Florida Atlantic turns the page on a second consecutive Conference USA loss, 21-13 to Louisiana Tech, and prepares to play at rival FIU, which has been the conference’s surprise team thus far. Florida International (6-2, 4-0) is one of two remaining unbeatens within C-USA play, the other being UAB (7-1, 5-0) in the West division.
With the Owls (3-5, 1-3) now dropping four of their last five games without any realistic hope of a return to the Conference USA Championship Game, after running through the conference last year, a loss in the Shula Bowl would mathematically eliminate them.