2024 Conference USA football season

The 2024 Conference USA football season will be the 29th season of college football play for Conference USA. The season is scheduled to begin on August 31, 2024, and conclude with the Conference Championship Game on December 6, 2024. The conference will consist of 10 members and will be part of the 2024 NCAA Division I FBS football season.

Previous season
During the 2023 season, the Liberty Flames posted the best record in the regular season. Liberty and New Mexico State advanced to the championship game, where Liberty won by a score of 49–35. Liberty advanced to their first New Year's Six bowl game, being invited to play in the Fiesta Bowl, where they lost to Oregon by a score of 6–45.

Conference realignment
For the 2024 season, Kennesaw State joins Conference USA, moving up from NCAA Division I FCS to Division I FBS. Due to NCAA rules regarding transitioning from FCS to FBS, the school will be ineligible for post-season play for the 2024 season.

The conference is set to expand further in 2025, with Delaware and Missouri State confirming that they will join the conference for the 2025–26 season.

Head coaches

 * On November 26, 2023, UTEP announced that it had fired head coach Dana Dimel after 6 seasons with the school. Dimel had posted a 20–49 record in his tenure. On December 4, 2023, UTEP announced Scotty Walden as the new head coach for the 2024 season. Walden had previously been head coach at Austin Peay.
 * On November 27, 2023, Middle Tennessee announced that it had fired head coach Rick Stockstill after 18 seasons with the school. Stockstill had a 113–111 record during his tenure at the school. On December 6, 2023, Middle Tennessee announced Derek Mason as the new head coach for the 2024 season. Mason had previously been head coach at Vanderbilt.
 * On December 23, 2023, New Mexico State head coach Jerry Kill announced that he was stepping down from the position. The school announced that wide receivers coach Tony Sanchez would be promoted to the head coach position for 2024.

Note: All stats shown are before the start of the 2024 season.

Schedule
The 2024 schedule was released on February 1, 2024.

All times Eastern time.

Conference USA records vs other conferences
2024–2025 records against non-conference foes:

Conference USA vs power 5 matchups
This is a list of games CUSA teams scheduled against power conference teams (ACC, Big 10, Big 12, Pac-12, Notre Dame and SEC). All rankings are from the current AP Poll at the time of the game.

Conference USA vs group of five matchups
The following games include CUSA teams competing against teams from the American, MAC, Mountain West, or Sun Belt.

Conference USA vs FBS independents matchups
The following games include CUSA teams competing against FBS independents, which includes UConn or UMass.