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)

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.

Central Florida: Columnist says that UCF must live up to own expectations and beat Miami. (Orlando Sentinel)

Cancer in the past for UCF defensive end. (CBSsports.com)

East Carolina: Pirates look to create big plays. (Greenville Daily-Reflector)

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:

1. 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 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)

Last week, we took in depth look at the various non-BCS conferences and how they have fared against the BCS conferences this season. Although, the non-conference season is beginning to wind down, there were numerous non-BCS versus BCS battles last weekend. The big winners in Week 4 were Houston and Texas Christian.