clock menu more-arrow no yes mobile

Filed under:

C-USA Football Power Rankings: Week 13

The College Football season is winding down as the bowl and conference championship pictures are starting to strike a pose on what has been a interesting season of C-USA football. Here is the Power Rankings for Week 13.

By Alex Nicolas
Ivan Pierre Aguirre-USA TODAY Sp

Interesting week in the C-USA as far as match ups this weekend. Some obvious blow-outs, to a couple of toss-up games and huge match up in the west race. The standings and rankings remain at a stand still as we head into the last two weeks of C-USA football before the C-USA championship. Busy week here at the Rush, will continue with the captions next week. Enjoy!

14. Southern Miss. Golden Eagles (0-10, 0-6) Last: (L) 41-7 Vs. Florida Atlantic: Next up: Vs. Middle Tennessee, Last Week Rank: #14

13. FIU Golden Panthers (1-9, 1-5) Last: (L) 33-10 @ UTEP, Up Next: Vs. Marshall, Last Week Rank: #13

12. UAB Blazers (2-8, 1-5) Last: (L) 63-14 @ East Carolina, Up Next: Vs. Rice, Last Week Rank: #11

11. UTEP Miners (2-8, 1-5) Last: (W) 33-10 Vs. FIU, Up Next: @ Tulane, Last Week Rank: #12

10. Tulsa Golden Hurricane (2-8, 1-5) Last: (L) 45-34 Vs. Marshall, Up Next: @ LA Tech, Last Week Rank: #10

9. Louisiana Tech Bulldogs (4-6, 3-3) Last: (L) 52-14 @ Rice, Up Next: Vs. Tulsa, Last Week Rank: #8

8. Florida Atlantic Owls (4-6, 3-4) Last: (W) 41-7 @ So Miss., Up Next: Vs. New Mexico State, Last Week Rank: #9

7. Tulane Green Wave (6-4, 4-2) Last: Bye, Up Next: Vs. UTEP, Last Week Rank: #7

6. UTSA Roadrunners (5-5, 4-2) Last: Bye, Up Next: @ North Texas, Last Week Rank: #6

5. Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders (6-4, 4-2) Last: (W) Bye, Up Next: @ So Miss., Last Week Rank: #5

4. Rice Owls (7-3, 5-1) Last: (W) 52-14 Vs. LA Tech , Up Next: @ UAB, Last Week Rank: #4

3. Marshall Thundering Herd (7-3, 5-1) Last: (W) 45-34 @ Tulsa, Up Next: @ FIU, Last Week Rank: #3

2. North Texas Mean Green (7-3, 5-1) Last: Bye, Up Next: Vs. UTSA, Last Week Rank: #2

1. East Carolina Pirates (8-2, 6-1) Last: (W) 63-14 Vs. UAB, Up Next: @ NC State, Last Week Rank: #1

AROD's Sharp Picks:

Rice 55 UAB 17

ECU 41 NC State 28

FAU 35 NMSU 24

North Texas 28 UTSA 20

MTSU 45 So. Miss 13

Tulane 21 UTEP 10

Marshall 55 FIU 0

Tulsa 27 LA Tech 23

AROD's 2013 record: 34-6

MinerRush C-USA Players of the Week:

Offense: Rakeem Cato Marshall

Defense: Christin Milstead FAU

C-USA Per Game Team Leaders

Passing

Team Comp-Att-Int Yards TD Comp % Avg/G
East Carolina 314-436-7 3412 30 72.0 341.2
Marshall 229-375-8 2960 30 61.1 296.0
UTSA 210-339-10 2351 12 61.9 235.1
North Texas 197-300-12 2329 13 65.7 232.9
So Miss. 198-399-23 2252 11 49.6 225.2

Rushing

Team Att Yards Avg/A TD Avg/G
Rice 503 2432 4.8 23 243.2
Marshall 415 2102 5.1 25 210.2
UTEP 484 1987 4.3 15 198.7
Middle Tennessee 406 1950 4.8 18 195.0
UAB 382 1854 4.9 21 185.4

Total Offense

Team Rush Pass Yards TD Avg/G
Marshall 2102 2960 5062 55 506.2
East Carolina 1221 3412 4633 51 463.3
Rice 2432 1858 4290 37 429.0
UTSA 1730 2351 4081 30 408.1
North Texas 1726 2329 4055 35 405.5

Total Defense

Team Rush Pass Yards TD Avg/G
East Carolina 1014 2365 3379 23 337.9
Florida Atlantic 1794 1713 3507 28 350.7
North Texas 1195 2381 3577 20 357.7
Marshall 1561 2019 3580 25 358.0
Tulane 1273 2443 3716 26 371.6