Note: originally posted Saturday morning, but due to technical difficulties content was reposted.

A look ahead to today’s biggest matchups featuring teams from Conference USA, Independents, Mid-American Conference, Mountain West Conference, Sun Belt Conference and Western Athletic Conference. Note: Rankings are (AP/Coaches/BCS)

A daily look at the news and features from Conference USA, Mid-American Conference, Mountain West Conference, Sun Belt Conference, Western Athletic Conference and Army and Navy programs.

General CFB: Offenses in the West more dynamic than anywhere else. (Reno-Journal Gazette)

Arkansas State: Game against Louisville will be broadcast by ESPN360.com. (Jonesboro Sun)

The last two years have been a wild ride for the Ball State football program. Last season the Cardinals started off 12-0 and reached as high as 12 in the BCS rankings. After closing out last season with losses in the Mid-American Conference Championship game and the GMAC Bowl, the Cardinals started off 0-7 and 0-3 in the MAC.

A daily look at the news and features from the around the non-BCS world.

BCS: Writer cites the teams that are most cheated by BCS. (Tulsa World)

Air Force: Calhoun and Kubiak family remain close. (Denver Post)

Air Force: Jefferson returns as team’s starting quarterback. (Denver Post)

The 2009 season has been a renaissance of sorts for the Idaho Vandals and the Temple Owls. Both programs are enjoying their best seasons in years and are beginning to get some well-deserved recognition for their efforts.

Idaho, which is off to a 6-1 start after going 2-10 last year, has been featured by SI.com and the Associated Press.