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The seventh edition of the Boca 2014 - Marshall 52, Nort hern Illinois 23 THEBOCARATONBOWL.COM Raton Bowl will take place at FAU C-USA vs. MAC - Virtual Family Midway Stadium on Tuesday, December 22, Presented by Baptist Health 2020 at 7 p.m. airing live on ESPN. 2015 - Toledo 32, Tem ple 17 - Record Book MAC vs. AAC ESPN Events, along with original - Event News and much 2016 - West ern Kent ucky 51, Mem phis 31 more! league partners Conference USA C-USA vs. AAC (CUSA), American Athletic Conference (AAC) and 2017 - Florida At lant ic 50, Akron 3 news Mid-American Conference (MAC), C-USA vs. MAC - 2020 Boca Raton Bowl date, launched the game in 2014. 2018 - UAB 37, Nort hern Illinois 13 time and network has been C-USA vs. MAC New for this year are expanded released: December 22, 2020 2019 - Florida At lant ic 52, SMU 28 at 7 p.m. airing live on ESPN. conference agreements that will C-USA vs. AAC open the Boca Raton Bowl to - 2020-2021 Bowl Season participation from all of the Group schedule is out! View it at of 5 conferences ? Sun Belt BowlSeason.com. Conference and Mountain West as - The 2020 AAC Football well as CUSA, AAC and MAC - plus Championship Game will be independent Liberty University. played Saturday, December 19. Time and Network - TBD. CONFERENCe STANDINGS AAC CUSA MAC SBC MWC TEAM AAC OVERALL EAST C-USA OVERALL EAST MAC OVERALL EAST SBC OVERALL TEAM MWC OVERALL 7 Cincinnati 4-0 6-0 16 Marshall 3-0 6-0 Buffalo 1-0 1-0 15 Coastal Car. 5-0 7-0 Nevada 3-0 3-0 Tulsa 3-0 3-1 FAU 3-1 3-1 Kent St. 1-0 1-0 Appalachian St. 3-0 5-1 San Jose St. 3-0 3-0 19 SMU 4-1 7-1 Charlotte 2-1 2-3 Miami (OH) 1-0 1-0 Ga. Southern 3-2 5-2 Boise State 2-0 2-1 Memphis 3-2 4-2 Middle Tenn. 2-3 2-5 Akron 0-1 0-1 Troy 2-2 4-3 Hawai'i 2-1 2-1 UCF 3-2 4-2 W. Kentucky 1-3 2-6 Bowling Green 0-1 0-1 Georiga St. 2-3 3-3 Fresno State 2-1 2-1 Navy 3-2 3-4 Fla. International 0-1 0-3 Ohio 0-1 0-1 San Diego St. 2-1 2-1 Houston 2-2 2-3 Colorado St. 1-1 1-1 Tulane 2-4 4-4 Wyoming 1-2 1-2 Temple 1-4 1-4 WEST C-USA OVERALL WEST MAC OVERALL WEST SBC OVERALL Air Force 0-2 1-2 E. Carolina 1-4 1-5 UAB 2-1 4-3 Central Michigan 1-0 1-0 25 Louisiana 4-1 6-1 New Mexico 0-2 0-2 USF 0-5 1-6 Louisiana Tech 3-2 4-3 Toledo 1-0 1-0 S. Alabama 2-2 3-4 UNLV 0-3 0-3 UTSA 2-2 4-4 Western Michigan 1-0 1-0 Arkansas St. 1-4 3-5 Utah St. 0-3 0-3 Rice 1-1 1-1 Ball St. 0-1 0-1 Texas St. 1-4 1-8 Southern Miss 1-2 2-5 Eastern Michigan 0-1 0-1 ULM 0-5 0-8 INDEPENDENT North Texas 1-2 2-3 Northern Illinois 0-1 0-1 TEAM OVERALL UTEP 0-2 3-3 22 Liberty 7-0 weekend wat ch l ist WeeK t en Act ion

East Carolina @ #7 Cincinnat i // ESPN2 In t he AAC? Mem phis QB Brady White threw four passes, Fri., Nov. 13, 7:30 p.m. ET including two in the final 3:19, to lift Memphis to a 34-33 come-from-behind East Carolina is 1-5 overall this year and has lost their win against USF. last three straight versus Navy, Tulsa and Tulane. As for Cincinnati, they?re 6-0 so far. The Bearcats have In SBC... Georgia St at e QB Cornelious Brown IV accounted for four beaten SMU, Memphis and Houston in their last and 271 yards of total offense to lead the Panthers to a 52-34 three games. victory over ULM. #15 Coast al Carolina redshirt senior DE Tarron Jackson #15 Coast al Carolina @ Troy // ESPNU led a defense that allowed just six points and 336 total yards while totaling Sat., Nov. 14, noon ET five sacks, eight tackles-for-loss, and forced two in the 6-23 win Coastal Carolina is currently ranked 15 this season over Sout h Alabam a. and remains undefeated (7-0). Troy is 4-3 and has been having a difficult time - coming very close in a In CUSA...#16 Marshall QB Grant Wells completed 21-of-30 passes for 257 couple of their losses. Last weekend Troy lost to yards and three touchdown passes to lead Marshall to a 51-10 victory over Georgia Southern 20-13. UMass. WKU DL DeAngelo Malone recorded season-highs in total tackles West ern Carolina @ #22 Libert y // ESPN3 (12), quarterback hurries (3) and sacks (2.0) in WKU?s matchup at FAU. His Sat., Nov. 14, noon ET two sacks were the most by a Conference USA player over the weekend and Western Carolina Catamounts have lost five of their one of his quarterback hurries led to an for the Hilltoppers. last six games, unlike the Liberty Flames who have been on a roll! Liberty remains victorious and will In MWC...Fresno St at e RB Ronnie Rivers allied a career-best four look to improve to 8-0 this game. touchdowns (three rushing, one receiving), the most in a single game by a Mountain West student-athlete in 2020, during Fresno State 's 40-27 victory Sout h Alabam a @ #25 Louisiana // ESPN+ at UNLV. The 24 total points scored are tied for the second-most in FBS this Sat., Nov. 14, 2 p.m. ET season. San Jose St at e Safety Tre Jenkins led San José State to its first South Alabama Jaguars will look to rebound from victory over San Diego St at e since 2012, tallying a single-game career-high back-to-back losses after a 23-6 defeat at the hands nine tackles. Jenkins also recorded a sack, forced and interception. of Coastal Carolina last game. Louisiana will try to The forced fumble led to a Spartans touchdown, giving them their first lead build on their 6-1 record after a 3rd straight win of the game at 21-17. (27-20) over Arkansas State last time out #19 SMU @ Tulsa // ESPN2 al umni spot l ight Sat., Nov. 14, 7 p.m. ET SMU looks o remain unbeaten on the road while Tyler Mat akevich, Inside Linebacker, building on their 7-1 record. The Mustangs have won CBRB ?15, Tem ple eight of their last 11 road games. Tulsa hasn't played Tyler Matakevich has had seven total tackles so far this in two weeks but look to build on their three-game season - two being solo, five of them being assisted. This is winning streak (3-1). Matakevich's first year playing for the Bills, previously he Dat e Upcoming bowMl o grea Tomp eM aetvcheunpst s Television played for the Steelers (drafted in 2016) totaling close to 15 tackles per a season. Friday, Nov. 13 FAU @ FIa. Int ernat ional // 7 p.m. ET CBSSN Saturday, Nov. 14 Georgia St . @ Appalachian St . // 2:30 ET ESPN+ bowl contact s Social MEdia Saturday, Nov. 14 Fresno St . @ Ut ah St . // 2:30 p.m. ET FS2 Doug Mosley @BocaBowl Saturday, Nov. 14 USF @ Houst on // 3 p.m. ET ESPN+ Execut ive Direct or Saturday, Nov. 14 Rice @ Louisiana Tech // 3:30 p.m. ET ESPN3 [email protected] @BocaBowl Saturday, Nov. 14 Texas St . @ Ga. Sout hern // 3:30 p.m. ET ESPN3 Rose Parry Saturday, Nov. 14 Tem ple @ UCF // 7:30 p.m. ET ESPNU Event Coordinat or @BocaBowl Navy = AAC | Red = C-USA | Green = MAC | Orange = SBC | Purple = MWC | Blue = Libert y [email protected]