The six-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play.
[2][3] The conference championship in FIU's first CUSA season was the third overall for the program, with two having been won in the Sun Belt.
Florida International earned the right to host the tournament, and the first seed, by virtue of their 3–0 defeat of Liberty on September 27.
Another tiebreaker was required for the fourth and fifth seeds as Middle Tennessee and Sam Houston finished with identical 5–4–0 conference records.
The teams met on October 20, and Sam Houston won 2–1, therefore earning the fourth seed.