2010 Conference USA football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
East Division
#21 UCF x$		7	–	1		11	–	3
East Carolina		5	–	3		6	–	7
Southern Miss		5	–	3		8	–	5
Marshall		4	–	4		5	–	7
UAB		3	–	5		4	–	8
Memphis		0	–	8		1	–	11
West Division
SMU xy		6	–	2		7	–	7
#24 Tulsa x		6	–	2		10	–	3
Houston		4	–	4		5	–	7
UTEP		3	–	5		6	–	7
Rice		3	–	5		4	–	8
Tulane		2	–	6		4	–	8
Championship: UCF 17, SMU 7
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant As of January 11, 2011; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2010 Conference USA Football Championship Game was played on December 4, 2010 at Bright House Networks Stadium in Orlando, FL. The game was played between the UCF Knights, winner of Conference USA's East Division, and the SMU Mustangs, the winner the West Division.

UCF was seeking their second C-USA title, and hosting the game for the third time. Southern Methodist was experiencing their second consecutive winning season, and their third one since returning from the "death penalty" in 1989. It would be SMU's first attempt to win a conference title since 1984, when they won a share of the Southwest Conference championship.

Under conference rules, the game was held at the home field of the team with the best record in conference play; since UCF finished C-USA play at 7–1, better than SMU's 6–2, the game was held at the Knights' home field, Bright House Networks Stadium in Orlando, Florida.

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