List of Sun Belt Conference football champions
This is a list of yearly Sun Belt Conference football champions. Co-champions are listed in alphabetical order. From 2001 to 2017, there had not been a tie breaker for conference champions. Since 2018, an outright conference champion is determined by the Sun Belt Conference Football Championship Game.
Schools are listed by their current athletic branding, not necessarily what they used in a given season.
Champions by year
Pre-championship game era (2001–2017)
Year | Champions | Conference record | Overall record | Bowl result |
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2001 | Middle Tennessee | 5–1 | 8–3 | — |
North Texas | 5–1 | 5–7 | L New Orleans Bowl 20–45 vs. Colorado State | |
2002 | North Texas | 6–0 | 8–5 | W New Orleans Bowl 25–19 vs. Cincinnati |
2003 | North Texas | 7–0 | 9–4 | L New Orleans Bowl 17–27 vs. Memphis |
2004 | North Texas | 7–0 | 7–5 | L New Orleans Bowl 10–31 vs. Southern Miss |
2005 | Arkansas State | 5–2 | 6–6 | L New Orleans Bowl 19–31 vs. Southern Miss |
Louisiana | 5–2 | 6–5 | — | |
Louisiana-Monroe | 5–2 | 5–6 | — | |
2006 | Middle Tennessee | 6–1 | 7–6 | — |
Troy | 6–1 | 8–5 | W New Orleans Bowl 41–17 vs. Rice | |
2007 | Florida Atlantic | 6–1 | 8–5 | W New Orleans Bowl 44–27 vs. Memphis |
Troy | 6–1 | 8–4 | — | |
2008 | Troy | 6–1 | 8–5 | L New Orleans Bowl 27–30 vs. Southern Miss |
2009 | Troy | 8–0 | 9–4 | L GMAC Bowl 41–44 vs. Central Michigan |
2010 | FIU | 6–2 | 7–6 | W Little Caesars Pizza Bowl 34–32 vs. Toledo |
Troy | 6–2 | 8–5 | W New Orleans Bowl 48–21 vs. Ohio | |
2011 | Arkansas State | 8–0 | 10–3 | L GoDaddy.com Bowl 20–38 vs. Northern Illinois |
2012 | Arkansas State | 7–1 | 10–3 | W GoDaddy.com Bowl 17–13 vs. Kent State |
2013 | Arkansas State | 5–2 | 7–5 | W GoDaddy Bowl 23–20 vs. Ball State |
Louisiana | 5–2 | 8–4 | W New Orleans Bowl 24–21 vs. Tulane | |
2014 | Georgia Southern[a] | 8–0 | 9–3 | — |
2015 | Arkansas State | 8–0 | 9–3 | L New Orleans Bowl 28–47 vs. Louisiana Tech |
2016 | Appalachian State | 7–1 | 9–3 | W Camellia Bowl 31–28 vs. Toledo |
Arkansas State | 7–1 | 8–5 | W Cure Bowl 31–13 vs. UCF | |
2017 | Troy | 7–1 | 10–2 | W New Orleans Bowl 50–30 vs. North Texas |
Appalachian State | 7–1 | 8–4 | W Dollar General Bowl 34–0 vs. Toledo |
- ^ Ineligible for postseason play due to FCS-to-FBS transition rules.
Sun Belt Conference Championship Game (2018–present)
Year | East Division | Score | West Division | Site | Date | Attendance |
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2018 | Appalachian State | 30–19 | Louisiana | Kidd Brewer Stadium • Boone, North Carolina | December 1, 2018 | 14,963 |
2019 | No. 21 Appalachian State | 45–38 | Louisiana | December 7, 2019 | 18,618 | |
2020† | No. 12 Coastal Carolina | No Contest | No. 19 Louisiana | Brooks Stadium • Conway, South Carolina | December 19, 2020 | N/A |
2021 | Appalachian State | 16–24 | No. 24 Louisiana | Cajun Field • Lafayette, Louisiana | December 4, 2021 | 31,014 |
2022 | Coastal Carolina | 26–45 | Troy | Veterans Memorial Stadium • Troy, Alabama | December 3, 2022 | 21,554 |
2023 | Appalachian State | 23–49 | Troy | December 2, 2023 | 20,183 |
† 2020 game canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic.[1]
Championships by team
Rank | Team | Championships | Years |
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1 | Troy | 8 | 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2017, 2022, 2023 |
2 | Arkansas State | 6 | 2005, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016 |
3 | North Texas | 4 | 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 |
Appalachian State | 4 | 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 | |
Louisiana | 4 | 2005, | |
6 | Middle Tennessee | 2 | 2001, 2006 |
7 | Louisiana–Monroe | 1 | 2005 |
Florida Atlantic | 1 | 2007 | |
FIU | 1 | 2010 | |
Georgia Southern | 1 | 2014 | |
Coastal Carolina | 1 | 2020 |
- Bold indicates an outright title.
Italics indicate team is no longer a member of the Sun Belt Conference.
See also
References
- ^ "Sun Belt Conference Championship Football Game Canceled". sunbeltsports.org. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
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Sun Belt Conference football champions
- Middle Tennessee & North Texas (2001)
- North Texas (2002)
- North Texas (2003)
- North Texas (2004)
- Arkansas State, Louisiana–Lafayette, & Louisiana–Monroe (2005)
- Middle Tennessee & Troy (2006)
- Florida Atlantic & Troy (2007)
- Troy (2008)
- Troy (2009)
- FIU & Troy (2010)
- Arkansas State (2011)
- Arkansas State (2012)
- Arkansas State & Louisiana–Lafayette (2013)
- Georgia Southern (2014)
- Arkansas State (2015)
- Appalachian State & Arkansas State (2016)
- Appalachian State & Troy (2017)
- Appalachian State (2018)
- Appalachian State (2019)
- Coastal Carolina & Louisiana (2020)
- Louisiana (2021)
- Troy (2022)
- Troy (2023)