; color:#ffffff;"|{{nowrap|Middle Tennessee}}

|Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium

|30788

|26717

|16523

|15527

|13412

|11411

|10128

|align=center|{{sort|0|—}}

|93,718

|15,620

|50.73%

style="background:#00853E; color:#FFFFFF;"|North Texas

|Apogee Stadium

|30,850

|19,592

|20,142

|23,068

|18,872

|26,108

|26,392

|align=center|{{sort|0|—}}

|134,174

|22,362

|72.49%

style="background:#003057; color:#7c878e;"|Old Dominion

|Foreman Field

|20,118

|20,118

|20,118

|20,118

|20,118

|20,118

|20,118

|align=center|{{sort|0|—}}

|120,708

|20,118

|100.00%

style="background:#002469; color:#5e6062;"|Rice

|Rice Stadium

|47,000

|18,932

|21,766

|19,992

|18,124

|17,956

|align=center|{{sort|0|—}}

|align=center|{{sort|0|—}}

|96,770

|19,354

|41.18%

style="background:#000000; color:#FDC737;"|Southern Miss

|M. M. Roberts Stadium

|36,000

|22,761

|24,337

|21,907

|21,970

|19,101

|20,189

|align=center|{{sort|0|—}}

|130,265

|21,711

|60.31%

style="background:#1E6B52; color:#D2C780;"|UAB

|Legion Field

|71,594

|45,212

|21,789

|27,213

|25,309

|21,224

|12,505

|align=center|{{sort|0|—}}

|153,252

|25,542

|35.68%

style="background:#ff5600; color:#002147;"|UTEP

|Sun Bowl Stadium

|51,500

|19,136

|22,133

|20,418

|19,456

|16,597

|align=center|{{sort|0|—}}

|align=center|{{sort|0|—}}

|97,740

|19,548

|37.96%

style="background:#0c2340; color:#f15a22;"|UTSA

|Alamodome

|65,000

|25,093

|23,517

|25,270

|20,076

|20,148

|align=center|{{sort|0|—}}

|align=center|{{sort|0|—}}

|114,104

|22,821

|35.11%

style="background:#B01E24; color:#FFFFFF;"|WKU

|Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium

|22,113

|18,614

|16,223

|17,590

|16,754

|12,441

|12,612

|align=center|{{sort|0|—}}

|94,234

|15,706

|71.02%

†Played at Legion Field in Birmingham, AL {{cite web|title=Hurricane Irma 2017: FIU vs. Alcorn State to be played in Birmingham|url=http://www.al.com/sports/index.ssf/2017/09/hurricane_irma_2017_fiu_vs_alc.html|website=AL.com|date=7 September 2017}}

‡ Conference Championship Game

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