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C-USA Announces Football Cross-Over Opponents
8/24/2004 12:00:00 AM | Football
Aug. 24, 2004
Irving, Texas - Conference USA has determined the 2005 and 2006 cross-over opponents for football, Commissioner Britton Banowsky announced today. The scheduling model, which was approved during the Athletic Directors meeting last week, calls for each team to play four home and four away games in league play. In addition to playing every team in its division once, each school will play three games against opponents from the opposite division. Cross-Over Opponents
West Division Houston - Memphis/Southern Miss/UCF Rice - ECU/UAB/UCF SMU - ECU/Marshall/UAB Tulane - Marshall/Southern Miss/UCF Tulsa - ECU/Memphis/Southern Miss UTEP - Marshall/Memphis/UABIn addition, the following home and away opponents were selected for 2005 and will be reversed for 2006.East Division East Carolina - Rice/SMU/Tulsa Marshall - SMU/Tulane/UTEP Memphis - Houston/Tulsa/UTEP Southern Miss - Houston/Tulane/Tulsa UAB - Rice/SMU/UTEP UCF - Houston/Rice/Tulane
West Division Houston Home: Memphis/Rice/ SMU/Southern Miss Away: Tulane/Tulsa/UCF/UTEP Rice Home: Tulane/Tulsa/UCF/UTEP Away: ECU/Houston/SMU/UAB SMU Home: ECU/Rice/Tulane/UTEP Away: Houston/Marshall/Tulsa/UAB Tulane Home: Houston/Marshall/Tulsa/UTEP Away: Rice/SMU/Southern Miss/UCF Tulsa Home: ECU/Houston/Memphis/SMU Away: Rice/Southern Miss/Tulane/UTEP UTEP Home: Houston/Marshall/Tulsa/UAB Away: Memphis/Rice/SMU/Tulane East Division ECU Home: Rice/Southern Miss/UAB/UCF Away: Marshall/Memphis/Tulsa/SMU Marshall Home: ECU/SMU/Southern Miss/UAB Away: Memphis/Tulane/UCF/UTEP Memphis Home: ECU/Marshall/UAB/UTEP Away: Houston/Southern Miss/Tulsa/UCF Southern Miss Home: Memphis/Tulane/Tulsa/UCF Away: ECU/Houston/Marshall/UAB UAB Home: Rice/SMU/Southern Miss/UCF Away: ECU/Marshall/Memphis/UTEP UCF Home: Houston/Marshall/Memphis/Tulane Away: ECU/Rice/Southern Miss/UAB
The new format will be the basis upon which the complete 2005 and 2006 schedules will be constructed. Exact game dates will be determined at a later date. Beginning in 2005, Conference USA will conduct a football championship game between the champions of the East Division and West Division. The championship game will be held at the school with the highest Conference winning percentage.
