FBS Conference Belt The Conference USA Belt

The Conference USA Belt

A companion lineage restricted to Conference USA: the belt passes to whoever beats the holder, exactly like the real belt, but only games between two Conference USA members COUNT — and only for the seasons both sides were actually in Conference USA at the time. Caught it by beating Jacksonville State on November 22, 2025. Defended it 1 more time since.

95Reigns
238Belt Games
28Programs
Longest Reign
Southern Miss — 1 yr, 342 days
November 30, 2002 – November 6, 2004
Most Defenses, One Reign
Southern Miss — 12
starting November 30, 2002
Most Reigns, All-Time
Southern Miss — 7 separate reigns
28 Conference USA programs have held it
#TeamReignLength Def.Won itLost it
1 Tulane August 30, 1996 – September 21, 1996 22 days 0 Established it (first game on record) lost to Memphis
2 Memphis September 21, 1996 – October 12, 1996 21 days 1 beat Tulane lost to Houston
3 Houston October 12, 1996 – October 19, 1996 7 days 0 beat Memphis lost to Cincinnati
4 Cincinnati October 19, 1996 – November 2, 1996 14 days 1 beat Houston lost to Southern Miss
5 Southern Miss November 2, 1996 – November 9, 1996 7 days 0 beat Cincinnati lost to Houston
6 Houston November 9, 1996 – November 1, 1997 357 days 3 beat Southern Miss lost to Memphis
7 Memphis November 1, 1997 – November 8, 1997 7 days 0 beat Houston lost to Tulane
8 Tulane November 8, 1997 – September 6, 1999 1 yr, 302 days 7 beat Memphis lost to Southern Miss
9 Southern Miss September 6, 1999 – November 4, 2000 1 yr, 59 days 8 beat Tulane lost to Louisville
10 Louisville November 4, 2000 – November 23, 2001 1 yr, 19 days 8 beat Southern Miss lost to TCU
11 TCU November 23, 2001 – September 2, 2002 283 days 1 beat Louisville lost to Cincinnati
12 Cincinnati September 2, 2002 – October 12, 2002 40 days 0 beat TCU lost to Tulane
13 Tulane October 12, 2002 – November 9, 2002 28 days 1 beat Cincinnati lost to TCU
14 TCU November 9, 2002 – November 23, 2002 14 days 0 beat Tulane lost to East Carolina
15 East Carolina November 23, 2002 – November 30, 2002 7 days 0 beat TCU lost to Southern Miss
16 Southern Miss November 30, 2002 – November 6, 2004 1 yr, 342 days 12 beat East Carolina lost to Cincinnati
17 Cincinnati November 6, 2004 – November 27, 2004 21 days 1 beat Southern Miss lost to Louisville
18 Louisville November 27, 2004 – December 4, 2004 7 days 1 beat Cincinnati vacated — left Conference USA
19 Cincinnati December 5, 2004 – December 5, 2004 0 days 0 reverted after Louisville left Conference USA vacated — left Conference USA
20 Southern Miss December 6, 2004 – October 8, 2005 306 days 1 reverted after Cincinnati left Conference USA lost to Tulsa
21 Tulsa October 8, 2005 – November 5, 2005 28 days 2 beat Southern Miss lost to UTEP
22 UTEP November 5, 2005 – November 19, 2005 14 days 0 beat Tulsa lost to UAB
23 UAB November 19, 2005 – November 26, 2005 7 days 0 beat UTEP lost to East Carolina
24 East Carolina November 26, 2005 – September 9, 2006 287 days 0 beat UAB lost to UAB
25 UAB September 9, 2006 – October 14, 2006 35 days 1 beat East Carolina lost to Rice
26 Rice October 14, 2006 – October 13, 2007 364 days 6 beat UAB lost to Houston
27 Houston October 13, 2007 – November 10, 2007 28 days 3 beat Rice lost to Tulsa
28 Tulsa November 10, 2007 – December 1, 2007 21 days 1 beat Houston lost to UCF
29 UCF December 1, 2007 – September 27, 2008 301 days 0 beat Tulsa lost to UTEP
30 UTEP September 27, 2008 – October 18, 2008 21 days 2 beat UCF lost to Tulsa
31 Tulsa October 18, 2008 – November 15, 2008 28 days 1 beat UTEP lost to Houston
32 Houston November 15, 2008 – November 29, 2008 14 days 1 beat Tulsa lost to Rice
33 Rice November 29, 2008 – September 5, 2009 280 days 0 beat Houston lost to UAB
34 UAB September 5, 2009 – September 12, 2009 7 days 0 beat Rice lost to SMU
35 SMU September 12, 2009 – October 24, 2009 42 days 1 beat UAB lost to Houston
36 Houston October 24, 2009 – November 14, 2009 21 days 2 beat SMU lost to UCF
37 UCF November 14, 2009 – November 13, 2010 364 days 7 beat Houston lost to Southern Miss
38 Southern Miss November 13, 2010 – November 26, 2010 13 days 1 beat UCF lost to Tulsa
39 Tulsa November 26, 2010 – November 25, 2011 364 days 7 beat Southern Miss lost to Houston
40 Houston November 25, 2011 – December 3, 2011 8 days 0 beat Tulsa lost to Southern Miss
41 Southern Miss December 3, 2011 – September 15, 2012 287 days 0 beat Houston lost to East Carolina
42 East Carolina September 15, 2012 – October 4, 2012 19 days 1 beat Southern Miss lost to UCF
43 UCF October 4, 2012 – November 17, 2012 44 days 5 beat East Carolina lost to Tulsa
44 Tulsa November 17, 2012 – November 24, 2012 7 days 0 beat UCF lost to SMU
45 SMU November 24, 2012 – November 24, 2012 0 days 0 beat Tulsa vacated — left Conference USA
46 Tulsa November 25, 2012 – October 5, 2013 314 days 1 reverted after SMU left Conference USA lost to Rice
47 Rice October 5, 2013 – October 31, 2013 26 days 2 beat Tulsa lost to North Texas
48 North Texas October 31, 2013 – November 23, 2013 23 days 1 beat Rice lost to UTSA
49 UTSA November 23, 2013 – September 27, 2014 308 days 1 beat North Texas lost to Florida Atlantic
50 Florida Atlantic September 27, 2014 – October 2, 2014 5 days 0 beat UTSA lost to Florida International
51 Florida International October 2, 2014 – October 11, 2014 9 days 0 beat Florida Atlantic lost to UTSA
52 UTSA October 11, 2014 – October 18, 2014 7 days 0 beat Florida International lost to Louisiana Tech
53 Louisiana Tech October 18, 2014 – November 22, 2014 35 days 3 beat UTSA lost to Old Dominion
54 Old Dominion November 22, 2014 – October 3, 2015 315 days 1 beat Louisiana Tech lost to Marshall
55 Marshall October 3, 2015 – November 7, 2015 35 days 4 beat Old Dominion lost to Middle Tennessee
56 Middle Tennessee November 7, 2015 – October 15, 2016 343 days 5 beat Marshall lost to Western Kentucky
57 Western Kentucky October 15, 2016 – September 16, 2017 336 days 6 beat Middle Tennessee lost to Louisiana Tech
58 Louisiana Tech September 16, 2017 – October 7, 2017 21 days 0 beat Western Kentucky lost to UAB
59 UAB October 7, 2017 – October 21, 2017 14 days 1 beat Louisiana Tech lost to Charlotte
60 Charlotte October 21, 2017 – November 4, 2017 14 days 0 beat UAB lost to Old Dominion
61 Old Dominion November 4, 2017 – November 25, 2017 21 days 2 beat Charlotte lost to Middle Tennessee
62 Middle Tennessee November 25, 2017 – October 13, 2018 322 days 2 beat Old Dominion lost to Florida International
63 Florida International October 13, 2018 – November 3, 2018 21 days 2 beat Middle Tennessee lost to Florida Atlantic
64 Florida Atlantic November 3, 2018 – November 15, 2018 12 days 1 beat Florida International lost to North Texas
65 North Texas November 15, 2018 – October 12, 2019 331 days 2 beat Florida Atlantic lost to Southern Miss
66 Southern Miss October 12, 2019 – October 19, 2019 7 days 0 beat North Texas lost to Louisiana Tech
67 Louisiana Tech October 19, 2019 – November 15, 2019 27 days 2 beat Southern Miss lost to Marshall
68 Marshall November 15, 2019 – November 23, 2019 8 days 0 beat Louisiana Tech lost to Charlotte
69 Charlotte November 23, 2019 – October 3, 2020 315 days 1 beat Marshall lost to Florida Atlantic
70 Florida Atlantic October 3, 2020 – October 24, 2020 21 days 0 beat Charlotte lost to Marshall
71 Marshall October 24, 2020 – December 5, 2020 42 days 1 beat Florida Atlantic lost to Rice
72 Rice December 5, 2020 – December 12, 2020 7 days 0 beat Marshall lost to UAB
73 UAB December 12, 2020 – October 23, 2021 315 days 4 beat Rice lost to Rice
74 Rice October 23, 2021 – October 30, 2021 7 days 0 beat UAB lost to North Texas
75 North Texas October 30, 2021 – October 22, 2022 357 days 7 beat Rice lost to UTSA
76 UTSA October 22, 2022 – December 2, 2022 41 days 5 beat North Texas vacated — left Conference USA
77 North Texas December 3, 2022 – December 3, 2022 0 days 0 reverted after UTSA left Conference USA vacated — left Conference USA
78 Rice December 4, 2022 – December 4, 2022 0 days 0 reverted after North Texas left Conference USA vacated — left Conference USA
79 UAB December 5, 2022 – December 5, 2022 0 days 0 reverted after Rice left Conference USA vacated — left Conference USA
80 Rice December 6, 2022 – December 6, 2022 0 days 0 reverted after UAB left Conference USA vacated — left Conference USA
81 Marshall December 7, 2022 – December 7, 2022 0 days 0 reverted after Rice left Conference USA vacated — left Conference USA
82 Florida Atlantic December 8, 2022 – December 8, 2022 0 days 0 reverted after Marshall left Conference USA vacated — left Conference USA
83 Charlotte December 9, 2022 – December 9, 2022 0 days 0 reverted after Florida Atlantic left Conference USA vacated — left Conference USA
84 Marshall December 10, 2022 – December 10, 2022 0 days 0 reverted after Charlotte left Conference USA vacated — left Conference USA
85 Louisiana Tech December 11, 2022 – October 5, 2023 298 days 2 reverted after Marshall left Conference USA lost to Western Kentucky
86 Western Kentucky October 5, 2023 – October 17, 2023 12 days 0 beat Louisiana Tech lost to Jacksonville State
87 Jacksonville State October 17, 2023 – November 25, 2023 39 days 2 beat Western Kentucky lost to New Mexico State
88 New Mexico State November 25, 2023 – December 1, 2023 6 days 0 beat Jacksonville State lost to Liberty
89 Liberty December 1, 2023 – October 23, 2024 327 days 3 beat New Mexico State lost to Kennesaw State
90 Kennesaw State October 23, 2024 – October 30, 2024 7 days 0 beat Liberty lost to Western Kentucky
91 Western Kentucky October 30, 2024 – November 16, 2024 17 days 1 beat Kennesaw State lost to Louisiana Tech
92 Louisiana Tech November 16, 2024 – October 9, 2025 327 days 3 beat Western Kentucky lost to Kennesaw State
93 Kennesaw State October 9, 2025 – November 15, 2025 37 days 3 beat Louisiana Tech lost to Jacksonville State
94 Jacksonville State November 15, 2025 – November 22, 2025 7 days 0 beat Kennesaw State lost to Florida International
95 Florida International November 22, 2025 – Present 298 days 1 beat Jacksonville State — present —

No reigns match “.”

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