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36-475: (Redirected from Conference USA Championship ) Conference USA Tournament or Conference USA Championship may refer to: Conference USA Football Championship , the football championship game Conference USA men's basketball tournament , the men's basketball championship tournament Conference USA women's basketball tournament , the women's basketball championship tournament Conference USA baseball tournament ,

72-465: A preseason poll in 1950 . At the end of the 1947 season, the AP released an unofficial post-bowl poll which differed from the regular season final poll. Until the 1968 college football season, the final AP poll of the season was released following the end of the regular season, with the lone exception of the 1965 season. In 1964 , Alabama was named the national champion in the final AP Poll following

108-468: A result, the public and the media began to acknowledge the leading vote-getter in the final AP poll as the national champion for that season. While the AP poll currently lists the Top 25 teams in the nation, from 1936 to 1988 , the wire service only ranked twenty teams, except from 1961 to 1967 , when only ten teams were recognized. The AP expanded to the current 25 teams in 1989 . The AP began conducting

144-432: A second place vote, and so on down to 1 point for a twenty-fifth place vote. Ballots of the voting members in the AP poll are publicized. The football poll is released Sundays at 2 pm Eastern time during the season, unless ranked teams have not finished their games. The AP college football poll's origins go back to the 1930s. The news media began running their own polls of sports writers to determine, by popular opinion,

180-568: A win easily over Oklahoma in the Orange Bowl while Auburn and Utah both won their bowl games, leaving three undefeated teams at the end of the season. Also, in that same year, Texas made up late ground on California (Cal) in the BCS standings and as a result grabbed a high-payout, at-large spot in the Rose Bowl. Previous to that poll, Cal had been ranked ahead of Texas in both human polls and

216-552: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Conference USA Football Championship The championship game from 2005 to 2021 showcased the CUSA East Division regular season champion against the West Division regular season champion. From the 2022 season, the game pits the number one (1) team in the season standings versus the number two (2) team. The game

252-524: Is typically played on the first Saturday of December. The 2018 edition of the game, sponsored by Globe Life , was played on December 1, 2018, and televised by CBSSN . Ryan LLC currently holds sponsorship rights to the game. Due partly to major conference realignment in the early 2010s and early 2020s , only five of the nine current CUSA members have played in the Conference USA Football Championship Game, with

288-580: The 2018 edition has aired on CBSSN. 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 titles with four. During this time frame, the winner of the CUSA Championship customarily received a berth to play in the Liberty Bowl against a member of the SEC . If two teams tied for

324-542: The 2023 season, the number one ranked team has faced the number two ranked team 54 times since the inception of the AP ;poll in 1936. The number one team has a record of 29–21–2 (.577) against the number two team. In 1997, the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) was developed to try to unify the poll results by picking two teams for a "real" national championship game. For the first several years

360-525: The Orange Bowl , vaulting the Crimson Tide to the top of the AP's final poll (Michigan State was named national champion in the final UPI Coaches Poll , which did not conduct a post-bowl poll). Beginning in 1968 , the post bowl game poll became permanent and the AP championship reflected the bowl game results. The UPI did not follow suit with the coaches' poll until the 1974 season. Through

396-693: The Rose Bowl , while No. 2 Louisiana State University (LSU) (who had lost to Florida earlier in the season) defeated the No. 1 Oklahoma Sooners (who had lost the Big 12 championship game to Kansas State) in a national title game . As a result, the AP Poll kept USC at No. 1 while the Coaches Poll was contractually obligated to select the winner of the BCS game as the No. 1 team. The resulting split national title

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432-523: The 2023 contest, the home team is 14–5 overall in CUSA football championship games. Division standings are based on each team's overall conference record. Often, two or more teams tie for the best record in their division and each team is recognized as a divisional co-champion. However, tiebreakers are used to determine who will represent the division in the championship game. AP Poll The Associated Press poll ( AP poll ) provides weekly rankings of

468-457: The AP Poll factored in the determination of the BCS rankings, along with other factors including the Coaches Poll and computer-based polls. Because of a series of controversies surrounding the BCS, the AP demanded in December, 2004, that its poll no longer be used in the BCS rankings, and so the 2004–2005 season was the last season that the AP Poll was used for this purpose. In the 2003 season,

504-402: The AP during the previous 75 years. The top 5 programs in order are #1 Kentucky, #2 North Carolina, #3 Duke, #4 Kansas, and #5 UCLA. The women's basketball poll began during the 1976–1977 season, and was initially compiled by Mel Greenberg and published by The Philadelphia Inquirer . At first, it was a poll of coaches conducted via telephone, where coaches identified top teams and a list of

540-481: The AP took over administration of the poll from Greenberg, and switched to a panel of writers. In 1994, Tennessee started out as No. 1 in the polls with Connecticut at No. 4. After losses by the No. 2 and No. 3 teams, Tennessee and Connecticut were ranked No. 1 and No. 2, headed into a showdown, scheduled as a special event on Martin Luther King day, the only women's basketball game scheduled on that day. Because of

576-652: The BCS equation by the newly created Harris Interactive College Football Poll . The AP Poll is not the only college football poll. The other major poll is the Coaches Poll , which has been published by several organizations: the United Press (1950–1957), the United Press International (1958–1990), USA Today (1991–present), CNN (1991–1996), and ESPN (1997–2005). Having two major polls has led to numerous "split" national titles, where

612-515: The BCS poll. Going into their final game, the Golden Bears were made aware that while margin of victory did not affect computer rankings, it did affect human polls and just eight voters changing their vote could affect the final standings. Both teams won their game that week, but the Texas coach, Mack Brown , had made a public effort to lobby for his team to be moved higher in the ranking. When

648-474: The BCS system broke down when the final BCS standings ranked the University of Southern California (USC) at No. 3 while the two human polls in the system had ranked USC at No. 1. As a result, USC did not play in the BCS' designated national championship game. USC (who had earlier in the season lost in triple-overtime to an unranked U of California, 31–24) went on to decisively defeat No. 4 ranked Michigan in

684-476: The Top 20 team was produced. The initial list of coaches did not include Pat Summitt , who asked to join the group, not to improve her rankings, but because of the lack of media coverage. Summitt believed it would be a good way to stay on top of who the top teams were outside of her own schedule. The poll continued to be a top 20 poll through 1989. The number was increased to 25 in 1990 and subsequent years. The contributors continued to be coaches until 1994, when

720-508: The baseball championship tournament Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Conference USA Tournament . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Conference_USA_Tournament&oldid=1126403879 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

756-529: The best college football teams in the country. One of the earliest such polls was conducted by the AP in November 1934 . In 1935 , AP sports editor Alan J. Gould declared a three-way tie for national champion in football between Minnesota , Princeton , and Southern Methodist . Minnesota fans protested and a number of Gould's colleagues led by Charles "Cy" Sherman suggested he create a poll of sports editors instead of only using his own list. The next year

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792-518: The best conference record, co-champions were declared. Final rankings from AP Poll shown. Below are the results from all Conference USA Football Championship Games played. The winning team appears in bold font, on a background of its primary team color. Rankings are from the AP Poll released prior to the game. ‡ 2020 game attendance limited due to the COVID-19 pandemic . The team with

828-581: The best overall conference win percentage will be the team that hosts the championship game. Six venues have hosted two title games—Houston's Robertson Stadium (since demolished, with TDECU Stadium standing at its former site), UCF's FBC Mortgage Stadium (both under its former name of Bright House Networks Stadium), Tulsa's Chapman Stadium , Western Kentucky's Houchens Stadium , Florida Atlantic's FAU Stadium , and UTSA's Alamodome . In most recent years, Marshall and Rice both finished with 7–1 records in conference play in 2013, and did not play one another in

864-579: The completion of the regular season, but lost in the Orange Bowl to Texas , leaving Arkansas as the only undefeated, untied team after the Razorbacks defeated Nebraska in the Cotton Bowl . In 1965 , the AP's decision to wait to crown its champion paid handsomely, as top-ranked Michigan State lost to UCLA in the Rose Bowl , number two Arkansas lost to LSU in the Cotton Bowl , and fourth-ranked Alabama defeated third-ranked Nebraska in

900-520: The highest % of AP poll top 25 appearances, top 10 appearances, top 5 appearances, as well as preseason and end of season appearances. Kentucky has appeared in over 75% of the AP polls since the 1948–49 season. On January 10, 2024, the Associated Press published an article detailing their 75th anniversary of the AP poll for men's college basketball. In this article they highlight the most successful programs in terms of rankings released by

936-476: The human polls were released, Texas remained behind Cal, but it had closed the gap enough so that the BCS poll (which determines placement) placed Texas above Cal, angering both Cal and its conference, the Pac-10 . The final poll positions had been unchanged with Cal at No. 4 AP, No. 4 coaches, and No. 6 computers polls and Texas at No. 6 AP, No. 5 coaches, and No. 4 computer polls. The AP Poll voters were caught in

972-420: The men's and women's NCAA basketball tournament, also known as March Madness . The poll is usually released every Monday and voters' ballots are publicized. The AP began compiling a ranking of the top 20 college men's basketball teams during the 1948–1949 season . It has issued this poll continuously since the 1950–1951 season . Beginning with the 1989-1990 season , the poll expanded to 25 teams. Kentucky has

1008-554: The middle because their vote changes were automatically publicized, while the votes of the Coaches poll were kept confidential. Although there had been a more substantial shift in the votes of the Coaches Poll, the only clear targets for the ire of fanatical fans were the voters in the AP Poll. While officials from both Cal and the Pac-10 called for the coaches' votes to be publicized, the overtures were turned down and did little to solve

1044-471: The most recent 2023 edition featuring two schools in their first season in the conference. The only current CUSA members to have won the championship game are Liberty and Western Kentucky . During the era of divisional play, the overall series between both divisions was led 10–8 by the East Division. The CUSA Football Championship Game had been aired on ESPN or its affiliates since 2005, but since

1080-470: The problem of AP voters. Cal went on to lose to Texas Tech in the Holiday Bowl. Texas defeated Michigan in the Rose Bowl. Many members of the press who voted in the AP Poll were upset by the controversy and, at the behest of its members, the AP asked that its poll no longer be used in the BCS rankings. The 2004 season was the last season that the AP Poll was used in the BCS rankings. It was replaced in

1116-633: The regular season; the site was chosen based on the BCS rankings at that time on December 1. Although only 25 teams were explicitly ranked, the ranking formula could be used to determine the relative rankings of any two teams in the Football Bowl Subdivision . Since 2014, when the BCS was replaced with the College Football Playoff rankings (CFP), national rankings have been removed from the tiebreaker process. Following

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1152-416: The top 25 NCAA teams in one of three Division I college sports: football , men's basketball and women's basketball . The rankings are compiled by polling 62 sportswriters and broadcasters from across the nation. Each voter provides their own ranking of the top 25 teams, and the individual rankings are then combined to produce the national ranking by giving a team 25 points for a first place vote, 24 for

1188-402: The two polls disagreed on the No. 1 team. This has occurred on eleven different occasions (1954, 1957, 1965, 1970, 1973, 1974, 1978, 1990, 1991, 1997, 2003). In Division I men's and women's college basketball, the AP Poll is largely just a tool to compare schools throughout the season and spark debate, as it has no bearing on postseason play. Generally, all top 25 teams in the poll are invited to

1224-419: The unusual circumstances, the decision was made to hold off the AP voting for one day, to ensure it would be after the game. Connecticut won the game, and moved into first place in the AP poll, published on Tuesday for the only time. (Connecticut went on to complete an undefeated season.) Over the history of the poll, over 255 coaches have had a team represented in polls. Beginning in 2012, the AP began issuing

1260-636: The weekly AP college football poll was born, and has run continuously from 1936 . Due to the long-standing historical ties between individual college football conferences and high-paying bowl games like the Rose Bowl and Orange Bowl , the NCAA had not held a tournament or championship game to determine the national champion of what is now the highest division, NCAA Division I, Football Bowl Subdivision (the Division I, Football Championship Subdivision and lower divisions do hold championship tournaments). As

1296-457: Was the very problem that the BCS was created to solve, and has been widely considered an embarrassment. In 2004, a new controversy erupted at the end of the season when Auburn and Utah , who both finished the regular season 12–0 , were left out of the BCS title game in favor of Oklahoma who also was 12–0 and had won decisively over Colorado in the Big 12 Championship game. USC went on to

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