2015 Conference USA football season

2015 Conference USA football season
League	NCAA Division I FBS (Football Bowl Subdivision)
Sport	Football
Duration	August 2015 – January 2016
Number of teams	13
TV partner(s)	Fox Sports CBS Sports Network ESPN
East champions	Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
East runners-up	Marshall Thundering Herd
West champions	Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles
West runners-up	Louisiana Tech Bulldogs

2015 Conference USA football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
East Division
#24 WKU x$		8	–	0					12	–	2
Middle Tennessee		6	–	2					7	–	6
Marshall		6	–	2					10	–	3
FIU		3	–	5					5	–	7
Old Dominion		3	–	5					5	–	7
Florida Atlantic		3	–	5					3	–	9
Charlotte		0	–	8					2	–	10
West Division
Southern Miss x		7	–	1					9	–	5
Louisiana Tech		6	–	2					9	–	4
UTSA		3	–	5					3	–	9
UTEP		3	–	5					5	–	7
Rice		3	–	5					5	–	7
North Texas		1	–	7					1	–	11
Championship: WKU 45, Southern Miss 28
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions As of 8:39, January 12, 2015 (UTC); Rankings from AP Poll

The 2015 Conference USA football season will part of the 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season and play from August 2015 through January 2016. The 2015 football season marks the 21st season of the Conference USA's existence and 20th of football competition; although C-USA was established in 1995, it did not begin football competition until 1996.

Previous season

Marshall won the conference championship for the first time in the conference, defeating Louisiana Tech 26–23.^[1]

Membership

The Charlotte 49ers are a transitional Division I FBS member, joining from the FCS Atlantic 10 Conference. They replaced UAB in the East division for the 2015 season.

East Division	West Division
Charlotte	Louisiana Tech
Florida Atlantic	North Texas
FIU	Rice
Marshall	Southern Miss
Middle Tennessee	UTEP
Old Dominion	UTSA
Western Kentucky

References

1. "Louisiana Tech Bulldogs vs. Marshall Thundering Herd". ESPN. 2014-12-06. Retrieved 2015-03-26.