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Athlon continues our countdown to the upcoming season with our first and second All-Conference USA teams for the 2011 season. Click here for all our college football team previews, rankings and predictions.
First-team Offense
QB Case Keenum, Houston
RB Orleans Darkwa, Tulane
RB Zach Line, SMU
WR Patrick Edwards, Houston
WR Lance Lewis, East Carolina
TE Luke Willson, Rice
C Blake McJunkin, SMU
OL Clint Anderson, Tulsa
OL Kelvin Beachum, SMU
OL Matt McCants, UAB
OL Chris Thompson, Houston
First-team Defense
DL Vinny Curry, Marshall
DL Cordarro Law, Southern Miss
DL Darius Nall, UCF
DL Taylor Thompson, SMU
LB Ja'Gared Davis, SMU
LB Trent Mackey, Tulane
LB Marcus McGraw, Houston
CB Emanuel Davis, East Carolina
CB Josh Robinson, UCF
S Kemal Ishmael, UCF
S Marco Nelson, Tulsa
First-team Specialists
K Danny Hrapmann, Southern Miss
P Kyle Martens, Rice
KR Quincy McDuffie, UCF
PR Patrick Edwards, Houston
Team-by-Team Breakdown of Athlon's 2011 C-USA All-Conference Team
| 1st Team | 2nd Team | Overall | |
| East Carolina | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Houston | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| Marshall | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Memphis | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Rice | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| SMU | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| Southern Miss | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Tulane | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Tulsa | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| UAB | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| UCF | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| UTEP | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Second-team Offense
QB G.J. Kinne, Tulsa
RB Bryce Beall, Houston
RB Sam McGuffie, Rice
WR Cole Beasley, SMU
WR Damaris Johnson, Tulsa
TE Adam Nissley, UCF
C Trent Dupy, Tulsa
OL Jake Hicks, Rice
OL Lamar Holmes, Southern Miss
OL Nick Pieschel, UCF
OL Ryan Tillman, Marshall
Second-team Defense
DL Elliott Henigan, UAB
DL Dezman Moses, Tulane
DL Scott Solomon, Rice
DL Frank Trotter, Memphis
LB Sammy Brown, Houston
LB Taylor Reed, SMU
LB Korey Williams, Southern Miss
CB Richard Crawford, SMU
CB Deron Wilson, Southern Miss
S Chris Banjo, SMU
S Travaun Nixon, UTEP
Second-team Specialists
K Michael Barbour, East Carolina
P Tom Hornsey, Memphis
KR Damaris Johnson, Tulsa
PR Damaris Johnson, Tulsa
Athlon's 2011 C-USA Previews
| East | West |
| East Carolina | Houston |
| Marshall | Rice |
| Memphis | SMU |
| Southern Miss | Tulane |
| UAB | Tulsa |
| UCF | UTEP |
