Conference USA Football Championship Game | |
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Conference Football Championship | |
Sport | College football |
Conference | Conference USA |
Current stadium | Hosted at school site by team with best conference winning percentage |
Played | 2005–present |
Last contest | 2017 |
Current champion | Florida Atlantic |
Most championships | Tulsa, UCF, East Carolina, Western Kentucky (2) |
TV partner(s) | ESPN/ESPN2, ABC |
Official website | ConferenceUSA.com |
The Conference USA Football Championship Game is an annual American football game that has determined the Conference USA's season champion since 2005. The championship game pits the C-USA East Division regular season champion against the West Division regular season champion. It is typically played on the first Saturday of December. The 2017 edition of the game, currently title sponsored by Dynacraft BSC, is scheduled to be played on December 2, 2017, televised by ESPN's family of networks.
Five of the fourteen current C-USA members have played in the Conference USA Football Championship Game. The overall series between both divisions is led by the East Division, 9–4.
While five C-USA members have played in the game, only four have won: Marshall and WKU of the current East Division members, and Southern Miss and Rice of the current West Division members.
The C-USA Football Championship Game has been aired on ESPN or their affiliates since 2005.
Before 2005, each member of the conference played in a round robin scheduling to determine the champion of the conference. In this time period, Southern Miss won the most with 4 titles. Historically the winner of the C-USA Championship customarily receives a berth to play in the Liberty Bowl against a member of the Southeastern Conference.
The team with the best overall conference win percentage will be the team that hosts the championship game. Four venues have hosted two title games—Houston's Robertson Stadium of Houston, UCF's Bright House Networks Stadium, Tulsa's Chapman Stadium, and WKU's Houchens Stadium.