C-USA Football: Week Seven Review

For the first time this season Conference USA did not suffer a defeat outside of league action. Yes, Rice was the only team to play an out of conference match-up, a 34-14 win over UTSA but, even little victories count.

C-USA kicked off week seven early as Tulsa hosted UTEP Thursday night. The Golden Hurricanes defended their home turf, walking away with a 33-11 victory over the Miners. In other Western division action, Tulane earned its first win of the season, 27-26 against SMU.

Marshall’s opponents for the next two weeks, Southern Miss and UCF, tangled in thrilling double overtime finish. After going up 38-31 on their second overtime possession, Knight’s cornerback Kemal Ishmael intercepted a pass from USM quarterback Anthony Alford to seal the victory. Staying in the East, ECU took down Memphis 41-7 and UAB lost a cross divisional game to Houston 39-17.

For a detailed breakdown of last week’s games click here.

Standings

East

UCF: 4-2, 2-0

ECU: 4-3, 3-1

Marshall: 2-4, 1-1

Memphis: 1-5, 1-1

UAB: 1-5, 0-2

USM: 0-6, 0-2

West

Tulsa: 6-1, 4-0

Houston: 3-3, 2-0

Tulane: 1-5, 1-1

SMU: 2-4, 1-1

Rice: 2-5, 0-3

UTEP: 1-6, 0-3