HOUSTON at UCF
Saturday, Oct. 24 • 1 p.m. • CBSSN
Bright House Networks Stadium (43,323/Grass)
Orlando, Fla.
#HOUvsUCF



Television
ESPNews - WATCH LIVE - LIVE STATS
Mike Corey and Rene Ingoglia

Houston Radio - KRPC-AM 950 (flagship)
UCF Radio - WYGM-AM 740 (flagship)

THE GAME
UCF and Houston have met six times prior to Saturday’s matchup … The Knights are 5-1 all-time against the Cougars and have won the last four in the series … Last year’s matchup saw UCF escape with a 17-12 win as the Cougars’ bid for the go-ahead touchdown went through the end zone for a touchback in the final seconds.

21/22 HOUSTON
6-0, 3-0 American

Head Coach
Tom Herman (Minnesota ’96)
6-0, first season


NOTES
Houston is off to a 6-0 start under first-year head coach Tom Herman … Herman is the second Houston coach in program history to begin his career with six wins (John Jenkins, 1990) … Herman is the only new head coach nationally who remains undefeated … Houston is ranked in both national polls for the first time since 2011 … Houston ranks 11th nationally in rushing defense through six games (98.5 ypg) and is 10th nationally in rushing offense (279.2 ypg) … QB Greg Ward Jr. has appeared on some Heisman Trophy lists after his outstanding start to the season … Ward is tied with LSU RB Leonard Fournette for the national lead with 14 rushing touchdowns … Ward has rushed for 631 yards and is averaging 105.2 yards per game, which ranks fourth in The American … Ward has also completed 71.8 percent of his passes (117 of 163) for 1,524 yards and nine touchdowns with two interceptions … RB Kenneth Farrow has 502  rushing yards and five touchdowns … WR Demarcus Ayers has a team-leading 46 receptions for 562 yards and three touchdowns … LB Steven Taylor has eight sacks and 13.0 tackles for loss.

UCF
0-7, 0-3 American

Head Coach
George O’Leary (New Hampshire ’69)
81-67, 12th season at UCF
133-100, 20th season as collegiate head coach

NOTES
UCF is off to an 0-7 start to the 2015 season … The Knights look to snap a eight-game slide that began with the St. Petersburg Bowl last season … Two of UCF’s seven losses have been one-point affairs … The Knights have been riddled with injuries in 2015, forcing head coach George O’Leary to lean on a number of inexperience players … Forty-six percent of the players who have appeared in at least one game this season had never played for UCF before the year … QB Justin Holman had been sidelined with an injury since Week 2 of the season, but returned to the starting lineup against UConn two weeks ago … Holman has completed 60 of 117 passes for 571 yards and three touchdowns with five interceptions … WR Tre’Quan Smith has a team-high 22 receptions for 293 yards and two TDs … LB Domenic Spencer has 46 tackles with a team-leading 6.0 tackles for loss … CB Shaquill Griffin leads the team with eight pass breakups and recorded the Knights’ first defensive interception of the season against Temple … UCF had four takeaways on defense or special teams against Temple after entering the game with four takeaways on the season.



TULANE at NAVY
Saturday, Oct. 24 • 1 p.m. • CBSSN
Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium (34,000/FieldTurf)
Annapolis, Md.


Television
CBSSN - LIVE STATS
John Sadak, Randy Cross and Sheehan Burke

Tulane Radio - WMTI-FM 106.1 (flagship)
Navy Radio - WBAL-AM 1090 (flagship)

THE GAME
Tulane and Navy renew a series that dates to 1949 as the schools meet for the first time since 2005 … The Green Wave is 11-7-1 all-time against the Midshipmen … The first meeting was a 21-21 tie in which Tulane All-America RB Eddie Prince rushed for 238 yards … Navy was a 49-21 winner the last time the teams met as the Midshipmen rushed for 410 yards.

TULANE
2-4, 1-2 American

Head Coach
Curtis Johnson (Idaho ’85)
14-29, fourth season

NOTES
Tulane looks to snap a two-game slide on the heels of a 42-7 setback to Houston … The Green Wave has gone 0-2 on the road this season, falling to Georgia Tech and Temple  … QB Tanner Lee, who had started the first five games and thrown for 973 yards and eight touchdowns, did not play against Houston while he recovered from a concussion … QB Devin Powell has thrown for 157 yards and a touchdown in limited action … RB Dontrell Hilliard leads a talented group of running backs with 241 rushing yards and three touchdowns … Hilliard leads a group of four Tulane runners who have at least 100 rushing yards on the year … WR Teddy Veal leads the Green Wave with 27 catches for 319 yards and three touchdowns, while WR Devon Breaux has 18 catches for 356 yards and three TDs … LB Nico Marley, the grandson of music legend Bob Marley, has a team-high 44 tackles to go with 6.0 tackles for loss … The Green Wave had registered one quarterback sack in its first three games, but has 12 sacks in its last three games … DE Royce LaFrance has a team-high four sacks with eight tackles for loss … Five players have one interception each for the Green Wave.

rv/rv NAVY
4-1, 2-0 American

Head Coach
Ken Niumatalolo (Hawaii ’89)
60-36, eighth season

NOTES
Navy fell from the ranks of the unbeaten and saw an eight-game winning streak come to an end with a 41-24 setback to Notre Dame Oct. 10 … The Midshipmen had a bye in Week 7 … Navy had reeled off four straight wins to start the season, including a pair of conference victories and a 33-11 decision against Air Force in the first game of the Commander-In-Chief’s Trophy series … The offensive leader is QB Keenan Reynolds, who already holds the NCAA career record for rushing touchdowns by a quarterback (73) … Reynolds needs four rushing TDs to tie the NCAA mark for all players, held by former Wisconsin running back Montee Ball (77) … Reynolds has rushed for 598 yards and nine touchdowns and has thrown two touchdown passes … Navy ranks third in the nation in rushing offense, averaging 335.4 yards per game … FB Chris Swain has rushed for 420 yards and four touchdowns, while FB Quentin Ezell also has four rushing TDs … WR Jamir Tillman has a team-high eight receptions for 113 yards and a touchdown … LB Daniel Gonzalez has a team-high 37 tackles, while DE Will Anthony leads the team with 3.5 tackles for loss … CB Brandon Clements has two interceptions.


SMU at USF
Saturday, Oct. 24 • 4 p.m. • ESPNews
Raymond James Stadium (65,857/Grass)
Tampa, Fla.
#SMUvsUSF



Television
ESPNews - WATCH LIVE - LIVE STATS
Eamon McAnaney and Rocky Boiman

SMU Radio  - KTCK-FM 96.7 (flagship)
USF Radio - WWBA-AM 820 (flagship)

THE GAME
Saturday’s game will be the third meeting between SMU and USF in a series that began with the start of the American Athletic Conference in 2013 … SMU was a 16-6 winner in Tampa in 2013 before USF claimed a 14-13 victory last year in Dallas … The Bulls got the game-winning touchdown with four seconds left last year on a score by WR Andre Davis.

SMU
1-5, 0-2 American

Head Coach
Chad Morris (Texas A&M ’92)
1-5, first season

NOTES
SMU comes off an open week that came at an opportune time after the Mustangs played what might have been the most challenging first-half schedule of any team nationally … The Mustangs are 1-5, and the five teams that have defeated SMU are a combined 30-3 this season … Two of SMU’s losses are to teams ranked in the top three of this week’s USA Today poll (No. 2 Baylor and No. 3 TCU) … QB Matt Davis has been the catalyst on offense … Davis is ranked fourth in the American Athletic Conference, and 19th nationally, in total offense, averaging 309.3 yards per game … Davis has rushed for 426 yards and seven touchdowns and has completed 108 of 180 passes for 1,426 yards and 11 TDs … Freshman WR Courtland Sutton has team highs with 27 receptions, 498 yards and six touchdown catches … RB Xavier Jones has rushed for 331 yards and four TDs … The defense is led by DE Justin Lawler, who has 36 tackles with 4.5 sacks and a forced fumble … S Darrion Richardson has 36 tackles, an interception and four passes defended. … The Mustangs are third in The American with nine interceptions … CB Horace Richardson and S Jordan Wyatt have two picks each.

USF
3-3, 1-1 American

Head Coach
Willie Taggart (Western Kentucky ’98)
9-20, third season at USF
27-40, sixth season as collegiate head coach

NOTES
USF improved to 3-3 with a 28-20 win at UConn for the Bulls’ second consecutive victory… A win against SMU would give USF its first three-game winning streak since the 2011 season and would equal the Bulls’ four victories from last year … The Bulls have gained at least 450 yards of offense in each of the last two games … RB Marlon Mack, who was The American’s Rookie of the Year in 2014, has enjoyed a successful sophomore year with 689 rushing yards and five touchdowns … Mack is third in The American in rushing at 114.8 yards per game and has registered three straight 100-yard efforts … QB Quinton Flowers has started all six games and has completed 77 of 122 passes (63.1 percent) for 941 yards and 10 touchdowns with six interceptions … Flowers also has rushed for 362 yards and four TDs … Wr Rodney Adams has 16 receptions for 226 yards and five touchdowns … The Bulls rank 11th nationally in tackles for loss, averaging 8.2 per game … LB Auggie Sanchez has a team-high 47 tackles, including 3.5 tackles for loss … S Jamie Byrd has two interceptions to go with 40 tackles, 2.0 sacks and 4.0 tackles for loss.


UCONN at CINCINNATI
Saturday, Oct. 24 • 4:30 p.m. • CBSSN
Nippert Stadium (40,000/UBU Speed Series 55M)
Cincinnati, Ohio



Television
CBS Sports Network - LIVE STATS
Dave Ryan, Corey Chavous and Lauren Gardner

Uconn Radio - WTIC-AM 1080 (flagship)
Cincinnati Radio - WLW-AM 700 (flagship)

THE GAME
UConn and Cincinnati first met in 2004 as both joined the Big East Conference … The Bearcats have gone 9-2 in the 11 previous meetings and have won four straight against the Huskies … Cincinnati was a 41-0 winner in East Hartford, Connecticut, last season in what stands as the most decisive win for either side in the series.

UCONN
3-4, 1-2 American

Head Coach
Bob Diaco (Iowa ’95)
5-14, second season


NOTES
UConn was denied in its bid for back-to-back wins as USF took a 28-20 decision Saturday … UConn had a season-high 528 yards of total offense against USF, but saw eight drives stall in USF territory without points to show for them … Through seven games, UConn ranks second The American in total defense (356.6 ypg) and scoring defense (20.0 ppg) … The top defensive player has been S Andrew Adams, who has a team-high 52 tackles with two interceptions … DE Folorunso Fatuksai has a team-high 3.5 sacks, while LB Luke Carrezola has a team-high 5.0 tackles for loss … CB Jhavon Williams and CB Jhavon Summers are tied for the conference lead with three interceptions … QB Bryant Shirreffs has completed 64.4 percent of his passes (125 of 194) for 1,636 yards and seven touchdowns and four interceptions … Shirreffs has added 252 rushing yards and two touchdowns on the ground to his ledger … RB Arkeel Newsome has rushed for a team-high 363 yards and three touchdowns and is the Huskies’ second-leading receiver with 25 catches for 308 yards and two TDs … WR Noel Thomas leads the team with 33 receptions for 455 yards.

CINCINNATI
3-3, 0-2 American

Head Coach
Tommy Tuberville (Southern Arkansas ’76)
21-11, third season at Cincinnati
151-88, 19th season as collegiate head coach


NOTES
Cincinnati looks to bounce back from a 38-24 loss at Brigham Young last Friday … The Bearcats have gone 2-1 at Nippert Stadium this season, including a 34-23 victory against Miami (Fla.) in their last home game … The Bearcats are 0-2 in American Athletic Conference play after a wild 53-46 loss at Memphis in a game that featured 12 lead changes … QB Gunner Kiel started the first four games, but QB Hayden Moore has started the last two contests after Kiel was sidelined with head injuries against Miami (Ohio) and Memphis … Moore threw for an American Athletic Conference-record 557 yards with four touchdowns and two interceptions against Memphis  and has thrown for 1,280 yards and seven TDs this season … RB Tion Green has rushed for 413 yards and four touchdowns, while RB Hosey Williams has 380 rushing yards with two TDs … WR Shaq Washington has 39 receptions for 495 yards and two touchdowns, leading a group of five receivers with at least 200 receiving yards on the year … LB Eric Wilson leads the defense with 59 tackles … The Bearcats have committed 15 turnovers in five games and have five takeaways.