The 2021 Conference USA football season was the 26th season of college football play for Conference USA (C-USA). The season started on August 28, 2021, and ended on December 23, 2021. The conference consisted of 14 members in two divisions. It was part of the 2021 NCAA Division I FBS football season.
The Preseason Media Poll was released on July 19. Marshall was voted the favorite to win the East Division, while UAB was voted favorite for the West Division.
East Division (votes for 1st):<br>1. Marshall (17)<br>2. Florida Atlantic (6)<br>3. Western Kentucky (1)<br>4. Charlotte<br>5. Middle Tennessee<br>6. FIU<br>7. Old Dominion
West Division (votes for 1st):<br>1. UAB (15)<br>2. UTSA (9)<br>3. Louisiana Tech<br>4. Southern Miss<br>5. Rice<br>6. North Texas<br>7. UTEP
Preseason player awards were announced on July 20.
The following list contains C-USA players who were included on preseason watch lists for national awards.
Doc Holliday was released from the Head Coach position at Marshall after 11 seasons with the program. He was replaced by Charles Huff, who had previously been the running backs coach at Alabama.
Will Hall took over as the new permanent Head Coach at Southern Miss, filling the vacancy left after Jay Hopson had resigned one game into the previous season.
Note: All stats shown are before the start of the 2021 season.
All times Eastern time.
2021âÂÂ2022 records against non-conference foes:
This is a list of games C-USA has scheduled versus power conference teams (ACC, Big 10, Big 12, Pac-12, BYU, Notre Dame and SEC). All rankings are from the current AP Poll at the time of the game.
The following games include C-USA teams competing against teams from the American, MAC, Mountain West, or Sun Belt.
The following games include C-USA teams competing against FBS Independents, which includes Army, Liberty, New Mexico State, UConn, or UMass.
The following individuals received postseason honors as voted by the Conference USA football coaches at the end of the season.
The following players were selected as part of the Conference USA's All-Conference Teams.
The 2021 College Football All-America Teams are composed of the following College Football All-American first teams chosen by the following selector organizations: Associated Press (AP), Football Writers Association of America (FWAA), American Football Coaches Association (AFCA), Walter Camp Foundation (WCFF), The Sporting News (TSN), Sports Illustrated (SI), USA Today (USAT) ESPN, CBS Sports (CBS), FOX Sports (FOX) College Football News (CFN), Bleacher Report (BR), Scout.com, Phil Steele (PS), SB Nation (SB), Athlon Sports, Pro Football Focus (PFF) and Yahoo! Sports (Yahoo!).
Currently, the NCAA compiles consensus all-America teams in the sports of Division I-FBS football and Division I men's basketball using a point system computed from All-America teams named by coaches associations or media sources. The system consists of three points for a first-team honor, two points for second-team honor, and one point for third-team honor. Honorable mention and fourth team or lower recognitions are not accorded any points. Football consensus teams are compiled by position and the player accumulating the most points at each position is named first team consensus all-American. Currently, the NCAA recognizes All-Americans selected by the AP, AFCA, FWAA, TSN, and the WCFF to determine Consensus and Unanimous All-Americans. Any player named to the First Team by all five of the NCAA-recognized selectors is deemed a Unanimous All-American.
The following list includes all C-USA players who were drafted in the 2022 NFL draft.