2018 Conference USA football season

The 2018 Conference USA football season is the 23rd season of Conference USA football and part of the 2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The season will begin on August 25 and will end on November 24. This will be the fourth season under realignment that took place in 2014 NCAA Division I FBS football season which added the 14 member Charlotte from the Atlantic 10 Conference. C-USA is a "Group of Five" conference under the College Football Playoff format along with the American Athletic Conference, the Mid–American Conference, the Mountain West Conference and the Sun Belt Conference. The entire schedule was released on January 23.

The Conference consists of 14 members. The Conference USA Football Championship game will be played on December 1.

Preseason awards
The conference preseason awards were released on July 16.


 * Preseason Offensive Player of the Year: Devin Singletary, Junior, RB, Florida Atlantic
 * Preseason Defensive Player of the Year: Azeez Al-Shaair, Senior, LB, Florida Atlantic
 * Preseason Special Teams Player of the Year: Parker Shaunfield, Senior, K, Southern Miss

Media predictions
The 2018 preseason media football poll was released on July 17. East Division West Division
 * 1. Florida Atlantic (22 first-place votes)
 * 2. Marshall (4)
 * 3. Middle Tennessee
 * 4. FIU
 * 5. Western Kentucky
 * 6. Old Dominion
 * 7. Charlotte
 * 1. North Texas (18)
 * 2. Louisiana Tech (4)
 * 3. UAB (3)
 * 4. Southern Miss (1)
 * 5. UTSA
 * T6. Rice
 * T6. UTEP

Head coaches
Note: All stats shown are before the beginning of the season.

Week Fourteen
This game was added after both teams lost a game due to being canceled by Hurricane Florence. Virginia Tech was to play East Carolina while Marshall was to play South Carolina.

Bowl games
Bowls based on contractual tie-ins. Actual bowls attended by C-USA members may vary and will be announced following the regular season.

Home game attendance
Bold – Exceed capacity †Season High