Miner Rush, a UTEP Miners community

A weekly countdown that gives the top 12 teams in Conference USA football.

The 2011 football season just ended, but it seems like the 2012 season is nearly upon us. With national signing day in the rearview mirror, MinerRush will go over each and every school's recruiting...

The ECU Pirates and the UTEP Miners will face off at 6:05 p.m. (MT) in the Sun Bowl on Saturday, both teams desperately searching for two victories to get them to bowl eligibility. The Miners are...

In Conference USA action this past weekend, Houston and Southern Miss continued their roll, Tulsa stayed perfect in conference play, SMU got back on track, Rice picked up a big win, and ECU, UCF,...

This week, Conference USA action features Tulsa at UCF (tonight), UTEP at Rice, Tulane at SMU, #25 Southern Miss at East Carolina, and #13 Houston at UAB. Both Memphis and Marshall have the week...

Conference USA as a whole continues to get stronger as now both Houston (13) and Southern Miss (25) find themselves in the top 25 of the BCS rankings. Tulsa is also climbing in the polls,...

Week 9 Conference USA action kicks off tonight as [9] Rice heads across town to take on the #17 [1] Houston Cougars. Saturday's matchup between [3] SMU and [4]Tulsa could hold great significance in...

There should be plenty of action this week in Conference USA, but by far the game of the week will feature the [2] SMU Mustangs at the [3] Southern Miss Golden Eagles. Both teams have swapped...

This Saturday the UTEP Miners and the Colorado St. Rams square off against each other for the 34th time. The two schools rekindle an old flame that was sparked back when both schools were a part of...

Last week Southern Miss benefited from SMU's bye week, jumping the Mustangs after a solid win over Navy. This week, as the Golden Eagles were off, SMU had the opportunity to return the favor with a...