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NEW ORLEANS – The Sun Belt Conference released its 2018 and 2019 conference football schedules on Wednesday.
The 2018 schedule is significant as it marks the first Sun Belt football schedule with a divisional structure in place. The Sun Belt will be split in two five-team divisions (East and West) and the winners of each division will meet in the inaugural Sun Belt football championship game in December 2018.
The two previously released football divisions are:
East: Appalachian State, Coastal Carolina, Georgia Southern, Georgia State, Troy
West: Arkansas State, Louisiana, ULM, South Alabama, Texas State
The winners of each division will meet in the championship game.
“Our move to a divisional structure and being able to conduct a football championship game marks one of the most significant moments in Sun Belt history,” said Commissioner Karl Benson. “Sun Belt administrators have worked hard to get an alignment structure that makes geographical sense and will enable us to play our championship game. Our coaches, student-athletes and fans will enjoy a first class experience as our champion is crowned.”
With the Sun Belt moving forward as a 10-team league, the rotation of opponents for each team has been reset. The conference will maintain its eight game schedule and teams will continue to play four home games and four away games. Teams will play each team within their division every season – two at home and two away.
Also of note, the conference athletic directors voted in favor of having South Alabama and Troy play every season despite not being in the same division.
The release of the two-year schedule comes just weeks before the start of the 2017 football season. The conference is coming off of a banner year in 2016 in which six bowl teams combined for the second best bowl winning percentage in all of college football – trailing only the Atlantic Coast Conference.
The Sun Belt finished third in a ranking among the “Group of Five” conferences last season – ahead of both the Mid-American Conference and Conference-USA.
2018 Sun Belt Conference Football Schedule
East Division
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Appalachian State
Home
Georgia State
Louisiana
South Alabama
Troy
Away
Arkansas State
Coastal Carolina
Georgia Southern
Texas State
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Georgia State
Home
Coastal Carolina
Georgia Southern
ULM
Texas State
Away
Arkansas State
Appalachian State
Louisiana
Troy
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Coastal Carolina
Home
Arkansas State
Appalachian State
Georgia Southern
ULM
Away
Georgia State
Louisiana
South Alabama
Troy
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Troy
Home
Coastal Carolina
Georgia State
Louisiana
Texas State
Away
Appalachian State
Georgia Southern
ULM
South Alabama
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Georgia Southern
Home
Appalachian State
Arkansas State
South Alabama
Troy
Away
Coastal Carolina
Georgia State
ULM
Texas State
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2018 Sun Belt Conference Football Schedule
West Division
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Arkansas State
Home
Appalachian State
Georgia State
ULM
South Alabama
Away
Coastal Carolina
Georgia Southern
Louisiana
Texas State
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South Alabama
Home
Coastal Carolina
ULM
Texas State
Troy
Away
Appalachian State
Arkansas State
Georgia Southern
Louisiana
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Louisiana
Home
Arkansas State
Coastal Carolina
Georgia State
South Alabama
Away
Appalachian State
ULM
Texas State
Troy
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Texas State
Home
Appalachian State
Arkansas State
Georgia Southern
Louisiana
Away
Georgia State
ULM
South Alabama
Troy
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ULM
Home
Georgia Southern
Louisiana
Texas State
Troy
Away
Arkansas State
Coastal Carolina
Georgia State
South Alabama
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2019 Sun Belt Conference Football Schedule
East Division
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Appalachian State
Home
Coastal Carolina
Georgia Southern
ULM
Texas State
Away
Georgia State
Louisiana
South Alabama
Troy
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Georgia State
Home
Appalachian State
Arkansas State
South Alabama
Troy
Away
Coastal Carolina
Georgia Southern
ULM
Texas State
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Coastal Carolina
Home
Georgia State
Louisiana
Texas State
Troy
Away
Appalachian State
Arkansas State
Georgia Southern
ULM
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Troy
Home
Appalachian State
Arkansas State
Georgia Southern
South Alabama
Away
Coastal Carolina
Georgia State
Louisiana
Texas State
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Georgia Southern
Home
Coastal Carolina
Georgia State
Louisiana
ULM
Away
Appalachian State
Arkansas State
South Alabama
Troy
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2019 Sun Belt Conference Football Schedule
West Division
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Arkansas State
Home
Coastal Carolina
Georgia Southern
Louisiana
Texas State
Away
Georgia State
ULM
South Alabama
Troy
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South Alabama
Home
Appalachian State
Arkansas State
Georgia Southern
Louisiana
Away
Georgia State
ULM
Texas State
Troy
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Louisiana
Home
Appalachian State
ULM
Texas State
Troy
Away
Arkansas State
Coastal Carolina
Georgia Southern
South Alabama
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Texas State
Home
Georgia State
ULM
South Alabama
Troy
Away
Appalachian State
Arkansas State
Coastal Carolina
Louisiana
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ULM
Home
Arkansas State
Coastal Carolina
Georgia State
South Alabama
Away
Appalachian State
Georgia Southern
Louisiana
Texas State
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