2017 Non-Conference Football Opponents Date Opponent (Current Massey Composite Ranking) Location Sept. 2 #227 (Sagarin) Northwestern State Ruston, La. Sept. 9 #57 Mississippi State Ruston, La. Sept 16 @ Western Kentucky Sept. 23 at #69 South Carolina Columbia, SC Sept. 30 #96 South Alabama Ruston, La. at UTEP UAB FAU UNT at Rice at UTSA USM
Next year has a chance to be special. We'll have 7 home games for the first time that I can remember.
We will not have #33 WKU & #79 MTSU on our schedule!
I think our hardest 2 games will be USM (home) and at UTSA. UNT did beat us at home in 2013, but that was 2013. Marshall will hopefully still be down and Charlotte I'm not sure about.
We seem to play well at Rice & UTEP. UAB will be probably look like a first year team and FAU will be under a new coach.
South Alabama was a bowl team but they are #FunBelt and we take care of #FunBelt teams.
State was 5-7 this (with St Pete bowl left to play), but we've got them at home. I'm glad we have NSU the week before to get a game under our belt (but NSU is another story!).
It's always hard to win on the road in the SEC, so South Carolina will be tough. They only be UMass by 6 at home this year, so I don't know what to expect next year.
I'm excited about the weapons we have coming back on offense. I hope Carlos stays another year, but that picture with Fitch makes me think he's not.
Coach seems to think the underclassmen will outperform what we are losing, so hopefully the defense will be better!
I a think 9-3 would be a good year. but I'm hopeful for 11-1 (or 10-2).