{"id":432,"date":"2019-07-18T15:28:05","date_gmt":"2019-07-18T19:28:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.simplifiedfootball.com\/?p=432"},"modified":"2019-07-18T15:28:06","modified_gmt":"2019-07-18T19:28:06","slug":"2019-cusa-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.simplifiedfootball.com\/2019-cusa-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"2019 CUSA Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

East Division<\/em><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Place<\/td>Team<\/td>Win-Share (Conf)<\/td>Record (Conf)<\/td>Rating<\/td><\/tr>
1<\/td>Marshall
Thundering Herd<\/td>		8.5 (5.8)<\/td>9-3 (7-1)<\/td>3.74<\/td><\/tr>
2<\/td>FAU Owls<\/td>5.9 (4.2)<\/td>7-5 (5-3)<\/td>3.38<\/td><\/tr>
2<\/td>FIU Panthers<\/td>7.2 (4.7)<\/td>7-5 (5-3)<\/td>3.44<\/td><\/tr>
4<\/td>MTSU
Blue Raiders<\/td>		5.4 (4.0)<\/td>4-8 (3-5)<\/td>3.27<\/td><\/tr>
4<\/td>Western KY
Hilltoppers<\/td>		5.7 (3.8)<\/td>4-8 (3-5)<\/td>3.11<\/td><\/tr>
6<\/td>Charlotte 49ers<\/td>5.5 (3.8)<\/td>4-8 (2-6)<\/td>3.10<\/td><\/tr>
6<\/td>Old Dominion
Monarchs<\/td>		3.3 (2.2)<\/td>3-9 (2-6)<\/td>2.71<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\n\n\n\n

West Division<\/em><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Place<\/td>Team<\/td>Win-Share (Conf)<\/td>Record (Conf)<\/td>Rating<\/td><\/tr>
1<\/td>North Texas
Mean Green<\/td>		8.1 (5.7)<\/td>8-4 (6-2)<\/td>3.71<\/td><\/tr>
2<\/td>UAB Blazers<\/td>7.1 (4.7)<\/td>8-4 (5-3)<\/td>3.29<\/td><\/tr>
2<\/td>Louisiana Tech
Bulldogs<\/td>		6.9 (4.4)<\/td>8-4 (5-3)<\/td>3.46<\/td><\/tr>
2<\/td>Southern Miss
Golden Eagles<\/td>		5.9 (4.3)<\/td>6-6 (5-3)<\/td>3.30<\/td><\/tr>
2<\/td>UTSA
Roadrunners<\/td>		6.3 (4.5)<\/td>7-5 (5-3)<\/td>3.25<\/td><\/tr>
6<\/td>Rice Owls<\/td>3.0 (2.4)<\/td>2-10 (2-6)<\/td>2.82<\/td><\/tr>
7<\/td>UTEP
Miners<\/td>		3.1 (1.7)<\/td>2-10 (1-7)<\/td>2.47<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\n\n\n\n

Championship Game<\/em><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Marshall over North Texas<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Notes<\/em><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

There is a lot of parity in the CUSA in 2019 at the top. Lot of good teams and lot of not so good teams. Some teams that many may expect to be good, could find themselves on the outside looking in (Bowl season) and still have a pretty good team. Should make for some exciting match-ups during the regular season. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I have Marshall winning their first championship since 2014. They would mark the 4th different team to win the CUSA in as many years. FAU looks to have a rebound year after a disappointing 2018 where a lot was expected and they failed to make a bowl game. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

No CUSA teams will finish in the top 25, but Marshall may finish with a few votes. 8 teams make a bowl.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bowl Projections<\/em><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Team<\/td>Bowl Projections<\/td><\/tr>
Marshall<\/td>Bahamas Bowl Bowl<\/td><\/tr>
North Texas<\/td>Gasparilla Bowl<\/td><\/tr>
UAB<\/td>New Orleans Bowl<\/td><\/tr>
Louisiana Tech<\/td>First Responders Bowl<\/td><\/tr>
FAU<\/td>Frisco Bowl<\/td><\/tr>
FIU<\/td>New Mexico Bowl<\/td><\/tr>
UTSA<\/td>No Bowl<\/td><\/tr>
Southern Miss<\/td>No Bowl<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

East Division Place Team Win-Share (Conf) Record (Conf) Rating 1 MarshallThundering Herd 8.5 (5.8) 9-3 (7-1) 3.74 2 FAU Owls 5.9 (4.2) 7-5 (5-3) 3.38 2 FIU Panthers 7.2 (4.7) 7-5 (5-3) 3.44 4 MTSU Blue Raiders 5.4 (4.0) 4-8 (3-5) 3.27 4 Western KYHilltoppers 5.7 (3.8) 4-8 (3-5) 3.11 6 Charlotte 49ers 5.5 (3.8) […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[164,128,184,121,90,83,84,185,124,186,123,122,188,190,189,125],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.simplifiedfootball.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/432"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.simplifiedfootball.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.simplifiedfootball.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.simplifiedfootball.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.simplifiedfootball.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=432"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.simplifiedfootball.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/432\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.simplifiedfootball.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=432"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.simplifiedfootball.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=432"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.simplifiedfootball.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=432"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}