NEW ORLEANS – The Sun Belt Conference released today game times for 20 more games set to stream on ESPN+ and nine additional games on ESPN3.
 
Network designations were also made for five games that still need to be assigned game times.
 
Typically, game times and network designations are released 12 days prior to a contest and some contests will still need to be assigned on that timeframe.  However, in this particular case Sun Belt institutions and ESPN worked together to establish this extended schedule.
 
Today’s release comes after an announcement this past March that the Sun Belt and ESPN had reached a long-term, extensive multimedia rights deal.  The contract will run through the 2027-28 academic year and grants ESPN exclusive rights for the distribution of all Sun Belt sports with exposure on ESPN linear and digital platforms, with a vast amount of content on ESPN+, the premium direct-to-consumer video service from The Walt Disney Company’s Direct-to-Consumer and International (DTCI) and ESPN. With today’s announcement, nearly 40 Sun Belt games are set to stream on ESPN+ in the first year of the deal.
 
ESPN+ is available via the ESPN App for just $4.99 a month or $49.99 annually, no cable or satellite subscription is needed.  Subscribers receive thousands of live events, original shows and films, and an on-demand library not available on ESPN’s linear or digital networks.
 
The newly assigned networks and/or times are as follows:
 
Saturday, September 29
* ULM at Georgia State, 1:00 p.m. (ESPN+)
* South Alabama at Appalachian State, 2:30 p.m. (ESPN+)
* Coastal Carolina at Troy, 2:30 p.m. (ESPN3)
* Arkansas State at Georgia Southern, TBA (ESPN+)
 
Saturday, October 6
* South Alabama at Georgia Southern, 2:30 p.m. (ESPN3)
* Louisiana at Texas State, 6:00 p.m. (ESPN+)
 
Saturday, October 13
New Mexico State at Louisiana, 4:00 p.m. (ESPN+)
Alabama State at South Alabama, 4:00 p.m. (ESPN3)
* ULM at Coastal Carolina, TBA (ESPN+)
 
Saturday, October 20
* Louisiana at Appalachian State, 2:30 p.m. (ESPN+)
* Texas State at ULM, 6:00 p.m. (ESPN3)
 
Saturday, October 27
* Coastal Carolina at Georgia State, 1:00 p.m. (ESPN+)
* Arkansas State at Louisiana, 6:00 p.m. (ESPN+)
New Mexico State at Texas State, 6:00 p.m. (ESPN3)
 
Saturday, November 3
* Texas State at Georgia State, 1:00 p.m. (ESPN+)
* South Alabama at Arkansas State, 2:00 (ESPN+)
* Georgia Southern at ULM, 2:00 p.m. (ESPN3)
* Louisiana at Troy, 2:30 p.m. (ESPN+)
* Appalachian State at Coastal Carolina, TBA (ESPN+)
 
Saturday, November 10
* Troy at Georgia Southern, 12:00 p.m. (ESPN+)
* Appalachian State at Texas State, 3:00 p.m. (ESPN3)
* Georgia State at Louisiana, 4:00 p.m. (ESPN+)
* ULM at South Alabama, 4:00 p.m. (ESPN+)
 * Arkansas State at Coastal Carolina, TBA (ESPN+)
 
Saturday, November 17
* Georgia State at Appalachian State, 1:30 (ESPN+)
* ULM at Arkansas State, 2:00 p.m. (ESPN+)
* Texas State at Troy, 2:30 p.m. (ESPN+)
* South Alabama at Louisiana, 4:00 p.m. (ESPN3)
* Georgia Southern at Coastal Carolina, TBA (ESPN+)
 
Friday, November 23
* Coastal Carolina at South Alabama, 2:00 p.m. (ESPN+)
 
Saturday, November 24
* Georgia Southern at Georgia State, 1:00 p.m. (ESPN+)
* Troy at Appalachian State, 1:30 (ESPN+)
* Louisiana at ULM, 2:00 p.m. (ESPN+)
* Arkansas State at Texas State, 3:00 p.m. (ESPN3)
 
*denotes Sun Belt game
All time Central and subject to change