Sun Belt Conference

U.S. college sports conference

For the region of the United States with the same name, see Sun Belt.

Sun Belt ConferenceFile:Sun Belt Conference 2020 logo and name.svg

Association| NCAA
Founded| 1976
Commissioner| Keith Gill (since 2019)
Sports fielded|

* 18
* men's: 9
* women's: 9

Division| Division I
Subdivision| FBS
No. of teams| 14
Headquarters| New Orleans, Louisiana
Region| Southern United States
Official website| www.sunbeltsports.org
Locations
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The Sun Belt Conference (SBC) is a collegiate athletic conference that has been affiliated with the NCAA's Division I since 1976. Originally a non-football conference, the Sun Belt began sponsoring football in 2001. Its football teams participate in the Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS). The 14 member institutions of the Sun Belt are distributed primarily across the southern United States.

## Contents

* 1 History
* 1.1 Early 2010s realignment
* 1.2 Early 2020s realignment
* 2 Member schools
* 2.1 Current members
* 2.2 Affiliate members
* 2.3 Future affiliate members
* 2.4 Former members
* 2.5 Former affiliate members
* 2.6 Membership timeline
* 3 Commissioners
* 4 Sports
* 4.1 Men's sponsored sports by school
* 4.1.1 Men's varsity sports not sponsored by the Sun Belt
* 4.2 Women's sponsored sports by school
* 4.2.1 Women's varsity sports not sponsored by the Sun Belt
* 5 Championships
* 5.1 Current Sun Belt champions
* 5.2 NCAA champions
* 6 Football
* 6.1 Sun Belt champions
* 6.2 Bowl games
* 7 Football rivalries
* 8 Basketball
* 8.1 Men's basketball
* 8.2 Championships
* 9 Baseball
* 10 Facilities
* 11 Academics
* 12 See also
* 13 Notes
* 14 References
* 15 External links

## History[edit | edit source]

File:Sun Belt Conference very old logo.png

Original Sun Belt logo from 1976.

The Sun Belt Conference was founded on August 4, 1976, with the University of New Orleans, the University of South Alabama, Georgia State University, Jacksonville University, the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, and the University of South Florida. Over the next ten years the conference would add Western Kentucky University, Old Dominion University, the University of Alabama at Birmingham, and Virginia Commonwealth University. New Orleans was forced out of the league in 1980 due to its small on-campus gymnasium that the conference did not deem suitable for conference competition. New Orleans competed as an independent before joining the newly formed American South Conference in 1987.

After the 1990–91 basketball season, all members of the Sun Belt, except Western Kentucky, South Alabama, and Jacksonville, departed for other conferences. The Sun Belt, including incoming member in the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, then merged with the American South Conference, made up of Arkansas State University, Louisiana Tech University, the University of Southwestern Louisiana (now the University of Louisiana at Lafayette), the University of Texas–Pan American (now merged into the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley), New Orleans (re-joined), Lamar University, and the University of Central Florida. Although the American South was the larger conference, the merged league retained the Sun Belt name. In 1991, the league first began to explore the idea of sponsoring football.[1]

Central Florida left the league following the 1991–92 academic year due to a dispute over television rights, among other reasons.[2][3] Lamar, Texas–Pan American, and Jacksonville departed at the end of the 1997–98 academic year. Florida International University joined the Sun Belt in 1998, and the University of Denver was added in 1999. Louisiana Tech departed after the 2000–01 academic year.

File:Poydras Street, New Orleans CBD, 24 August 2021 - 10.jpg

The Sun Belt Conference headquarters are currently housed at the Caesars Superdome.

The conference did not sponsor football until 2001, when the league added former Big West Conference members New Mexico State University and the University of North Texas and former Ohio Valley Conference member (an FBS Independent on football) Middle Tennessee State University as full members (all three of them joined a year earlier for all sports in the 2000-01 school year) and added FBS Independent University of Louisiana at Monroe and Big West member University of Idaho as football-only members. These new members gave the Sun Belt seven football playing members in their first season, as Arkansas State and Louisiana were already full members which sponsored football. Another Big West school, Utah State University, was added as a football-only member in 2003, then departed in 2005 with Idaho and New Mexico State for the Western Athletic Conference (WAC).

In 2004, Troy University became a football-only member before joining for all sports in the 2005–06 academic year. In 2005, Florida Atlantic became a football-only member before joining for all sports in the 2006-07 academic year. In 2006, Louisiana–Monroe joined the conference as an all-sports full member when the Warhawks left their former home, the Southland Conference.

Longtime Sun Belt member Western Kentucky joined the Sun Belt's football conference in 2009 after its Board of Regents voted to upgrade the school's football program to Division I FBS.[4]

On November 11, 2009, New Orleans announced it was investigating a move from Division I to the NCAA's Division III. In order to maintain athletic scholarships, UNO instead opted for entry into Division II. On April 20, 2011, UNO officially received transition approval from the NCAA Division II Membership Committee.[5] (UNO later decided to remain in Division I, and joined the Southland Conference in 2013.)

### Early 2010s realignment[edit | edit source]

Main article: 2010–2013 Sun Belt Conference realignment

See also: 2010–2013 Conference USA realignment and 2010–2013 Western Athletic Conference realignment

File:Sun Belt Conference 2001 logo.svg

The former Sun Belt Conference logo used until its rebranding in 2013

On April 9, 2012, Georgia State, one of the founding members of the Sun Belt Conference, announced that it would be returning to the conference as a full member in 2013. As part of the move, the football program began a transition from FCS to FBS in the 2012 season; it played a full Sun Belt schedule as a "transitional" FBS member in 2013, and became a full FBS member, with bowl eligibility, in 2014.[6] On May 2, 2012, Texas State University announced it would leave the WAC after just one year and join the Sun Belt in July 2013 to begin play for the 2013–14 academic year. At the press conference to announce Texas State's addition, Sun Belt Commissioner Karl Benson also hinted that more changes could be on the way for the conference.[7] On May 25, 2012, the conference announced that the University of Texas at Arlington (a non-football member) had accepted an invitation to join the conference and would become a full member by 2013.[8]

On May 4, 2012, FIU and North Texas announced that they would be leaving the Sun Belt for Conference USA on July 1, 2013 as part of a Conference USA expansion effort involving four other schools.[9] On November 29, 2012, Florida Atlantic and Middle Tennessee State announced that they would also leave the Sun Belt for Conference USA.[10] The move for Florida Atlantic and MTSU was originally scheduled to take place in 2014; however, the two schools announced on January 28, 2013 that they would leave for Conference USA a year early, departing on July 1, 2013 with FIU and North Texas. Western Kentucky also accepted an invitation to join Conference USA on April 1, 2013, and departed from the Sun Belt on July 1, 2014.[11]

These moves depleted the Sun Belt and made the need to expand their membership more urgent than ever, as the Sun Belt was left with ten full members and only eight members that sponsor football (the minimum number required for a conference to sponsor football at the FBS level) for the 2013 season. Appalachian State University accepted an invitation on March 27, 2013 to join the Sun Belt effective July 1, 2014.[12] Georgia Southern University accepted a similar Sun Belt invitation at the same time as Appalachian State.[13] Appalachian State and Georgia Southern both joined for all sports from the Southern Conference on July 1, 2014. Both schools had been very successful within the Football Championship Subdivision, combining to win nine national championships since 1985. They upgraded to the Football Bowl Subdivision, and were eligible for Sun Belt conference championships in 2014, but were not postseason-eligible in football until 2015.

The Sun Belt also granted football-only invites to Idaho and New Mexico State on March 28, 2013.[14] Idaho and New Mexico State were both former Sun Belt members (Idaho for football only, New Mexico State for all sports) from 2001 to 2005. The large number of defections from the WAC forced that conference to drop football after the 2012 season. Idaho and New Mexico State were the only remaining WAC members that sponsored football, and competed as FBS independents for the 2013 season before competing in the Sun Belt in 2014. Idaho is located by far the farthest away from the other Sun Belt conference members, but it was rejected by the Mountain West Conference,[15] leaving it with no other choice.[16][17]

On September 1, 2015, Coastal Carolina University accepted an invitation to join the Sun Belt Conference. The university joined in all sports except for football starting July 1, 2016, with football joining in 2017.[18]

The conference announced on March 1, 2016, that the affiliation agreement with Idaho and New Mexico State would not be extended past the 2017 season.[19]

The conference announced that beginning in 2018, the conference (10 teams) would be divided into two divisions for football: East: Appalachian State, Coastal Carolina, Georgia Southern, Georgia State, and Troy; West: Arkansas State, Louisiana, Louisiana–Monroe, South Alabama, and Texas State. The winner of each division will meet in the Sun Belt Championship game.[20]

### Early 2020s realignment[edit | edit source]

Sun Belt Conference is located in the United States

App State

App State

Arkansas State

Arkansas State

Coastal Carolina

Coastal Carolina

ODU

ODU

Marshall

Marshall

Georgia Southern

Georgia Southern

GSU

GSU

Louisiana

Louisiana

ULM

ULM

South Alabama

South Alabama

Texas State

Texas State

Southern Miss

Southern Miss

Troy

Troy

JMU

JMU

Kentucky

Kentucky

WVU

WVU

UCF

UCF

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Sun Belt Member locations
File:Orange pog.svg – Full member (East), File:Blue pog.svg – Full member (West), File:Yellow pog.svg – current associate member, File:Green pog.svg – future associate member

Following the July 30, 2021 announcement of the University of Texas at Austin and the University of Oklahoma both moving from the Big 12 Conference to the Southeastern Conference,[21] the world of college athletics faced the prospect of realignment once again. The Big 12 responded on September 10 by adding three schools from the American Athletic Conference (The American) and BYU, an FBS independent and otherwise a member of the non-football West Coast Conference, effective in 2023.[22] The American in turn responded on October 21 by adding six schools from Conference USA (C-USA), with 2023 as the most likely entry date.[23][24] Following this move, rumors began to circulate that the Sun Belt was planning to take on another three members (the University of Southern Mississippi (Southern Miss or USM), Marshall University, and former Sun Belt member Old Dominion University) from C-USA, likely in response to that conference's remaining teams worried of the conference folding.[25] These moves would help to establish the market areas for the Sun Belt and The American, which cover similar geographic footprints. The American would now have most of its members in metropolitan areas, while the Sun Belt would instead have its members in smaller college towns.

On October 22, The Action Network reported that Southern Miss had been accepted as a new Sun Belt member, with 2023 as the likely entry date. The report also stated that the Sun Belt would add three more members—the aforementioned Marshall and Old Dominion, plus James Madison University, a member of the FCS Colonial Athletic Association (CAA).[26] Southern Miss[27] and Old Dominion[28] were respectively announced as incoming members on October 26 and 27. At the time, both were to join no later than 2023. On October 29, the day after Marshall named its next president,[29] both the Sun Belt and Marshall issued tweets announcing that school's entry; a formal announcement followed the next day[30] and an introductory press conference was held on November 1.[31] As for James Madison, its board met on October 29 to discuss a potential Sun Belt invitation, but its timeline was also affected by a Virginia state law that requires legislative approval for a four-year public school to move upward in athletic classification, including FCS to FBS. The legislative committee that must review the move did not meet until November 5, after the state's gubernatorial election.[32] The committee unanimously approved JMU's move from FCS to FBS, and the Sun Belt move was officially announced on November 6.[33][34] The original Action Network report also stated that the two full non-football SBC members, Little Rock and UT Arlington, would no longer be members of the conference after the 2022–23 school year.[26]

Initial plans were for James Madison to compete as a de facto Sun Belt affiliate in sports other than football and men's soccer during the 2022–23 season.[35] However, those plans would eventually change, with JMU and the SBC jointly announcing on February 2, 2022 that JMU would become a full SBC member, including football, in 2022–23.[36]

By the end of January 2022, both non-football members would announce their departures for other conferences, effective that July. On December 8, 2021, the University of Arkansas Board of Trustees voted to accept an invitation for Little Rock to join the Ohio Valley Conference,[37] and UT Arlington, which had been a Western Athletic Conference member in the 2012–13 school year, announced its return to that conference on January 21, 2022.[38]

Shortly thereafter, Marshall, Old Dominion, and Southern Miss announced that they planned to leave C-USA for the Sun Belt in July 2022. They claimed to have notified C-USA of their plans in December 2021, apparently seeking to negotiate a 2022 exit. C-USA had indicated in late January 2022 that it expected the three schools to remain in that league through the 2022–23 school year.[39] Marshall escalated the situation by filing suit against C-USA in its local court in an attempt to force a 2022 move.[40] On March 29, Conference USA agreed to let Marshall, Old Dominion, and Southern Miss move to the Sun Belt starting July 1, 2022.[41]

On April 6, with the entrance of three new men's soccer-sponsoring schools in James Madison, Marshall, and Old Dominion, the Sun Belt announced that men's soccer would be reinstated as a sponsored sport. The three aforementioned programs joined current Sun Belt members Coastal Carolina (previously affiliates with Conference USA) as well as Georgia State and Georgia Southern (previously affiliates with the Mid-American Conference). Additionally, it was announced that Kentucky, South Carolina, and West Virginia would join as men's soccer affiliate members beginning in fall 2022, giving the conference an inaugural soccer membership of 9.[42] Kentucky and South Carolina were previously also affiliated with C-USA, while West Virginia was affiliated with the MAC. The SBC later announced it would add UCF as a men's soccer affiliate when that school joins the Big 12 Conference in 2023.[43]

On June 6, the SBC presidents & chancellors approved adding two new women's sports, beach volleyball and swimming & diving, no later than the 2023–24 school year. They also announced that the conference would explore adding another women's sport, field hockey, at an undetermined future date.[44]

## Member schools[edit | edit source]

### Current members[edit | edit source]

Institution | Location | Founded | Joined | Type | Enrollment | Endowment
(millions) | Nickname | Colors

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Appalachian State University | Boone, North Carolina | 1899  | 2014  | Public | 20,023[45] | $122  | Mountaineers |
Arkansas State University | Jonesboro, Arkansas | 1909  | 1991  | 14,109[46] | $84  | Red Wolves |
Coastal Carolina University | Conway, South Carolina | 1954  | 2016  | 10,894[47] | $51  | Chanticleers |
Georgia Southern University | Statesboro, Georgia | 1906  | 2014  | 27,459[48][49] | $56  | Eagles |
Georgia State University | Atlanta, Georgia | 1913  | 1976[a] | 53,619[49] | $179  | Panthers |
James Madison University | Harrisonburg, Virginia | 1908  | 2022  | 21,496[50] | $116.7[51] | Dukes |
University of Louisiana Lafayette | Lafayette, Louisiana | 1898  | 1991  | 19,188[52] | $153  | Ragin' Cajuns |
University of Louisiana at Monroe | Monroe, Louisiana | 1931  | 2006[b] | 9,060[53] | $23  | Warhawks |
Marshall University | Huntington, West Virginia | 1837  | 2022  | 11,962[54] | $192[55] | Thundering Herd |
Old Dominion University | Norfolk, Virginia | 1930  | 1982[c] | 24,286[56] | $265.8[51] | Monarchs |
University of South Alabama | Mobile, Alabama | 1963  | 1976  | 14,834[57] | $576  | Jaguars |
University of Southern Mississippi | Hattiesburg, Mississippi | 1910  | 2022  | 14,606[58] | $136.3[59] | Golden Eagles |
Texas State University | San Marcos, Texas | 1899  | 2013  | 38,231[60] | $208  | Bobcats |
Troy University | Troy, Alabama | 1887  | 2005[d] | 17,494[61] | $129  | Trojans |

Notes

1. ^ Georgia State left after the 1980–81 school year, then rejoined effective the 2013–14 school year.
2. ^ Louisiana–Monroe was an affiliate member in football from the 2001 to 2005 fall seasons (2001-02 to 2005-06 school years).
3. ^ Old Dominion left after the 1990–91 school year, then rejoined effective the 2022–23 school year.
4. ^ Troy was an affiliate member in football during the 2004 fall season (2004–05 school year).

### Affiliate members[edit | edit source]

Institution  | Location  | Founded  | Joined  | Type  | Enrollment  | Nickname  | Colors  | Sport  | Primary
conference

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University of Kentucky | Lexington, Kentucky | 1865  | 2022  | Public  | 26,054  | Wildcats |  | Soccer (m)  | SEC
University of South Carolina | Columbia, South Carolina | 1801  | 35,364  | Gamecocks |
West Virginia University | Morgantown, West Virginia | 1867  | 26,269  | Mountaineers |  | Big 12

### Future affiliate members[edit | edit source]

Institution  | Location  | Founded  | Joining  | Type  | Enrollment  | Nickname  | Colors  | Sport  | Primary
conference

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University of Central Florida | Orlando, Florida | 1963  | 2023  | Public  | 70,406  | Knights |  | Soccer (m)  | American
(Big 12 in 2023)

### Former members[edit | edit source]

Institution  | Location  | Founded  | Joined  | Left  | Type  | Nickname  | Colors  | Subsequent
conference  | Current
conference

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University of Alabama at Birmingham | Birmingham, Alabama | 1969  | 1979  | 1991  | Public  | Blazers |  | Great Midwest | C-USA
(The American in 2023)
University of Central Florida | Orlando, Florida | 1963  | 1991  | 1992  | Knights |  | ASUN | The American
(Big 12 in 2023; SBC for men's soccer)
University of Denver | Denver, Colorado | 1864  | 1999  | 2012  | Private  | Pioneers |  | WAC | Summit
Florida Atlantic University | Boca Raton, Florida | 1961  | 2006[a] | 2013  | Public  | Owls |  | C-USA
(The American in 2023)
Florida International University | Miami, Florida | 1965  | 1998  | Panthers |  | C-USA
Jacksonville University | Jacksonville, Florida | 1934  | 1976  | 1998  | Private  | Dolphins |  | ASUN
Lamar University | Beaumont, Texas | 1923  | 1991  | Public  | Cardinals |  | Southland
University of Arkansas at Little Rock | Little Rock, Arkansas | 1927  | 1991  | 2022  | Trojans |  | OVC
Louisiana Tech University | Ruston, Louisiana | 1894  | 1991  | 2001  | Bulldogs & Lady Techsters |  | WAC | C-USA
Middle Tennessee State University | Murfreesboro, Tennessee | 1911  | 2000  | 2013  | Blue Raiders |  | C-USA
New Mexico State University | Las Cruces, New Mexico | 1888  | 2005[b] | Aggies |  | WAC
(C-USA in 2023)
University of New Orleans | New Orleans, Louisiana | 1958  | 1976  | 1980  | Privateers |  | D-I Independent | Southland
1991  | 2010  | D-I Independent
University of North Carolina at Charlotte | Charlotte, North Carolina | 1946  | 1976  | 1991  | 49ers |  | Metro | C-USA
(The American in 2023)
University of North Texas | Denton, Texas | 1890  | 2000  | 2013  | Mean Green |  | C-USA
(The American in 2023)
University of South Florida | Tampa, Florida | 1956  | 1976  | 1991  | Bulls |  | Metro | The American
University of Texas at Arlington | Arlington, Texas | 1895  | 2013  | 2022  | Mavericks |  | WAC
University of Texas–Rio Grande Valley[c] | Edinburg, Texas | 1927  | 1991  | 1998  | Vaqueros |  | Independent | WAC
Virginia Commonwealth University | Richmond, Virginia | 1838  | 1979  | 1991  | Rams |  | Metro | Atlantic 10
Western Kentucky University | Bowling Green, Kentucky | 1906  | 1982  | 2014  | Hilltoppers & Lady Toppers |  | C-USA

Notes

1. ^ Florida Atlantic was an affiliate member for football during the 2005 fall season (2005–06 school year).
2. ^ New Mexico State was a full member from 2000–01 to 2004–05 and an affiliate member for football from the 2014 to 2017 fall seasons (2014–15 to 2017–18 school years).
3. ^ Texas–Pan American was merged into UTRGV in 2015; the merged school inherited UTPA's athletic program, with the new nickname of Vaqueros, and membership in the Western Athletic Conference (WAC).

### Former affiliate members[edit | edit source]

Institution  | Location  | Founded  | Joined  | Left  | Type  | Nickname  | Colors  | Sport  | Conference
in former
Sun Belt sport[a]

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University of Central Arkansas | Conway, Arkansas | 1907  | 2019  | 2021  | Public  | Bears[b] |  | soccer (m)  | ASUN
Hartwick College | Oneonta, New York | 1797  | 2014  | 2018  | Private  | Hawks |  | soccer (m)  | Empire 8
(NCAA D-III)
Howard University | Washington, D.C. | 1867  | 2021[c] | Bison |  | Northeast
University of Idaho | Moscow, Idaho | 1889  | 2001  | 2005  | Public  | Vandals |  | football  | Big Sky
2014  | 2018
New Jersey Institute of Technology | Newark, New Jersey | 1881  | 2016  | Highlanders |  | soccer (m)  | America East
New Mexico State University | Las Cruces, New Mexico | 1888  | 2018  | Aggies |  | football  | FBS independent
(C-USA in 2023)
Utah State University | Logan, Utah | 2003  | 2005  | Aggies |  | Mountain West
Vanderbilt University | Nashville, Tennessee | 1873  | 1995  | 1997  | Private  | Commodores |  | soccer (m)  | none[d]

Notes

1. ^ In all cases except those of Howard, New Mexico State and Vanderbilt, this matches the school's primary conference affiliation. Howard is a full member of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference, including FCS football. New Mexico State is a full member of the Western Athletic Conference, which added FCS football in fall 2021; however, NMSU continues to play as an FBS independent and is joining Conference USA in other sports alongside football by 2023. Vanderbilt has been a full member of the Southeastern Conference since 1932.
2. ^ Central Arkansas uses "Bears" only for men's teams, with women's teams known as "Sugar Bears". Men's soccer was the school's only Sun Belt sport.
3. ^ Due to COVID-19 concerns, Howard chose not to play soccer in the 2020–21 school year, although the Sun Belt chose to hold a men's soccer season, with the four remaining men's soccer members playing a fall conference schedule and spring non-conference games to accommodate the NCAA's move of the Division I tournament from fall 2020 to spring 2021.
4. ^ Vanderbilt dropped men's soccer after the 2005 fall season (2005–06 school year). It has been a full member of the Southeastern Conference since 1932.

### Membership timeline[edit | edit source]

Full members (all sports) Full members (non-football) Associate members (football-only) Associate members (other) Other Conference Other Conference

## Commissioners[edit | edit source]

File:Vic Bubas.jpg

Vic Bubas was the Sun Belt Conference's first commissioner, successfully creating what was initially a premier mid-major basketball league.

* Vic Bubas (1976–1990)
* Jim Lessig (1990–1991)
* Craig Thompson (1991–1998)
* Wright Waters (1999–2012)
* Karl Benson (2012–2019)
* Keith Gill (2019–present)

In addition to the five Sun Belt commissioners, three future league leaders served on the Sun Belt staff prior to becoming conference commissioners, including Doug Elgin (Missouri Valley), John Iamarino (Northeast, Southern), and Tom Burnett (Southland).

On October 12, 2011, ESPN reported that Wright Waters would retire, effective July 1, 2012.[62] On February 15, 2012, Karl Benson was hired as the new commissioner of the Sun Belt, after having been the commissioner of the Western Athletic Conference for 17 years. Waters would later move his departure date to March 15, allowing Benson to take over at that time.[6]

Keith Gill was named the commissioner of the Sun Belt Conference on March 18, 2019. He is the first African American to lead any FBS conference.[63][64]

## Sports[edit | edit source]

As of the current 2022–23 school year, the Sun Belt Conference sponsors championship competition in nine men's and nine women's NCAA sanctioned sports.[65] The most recent changes to sports sponsorship were the dropping of men's soccer after the 2020–21 school year and its reinstatement starting in 2022–23. When Marshall was formally introduced as an incoming Sun Belt member, SBC commissioner Keith Gill also announced that the conference would reinstate men's soccer once all new members joined. Men's soccer resumed play in 2022–23 with six full members joined by three associates.

The conference also announced it will sponsor beach volleyball and women's swimming and diving beginning no later than the 2023-24 school year, as well as explore the possibility of sponsoring field hockey.[66]

File:Ryan Taylor vs. Maryland.jpg

File:Arkansas State Football Player.jpg

Teams in Sun Belt competition[a] Sport | Men's | Women's

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Baseball | 14 | –
Basketball | 14 | 14
Cross Country | 9 | 13
Football | 14 | –
Golf | 14 | 13
Soccer | 9 | 14
Softball | – | 12
Tennis | 9 | 14
Track & Field Indoor | 6 | 13
Track & Field Outdoor | 9 | 13
Volleyball | – | 14

1. ^ Numbers of teams are as of the 2022–23 school year.

### Men's sponsored sports by school[edit | edit source]

Member-by-member sponsorship of the nine men's SBC sports for the 2022–23 academic year.

School | Baseball | Basketball | Cross
Country | Football | Golf | Soccer | Tennis | Track
& Field
Indoor | Track
& Field
Outdoor | Total
Sun Belt
Sports

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Appalachian State | File:Green check.svgY | File:Green check.svgY | File:Green check.svgY | File:Green check.svgY | File:Green check.svgY | File:Red x.svgN | File:Red x.svgN | File:Red x.svgN | File:Green check.svgY | 6
Arkansas State | File:Green check.svgY | File:Green check.svgY | File:Green check.svgY | File:Green check.svgY | File:Green check.svgY | File:Red x.svgN | File:Red x.svgN | File:Green check.svgY | File:Green check.svgY | 7
Coastal Carolina | File:Green check.svgY | File:Green check.svgY | File:Green check.svgY | File:Green check.svgY | File:Green check.svgY | File:Green check.svgY | File:Green check.svgY | File:Red x.svgN | File:Green check.svgY | 8
Georgia Southern | File:Green check.svgY | File:Green check.svgY | File:Red x.svgN | File:Green check.svgY | File:Green check.svgY | File:Green check.svgY | File:Green check.svgY | File:Red x.svgN | File:Red x.svgN | 6
Georgia State | File:Green check.svgY | File:Green check.svgY | File:Red x.svgN | File:Green check.svgY | File:Green check.svgY | File:Green check.svgY | File:Green check.svgY | File:Red x.svgN | File:Red x.svgN | 6
James Madison | File:Green check.svgY | File:Green check.svgY | File:Red x.svgN | File:Green check.svgY | File:Green check.svgY | File:Green check.svgY | File:Green check.svgY | File:Red x.svgN | File:Red x.svgN | 6
Louisiana | File:Green check.svgY | File:Green check.svgY | File:Green check.svgY | File:Green check.svgY | File:Green check.svgY | File:Red x.svgN | File:Green check.svgY | File:Green check.svgY | File:Green check.svgY | 8
Louisiana–Monroe | File:Green check.svgY | File:Green check.svgY | File:Green check.svgY | File:Green check.svgY | File:Green check.svgY | File:Red x.svgN | File:Red x.svgN | File:Green check.svgY | File:Green check.svgY | 7
Marshall | File:Green check.svgY | File:Green check.svgY | File:Green check.svgY | File:Green check.svgY | File:Green check.svgY | File:Green check.svgY | File:Red x.svgN | File:Red x.svgN | File:Red x.svgN | 6
Old Dominion | File:Green check.svgY | File:Green check.svgY | File:Red x.svgN | File:Green check.svgY | File:Green check.svgY | File:Green check.svgY | File:Green check.svgY | File:Red x.svgN | File:Red x.svgN | 6
South Alabama | File:Green check.svgY | File:Green check.svgY | File:Green check.svgY | File:Green check.svgY | File:Green check.svgY | File:Red x.svgN | File:Green check.svgY | File:Green check.svgY | File:Green check.svgY | 8
Southern Miss | File:Green check.svgY | File:Green check.svgY | File:Red x.svgN | File:Green check.svgY | File:Green check.svgY | File:Red x.svgN | File:Green check.svgY | File:Green check.svgY | File:Green check.svgY | 7
Texas State | File:Green check.svgY | File:Green check.svgY | File:Green check.svgY | File:Green check.svgY | File:Green check.svgY | File:Red x.svgN | File:Red x.svgN | File:Green check.svgY | File:Green check.svgY | 7
Troy | File:Green check.svgY | File:Green check.svgY | File:Green check.svgY | File:Green check.svgY | File:Green check.svgY | File:Red x.svgN | File:Green check.svgY | File:Red x.svgN | File:Green check.svgY | 7
Totals | 14 | 14 | 9 | 14 | 14 | 6 +3 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 95 +3
Affiliate members
Kentucky |  |  |  |  |  | File:Green check.svgY |  |  |  | 1
South Carolina |  |  |  |  |  | File:Green check.svgY |  |  |  | 1
West Virginia |  |  |  |  |  | File:Green check.svgY |  |  |  | 1
Future affiliate member
UCF |  |  |  |  |  | File:Green check.svgY |  |  |  | 1

#### Men's varsity sports not sponsored by the Sun Belt[edit | edit source]

School | Sailing[a] | Swimming &
Diving | Wrestling

|
|
|

Appalachian State |  |  | SoCon
Old Dominion | Independent | CCSA |

1. ^ Sailing is a coeducational sport not governed by the NCAA, but instead by the Inter-Collegiate Sailing Association.

### Women's sponsored sports by school[edit | edit source]

Member-by-member sponsorship of the nine women's SBC sports for the 2022–23 academic year.

School | Basketball | Cross
Country | Golf | Soccer | Softball | Tennis | Track
& Field
Indoor | Track
& Field
Outdoor | Volleyball | Total
Sun Belt
Sports

|
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|
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|
|

Appalachian State | File:Green check.svgY | File:Green check.svgY | File:Green check.svgY | File:Green check.svgY | File:Green check.svgY | File:Green check.svgY | File:Green check.svgY | File:Green check.svgY | File:Green check.svgY | 9
Arkansas State | File:Green check.svgY | File:Green check.svgY | File:Green check.svgY | File:Green check.svgY | File:Red x.svgN | File:Green check.svgY | File:Green check.svgY | File:Green check.svgY | File:Green check.svgY | 8
Coastal Carolina | File:Green check.svgY | File:Green check.svgY | File:Green check.svgY | File:Green check.svgY | File:Green check.svgY | File:Green check.svgY | File:Green check.svgY | File:Green check.svgY | File:Green check.svgY | 9
Georgia Southern | File:Green check.svgY | File:Green check.svgY | File:Green check.svgY | File:Green check.svgY | File:Green check.svgY | File:Green check.svgY | File:Green check.svgY | File:Green check.svgY | File:Green check.svgY | 9
Georgia State | File:Green check.svgY | File:Green check.svgY | File:Green check.svgY | File:Green check.svgY | File:Green check.svgY | File:Green check.svgY | File:Green check.svgY | File:Green check.svgY | File:Green check.svgY | 9
James Madison | File:Green check.svgY | File:Green check.svgY | File:Green check.svgY | File:Green check.svgY | File:Green check.svgY | File:Green check.svgY | File:Green check.svgY | File:Green check.svgY | File:Green check.svgY | 9
Louisiana | File:Green check.svgY | File:Green check.svgY | File:Red x.svgN | File:Green check.svgY | File:Green check.svgY | File:Green check.svgY | File:Green check.svgY | File:Green check.svgY | File:Green check.svgY | 8
Louisiana–Monroe | File:Green check.svgY | File:Green check.svgY | File:Green check.svgY | File:Green check.svgY | File:Green check.svgY | File:Green check.svgY | File:Green check.svgY | File:Green check.svgY | File:Green check.svgY | 9
Marshall | File:Green check.svgY | File:Green check.svgY | File:Green check.svgY | File:Green check.svgY | File:Green check.svgY | File:Green check.svgY | File:Green check.svgY | File:Green check.svgY | File:Green check.svgY | 9
Old Dominion | File:Green check.svgY | File:Red x.svgN | File:Green check.svgY | File:Green check.svgY | File:Red x.svgN | File:Green check.svgY | File:Red x.svgN | File:Red x.svgN | File:Green check.svgY | 5
South Alabama | File:Green check.svgY | File:Green check.svgY | File:Green check.svgY | File:Green check.svgY | File:Green check.svgY | File:Green check.svgY | File:Green check.svgY | File:Green check.svgY | File:Green check.svgY | 9
Southern Miss | File:Green check.svgY | File:Green check.svgY | File:Green check.svgY | File:Green check.svgY | File:Green check.svgY | File:Green check.svgY | File:Green check.svgY | File:Green check.svgY | File:Green check.svgY | 9
Texas State | File:Green check.svgY | File:Green check.svgY | File:Green check.svgY | File:Green check.svgY | File:Green check.svgY | File:Green check.svgY | File:Green check.svgY | File:Green check.svgY | File:Green check.svgY | 9
Troy | File:Green check.svgY | File:Green check.svgY | File:Green check.svgY | File:Green check.svgY | File:Green check.svgY | File:Green check.svgY | File:Green check.svgY | File:Green check.svgY | File:Green check.svgY | 9
Totals | 14 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 120

#### Women's varsity sports not sponsored by the Sun Belt[edit | edit source]

School | Beach
Volleyball[a] | Bowling | Field
Hockey | Lacrosse | Rifle | Rowing | Sailing[b] | Swimming
& Diving[a]

|
|
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|
|
|
|
|

Appalachian State |  |  | MAC |  |  |  |  |
Arkansas State |  | SBL |  |  |  |  |  |
Coastal Carolina | C-USA |  |  | ASUN |  |  |  |
Georgia Southern |  |  |  |  | SoCon |  |  | CCSA
Georgia State | C-USA |  |  |  |  |  |  |
James Madison |  |  | Independent | American |  |  |  | ECAC
Louisiana–Monroe | C-USA |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Marshall |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | MVC
Old Dominion |  |  | Big East | American |  | American | Independent | Independent
Southern Miss | C-USA |  |  |  |  |  |  |

1. ^ a b The SBC will begin sponsoring beach volleyball and women's swimming & diving in 2023–24.
2. ^ Sailing is a coeducational sport not governed by the NCAA, but instead by the Inter-Collegiate Sailing Association.

## Championships[edit | edit source]

See also: List of Sun Belt Conference champions

"RS" is regular season, "T" is tournament. Championships from the previous academic year are flagged with the calendar year in which the most recent season or tournament ended.

### Current Sun Belt champions[edit | edit source]

Fall 2021
| Sport  | School

|

Cross
Country  | Arkansas State (men & women)
Football  | Louisiana (West RS & Championship Game)
Appalachian State (East RS)
Soccer (W)  | Arkansas State (RS)
South Alabama (T)
Volleyball (W)  | South Alabama (East RS & T)
Texas State (West RS)

Winter 2021–22
| Sport  | School

|

Basketball (M)  | Texas State (RS)
Georgia State (T)
Basketball
(W)  | Troy (RS)
UT Arlington (T)
Track
& Field
Indoor  | Arkansas State (Men)
Arkansas State (Women)

Spring 2022
| Sport  | School

|

Baseball  | Texas State (RS)
Louisiana (T)
Golf  | Little Rock (Men)
Georgia Southern (Women)
Softball  | Louisiana (RS & T)
Tennis  | Georgia State (Men)
South Alabama (Women)
Track
& Field
Outdoor  | South Alabama (Men)
Arkansas State (Women)

### NCAA champions[edit | edit source]

The only school to have won a national title while an SBC member was Old Dominion, which won one title in women's basketball and five in the non-SBC sport of field hockey during its first conference tenure from 1982 to 1991. Six other current members have won NCAA Division I team championships prior to joining the conference. Coastal Carolina won its only D-I national title on the day before it officially joined the SBC, while representing the Big South Conference.

School  | NCAA
titles  | Sport  | Years

|
|
|

Old Dominion |

| Women's basketball  | 1985
Field hockey  | 1982 • 1983 • 1984 • 1988 • 1990 • 1991 • 1992 • 1998 • 2000
Georgia Southern |

| Football (Division I-AA/FCS)  | 1985 • 1986 • 1989 • 1990 • 1999 • 2000
James Madison |

| Field hockey  | 1994
Archery  | 1995
Football (Division I-AA/FCS)  | 2004 • 2016
Women's lacrosse  | 2018
Appalachian State |

| Football (Division I-AA/FCS)  | 2005 • 2006 • 2007
Marshall |

| Football (Division I-AA/FCS)  | 1992 • 1996
Men's soccer  | 2020
Louisiana–Monroe |

| Football (Division I-AA/FCS)  | 1987
Coastal Carolina |

| Baseball  | 2016
Total  | 29  |  |

See also: List of NCAA schools with the most NCAA Division I championships, List of NCAA schools with the most Division I national championships, and NCAA Division I FBS Conferences

## Football[edit | edit source]

For more information see Sun Belt Conference football. For the current season, see 2022 Sun Belt Conference football season.

West Division | East Division

|

Arkansas State | Appalachian State
Louisiana-Lafayette | Coastal Carolina
Louisiana-Monroe | Georgia Southern
South Alabama | Georgia State
Southern Miss | James Madison
Texas State | Marshall
Troy | Old Dominion

The Sun Belt first began sponsoring football in 2001. It originally consisted of seven football playing schools, three of which are still members of the conference. Up until 2009, the conference only had a contract with one bowl, the New Orleans Bowl. Following the Sun Belt's improved football success and geographical membership changes, other bowls began to sign contracts with the Sun Belt Conference. As of October 2021[update], the conference has seven bowl game tie-ins (Cure, Boca Raton, LendingTree, New Orleans, Myrtle Beach, Frisco, and Camellia)

Throughout the years, the conference has experienced flux in membership changes, similar to many other FBS conferences. The conference announced that beginning in 2018, the conference (10 teams after the departure of Idaho and New Mexico State)[67] would be divided into two divisions for football: East: Appalachian State, Coastal Carolina, Georgia Southern, Georgia State, and Troy; West: Arkansas State, Louisiana, Louisiana–Monroe, South Alabama, and Texas State. The divisional alignments changed again with the 2022 expansion, with the new dividing line being the Alabama–Georgia border. The winner of each division will meet in the Sun Belt Championship game.[68]

[69][when?][failed verification]

Team  | First
season  | All-Time
record  | All-Time
win %  | Bowl
appearances  | Bowl
record  | All-Time
Conference
titles  | Current
Head Coach

|
|
|
|
|
|
|

Appalachian State | 1928  | 648–346–28  | .648  | 7  | 6–1  | 22  | Shawn Clark
Arkansas State | 1911  | 487–509–37  | .489  | 10  | 4–6  | 14  | Butch Jones
Coastal Carolina | 2003  | 154–80  | .658  | 2  | 1–1  | 9  | Jamey Chadwell
Georgia Southern | 1924  | 407–240–10  | .627  | 4  | 3–1  | 11  | Clay Helton
Georgia State | 2010  | 50–92  | .352  | 5  | 3–2  | 0  | Shawn Elliott
James Madison | 1972  | 351–220-4  | .614  | 0  | 0-0  | 10  | Curt Cignetti
Louisiana | 1901  | 553–563–34  | .496  | 7  | 5–2  | 13  | Michael Desormeaux
Louisiana–Monroe | 1951  | 319–446–8  | .418  | 1  | 0–1  | 5  | Terry Bowden
Marshall | 1895  | 614–559–47  | .523  | 18  | 12–6  | 13  | Charles Huff
Old Dominion | 1930  | 125–99–4  | .557  | 2  | 1-1  | 0  | Ricky Rahne
Southern Miss | 1912  | 607–447-27  | .574  | 24  | 11–13  | 8  | Will Hall
South Alabama | 2009  | 66–83  | .443  | 2  | 0–2  | 0  | Kane Wommack
Texas State | 1904  | 522–486–25  | .517  | 0  | 0–0  | 12  | Jake Spavital
Troy | 1909  | 554–424–28  | .565  | 8  | 5–3  | 21  | Jon Sumrall

### Sun Belt champions[edit | edit source]

Since the 2018 NCAA Division I FBS season, the Sun Belt Conference has held a football championship game.[70]

Season  | Champion  | Conference
record

|
|

2001  | Middle Tennessee State
North Texas  |

5–1

2002  | North Texas  |

6–0

2003  | North Texas  |

7–0

2004  | North Texas  |

7–0

2005  | Arkansas State
Louisiana–Lafayette
Louisiana–Monroe  |

5–2

2006  | Middle Tennessee State
Troy |

6–1

2007  | Florida Atlantic
Troy |

6–1

2008  | Troy |

6–1

2009  | Troy |

8–0

2010  | Florida International
Troy |

6–2

2011  | Arkansas State |

8–0

2012  | Arkansas State |

7–1

2013*  | Arkansas State |

5–2

2014  | Georgia Southern |

8–0

2015  | Arkansas State |

8–0

2016  | Appalachian State
Arkansas State |

7–1

2017  | Appalachian State
Troy |

7–1

2018  | Appalachian State |

7–1

2019  | Appalachian State |

7–1

2020  | Coastal Carolina
Louisiana |

8-0
7-1

2021  | Louisiana |

8–0

Notes

* Louisiana–Lafayette vacated 2013 shared Sun Belt Conference co-championship due to major NCAA violations.[71]
* The 2020 championship game was canceled due to COVID-19 issues; the divisional champions were declared league co-champions.

### Bowl games[edit | edit source]

As of the 2022–23 NCAA football bowl games, the Sun Belt Conference has tie-ins with the following bowl games: [72]

Name  | Location  | Opposing
conference

|
|

Camellia Bowl | Montgomery, Alabama | MAC
Cure Bowl | Orlando, Florida | The American
LendingTree Bowl | Mobile, Alabama | MAC
Myrtle Beach Bowl | Conway, South Carolina | C–USA/MAC
New Orleans Bowl | New Orleans, Louisiana | C–USA

## Football rivalries[edit | edit source]

Conference play
Teams | Rivalry
Name | Trophy | Meetings
(last) | Record | Series
Leader

|
|
|
|
|

Appalachian State | Georgia Southern | Deeper Than Hate | — | 36
(2021) | 20–15–1 | Appalachian State
Appalachian State | Marshall | Mountain Warfare | — | 24
(2021) | 15-9 | Appalachian State
Georgia State | Georgia Southern | Modern Day Hate | — | 9
(2022) | 6–3 | Georgia State
Louisiana | Louisiana–Monroe | Battle on the Bayou | Wooden Boot | 58
(2022) | 31–26 | Louisiana
South Alabama | Troy | Battle for the Belt | Belt | 10
(2021) | 7–3 | Troy

Non-conference play
Teams  | Rivalry Name  | Trophy  | Meetings
(last)  | Record  | Series leader

|
|
|
|
|

Appalachian State | Western Carolina | Battle for the Old Mountain Jug | Old Mountain Jug | 78
(2013)  | 59–18–1  | Appalachian State
Arkansas State | Memphis | Paint Bucket Bowl | —  | 61
(2022)  | 32–23–5  | Memphis
Coastal Carolina | Liberty | Coastal Carolina–Liberty | —  | 15
(2020)  | 8–7  | Liberty
James Madison | Delaware | Delaware–James Madison | —  | 27
(2021)  | 14–13  | Delaware
Richmond | James Madison–Richmond | —  | 44
(2021)  | 27–17  | James Madison
William & Mary | James Madison–William & Mary | —  | 39
(2021)  | 21–18  | James Madison
Louisiana | Lamar | —  | Sabine Shoe | 34
(2012)  | 22–11  | Louisiana
Louisiana Tech | Louisiana–Louisiana Tech | —  | 87
(2015)  | 48–33–6  | Louisiana Tech
McNeese State | —  | Cajun Crown | 37
(2007)  | 20–15–2  | McNeese State
Southeastern Louisiana | —  | Cypress Mug | 41
(2022)  | 21–17–3  | Louisiana
Louisiana–Monroe | Louisiana Tech  | Louisiana Tech–Louisiana–Monroe | —  | 43
(2000)  | 29–14  | Louisiana Tech
Northwestern State | Louisiana–Monroe–Northwestern State | —  | 48
(2005)  | 28–19–1  | Northwestern State
Marshall | East Carolina | East Carolina–Marshall | —  | 16
(2021)  | 11–5  | East Carolina
Ohio | Battle for the Bell | The Bell  | 60
(2019)  | 33–21–6  | Ohio
West Virginia | Friends of Coal Bowl | —  | 12
(2012)  | 12–0  | West Virginia
Old Dominion | Norfolk State | Norfolk State–Old Dominion | —  | 4
(2019)  | 4–0  | Old Dominion
William & Mary  | Battle for the Silver Mace | Norfolk Mace  | 3
(2012)  | 2–1  | Old Dominion
Southern Miss | Louisiana Tech  | Rivalry in Dixie | —  | 53
(2021)  | 36–17  | Southern Miss
Memphis  | Black and Blue Bowl | —  | 63
(2012)  | 40–22–1  | Southern Miss
Tulane | Battle for the Bell | The Bell  | 33
(2022)  | 24–9  | Southern Miss
Texas State | Nicholls | Battle for the Paddle | Paddle  | 31
(2019)  | 16–15  | Nicholls
Troy | Jacksonville State | Battle for the Ol' School Bell | –  | 63
(2001)  | 32–29–2  | Jacksonville State
Middle Tennessee | Battle for the Palladium | Palladium  | 22
(2020)  | 13–9  | Middle Tennessee
UAB | Troy–UAB  | –  | 12
(2014)  | 7–5  | Troy

## Basketball[edit | edit source]

### Men's basketball[edit | edit source]

For the current season, see 2022–23 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball season.

This list goes through the 2021–22 season.[73]

Team  | First
season  | All-time
record  | All-time
win %  | NCAA Tournament
appearances  | NCAA Tournament
record  | Arena  | Head coach

|
|
|
|
|
|
|

Appalachian State | 1919–20  | 1263–1162  | .521  | 3  | 0–3  | Holmes Center | Dustin Kerns
Arkansas State | 1926–27  | 1183–1184  | .500  | 1  | 0–1  | First National Bank Arena | Mike Balado
Coastal Carolina | 1974–75  | 711–680  | .511  | 4  | 0–4  | HTC Center | Cliff Ellis
Georgia Southern | 1926–27  | 1289–1014  | .560  | 3  | 0–3  | Hanner Fieldhouse | Brian Burg
Georgia State | 1963–64  | 668–954  | .412  | 6  | 2–6  | Georgia State Convocation Center | Jonas Hayes
James Madison | 1969–70  | 787–714  | .524  | 5  | 4–5  | Atlantic Union Bank Center | Mark Byington
Louisiana | 1911–12  | 1449–1124  | .563  | 10  | 4–10  | Cajundome | Bob Marlin
Louisiana–Monroe | 1951–52  | 1014–937  | .520  | 7  | 0–7  | Fant–Ewing Coliseum | Keith Richard
Marshall | 1906–07  | 1539–1139–2  | .575  | 6  | 1–6  | Cam Henderson Center | Dan D'Antoni
Old Dominion | 1950–51  | 1214–765  | .613  | 12  | 3–12  | Chartway Arena | Jeff Jones
South Alabama | 1968–69  | 857–682  | .557  | 8  | 1–8  | Mitchell Center | Richie Riley
Southern Miss | 1912–13  | 1279–1112–1  | .535  | 3  | 0–3  | Reed Green Coliseum | Jay Ladner
Texas State | 1920–21  | 1357–1184  | .534  | 2  | 0–2  | Strahan Arena | Terrence Johnson
Troy | 1950–51  | 1086–933  | .538  | 2  | 0–2  | Trojan Arena | Scott Cross

### Championships[edit | edit source]

Main articles: Sun Belt Conference men's basketball tournament and Sun Belt Conference women's basketball tournament

Since the 2018–19 season, the Sun Belt Conference Men's and women's basketball tournaments, held in early March, have involved only 10 of the conference's 12 teams, and have been bracketed in a semi-stepladder format. The bottom four seeds play in the first round; the 5 and 6 seeds receive byes to the second round, the 3 and 4 seeds to the quarterfinals, and the top two seeds to the semifinals. The semifinals and finals are held in New Orleans; the 2019 men's and women's events were at Lakefront Arena, and from 2020 will be at Smoothie King Center.[74] Winners of the tournaments earn automatic bids to their respective NCAA Division I basketball tournament.

Season  | Men's
Regular Season
Champion  | Men's
Tournament
Champion  | Women's
Regular Season
Champion  | Women's
Tournament
Champion

|
|
|
|

1977  | North Carolina–Charlotte | No Regular Season | No Tournament
1978  | North Carolina–Charlotte | New Orleans | No Regular Season | No Tournament
1979  | South Alabama | Jacksonville | No Regular Season | No Tournament
1980  | South Alabama | Virginia Commonwealth | No Regular Season | No Tournament
1981  | Virginia Commonwealth | No Regular Season | No Tournament
1982  | Alabama–Birmingham | No Regular Season | No Tournament
1983  | Virginia Commonwealth | Alabama–Birmingham | Old Dominion
1984  | Virginia Commonwealth | Alabama–Birmingham | Old Dominion
1985  | Virginia Commonwealth | Old Dominion
1986  | Old Dominion | Jacksonville | Western Kentucky
1987  | Western Kentucky | Alabama–Birmingham | Old Dominion
1988  | North Carolina–Charlotte | Old Dominion | Western Kentucky
1989  | South Alabama | Old Dominion | Western Kentucky
1990  | Alabama–Birmingham | South Florida | Alabama–Birmingham | Old Dominion
1991  | South Alabama | Alabama–Birmingham | Western Kentucky
1992  | Southwestern Louisiana | Western Kentucky
1993  | New Orleans | Western Kentucky | Western Kentucky
1994  | Western Kentucky | Southwestern Louisiana | Louisiana Tech
1995  | Western Kentucky | Louisiana Tech | Western Kentucky
1996  | Arkansas–Little Rock | New Orleans | Louisiana Tech
1997  | South Alabama | Louisiana Tech
1998  | South Alabama | Louisiana Tech
1999  | Louisiana Tech | Arkansas State | Louisiana Tech
2000  | Louisiana–Lafayette | Louisiana Tech
2001  | Western Kentucky | Louisiana Tech
2002  | Western Kentucky | Florida International
2003  | Western Kentucky | Western Kentucky
2004  | Louisiana–Lafayette (vacated) | South Alabama | Middle Tennessee State
2005  | Denver | Louisiana–Lafayette (vacated) | Western Kentucky | Middle Tennessee State
2006  | Western Kentucky | South Alabama | Western Kentucky | Middle Tennessee
2007  | South Alabama | North Texas | Middle Tennessee
2008  | South Alabama | Western Kentucky | Western Kentucky
2009  | Western Kentucky | Middle Tennessee
2010  | Troy | North Texas | Arkansas–Little Rock | Middle Tennessee
2011  | Florida Atlantic | Arkansas–Little Rock | Middle Tennessee
Arkansas–Little Rock | Arkansas–Little Rock
2012  | Middle Tennessee | Western Kentucky | Middle Tennessee | Arkansas–Little Rock
2013  | Middle Tennessee | Western Kentucky | Middle Tennessee | Arkansas–Little Rock
2014  | Georgia State | Louisiana–Lafayette | Arkansas State | Western Kentucky
2015  | Georgia State | Arkansas–Little Rock
2016  | Little Rock | Arkansas State | Troy
2017  | UT Arlington | Troy | Little Rock | Troy
2018  | Louisiana | Georgia State | Little Rock
2019  | Georgia State | Little Rock
UT Arlington | Little Rock
2020  | Little Rock | Tournament Cancelled | Troy | Tournament Cancelled
2021  | Texas State | Appalachian State | Louisiana | Troy
2022  | Texas State | Georgia State | Troy | UT Arlington

## Baseball[edit | edit source]

Main article: Sun Belt Conference Baseball Tournament

The Sun Belt Conference has sponsored an annual baseball tournament to determine the conference winner since 1978. South Alabama has won the most championships, at 13.

* Teams in bold represent current conference members.

| School  | Tourney
titles  | Title Years

|
|

South Alabama |

| 1980 • 1981 • 1983 • 1984 • 1987 • 1992 • 1996 • 1997 • 2000 • 2001 • 2005 • 2017 • 2021
Louisiana |

| 1998 • 2014 • 2015 • 2016 • 2022
New Orleans  |

| 1978 • 1979 • 2007
South Florida  |

| 1982 • 1986 • 1990
Coastal Carolina |

| 2018 • 2019
Florida International  |

| 1999 • 2010
Middle Tennessee State  |

| 2003 • 2009
Western Kentucky  |

| 2004 • 2008
Lamar  |

| 1993 • 1995
Florida Atlantic  |

| 2013
ULM |

| 2012
Little Rock |

| 2011
Troy |

| 2006
New Mexico State  |

| 2002
Arkansas State |

| 1994
UAB  |

| 1991
Jacksonville  |

| 1989
VCU  |

| 1988
Old Dominion |

| 1985

|  | Season  | Tournament
Champion

|

1978  | New Orleans
1979  | New Orleans
1980  | South Alabama
1981  | South Alabama
1982  | South Florida
1983  | South Alabama
1984  | South Alabama
1985  | Old Dominion
1986  | South Florida
1987  | South Alabama
1988  | Virginia Commonwealth
1989  | Jacksonville
1990  | South Florida
1991  | Alabama–Birmingham
1992  | South Alabama
1993  | Lamar
1994  | Arkansas State
1995  | Lamar
1996  | South Alabama
1997  | South Alabama
| Season  | Tournament
Champion

|

1998  | Southwestern Louisiana
1999  | Florida International
2000  | South Alabama
2001  | South Alabama
2002  | New Mexico State
2003  | Middle Tennessee State
2004  | Western Kentucky
2005  | South Alabama
2006  | Troy
2007  | New Orleans
2008  | Western Kentucky
2009  | Middle Tennessee State
2010  | Florida International
2011  | Arkansas–Little Rock
2012  | Louisiana–Monroe
2013  | Florida Atlantic
2014  | Louisiana
2015  | Louisiana
2016  | Louisiana
2017  | South Alabama
2018  | Coastal Carolina
2019  | Coastal Carolina
2020  | No champion due to COVID-19
2021  | South Alabama
2022  | Louisiana

## Facilities[edit | edit source]

File:The Vet 4.jpg

Veterans Memorial Stadium, on the Campus of Troy University.

School  | Football
Stadium  | Capacity  | Basketball
Arena  | Capacity  | Baseball
Stadium  | Capacity  | Softball
Stadium  | Capacity

|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|

Appalachian State | Kidd Brewer Stadium | 30,000 | Holmes Center | 8,325 | Jim and Bettie Smith Stadium | 1,000 | Sywassink/Lloyd Family Stadium  | 1,000
Arkansas State | Centennial Bank Stadium | 30,406 | First National Bank Arena | 10,563 | Tomlinson Stadium–Kell Field | 1,200[75] |

Non-softball school

Coastal Carolina | Brooks Stadium | 21,000 | HTC Center | 3,370 | Springs Brooks Stadium - Vrooman Field | 5,400[76] | St. John Stadium – Charles Wade-John Lott Field  | 500
Georgia Southern | Paulson Stadium | 25,000 | Hanner Fieldhouse | 4,325[77] | J. I. Clements Stadium | 3,000 | Eagle Field  | 400
Georgia State | Center Parc Stadium | 24,333 | Georgia State Convocation Center | 8,000[78] | GSU Baseball Complex | 1,092 | Robert E. Heck Softball Complex  | 500
James Madison | Bridgeforth Stadium | 24,877 | Atlantic Union Bank Center | 8,500 | Eagle Field at Veterans Memorial Park | 1,200 | Veterans Memorial Park  | 500
Louisiana | Cajun Field | 41,426 | Cajundome[a] | 12,068 | M. L. Tigue Moore Field | 6,000 | Yvette Girouard Field at Lamson Park | 2,790
Louisiana–Monroe | Malone Stadium | 27,617 | Fant–Ewing Coliseum | 7,085 | Warhawk Field | 1,800 | Geo-Surfaces Field at the ULM Softball Complex | 500
Marshall | Joan C. Edwards Stadium | 38,227 | Cam Henderson Center | 9,048 | Kennedy Center Field[b] | 300 | Dot Hicks Field | 325
Old Dominion | S. B. Ballard Stadium | 22,480 | Chartway Arena | 8,472 | Bud Metheny Baseball Complex | 2,500 |

Non-softball school

South Alabama | Hancock Whitney Stadium | 25,450 | Mitchell Center | 10,041 | Eddie Stanky Field | 4,500 | Jaguar Field | 1,050
Southern Miss | M. M. Roberts Stadium | 36,000 | Reed Green Coliseum | 8,095 | Pete Taylor Park | 4,300 | Southern Miss Softball Complex  | 607
Texas State | Jim Wacker Field at Bobcat Stadium | 30,008 | Strahan Coliseum | 10,000 | Bobcat Ballpark | 2,000 | Bobcat Softball Stadium  | 1,000
Troy | Veterans Memorial Stadium | 30,470 | Trojan Arena | 6,000[79] | Riddle–Pace Field | 2,500 | Troy Softball Complex | 800

Notes

1. ^ Louisiana's women's basketball team primarily plays at the Cajundome but occasionally plays at Earl K. Long Gymnasium on the main campus.
2. ^ Due to the ballpark's location outside the Huntington floodwall near the Ohio River, Marshall frequently moves baseball games to two other facilities in West Virginia:
* Linda K. Epling Stadium in Beckley (capacity 2,500)
* Appalachian Power Park in Charleston (capacity 6,200)
Marshall is currently planning a new on-campus baseball park and expects to open it for the 2024 season.

## Academics[edit | edit source]

Four of the Sun Belt's member schools, Georgia State, Louisiana, Old Dominion and Southern Miss are doctorate-granting universities with "very high research activity," the highest classification given by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.[80]

Appalachian State is also currently ranked as one of the Top 10 regional schools in the South by the U.S. News & World Report.

University  | Affiliation  | Carnegie[80] | Endowment[81] | US News[82] | Forbes[83]

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Appalachian State University | Public (UNC)  | Master's (Larger)  | $99,593,000[84] | 6 (Regional: South)  | 301
Arkansas State University | Public (ASU System)  | Research (High)  | $66,217,000[84] | 317 (National)  | N/A[d 1]
Coastal Carolina University | Public  | Master's (Larger)  | $39,432,000[84] | 38 (Regional: South)  | N/A[d 2]
Georgia Southern University | Public (USG System)  | Research (High)  | $50,999,000[84] | 331-440 (National)  | N/A[d 3]
Georgia State University | Public (USG System)  | Research (Very High)  | $155,303,000[84] | 234 (National)  | 367
James Madison University | Public  | Research (High)  | $116,700,000[51] | 151 (National)  | 139
University of Louisiana at Lafayette | Public (UL System)  | Research (Very High)  | $178,300,000[85] | 331-440 (National)  | N/A[d 4]
University of Louisiana at Monroe | Public (UL System)  | Doctoral/Research  | $28,787,795[86] | 331-440 (National)  | N/A[d 5]
Marshall University | Public  | Research (High)  | $192,000,000[51] | 299 (National)  | N/A[d 6]
Old Dominion University | Public  | Research (Very High)  | $265,800,000[51] | 299 (National)  | 472
University of South Alabama | Public  | Research (High)  | $555,735,000[84] | 331-440 (National)  | N/A[d 7]
University of Southern Mississippi | Public  | Research (Very High)  | $136,300,000[51] | 331-440 (National)  | N/A[d 8]
Texas State University | Public (TSU System)  | Research (High)  | $186,676,000[84] | 331-440 (National)  | 385
Troy University | Public (TU System)  | Master's (Larger)  | $104,409,000[84] | 44 (Regional: South)  | N/A[d 9]

## See also[edit | edit source]

* List of American collegiate athletic stadiums and arenas

## Notes[edit | edit source]

1. ^ Arkansas State is not ranked in the 2022 Forbes America's Best Colleges rankings.
2. ^ Coastal Carolina is not ranked in the 2022 Forbes America's Best Colleges rankings.
3. ^ Georgia Southern is not ranked in the 2022 Forbes America's Best Colleges rankings.
4. ^ Louisiana-Lafayette is not ranked in the 2022 Forbes America's Best Colleges rankings.
5. ^ Louisiana-Monroe is not ranked in the 2022 Forbes America's Best Colleges rankings.
6. ^ Marshall is not ranked in the 2022 Forbes America's Best Colleges rankings.
7. ^ South Alabama is not ranked in the 2022 Forbes America's Best Colleges rankings.
8. ^ Southern Miss is not ranked in the 2022 Forbes America's Best Colleges rankings.
9. ^ Troy is not ranked in the 2022 Forbes America's Best Colleges rankings.

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