Conference USA is supposed to be one of the hardest conferences to pick this season. A league known for its transience often is.
The nine-team conference features four newcomers from two different leagues (in the case of New Mexico State and Liberty no football leagues at all), with two playing their first games in the FBS.
C-USA is set to expand again next season, so this year's schedule will be a one-off but will give the schools a chance to meet each other, as the league has a complete round robin.
How that will all shake out is one of the more intriguing storylines in Group of Five football this season and at this point predictions aren't much more than guesses.