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In early 2016, NCAA legislation was passed that largely deregulated FBS conference championship games, allowing a conference with fewer than 12 teams to stage a championship game that featured either (1) the top two teams at the end of a full round-robin conference schedule, or (2) the winners of each of two divisions, with each team playing a ...
Co-champions are listed in alphabetical order. From 2001 to 2017, there had not been a tie breaker for conference champions. Since 2018, an outright conference champion is determined by the Sun Belt Conference Football Championship Game. Schools are listed by their current athletic branding, not necessarily what they used in a given season.
The winners of each division meet in the Sun Belt Championship Game. [2] Beginning in 2022, the SBC added the Marshall Thundering Herd , James Madison Dukes , Old Dominion Monarchs , and Southern Miss Golden Eagles football programs to the conference, with the Alabama–Georgia border serving as the new dividing line for the divisions.
Only one team stands in Louisiana football’s way of ensuring a Sun Belt Conference championship appearance and this team is a very familiar foe; the University of Louisiana-Monroe. The Ragin ...
The Mountaineers are coming off a Sun Belt runner-up finish in 2023, losing to Troy in the conference championship game. Dates for both games will be released, along with the remainder of the ...
As of the current 2024–25 school year, the Sun Belt Conference sponsors championship competition in nine men's and eleven women's NCAA sanctioned sports. [76] The most recent change to sports sponsorship was the reinstatement of women's swimming & diving in 2023–24.
If the Chants win, they’ll represent the East Division of the Sun Belt Conference in the SBC title game. The matchup is also an opportunity for payback against the Dukes for last year. JMU ...
During the 2023 Sun Belt Conference season, the James Madison Dukes won the East division, while the Troy Trojans won the West division. James Madison was not eligible to play in the conference championship game due to NCAA rules regarding transitioning from FCS to FBS, and so East division runner-ups Appalachian State played in the championship game.