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The Houston Cougars fell to 4-6 on the year and 3-3 in Conference USA play with a loss to the Tulsa Golden Hurricane on Saturday, and a win by Southern Methodist puts Houston one full game behind SMU second-place. Meanwhile, SMU beat conference bottom-dweller Southern Miss 34-6 to move to 4-2 in conference play.
Tulsa remained perfect in conference play through six games and moved to 8-2 overall.
The Rice Owls were off on a bye this weekend and are like Tulane with 2-4 C-USA records. Rice, however, has a better overall record. UTEP holds the final spot in the West Division with a 1-5 conference mark.
Over in the East Division, Central Florida is 6-0 in conference play and 8-2 overall. Eastern Carolina is still on the heels of first place at 5-1 in C-USA.
| EAST | CONF | OVR |
|---|---|---|
| UCF | 6-0 | 8-2 |
| East Carolina | 5-1 | 6-4 |
| Marshall | 3-3 | 4-6 |
| UAB | 2-4 | 3-7 |
| Memphis | 2-4 | 2-8 |
| Southern Miss | 0-6 | 0-10 |
| WEST | CONF | OVR |
| Tulsa | 6-0 | 8-2 |
| Southern Methodist | 4-2 | 5-5 |
| Houston | 3-3 | 4-6 |
| Rice | 2-4 | 4-6 |
| Tulane | 2-4 | 2-8 |
| UTEP | 1-5 | 2-8 |