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Street & Smith
Street & Smith’s preview gives the upper-hand to the defending C-USA East and West Divisional Champs as they see Southern Miss and Houston repeating and facing off in the Conference USA Football Championship game again in 2008.

C-USA East - Street & Smith

1. Southern Miss Golden Eagles
2. Marshall Thundering Herd
3. East Carolina Pirates
4. UCF Knights
5. Memphis Tigers
6. UAB Blazers

C-USA West - Street & Smith

1. Houston Cougars
2. Tulsa Golden Hurricane
3. SMU Mustangs
4. UTEP Miners
5. Rice Owls
6. Tulane Green Wave

 

Lindy’s
Lindy’s sees things a bit differently in Conference USA’s East Division with Marshall finishing 4^th instead of 2^nd in the Street & Smith preview, however Lindy’s also picks a USM/UH C-USA Championship game. The West Division remains exactly the same as the preview above. Please note that the numbers to the right of each school name represent the Lindy’s national rank for that C-USA football team.

C-USA East – Lindy’s

1. Southern Miss Golden Eagles (41)
2. East Carolina Pirates (87)
3. UCF Knights (91)
4. Marshall Thundering Herd (92)
5. Memphis Tigers (104)
6. UAB Blazers (107)

C-USA West – Lindy’s

1. Houston Cougars (39)
2. Tulsa Golden Hurricane (50)
3. SMU Mustangs (65)
4. UTEP Miners (67)
5. Rice Owls (97)
6. Tulane Green Wave (111)

 

Athlon Sports
The Athlon Sports Conference USA preview does not differ too much from the above previews, but they do have a different C-USA West Division winner; the Golden Hurricane of Tulsa. Only a couple of small changes in the overall order exist when comparing Athlon to Street & Smith and Lindy’s, so it seems the “experts” are all on similar pages.

C-USA East – Athlon Sports

1. Southern Miss Golden Eagles
2. UCF Knights
3. Marshall Thundering Herd
4. East Carolina Pirates
5. Memphis Tigers
6. UAB Blazers

C-USA West – Athlon Sports

1. Tulsa Golden Hurricane
2. Houston Cougars
3. SMU Mustangs
4. Rice Owls
5. UTEP Miners
6. Tulane Green Wave

Meanwhile, CUSA-fans.com also has their 2007 Conference USA football preview up on their Conference USA fansite, but unlike the above publications, they do not include a predicted finish for the 12 Conference USA football teams.