The Liberty Flames move up one spot to 24th in this week’s College Football Playoff poll. LU is 2 spots behind the Tulane Green Wave as they are 22nd. Tulane and Liberty are the two highest ranked Group of Five teams in the poll. The highest ranked Group of Five team gets a New Year’s Six bowl bid. The final CFP poll comes out on Sunday.
The Liberty Flames are in prep mode this week as they will host the Conference USA Title Game this Friday at 7pm against New Mexico State at Williams Stadium. LU is perfect on the season at 12-0. It is a team that has grow throughout the season to get to this championship opportunity.
“We go on through the season in our first year early on in the season and you are trying to figure out what we can do and when we can do it as you get along and you get to know your team better and they get to know you better and I think that is why we have got better over the season. Because we have started to understand more of the strengths of our players and how to interact with each other and the to play at the highest level,” said Liberty head coach Jamey Chadwell.