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NEW ORLEANS – Sun Belt Conference football closed the 2019 season in historic fashion, achieving all-time bests in the national rankings and second-best bowl record among the 10 NCAA Football Subdivision conferences.
 
The Sun Belt finished with a .600 bowl winning percentage, earning three wins in its five postseason matchups, to finish second to the Southeastern Conference (8-2, .800) and first among the Group of Five conferences. The conference holds the best bowl winning percentage (.667, 14-7) among all 10 Football Bowl Subdivision conferences over the last four seasons (2016-19).
 
Leading the league's historic season was Appalachian State. The Mountaineers (13-1, 7-0 Sun Belt) capped off their season with several firsts in school and conference history, including finishing in the Top 25 in both national polls – 19th in the final Associated Press Top 25 and 18th in the final Amway Coaches powered by USA Today Sports Top 25.
 
Louisiana (11-3, 7-1) was among the teams receiving votes in both final Top 25 polls, putting a stamp on its milestone season. The Ragin' Cajuns recorded a school-record 11 wins, a second-straight Sun Belt West Division title and their first bowl win outside of the state of Louisiana since 1944.
 
Appalachian State, ranked 20th in the final College Football Playoff Rankings, finished with the best record among Group of Five teams. The Mountaineers captured their fourth-straight conference crown and won their second-straight Sun Belt Football Championship Game en route to running their bowl record to 5-0.
 
With 25 non-conference wins (regular season and postseason) this season, the Sun Belt reset its all-time high set just a season ago.
 
The conference recorded four wins against Autonomy Five conference opponents in the same season for the first time in conference history, including firsts for Georgia State and Coastal Carolina and Appalachian State becoming the first conference history to achieve two wins against Autonomy Five schools in the same season. Ten of the league’s last 12 Autonomy Five wins and all four this season have been on the road.
 
2019 FBS BOWL RECORDS BY CONFERENCE
1. Southeastern - 8-2 (.800)
2. Sun Belt - 3-2 (.600)
3. American Athletic - 4-3 (.571)
    Mountain West - 4-3 (.571)
    Pac-12 - 4-3 (.571)
6. Big Ten - 4-5 (.444)
7. Mid-American - 3-4 (.429)
8. Conference USA - 3-5 (.375)
9. Atlantic Coast - 4-7 (.364)
10. Big 12 - 1-5 (.167)