UCF at EAST CAROLINA
Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium (50,000/Grass)
Greenville, N.C.

Television
CBS Sports Network - LIVE STATS
Dave Ryan, Corey Chavous and Melanie Collins

UCF Radio - WYGM-FM 96.9 (flagship) 
East Carolina Radio -  WNCT-FM 107.9 (flagship)
    
THE GAME
Saturday’s game will be the 15th meeting between East Carolina and UCF … The Pirates hold a 10-4 series lead after last year’s 44-7 win in Orlando … The last meeting in Greenville saw the Knights take a 32-30 win on a Hail Mary pass from Justin Holman to Breshad Perriman as time expired, giving UCF a share of The American title.

EAST CAROLINA
2-2, 0-0 American
Head Coach
Scottie Montgomery (Duke ’00)
2-2, first season

NOTES
East Carolina looks to snap a two-game slide after the Pirates fell 54-17 at Virginia Tech … East Carolina has gone 2-0 at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium this season, beating Western Carolina and North Carolina State, and is 0-2 on the road … The Pirates are ranked eighth in the NCAA in passing offense (368.0 ypg) and 14th in total offense (523.8 ypg) … QB Philip Nelson has completed 122 of 167 passes (73.1 percent) for 1,457 yards and nine touchdowns with three interceptions … WR Zay Jones enters Saturday’s game as ranked second in the NCAA in receptions (12.3 per game) … Jones has 49 catches for 558 yards and a touchdown this season … WR Anthony Scott has 18 catches for 153 yards and three touchdowns and is the leading rusher with 278 yards and two TDs … LB Jordan Williams leads the team with 25 tackles.

UCF
2-2, 0-0 American
Head Coach
Scott Frost (Nebraska ’97)
2-2, first season

NOTES
UCF turned in its best all-around performance of the 2016 season in the Knights’ 53-14 win at Florida International … The Knights had a 501-189 advantage in total offense and a 26-11 edge in first downs against FIU … QB McKenzie Milton, a true freshman, has started the last two games for UCF following an injury to Opening Day starting QB Justin Holman … MIlton has completed 29 of 50 passes for 433 yards and three touchdowns with one interception … RB Dontravious Wilson has a team-high five rushing touchdowns and 205 rushing yards, while RB Adrian Killins has a team-high 241 rushing yards … WR Tre’Quan Smith has 14 catches for 207 yards and two touchdowns … LB Shaquem Griffin leads the defense with 4.0 sacks and 5.5 tackles for loss to go with 24 tackles, two pass breakups and a forced fumble. 


SMU at TEMPLE
Lincoln Financial Field (68,532/Grass)
Philadelphia, Pa.

Television
ESPNews - WATCH LIVE - LIVE STATS
Mike Couzens and Dan Hawkins

SMU Radio - KTCK-FM 98.7 (flagship) 
Temple Radio - WPEN-FM 97.5 (flagship)
    
THE GAME
SMU and Temple have met four times prior to Saturday’s game … The schools played to low-scoring ties in 1942 (6-6) and 1946 (7-7) and have split a pair of high-scoring American Athletic Conference meetings since 2013 … SMU was a 59-49 winner in 2013, while Temple took last year’s game, 60-40.

SMU
2-2, 0-0 American
Head Coach
Chad Morris (Texas A&M ’92)
4-12, second season

NOTES
SMU fell to 2-2 after a 33-3 setback to TCU last Friday … The Mustangs were tied 3-3 with Baylor at halftime in its first loss of the season and trialed TCU 6-3 after 30 minutes last Friday before the Horned Frogs pulled away  … SMU is tied for the national lead with 10 defensive interceptions this season, matching the Mustangs’ entire 2015 total … RB Braden West has 375 rushing yards, good for second in The American, and two TDs on the year … QB Ben Hicks made his third straight start after QB Matt Davis was lost for the year with a knee injury in the season-opener … Hicks has thrown for 827 yards and two TDs with seven interceptions … WR Courtland Sutton has 18 catches for 449 yards and four touchdowns … S Jordan Wyatt and CB Horace Richardson have three picks each.

TEMPLE
2-2, 0-0 American
Head Coach
Matt Rhule (Penn State ’97)
20-22, third season

NOTES
Temple looks for back-to-back wins for the first time this season as the Owls took a 48-20 victory against Charlotte last Saturday in Philadelphia … The Owls pulled away from Charlotte with a 28-point second quarter, giving Temple a 55-14 scoring margin in the second period this season … QB Phillip Walker has thrown for 846 yards and five touchdowns with five interceptions in the first four games … RB Jahad Thomas, who missed the first two games of the season, has four rushing touchdowns in the last two games … RB Ryquell Armstead has a team-high 154 rushing yards and four TDs as well … WR Keith Kirkwood has 14 receptions for 191 yards and two touchdowns … LB Avery Williams leads the defense with 25 tackles … DE Haason Reddick has a team-high 5.0 tackles for loss, while S Delvon Randle has two interceptions.


NAVY at AIR FORCE
Saturday, Oct. 1 • 3:30 p.m. • CBS Sports Network
Falcon Stadium (46,692/FieldTurf)
Colorado Springs, Colo.

Television
CBS Sports Network
Carter Blackburn, Aaron Taylor and Jenny Dell

Navy Radio
WBAL-AM 1090 (flagship)
    
THE GAME
Saturday’s game will be the first in the annual Commander-In-Chief’s Trophy series between Navy, Air Force and Army … Navy is 20-28 all-time against Air Force, but captured last year’s game 33-11 in Annapolis, Maryland … he Navy-Air Force winner has won the Commander-In-Chief’s Trophy every year since 1997.

rv/rv NAVY
3-0, 2-0 American
Head Coach
Ken Niumatalolo (Hawaii ’89)
71-37, eighth season

NOTES
Navy has won 19 straight games against unranked opponents after its 3-0 start to the season …  The Midshipmen have rallied to win in the fourth quarter of back-to-back games … Navy scored the go-ahead touchdown with 2:57 left in the fourth to beat Tulane 21-14 Sept. 17 and the Midshipmen go the go-ahead points with 3:08 left in a 28-24 win against UConn a week earlier … QB Will Worth scored the winning touchdown in both games and is tied for the team lead with four rushing TDs this season (along with RB Chris High) … The Midshipmen have averaged 316.3 rushing yards per game (fifth in NCAA) … Worth has thrown for 267 yards and a touchdown and has completed 14 of 23 passes  … The defense is led by LB Micah Thomas, who has 21 tackles … LB D.J. Palmore has team highs with 3.0 sacks and 4.0 tackles for loss. 

AIR FORCE
3-0, 0-0 Mountain West

Head Coach
Troy Calhoun (Air Force ’89)
70-50, 10th season

NOTES
Air Force is off to a 3-0 start following a 27-20 win at Utah State last Saturday … The Falcons opened with a 37-21 win against Abilene Christian and followed with a 48-14 victory against Georgia State … Air Force is looking for its first 4-0 start since 2003, when the Falcons won the first five games of the season … Air Force ranks second nationally in rushing at 359.3 yards per game … RB Jacobi Owens leads the squad with 203 rushing yards and two touchdowns on 23 attempts (8.8 yards per carry) … QB Nate Romine has thrown for 364 yards and three touchdowns without an interception and has 153 rushing yards as well … The Falcons have averaged 4.7 completed passes per game, and only five players have at least one reception … LB Grant Ross leads the defense with 17 tackles, while DE Ryan Watson has 5.0 sacks.


TULANE at MASSACHUSETTS
Saturday, Oct. 1 • 3:30 p.m. • ASN/ESPN3
McGuirk Alumni Stadium (17,000/FieldTurf)
Amherst, Mass.

Television
American Sports Network/ESPN3
Eric Frede, Andy Gresh and Hali Oughton

Tulane Radio
WMTI-FM 106.1 (flagship)
    
THE GAME
Saturday’s game will be the first meeting between Tulane and Massachusetts … It will be Tulane’s first game in the state of Massachusetts since Oct. 30, 1993, when the Green Wave visited Boston College … It will be the first of two trips to New England for the Green Wave, which closes the regular season at UConn.

TULANE
2-2, 0-1 American
Head Coach
Willie Fritz (Pittsburg State ’83)
2-2, first season at Tulane
157-70, 20th season as collegiate head coach

NOTES
Tulane evened its record at 2-2 with a 41-39 win against Louisiana in four overtimes … Neither team scored a touchdown until the 1:07 mark of the third quarter, but the Green Wave finished with their first four touchdown passes of the season to get the win … The win against Louisiana was the longest game in both school and American Athletic Conference history … QB Glen Cuiellette has thrown for 304 yards and four touchdowns with two interceptions … WR Terren Encalade has a team-high 12 receptions for 127 yards and three TDs … RB Dontrell Hilliard has rushed for 285 yards and four touchdowns … The defense is led by LB Nico Marley, who has 34 tackles, 3.0 sacks, 6.0 tackles for loss and an interception, while DE Tanzel Smart has 2.0 sacks and 6.0 tackles for loss. 

MASSACHUSETTS
1-3
Head Coach
Mark Whipple (Brown ’79)
56-47, ninth season at Massachusetts
128-79, 19th season as collegiate head coach

NOTES
Massachusetts fell to 1-3 on the year following a 47-35 setback to Mississippi State last Saturday at Gillette Stadium … UMass held a 21-20 lead in the third quarter against Mississippi State before the Bulldogs rallied down the stretch … Head coach Mark Whipple is in the third year of his second stint at UMass … Whipple led the Minutemen to the 1998 NCAA FCS national title in his first year with the program … Massacusetts has outscored its opponents by a 42-39 margin in the first half, but has been outscored 71-28 in the second half … QB Andrew Ford has started the last two games and has thrown for 551 yards and seven touchdowns with four interceptions … RB Marquis Young has rushed for 296 yards and a touchdown on 78 carries.


MEMPHIS at MISSISSIPPI
Saturday, Oct. 1 • 7 p.m. • ESPN2/SEC Network+
Vaught-Hemingway Stadium (64,038/Grass)
Oxford, Miss.

Television
ESPN2 - WATCH LIVE - LIVE STATS
Anish Shroff, Ahmad Brooks and Dawn Davenport

Memphis Radio
WREC-AM 600 (flagship)
    
THE GAME
Saturday’s game will be the 62nd meeting between Memphis and Mississippi in a series that dates to 1921 … Ole Miss holds a 48-11-2 series lead, but Memphis took last year’s meeting 37-24 at Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium as QB Paxton Lynch threw three touchdown passes … The Rebels were 24-3 winners in Oxford in 2014.

rv/rv MEMPHIS
3-0, 0-0 American
Head Coach
Mike Norvell (Central Arkansas ’05)
3-0, first season

NOTES
Memphis enjoyed a record-setting day in a 77-3 win against Bowling Green which improved the Tigers to 3-0 under Mike Norvell … Memphis set American Athletic Conference records for points in a game and quarter (35 in the first) and tied the league record for points in a half (56) … The Tigers have been led by QB Riley Ferguson, who has completed 61 of 91 passes for 843 yards and 11 touchdowns with two interceptions in three games … Ferguson had a hand in seven touchdowns (six passing, one rushing) in the first half against Bowling Green … RB Patrick Taylor leads the team in rushing with 219 yards on 25 carries … WR Anthony Miller has a team-high 17 receptions for 273 yards and two touchdowns … S Jonathan Cook has 18 tackles with 2.0 tackles for loss, a fumble recovery and an interception.

23/21 MISSISSIPPI
2-2, 1-1 SEC

Head Coach
Hugh Freeze (Southern Miss ’92)
36-20, fifth season at Mississippi
66-27, eighth season as collegiate head coach

NOTES
The Rebels improved to 2-2 overall and 1-1 in the SEC after a 45-14 win against No. 12/11 Georgia … After opening with a 45-34 loss to Florida State in Orlando, the Rebels complete a four-game home stretch against Memphis … Ole Miss’ only other loss was a 48-43 setback to No. 1 Alabama … Ole Miss is the only team in the nation that has faced three top-15 teams in the first four weeks of the season … QB Chad Kelly leads the SEC and is 13th nationally in pass efficiency (171.0) this season … Kelly has completed 85 of 130 passes for 1,235 yards and 12 touchdowns with three interceptions … RB Akeem Judd has rushed for 194 yards and two touchdowns on 41 carries … WR Damore’ea Stringfellow has team highs with 14 recpetions, 211 yards and two touchdown catches.


USF at CINCINNATI
Saturday, Oct. 1 • 7 p.m. • ESPNU
Nippert Stadium (40,000/UBU Speed Series 55-M)
Cincinnati, Ohio

Television
ESPNU - WATCH LIVE - LIVE STATS
Mark Neely and Ray Bentley

USF Radio - WWBA-AM 820 (flagship)
Cincinnati Radio - WLW-AM 700 (flagship)
    
THE GAME
Saturday’s game will be the 13th meeting between USF and Cincinnati in a series that dates to 2003, when both schools became members of Conference USA … The Bearcats hold an 8-4 series lead and have won the last two meetings in Cincinnati … USF was a 65-27 winner last year in Tampa as the Bulls scored 51 first-half points.

-/rv USF
3-1, 0-0 American
Head Coach
Willie Taggart (Western Kentucky ’98)
19-21, fourth season

NOTES
USF suffered its first loss of the season after the Bulls fell 55-35 to Florida State last Saturday … USF had won its first three games by an average of 30 points before falling to the Seminoles … USF ranks 12th nationally in rushing (257.8) and 21st in total offense (501.5 ypg) … The top player has been QB Quinton Flowers, who has completed 46 of 89 passes for 876 yards and eight touchdowns with three interceptions to go with two rushing TDs … RB Marlon Mack has rushed for 215 yards and four touchdowns on 30 carries and is averaging 7.2 yards per attempt … WR Rodney Adams has 12 catches for 237 yards and three touchdowns and has added four rushing TDs … LB Auggie Sanchez leads the team with 40 tackles and 3.0 sacks to go with a forced fumble and a fumble recovery.

CINCINNATI
3-1, 0-1 American
Head Coach
Tommy Tuberville (Southern Arkansas ’76)
28-15, fifth season at Cincinnati
159-92, 21st season as collegiate head coach

NOTES
Cincinnati is 3-1 on the heels of a 27-20 win against Miami (Ohio), giving the Bearcats possession of the Victory Bell for the 11th straight season … Cincinnati’s only loss on the season is a 40-16 setback to No. 6/7 Houston in which the Bearcats held a 16-12 lead in the fourth quarter … The Bearcats, who ranked 124th nationally in turnover margin last year, rank eighth nationally this season (1.67) … Cincinnati leads the nation with 13 takeaways and 10 interceptions … Three players have multiple interceptions this season, including S Mike Tyson, who has three … QB Hayden Moore has thrown for 785 yards and seven touchdowns with three interceptions, but QB Ross Trail got the start against Miami as Moore recovered from an ankle injury.