FILE - In this Dec. 18, 2018, file photo, UAB running back Spencer Brown (28) carries during the first half of the Boca Raton Bowl NCAA college football game against Northern Illinois in Boca Raton, Fla. Brown has had consecutive 1,200-yard seasons. He ran for 1,227 yards (87.6 per game) with 16 TDs last year. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)

FILE - In this Nov. 15, 2018, file photo, North Texas quarterback Mason Fine (6) laughs about his second-half hand injury with coach Seth Littrell after North Texas pulled out a win against Florida Atlantic during an NCAA college football game in Denton, Texas. Going into Littrell’s fourth season, and with two-time C-USA offensive player of the year quarterback Fine one of nine starters back on the league’s highest-scoring offense, the Mean Green are again favored in the West Division. (Jake King/The Denton Record-Chronicle via AP, File)

FILE - In this Sept. 22, 2018, file photo, FIU quarterback James Morgan (12) looks for a receiver during the second half of the team's NCAA college football game against Miami in Miami Gardens, Fla. FIU, going into its third season under Butch Davis, has back Morgan (26 TD passes) after a program-best nine wins last year. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)

FILE - In this Dec. 16. 2017, file photo, Marshall players and coach Doc Holliday celebrate after their 31-28 victory over Colorado State in the New Mexico Bowl NCAA college football game in Albuquerque, N.M. Marshall goes into Holliday’s 10th season as the favorite in Conference USA's West Division. The Thundering Herd won four of their final five games last season, including their seventh consecutive bowl victory. (AP Photo/Andres Leighton, File)