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CUSA Bowl Lineup 2026
Conference USA will continue its established bowl affiliations for the 2026 postseason, as Bowl Season announced the extension of existing conference bowl agreements with the FBS conferences. The league is guaranteed seven bowl appearances, providing its members with a broad range of postseason opportunities across the country.
CUSA will once again send a team to the New Orleans Bowl against a Sun Belt Conference school. The league has a longstanding history with the event, having placed a team in the bowl 21 times since its inception in 2001. CUSA teams have won each of the last four New Orleans Bowl games. The conference’s remaining guaranteed selections in the cycle will come from 14 games which are owned and operated by ESPN Events. The bowl lineup offers Conference USA institutions and student-athletes postseason destinations throughout the nation while continuing the league’s commitment to providing quality postseason opportunities and experiences.

https://conferenceusa.com/sports/2020/5/..._2022.aspx

Sam at KState in 2029

https://gobearkats.com/news/2026/8/4/foo...te-in-2029

Kennesaw and Vandy

WKU adds Southern Illinois

https://fbschedules.com/western-kentucky...-schedule/

Jax State at Indiana August 28, 2027.


https://fbschedules.com/ncaa/jacksonville-state/

Should be an easy W

Ok. Gem made me laugh.

(10-07-2026 02:10 PM)Baldspot Wrote:  Ok. Gem made me laugh.

Just three years ago you wouldn’t have laughed.

Planning on Cig leaving for the NFL after the season.

Liberty’s Nov 7th game at NMState has been flexed to ESPNU with a new start time of 8:00 pm ET.

Might just be me but it seems the conference is getting a lot more games on national broadcasts as opposed to ESPN+ than in recent precious years.

https://x.com/aseaofred/status/211478854...nk2d6UzFqg

(10-26-2026 02:45 PM)Baldspot Wrote:  Liberty’s Nov 7th game at NMState has been flexed to ESPNU with a new start time of 8:00 pm ET.

Might just be me but it seems the conference is getting a lot more games on national broadcasts as opposed to ESPN+ than in recent precious years.

https://x.com/aseaofred/status/211478854...nk2d6UzFqg

Was it on ESPN+ originally?

It was previously listed as a 5:00 pm ET start on an ESPN platform station.

Currently Jax St vs Sam is on CBSSports at 7:00 pm.
Kinda nice seeing four CUSA teams play Sat night prime time on linear stations.

All Sun Belt games are on ESPN+ that day.

FIU at Illinois 2027

https://fbschedules.com/illinois-adds-fi...-schedule/

The new CFP rules for the 24 team playoff says all P4s have to play at least ten P4 teams every year.

Next year Indiana has Jax State, Kennesaw State, and Indiana State scheduled with nine Big Ten games. I doubt they drop Larry Bird so which one of us gets the boot and the big severance check?

I bet it is us (Jax State). It seems like it would be easier to drop and add on August 28th, but this is just a guess.

I hope it is KSU. We have 3 away games, hopefully this would get us a payday and a chance to get another home game.

So am I understanding this right? The P4 conferences must play 10 P4 games a season. There are 68 P4 teams. That’s a potential 136 games for 70 G6 teams to schedule. Those games will be a premium. And who’s to say the P4 won’t play more games amongst themselves making even less games available. It is imperative now more than ever to play a strong schedule with the new 24 team playoff.

It would be nice if the G6 moved their conference schedules up to the beginning of the season and left room on the tail end for “flex” scheduling, pairing the strongest teams against each other to build up their resumes for playoff chances.