2012 Conference USA Football Season
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The 2012
Conference USA Conference USA (C-USA or CUSA) is an intercollegiate athletic conference whose current member institutions are located within the Southern United States. The conference participates in the NCAA's Division I in all sports. C-USA's offices are l ...
football season was an
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football season that was from August 2012 through January 2013.
Conference USA Conference USA (C-USA or CUSA) is an intercollegiate athletic conference whose current member institutions are located within the Southern United States. The conference participates in the NCAA's Division I in all sports. C-USA's offices are l ...
consists of 12 football members separated into 2 divisions:
East Carolina East Carolina University (ECU) is a public research university in Greenville, North Carolina. It is the fourth largest university in North Carolina. Founded on March 8, 1907, as a teacher training school, East Carolina has grown from its orig ...
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Marshall Marshall may refer to: Places Australia * Marshall, Victoria, a suburb of Geelong, Victoria Canada * Marshall, Saskatchewan * The Marshall, a mountain in British Columbia Liberia * Marshall, Liberia Marshall Islands * Marshall Islands, an i ...
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Memphis Memphis most commonly refers to: * Memphis, Egypt, a former capital of ancient Egypt * Memphis, Tennessee, a major American city Memphis may also refer to: Places United States * Memphis, Alabama * Memphis, Florida * Memphis, Indiana * Memp ...
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Southern Miss The University of Southern Mississippi (Southern Miss or USM) is a public research university with its main campus located in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. It is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award bachelor's, ma ...
, UAB, UCF make up the eastern division, while
Houston Houston (; ) is the most populous city in Texas, the most populous city in the Southern United States, the fourth-most populous city in the United States, and the sixth-most populous city in North America, with a population of 2,304,580 in ...
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Rice Rice is the seed of the grass species ''Oryza sativa'' (Asian rice) or less commonly ''Oryza glaberrima ''Oryza glaberrima'', commonly known as African rice, is one of the two domesticated rice species. It was first domesticated and grown i ...
, SMU,
Tulane Tulane University, officially the Tulane University of Louisiana, is a private research university in New Orleans, Louisiana. Founded as the Medical College of Louisiana in 1834 by seven young medical doctors, it turned into a comprehensive pub ...
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Tulsa Tulsa () is the second-largest city in the U.S. state, state of Oklahoma and List of United States cities by population, 47th-most populous city in the United States. The population was 413,066 as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. ...
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UTEP The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) is a public research university in El Paso, Texas. It is a member of the University of Texas System. UTEP is the second-largest university in the United States to have a majority Mexican American stu ...
comprise the western division. The 2012 football season marks the 18th season of the conference's existence and 17th of football competition; although C-USA was established in 1995, it did not begin football competition until 1996. In addition, the season will be the last to feature participation from Houston, Memphis, SMU and UCF, as the four schools intend to leave the conference for the
American Athletic Conference The American Athletic Conference (The American or AAC) is an American collegiate athletic conference, featuring 11 member universities and five affiliate member universities that compete in the National Collegiate Athletic Association's (NCAA) ...
on July 1, 2013. UCF will be eligible to compete for both the Conference USA championship and a bowl game this season with its appeal of a one-year football postseason ban not scheduled to be heard until next year. The NCAA has set the hearing for late January. Should UCF lose its appeal, it would serve its football ban in 2013 when it enters the Big East.


Previous season

Southern Miss The University of Southern Mississippi (Southern Miss or USM) is a public research university with its main campus located in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. It is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award bachelor's, ma ...
won the conference championship for the first time, defeating the Houston Cougars 49–28.


Regular season


Week One


Week Two


Week Three


Week Four


Week Five


Week Six


Week Seven


Week Eight


Week Nine


Week Ten


Week Eleven


Week Twelve


Week Thirteen


Players of the week


Rankings


Records against other conferences


Bowl games

(C-USA teams in bold)


Attendance


Bowl eligibility


Bowl eligible (5)

*Tulsa (9–3) became bowl eligible on October 11 after defeating UTEP. *UCF (9–3) became bowl eligible on October 27 after defeating Marshall. *East Carolina (8–4) became bowl eligible on November 3 after defeating Houston. *SMU (6–6) became bowl eligible on November 24 after defeating Tulsa. *Rice (6–6) became bowl eligible on November 24 after defeating UTEP.


Bowl ineligible (7)

*Southern Miss (0–12) lost the ability to become bowl eligible on October 20 after losing to Marshall. *Memphis (4–8) lost the ability to become bowl eligible on October 27 after losing to SMU. *UAB (3–9) lost the ability to become bowl eligible on October 27 after losing to Tulane. *UTEP (3–9) lost the ability to become bowl eligible on October 27 after losing to Houston. *Tulane (2–10) lost the ability to become bowl eligible on November 3 after losing to Rice. *Houston (5–7) lost the ability to become bowl eligible on November 17 after losing to Marshall. *Marshall (5–7) lost the ability to become bowl eligible on November 23 after losing to East Carolina.


References

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