Our Conference USA season preview dives in on all 10 teams in the conference, including betting favorites Liberty and Jacksonville State.
Books have the Liberty Flames pegged as the Conference USA favorite for a good reason, but Jacksonville State may give them a run for their money .The worst conference in college football may have the best chance among the Group of Five of placing its champion into the College Football Playoff.
But Jacksonville State should have strong enough offensive and defensive line play to worry Western Kentucky, most notably the Gamecocks’ offensive line, given the Hilltoppers’ dismal run defense a year ago.Of the six remaining teams who could technically win CUSA — Kennesaw State is ineligible for a conference championship this season as it transitions to FBS competition — only Sam Houston State has a genuine argument for consideration.
Even as the Gamecocks replace most of their offense, that rushing attack should not waver, particularly not with senior Anwar Lewis returning from injury. The Flames will most likely win the CUSA title, only in part because they get both the Hilltoppers and the Gamecocks at home in the back half of the season. But Jacksonville State’s rush offense should raise its floor high enough to at least create a hedging opportunity in the CUSA title game.Five wins? Really? The Bulldogs have gone 3-9 in each of Sonny Cumbie’s two seasons.
Kennesaw State intentionally redshirted its best contributors last season, dooming its final year in the FCS to better its chances in its debut FBS season. Advanced metrics will struggle to account for that. Salter is the only genuine Heisman possibility in Conference USA, and he would need a 13-0 season to be even lightly considered.
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