Every Tuesday and Thursday, Beyond Six will take a quick look at the hottest headlines around the Sun Belt Conference.
Sun Belt: Dunbar, Bentley and Rivest earn Player of the Week honors. (Sun Belt Conference)
For the second week in a row, the Sun Belt Conference will have a nationally televised game on a Tuesday night. Last week, Troy beat Middle Tennessee State, 31-7. Tonight, the University of Louisiana-Monroe (3-2, 2-0) plays host to Arkansas State (1-3, 0-1) at 8 ET on ESPN2.
This week the Associated Press poll had five non-BCS teams ranked (Boise State, Texas Christian, Brigham Young, Houston and Utah) while Central Michigan, Idaho and Navy received votes. Here is how Beyond Six rates the teams entering Week 7:
- Boise State (5-0): The Broncos have won their five games by an average of 25.8 points this season. Boise State was held to a season-low 101 rushing yards in Saturday’s 34-16 win over Cal-Davis. Boise State travels to Tulsa (4-1) on Wednesday to meet the Golden Hurricane in a nationally televised clash.
Every Monday and Wednesday, Beyond Six will take a quick look at the hottest headlines around the Mountain West Conference.
Mountain West: Columnist says conference “stinks” this year. (Deseret News)
Unga, Johnson and Evans named Players of the Week (Mountain West Conference)
Air Force: Linebacker corps racked with injuries (Colorado Springs Gazette)
BYU: Cougars staying focused on San Diego State. (Salt Lake Tribune)
Every Monday and Wednesday, Beyond Six will take a quick look at the hottest headlines around Conference USA. We will take a look at the headlines for Army and Navy as well.
Conference USA: Steele, Brinkley and Hunt earn Player of the Week honors. (Conference USA)
East Carolina: Mistakes prove costly in Saturday’s loss to SMU. (Greenville Daily Reflector)
Houston: Cougars return to poll after third win over BCS opponent this season. (Houston Chronicle)
