NEW ORLEANS – The Sun Belt Conference has announced its women’s basketball conference schedule for the 2026-27 season.
Each Sun Belt Conference women’s basketball program will play an 18-game league slate. Conference play tips off with five matchups on Wednesday, December 16.
The 2026-27 Sun Belt Conference women’s basketball season will culminate with the 2027 Visit Pensacola Sun Belt Women’s Basketball Championship presented by Air Force Reserve which will be held March 2-8 at the Pensacola Bay Center in Pensacola, Fla.
Last season, James Madison claimed its second title in four years and made its 14th NCAA Tournament appearance in program history before concluding the season with a 26-9 overall record. Georgia Southern posted a 16-2 record in league play to earn the Sun Belt’s regular season title outright - the program’s first crown since 2001.
Additionally, Marshall won the 2026 WNIT Championship and finished the season with a program-record 28 wins, marking the first postseason title for a Sun Belt women’s basketball program since 2019. Including James Madison and Marshall, six Sun Belt programs played in postseason tournaments as Georgia Southern and Troy earned bids to the WBIT, as Arkansas State and South Alabama also competed in the WNIT.
The 2026-27 season will also mark the fourth year of the
MAC-SBC Challenge – a scheduling alliance that features 12 Sun Belt Conference teams and 12 Mid-American Conference (MAC) teams. The Sun Belt and MAC played to a draw with 13 wins apiece last season after the Sun Belt captured the inaugural MAC-SBC Challenge title in 2023-24 and fell to the MAC during the 2024-25 campaign.
Team-by-Team Schedules
App State
12/16 at Marshall
12/19 Louisiana Tech
12/31 at Southern Miss
1/2 at South Alabama
1/7 ULM
1/9 Arkansas State
1/14 Old Dominion
1/16 Georgia State
1/23 at Troy
1/28 Georgia Southern
1/30 Marshall
2/3 at Coastal Carolina
2/10 James Madison
2/13 Coastal Carolina
2/17 at Georgia State
2/20 at Old Dominion
2/23 at Georgia Southern
2/26 at James Madison
Arkansas State
12/19 at Georgia Southern
12/30 James Madison
1/2 Marshall
1/7 at Georgia State
1/9 at App State
1/13 South Alabama
1/16 Troy
1/21 at ULM
1/23 at South Alabama
1/28 Louisiana
1/30 Southern Miss
2/3 Old Dominion
2/11 at Southern Miss
2/13 at Louisiana
2/17 at Louisiana Tech
2/20 at Troy
2/23 ULM
2/26 Louisiana Tech
Coastal Carolina
12/16 Georgia State
12/19 at Louisiana
12/31 at Louisiana Tech
1/2 at ULM
1/6 Troy
1/9 Southern Miss
1/13 James Madison
1/16 Old Dominion
1/20 at Georgia State
1/23 at Georgia Southern
1/30 South Alabama
2/3 App State
2/10 at Old Dominion
2/13 at App State
2/18 Marshall
2/20 Georgia Southern
2/23 at James Madison
2/26 at Marshall
Georgia Southern
12/19 Arkansas State
12/22 at James Madison
12/31 at Louisiana
1/2 at Southern Miss
1/6 South Alabama
1/9 Troy
1/16 at Louisiana Tech
1/20 Marshall
1/23 Coastal Carolina
1/28 at App State
1/30 at Georgia State
2/3 at Marshall
2/10 Georgia State
2/13 James Madison
2/18 at Old Dominion
2/20 at Coastal Carolina
2/23 App State
2/26 Old Dominion
Georgia State
12/16 at Coastal Carolina
12/19 Troy
12/31 at South Alabama
1/2 at Louisiana
1/7 Arkansas State
1/9 ULM
1/14 at Marshall
1/16 at App State
1/20 Coastal Carolina
1/23 James Madison
1/27 Old Dominion
1/30 Georgia Southern
2/3 at James Madison
2/10 at Georgia Southern
2/13 at Old Dominion
2/17 App State
2/20 Marshall
2/26 at Southern Miss
James Madison
12/19 at ULM
12/22 Georgia Southern
12/30 at Arkansas State
1/2 at Troy
1/6 Southern Miss
1/9 Louisiana Tech
1/13 at Coastal Carolina
1/16 at Marshall
1/20 at Old Dominion
1/23 at Georgia State
1/28 Marshall
1/30 Old Dominion
2/3 Georgia State
2/10 at App State
2/13 at Georgia Southern
2/20 Louisiana
2/23 Coastal Carolina
2/26 App State
Louisiana
12/16 at Louisiana Tech
12/19 Coastal Carolina
12/31 Georgia Southern
1/2 Georgia State
1/6 at Old Dominion
1/9 at Marshall
1/14 ULM
1/16 South Alabama
1/21 Louisiana Tech
1/23 Southern Miss
1/28 at Arkansas State
1/30 at ULM
2/6 at Southern Miss
2/11 Troy
2/13 Arkansas State
2/20 at James Madison
2/24 at South Alabama
2/26 at Troy
ULM
12/16 at Troy
12/19 James Madison
12/31 Old Dominion
1/2 Coastal Carolina
1/7 at App State
1/9 at Georgia State
1/14 at Louisiana
1/16 at Southern Miss
1/21 Arkansas State
1/23 Louisiana Tech
1/28 Troy
1/30 Louisiana
2/3 at Louisiana Tech
2/13 at Marshall
2/18 South Alabama
2/20 Southern Miss
2/23 at Arkansas State
2/26 at South Alabama
Louisiana Tech
12/16 Louisiana
12/19 at App State
12/31 Coastal Carolina
1/2 Old Dominion
1/7 at Marshall
1/9 at James Madison
1/16 Georgia Southern
1/21 at Louisiana
1/23 at ULM
1/28 Southern Miss
1/30 Troy
2/3 ULM
2/11 at South Alabama
2/13 at Southern Miss
2/17 Arkansas State
2/20 South Alabama
2/23 at Troy
2/26 at Arkansas State
Marshall
12/16 App State
12/19 at South Alabama
12/30 at Troy
1/2 at Arkansas State
1/7 Louisiana Tech
1/9 Louisiana
1/14 Georgia State
1/16 James Madison
1/20 at Georgia Southern
1/23 at Old Dominion
1/28 at James Madison
1/30 at App State
2/3 Georgia Southern
2/13 ULM
2/18 at Coastal Carolina
2/20 at Georgia State
2/23 Old Dominion
2/26 Coastal Carolina
Old Dominion
12/19 Southern Miss
12/31 at ULM
1/2 at Louisiana Tech
1/6 Louisiana
1/9 South Alabama
1/14 at App State
1/16 at Coastal Carolina
1/20 James Madison
1/23 Marshall
1/27 at Georgia State
1/30 at James Madison
2/3 at Arkansas State
2/10 Coastal Carolina
2/13 Georgia State
2/18 Georgia Southern
2/20 App State
2/23 at Marshall
2/26 at Georgia Southern
South Alabama
12/16 at Southern Miss
12/19 Marshall
12/31 Georgia State
1/2 App State
1/6 at Georgia Southern
1/9 at Old Dominion
1/13 at Arkansas State
1/16 at Louisiana
1/20 Southern Miss
1/23 Arkansas State
1/30 at Coastal Carolina
2/3 at Troy
2/11 Louisiana Tech
2/13 Troy
2/18 at ULM
2/20 at Louisiana Tech
2/24 Louisiana
2/26 ULM
Southern Miss
12/16 South Alabama
12/19 at Old Dominion
12/31 App State
1/2 Georgia Southern
1/6 at James Madison
1/9 at Coastal Carolina
1/13 Troy
1/16 ULM
1/20 at South Alabama
1/23 at Louisiana
1/28 at Louisiana Tech
1/30 at Arkansas State
2/6 Louisiana
2/11 Arkansas State
2/13 Louisiana Tech
2/17 at Troy
2/20 at ULM
2/26 Georgia State
Troy
12/16 ULM
12/19 at Georgia State
12/30 Marshall
1/2 James Madison
1/6 at Coastal Carolina
1/9 at Georgia Southern
1/13 at Southern Miss
1/16 at Arkansas State
1/23 App State
1/28 at ULM
1/30 at Louisiana Tech
2/3 South Alabama
2/11 at Louisiana
2/13 at South Alabama
2/17 Southern Miss
2/20 Arkansas State
2/23 Louisiana Tech
2/26 Louisiana
2026-27 Sun Belt Conference Women’s Basketball Schedule
Wednesday, December 16
Louisiana at Louisiana Tech
App State at Marshall
South Alabama at Southern Miss
Georgia State at Coastal Carolina
ULM at Troy
Saturday, December 19
Arkansas State at Georgia Southern
Coastal Carolina at Louisiana
James Madison at ULM
Louisiana Tech at App State
Marshall at South Alabama
Southern Miss at Old Dominion
Tuesday, December 22
Georgia Southern at James Madison
Wednesday, December 30
James Madison at Arkansas State
Marshall at Troy
Thursday, December 31
App State at Southern Miss
Coastal Carolina at Louisiana Tech
Georgia Southern at Louisiana
Georgia State at South Alabama
Old Dominion at ULM
Saturday, January 2
App State at South Alabama
Coastal Carolina at ULM
Georgia Southern at Southern Miss
Georgia State at Louisiana
James Madison at Troy
Marshall at Arkansas State
Old Dominion at Louisiana Tech
Wednesday, January 6
Louisiana at Old Dominion
Southern Miss at James Madison
South Alabama at Georgia Southern
Troy at Coastal Carolina
Thursday, January 7
Arkansas State at Georgia State
Louisiana Tech at Marshall
ULM at App State
Saturday, January 9
Arkansas State at App State
Coastal Carolina at Southern Miss
Troy at Georgia Southern
ULM at Georgia State
Louisiana at Marshall
Louisiana Tech at James Madison
South Alabama at Old Dominion
Wednesday, January 13
South Alabama at Arkansas State
James Madison at Coastal Carolina
Troy at Southern Miss
Thursday, January 14
Georgia State at Marshall
Old Dominion at App State
ULM at Louisiana
Saturday, January 16
Georgia Southern at Louisiana Tech
Georgia State at App State
James Madison at Marshall
Old Dominion at Coastal Carolina
South Alabama at Louisiana
ULM at Southern Miss
Troy at Arkansas State
Wednesday, January 20
Coastal Carolina at Georgia State
James Madison at Old Dominion
Marshall at Georgia Southern
Southern Miss at South Alabama
Thursday, January 21
Arkansas State at ULM
Louisiana Tech at Louisiana
Saturday, January 23
App State at Troy
Arkansas State at South Alabama
Coastal Carolina at Georgia Southern
James Madison at Georgia State
Louisiana Tech at ULM
Marshall at Old Dominion
Southern Miss at Louisiana
Wednesday, January 27
Old Dominion at Georgia State
Thursday, January 28
Georgia Southern at App State
Louisiana at Arkansas State
Marshall at James Madison
Southern Miss at Louisiana Tech
Troy at ULM
Saturday, January 30
Marshall at App State
Georgia Southern at Georgia State
Louisiana at ULM
Old Dominion at James Madison
South Alabama at Coastal Carolina
Southern Miss at Arkansas State
Troy at Louisiana Tech
Wednesday, February 3
App State at Coastal Carolina
Georgia Southern at Marshall
Georgia State at James Madison
Old Dominion at Arkansas State
South Alabama at Troy
ULM at Louisiana Tech
Saturday, February 6
Louisiana at Southern Miss
Wednesday, February 10
James Madison at App State
Coastal Carolina at Old Dominion
Georgia State at Georgia Southern
Thursday, February 11
Arkansas State at Southern Miss
Louisiana Tech at South Alabama
Troy at Louisiana
Saturday, February 13
Coastal Carolina at App State
Arkansas State at Louisiana
James Madison at Georgia Southern
Georgia State at Old Dominion
Louisiana Tech at Southern Miss
Troy at South Alabama
ULM at Marshall
Wednesday, February 17
App State at Georgia State
Arkansas State at Louisiana Tech
Southern Miss at Troy
Thursday, February 18
Marshall at Coastal Carolina
Georgia Southern at Old Dominion
South Alabama at ULM
Saturday, February 20
App State at Old Dominion
Arkansas State at Troy
Georgia Southern at Coastal Carolina
Marshall at Georgia State
Louisiana at James Madison
South Alabama at Louisiana Tech
Southern Miss at ULM
Tuesday, February 23
App State at Georgia Southern
Coastal Carolina at James Madison
Louisiana Tech at Troy
Old Dominion at Marshall
ULM at Arkansas State
Wednesday, February 24
Louisiana at South Alabama
Friday, February 26
App State at James Madison
Coastal Carolina at Marshall
Georgia State at Southern Miss
Louisiana at Troy
Louisiana Tech at Arkansas State
Old Dominion at Georgia Southern
ULM at South Alabama