The final weekend of the regular season in Conference USA saw three teams reach bowl eligibility, an East division winner crowned and the ending of an era for two programs.
Rice head coach Mike Bloomgren will return for a fifth season in Houston after the team’s 35-31 victory over Lousiana Tech on Saturday. While Bloomgren has an 11-31 record in four seasons at Rice, the win over Tech gave the program their fourth win — its most since 2015.
The night before the contest, it was reported and later confirmed by the Lousiana Tech that veteran head coach Skip Holtz would not return for a tenth season in Ruston.