Conference USA

Conference USA teams and bowl tie-ins:

• East Carolina (6-7) Lost in the Military Bowl to Maryland, 51-20.
• Houston (5-7)
• Marshall (5-7)
• Memphis (1-11)
• Rice (4-8)
• Southern Methodist University (7-7) Lost to Army in the Armed Forces Bowl, 16-14.
• Southern Mississippi (8-5) Lost to Louisville in the St. Petersburg Bowl, 31-28.
• Tulane (4-8)
• Tulsa (10-3) Beat #24 Hawaii in the Hawaii Bowl, 62-35.
• University of Alabama-Birmingham (4-8)
• University of Central Florida (11-3) Beat Georgia in the Liberty Bowl, 10-6.
• University of Texas El-Paso (6-7) Lost ot BYU in the New Mexico Bowl, 52-24.

Bowl Tie-Ins:

• New Orleans Bowl--Versus Sun Belt.
• Beef O' Brady St. Petersburg Bowl--Versus Big East.
• Hawaii Bowl--Versus WAC.
• Armed Forces Bowl--Versus BYU.
• Liberty Bowl--Versus SEC.
• Ticket City Bowl--Versus Big 10.

The 6 bowl tie-ins have slightly changed from 2010. The NO Bowl, St. Pete Bowl, Hawaii Bowl, Armed Forces bowl and Liberty Bowl all stayed the same. The biggest change is a Jan. 2 bowl game versus the Big 10 in the Ticket City bowl in Dallas. This may be the marquee bowl game to give the conference some much needed exposure on the national stage although one may wonder if it will get lost in the jumbled mess of 5 games on Jan. 2.