Road t o Boca Rat on - Year 7 Week 8 About t he bowl BOWL HISTORY WEBSITE The Boca Raton Bowl is played at 2014 - Marshall 52, Nort hern Illinois 23 THEBOCARATONBOWL.COM FAU Stadium on the campus of C-USA vs. MAC - Virtual Family Midway Florida Atlantic University in Boca 2015 - Toledo 32, Tem ple 17 Presented by Baptist Health Raton, Fla. This year?s game will be MAC vs. AAC - Record Book the seventh edition. ESPN Events, 2016 - West ern Kent ucky 51, Mem phis 31 - Event News and much along with original league partners more! Conference USA (CUSA), American C-USA vs. AAC Athletic Conference (AAC) and 2017 - Florida At lant ic 50, Akron 3 news Mid-American Conference (MAC), C-USA vs. MAC launched the game in 2014. 2018 - UAB 37, Nort hern Illinois 13 - The 2020 AAC Football C-USA vs. MAC New for this year are expanded Championship will be conference agreements that will 2019 - Florida At lant ic 52, SMU 28 played either Dec. 12 or open the Boca Raton Bowl to C-USA vs. AAC Dec. 19. A final decision will participation from all of the Group of be made no earlier than 5 conferences ? Sun Belt Nov. 1. Conference and Mountain West as - The 2020 Ryan C-USA well as CUSA, AAC and MAC - plus Football Championship has independent Liberty University. been changed to Friday, December 18 at 7 p.m. ET. CONFERENCe STANDINGS AAC CUSA MAC SBC MWC KICKS OFF NOV. 4 KICKS OFF OCT. 24 TEAM AAC OVERALL EAST C-USA OVERALL EAST MAC OVERALL EAST SBC OVERALL TEAM MWC OVERALL Navy 3-0 3-2 Marshall 2-0 4-0 Kent St. -- -- Coastal Car. 2-0 4-0 Air Force 0-0 1-0 SMU 2-0 5-0 FAU 1-0 1-0 Miami (OH) -- -- Troy 1-0 3-1 Boise State -- -- Cincinnati 1-0 3-0 Charlotte 1-1 1-2 Ohio -- -- Ga. Southern 1-1 3-1 Colorado St. -- -- Houston 1-0 1-1 W. Kentucky 1-2 1-4 Buffalo -- -- Appalachian St. 0-0 2-1 Fresno State -- -- Tulsa 1-0 1-1 Middle Tenn. 1-3 1-5 Bowling Green -- -- Georiga St. 0-2 1-2 Hawai'i -- -- Memphis 1-1 2-1 Fla. International 0-1 0-2 Akron -- -- Nevada -- -- Temple 1-1 1-1 -- -- New Mexico -- -- UCF 1-2 2-2 San Diego St. -- -- WEST C-USA OVERALL SBC E. Carolina 1-2 1-3 WEST MAC OVERALL WEST OVERALL San Jose St. -- -- UAB 2-0 4-1 1-0 Tulane 0-3 2-3 Western Michigan -- -- S. Alabama 2-2 UNLV -- -- Louisiana Tech 2-1 3-2 2-1 USF 0-3 1-4 Central Michigan -- -- Louisiana 3-1 Utah St. -- -- UTSA 1-1 3-3 1-1 Eastern Michigan -- -- Arkansas St. 3-2 Wyoming -- -- Southern Miss 1-1 1-3 Toledo -- -- Texas St. 1-2 1-5 North Texas 1-2 2-3 Ball St. -- -- ULM 0-2 0-5 INDEPENDENT Rice 0-0 0-0 Northern Illinois -- -- TEAM OVERALL UTEP 0-1 3-2 Liberty 5-0 weekend wat ch l ist WeeK seven Act ion Tulsa @ USF // ESPN In t he AAC? #16/ #16 SMU won 37-34 in overtime against Tulane as the Fri., Oct. 23, 7:30 p.m. ET Mustangs became the first team in the nation to improve to 5-0 (they have The last time Tulsa played USF was back in 2018 in a since been joined by Clemson, BYU and Libert y). Mustang kicker Chris nail biting game where USF ultimately ended up Naggar hit a 34-yard field goal in overtime to win it in walk-off fashion. winning by one point, 25-24. USF will look to rebound after losing their fourth straight game this season. Navy remained atop the conference standings with a 27-23 win at East Tulsa looks to build on their 1-1 record. Carolina. However, the most exciting game on Saturday was the Mem phis vs. UCF game. The Tigers won 50-49 and ended a 13-game series slide UTEP @ Charlot t e // ESPN+ against the Knights. The teams combined for an American-record 1,501 Sat., Oct. 24, noon ET total yards and 1,087 passing yards as both quarterbacks turned in UTEP, 3-2, will travel to Charlotte and play for their record-shattering performances. Memphis QB Brady White came out on fourth win this season. Charlotte is feeling good after winning their last game against North Texas, 49-21. top after he threw for 486 yards and six touchdowns, adding a rushing TD UTEP has averaged 18.4 per a game and Charlotte to tie the conference record with seven total touchdowns. UCF QB Dillon has averaged 28.7 points per a game. Gabriel became the first 600-yard passer in conference history as he threw Ga. Sout hern @ #25/ #24 Coast al Car. // ESPNU for a school-and league-record 601 yards with five TD passes and one Sat., Oct. 24, noon ET rushing touchdown. Gabriel also set the conference mark with 650 yards Coastal Carolina will fight to remain undefeated with of total offense. The 21-point comeback marked the largest a perfect 4-0 record this season. Georgia Southern is come-from-behind win in Memphis? program history. 3-1 and has averaged 30.3 points a game. Coastal Carolina has averaged 40.8 points per a game. In SBC... Senior wide receiver Jonathan Adams Jr. tied the Arkansas St at e school record for receptions in a game with 15 catches for a career-high Sout hern Miss. @ Libert y // ESPN3 177 yards and two touchdowns during the Red Wolves? 59-52 win over Sat., Oct. 24, 1 p.m. ET Georgia St at e. The Liberty Flames are 5-0 following the program?s In CUSA... UAB redshirt sophomore OLB Nikia Eason, Jr., blocked a third first ever win over an ACC program this past weekend at Syracuse. Southern Miss. comes into this quarter punt which the Blazers returned for a touchdown in the 62-72 win game 1-3 this season. This will be the first meeting over WKU. This marked UAB?s first blocked punt for a TD since 2018. between the two schools in football. Tulane @ UCF // ESPN2 al umni spot l ight Sat., Oct. 24, 2 p.m. ET UCF will look to defeat Tulane for their eighth time Ant hony Miller, Wide Receiver, Chicago Bears overall. Tulane has played UCF nine times and has CBRB ?16, Mem phis won seven of those times and Tulane has only won Anthony Miller has had an evident impact on the twice against the Knights. If UCF does win, it'll be Bears 5-1 record, catching game-winning touchdowns their their third 'W' in a row against Tulane. in Weeks 1 and 3. Miller had three receptions in Chicago's last game against the Carolina Panthers; Dat e More Top Mat chups Television Upcoming bowl game event s Bears won 23-16. Thursday Oct. 22 Arkansas St . @ Appalachian St . // 7:30 p.m. ET ESPN Saturday, Oct. 24 Tem ple @ Mem phis // noon ET ESPN+ bowl contact s Social MEdia Saturday, Oct. 24 Houst on @ Navy // 3:30 p.m. ET CBSSN Doug Mosley @BocaBowl Saturday, Oct. 24 Middle Tenn. @ Rice // 3:30 p.m. ET ESPN3 Execut ive Direct or Saturday, Oct. 24 Georgia St . @ Troy // 4 p.m. ET ESPNU [email protected] @BocaBowl Saturday, Oct. 24 ULM @ S. Alabam a // 7 p.m. ET ESPN+ Rose Parry Saturday, Oct. 24 #9/ #10 Cincinnat i @ #16/ #16 SMU // 9 p.m. ET ESPN2 Event Coordinat or @BocaBowl Navy = AAC | Red = C-USA | Green = MAC | Orange = SBC | Purple = MWC | Blue = Libert y [email protected].