Conference USA’s 2021 football schedule was released last week and features a litany of intriguing out-of-conference contests and late-season games between C-USA foes that may decide division winners. With under 90 days till the start of the new season, let’s take a look at 10 games in C-USA that we’re keeping our eye on.
Duke at Charlotte — September 3 (CBS Sports Network)
Year three of the Will Healy era will begin with the 49ers welcoming an in-state foe to Jerry Richardson Stadium in early September. For Charlotte, an opportunity at the program’s first Power Five victory serves not only as a proverbial shot in the arm for the Niners’ fanbase, but it would also help put Healy’s rebuild of the program back on track after a disjointed 2020 season that was torpedoed by COVID-related cancellations.