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U.Due south. college sports conference

For the region of the United states of america with the same name, run across Sun Belt.

Sun Belt Briefing

Association	NCAA
Founded	1976
Commissioner	Keith Gill (since 2019)
Sports fielded	18 men'south: 9 women'south: 9
Division	Division I
Subdivision	FBS
No. of teams	xiv
Headquarters	New Orleans, Louisiana
Region	Southern U.s.
Official website	world wide web.sunbeltsports.org
Locations

The Sun Belt Conference (SBC) is a collegiate able-bodied conference that has been affiliated with the NCAA's Segmentation I since 1976. Originally a not-football briefing, the Sun Belt began sponsoring football in 2001. Its football teams participate in the Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS). The 14 member institutions of the Sun Chugalug are distributed primarily beyond the southern United States.

History [edit]

Original Dominicus Belt logo from 1976.

The Sun Chugalug Conference was founded on August 4, 1976, with the University of New Orleans, the Academy of South Alabama, Georgia State University, Jacksonville University, the University of Northward Carolina at Charlotte, and the University of South Florida. Over the next ten years the conference would add Western Kentucky University, Old Dominion Academy, the University of Alabama at Birmingham, and Virginia Commonwealth University. New Orleans was forced out of the league in 1980 due to its small on-campus gymnasium that the briefing did not deem suitable for conference competition. New Orleans competed as an independent before joining the newly formed American South Conference in 1987.

After the 1990–91 basketball season, all members of the Lord's day Belt, except Western Kentucky, Southward Alabama, and Jacksonville, departed for other conferences. The Sun Belt, including incoming member in the University of Arkansas at Lilliputian Rock, then merged with the American S Conference, made upwards of Arkansas Country University, Louisiana Tech Academy, the University of Southwestern Louisiana (at present the University of Louisiana at Lafayette), the University of Texas–Pan American (now merged into the Academy of Texas Rio Grande Valley), New Orleans (re-joined), Lamar University, and the University of Fundamental Florida. Although the American South was the larger conference, the merged league retained the Dominicus Chugalug name. In 1991, the league showtime began to explore the idea of sponsoring football game.^[one]

Key Florida left the league following the 1991–92 academic year due to a dispute over television rights, amidst other reasons.^{[ii] [iii]} Lamar, Texas–Pan American, and Jacksonville departed at the stop of the 1997–98 bookish twelvemonth. Florida International University joined the Dominicus Belt in 1998, and the Academy of Denver was added in 1999. Louisiana Tech departed after the 2000–01 bookish year.

The conference did not sponsor football until 2001, when the league added quondam Large West Conference members New Mexico State University and the University of N Texas and old Ohio Valley Conference fellow member (an FBS Independent on football) Middle Tennessee Land University as full members (all iii of them joined a twelvemonth before for all sports in the 2000-01 school year) and added FBS Independent University of Louisiana at Monroe and Big West member University of Idaho as football game-only members. These new members gave the Lord's day Belt seven football playing members in their first season, as Arkansas State and Louisiana were already full members which sponsored football. Another Big West schoolhouse, Utah State University, was added as a football-only member in 2003, then departed in 2005 with Idaho and New Mexico State for the Western Able-bodied Briefing (WAC).

In 2004, Troy University became a football game-only member before joining for all sports in the 2005–06 academic year. In 2005, Florida Atlantic became a football-simply member before joining for all sports in the 2006-07 bookish year. In 2006, Louisiana–Monroe joined the conference every bit an all-sports total member when the Warhawks left their onetime home, the Southland Conference.

Longtime Dominicus Chugalug member Western Kentucky joined the Sun Belt'south football conference in 2009 later on its Board of Regents voted to upgrade the school'southward football program to Partitioning I FBS.^[4]

On November eleven, 2009, New Orleans announced it was investigating a movement from Division I to the NCAA's Partitioning Three. In society to maintain athletic scholarships, UNO instead opted for entry into Division II. On April 20, 2011, UNO officially received transition approval from the NCAA Division 2 Membership Commission.^[5] (UNO later decided to remain in Division I, and joined the Southland Conference in 2013.)

Early 2010s realignment [edit]

The former Sun Belt Conference logo used until its rebranding in 2013

On Apr ix, 2012, Georgia State, one of the founding members of the Sun Belt Conference, appear that information technology would exist returning to the conference as a full fellow member in 2013. As part of the move, the football program began a transition from FCS to FBS in the 2012 season; it played a full Sun Chugalug schedule as a "transitional" FBS member in 2013, and became a full FBS member, with bowl eligibility, in 2014.^[6] On May two, 2012, Texas State Academy announced it would get out the WAC later just one year and join the Sun Belt in July 2013 to begin play for the 2013–14 academic twelvemonth. At the press conference to announce Texas State's improver, Dominicus Belt Commissioner Karl Benson also hinted that more changes could be on the way for the conference.^[7] On May 25, 2012, the conference announced that the University of Texas at Arlington (a non-football game member) had accepted an invitation to join the briefing and would become a full fellow member by 2013.^[8]

On May 4, 2012, FIU and N Texas appear that they would be leaving the Sunday Belt for Briefing U.s.a. on July 1, 2013 every bit part of a Conference United states expansion endeavour involving four other schools.^[ix] On November 29, 2012, Florida Atlantic and Eye Tennessee State announced that they would as well go out the Sun Belt for Briefing United states of america.^[10] The move for Florida Atlantic and MTSU was originally scheduled to take place in 2014; nevertheless, the 2 schools appear on January 28, 2013 that they would leave for Conference U.s. a year early, departing on July ane, 2013 with FIU and Northward Texas. Western Kentucky likewise accustomed an invitation to join Briefing U.s. on April 1, 2013, and departed from the Sunday Chugalug on July one, 2014.^[11]

These moves depleted the Sun Belt and fabricated the demand to expand their membership more urgent than e'er, as the Lord's day Chugalug was left with ten full members and only 8 members that sponsor football game (the minimum number required for a briefing to sponsor football game at the FBS level) for the 2013 season. Appalachian State Academy accepted an invitation on March 27, 2013 to join the Lord's day Belt effective July 1, 2014.^[12] Georgia Southern University accepted a similar Sunday Belt invitation at the aforementioned time every bit Appalachian State.^[13] Appalachian State and Georgia Southern both joined for all sports from the Southern Conference on July one, 2014. Both schools had been very successful within the Football game Championship Subdivision, combining to win nine national championships since 1985. They upgraded to the Football game Basin Subdivision, and were eligible for Sun Belt conference championships in 2014, just were not postseason-eligible in football until 2015.

The Sun Belt also granted football-only invites to Idaho and New United mexican states State on March 28, 2013.^[14] Idaho and New Mexico Country were both quondam Dominicus Belt members (Idaho for football only, New United mexican states State for all sports) from 2001 to 2005. The large number of defections from the WAC forced that conference to driblet football after the 2012 season. Idaho and New Mexico State were the only remaining WAC members that sponsored football game, and competed as FBS independents for the 2013 season before competing in the Sunday Belt in 2014. Idaho is located by far the farthest away from the other Sun Chugalug conference members, merely it was rejected by the Mountain W Conference,^[15] leaving it with no other choice.^{[sixteen] [17]}

On September 1, 2015, Coastal Carolina Academy accepted an invitation to bring together the Lord's day Chugalug Conference. The academy joined in all sports except for football starting July 1, 2016, with football joining in 2017.^[18]

The conference appear on March 1, 2016, that the affiliation agreement with Idaho and New Mexico State would non be extended past the 2017 season.^[19]

The conference appear that offset in 2018, the conference (10 teams) would be divided into two divisions for football game: East: Appalachian State, Coastal Carolina, Georgia Southern, Georgia State, and Troy; West: Arkansas Country, Louisiana, Louisiana–Monroe, South Alabama, and Texas State. The winner of each division will meet in the Sun Belt Championship game.^[xx]

Early 2020s realignment [edit]

Following the July 30, 2021 declaration of the University of Texas at Austin and the Academy of Oklahoma both moving from the Big 12 Conference to the Southeastern Conference,^[21] the world of college athletics faced the prospect of realignment in one case again. The Large 12 responded on September 10 by adding three schools from the American Athletic Briefing (The American) and BYU, an FBS independent and otherwise a member of the non-football game West Coast Conference, effective in 2023.^[22] The American in turn responded on October 21 by calculation six schools from Briefing United states (C-U.s.a.), with 2023 as the most likely entry date.^{[23] [24]} Following this motion, rumors began to circulate that the Sun Belt was planning to take on another three members (the University of Southern Mississippi (Southern Miss or USM), Marshall Academy, and quondam Sun Belt member Erstwhile Dominion University) from C-USA, likely in response to that conference's remaining teams worried of the conference folding.^[25] These moves would help to establish the marketplace areas for the Sun Chugalug and The American, which cover similar geographic footprints. The American would now accept most of its members in metropolitan areas, while the Lord's day Chugalug would instead have its members in smaller college towns.

On October 22, The Activity Network reported that Southern Miss had been accepted as a new Dominicus Belt member, with 2023 as the likely entry date. The report also stated that the Sunday Belt would add together iii more than members—the aforementioned Marshall and Former Dominion, plus James Madison Academy, a member of the FCS Colonial Athletic Association (CAA).^[26] Southern Miss^[27] and One-time Dominion^[28] were respectively announced as incoming members on October 26 and 27. At the time, both were to join no later than 2023. On October 29, the day after Marshall named its next president,^[29] both the Sunday Belt and Marshall issued tweets announcing that schoolhouse's entry; a formal announcement followed the next day^[30] and an introductory press conference was held on November 1.^[31] Equally for James Madison, its board met on October 29 to discuss a potential Lord's day Belt invitation, but its timeline was besides affected past a Virginia state law that requires legislative approval for a 4-year public school to move upwardly in athletic classification, including FCS to FBS. The legislative commission that must review the move did not meet until November five, after the state'southward gubernatorial election.^[32] The committee unanimously canonical JMU'southward move from FCS to FBS, and the Sun Belt move was officially announced on November 6.^{[33] [34]} The original Activeness Network report as well stated that the 2 full not-football SBC members, Little Rock and UT Arlington, would no longer exist members of the conference after the 2022–23 school yr.^[26]

Initial plans were for James Madison to compete every bit a de facto Sun Belt affiliate in sports other than football and men's soccer during the 2022–23 flavor.^[35] However, those plans would eventually change, with JMU and the SBC jointly announcing on Feb ii, 2022 that JMU would become a full SBC fellow member, including football game, in 2022–23.^[36]

Past the end of Jan 2022, both non-football game members would announce their departures for other conferences, effective that July. On December 8, 2021, the University of Arkansas Board of Trustees voted to take an invitation for Piddling Rock to join the Ohio Valley Conference,^[37] and UT Arlington, which had been a Western Able-bodied Conference member in the 2012–13 schoolhouse year, announced its return to that conference on January 21, 2022.^[38]

Presently thereafter, Marshall, Old Dominion, and Southern Miss announced that they planned to leave C-United states for the Sun Belt in July 2022. They claimed to have notified C-United states of america of their plans in December 2021, apparently seeking to negotiate a 2022 exit. C-U.s. had indicated in tardily Jan 2022 that it expected the three schools to remain in that league through the 2022–23 school yr.^[39] Marshall escalated the situation by filing arrange confronting C-U.s.a. in its local court in an attempt to forcefulness a 2022 move.^[twoscore] On March 29, Conference Usa agreed to let Marshall, Onetime Rule, and Southern Miss move to the Dominicus Chugalug starting July one, 2022.^[41]

On April six, with the entrance of three new men's soccer-sponsoring schools in James Madison, Marshall, and One-time Dominion, the Sun Belt announced that men's soccer would be reinstated equally a sponsored sport. The 3 aforementioned programs joined current Sunday Belt members Coastal Carolina (previously affiliates with Conference United states of america) as well equally Georgia State and Georgia Southern (previously affiliates with the Mid-American Conference). Additionally, it was appear that Kentucky, South Carolina, and W Virginia would bring together as men's soccer affiliate members beginning in fall 2022, giving the briefing an countdown soccer membership of ix.^[42] Kentucky and South Carolina were previously also affiliated with C-U.s.a., while West Virginia was affiliated with the MAC. The SBC later announced information technology would add UCF equally a men's soccer chapter when that schoolhouse joins the Large 12 Conference in 2023.^[43]

On June 6, the SBC presidents & chancellors approved adding two new women'southward sports, beach volleyball and swimming & diving, no later on than the 2023–24 school yr. They likewise announced that the conference would explore calculation another women's sport, field hockey, at an undetermined future date.^[44]

Fellow member schools [edit]

Current members [edit]

Institution	Location	Founded	Joined	Type	Enrollment	Endowment (millions)	Nickname	Colors
Appalachian State University	Boone, Northward Carolina	1899	2014	Public	twenty,023[45]	$122	Mountaineers
Arkansas Land University	Jonesboro, Arkansas	1909	1991		xiv,109[46]	$84	Red Wolves
Littoral Carolina University	Conway, South Carolina	1954	2016		10,894[47]	$51	Chanticleers
Georgia Southern University	Statesboro, Georgia	1906	2014		27,459[48] [49]	$56	Eagles
Georgia Land Academy	Atlanta, Georgia	1913	1976[a]		53,619[49]	$179	Panthers
James Madison University	Harrisonburg, Virginia	1908	2022		21,496[50]	$116.7[51]	Dukes
University of Louisiana Lafayette	Lafayette, Louisiana	1898	1991		19,188[52]	$153	Ragin' Cajuns
University of Louisiana at Monroe	Monroe, Louisiana	1931	2006[b]		9,060[53]	$23	Warhawks
Marshall University	Huntington, Due west Virginia	1837	2022		11,962[54]	$192[55]	Thundering Herd
Former Rule University	Norfolk, Virginia	1930	1982[c]		24,286[56]	$265.viii[51]	Monarchs
University of South Alabama	Mobile, Alabama	1963	1976		14,834[57]	$576	Jaguars
University of Southern Mississippi	Hattiesburg, Mississippi	1910	2022		xiv,606[58]	$136.3[59]	Golden Eagles
Texas State University	San Marcos, Texas	1899	2013		38,231[60]	$208	Bobcats
Troy University	Troy, Alabama	1887	2005[d]		17,494[61]	$129	Trojans

Notes

1. ^ Georgia Country left after the 1980–81 school year, and so rejoined effective the 2013–14 schoolhouse yr.
2. ^ Louisiana–Monroe was an affiliate member in football from the 2001 to 2005 fall seasons (2001-02 to 2005-06 schoolhouse years).
3. ^ Old Dominion left afterwards the 1990–91 schoolhouse year, so rejoined effective the 2022–23 school year.
4. ^ Troy was an affiliate member in football game during the 2004 fall season (2004–05 schoolhouse year).

Affiliate members [edit]

Institution	Location	Founded	Joined	Type	Enrollment	Nickname	Colors	Sport	Primary conference
University of Kentucky	Lexington, Kentucky	1865	2022	Public	26,054	Wildcats		Soccer (m)	SEC
Academy of Southward Carolina	Columbia, Due south Carolina	1801			35,364	Gamecocks
Due west Virginia University	Morgantown, West Virginia	1867			26,269	Mountaineers			Large 12

Time to come affiliate members [edit]

Institution	Location	Founded	Joining	Type	Enrollment	Nickname	Colors	Sport	Primary conference
University of Primal Florida	Orlando, Florida	1963	2023	Public	70,406	Knights		Soccer (m)	American (Big 12 in 2023)

Erstwhile members [edit]

Institution	Location	Founded	Joined	Left	Blazon	Nickname	Colors	Subsequent conference	Current conference
University of Alabama at Birmingham	Birmingham, Alabama	1969	1979	1991	Public	Blazers		Great Midwest	C-USA (The American in 2023)
University of Central Florida	Orlando, Florida	1963	1991	1992		Knights		ASUN	The American (Large 12 in 2023; SBC for men's soccer)
University of Denver	Denver, Colorado	1864	1999	2012	Private	Pioneers		WAC	Summit
Florida Atlantic University	Boca Raton, Florida	1961	2006[a]	2013	Public	Owls		C-Us (The American in 2023)
Florida International University	Miami, Florida	1965	1998			Panthers		C-United states of america
Jacksonville Academy	Jacksonville, Florida	1934	1976	1998	Private	Dolphins		ASUN
Lamar University	Beaumont, Texas	1923	1991		Public	Cardinals		Southland
University of Arkansas at Piddling Stone	Little Rock, Arkansas	1927	1991	2022		Trojans		OVC
Louisiana Tech University	Ruston, Louisiana	1894	1991	2001		Bulldogs & Lady Techsters		WAC	C-USA
Middle Tennessee State University	Murfreesboro, Tennessee	1911	2000	2013		Blue Raiders		C-U.s.
New United mexican states State University	Las Cruces, New United mexican states	1888		2005[b]		Aggies		WAC (C-USA in 2023)
Academy of New Orleans	New Orleans, Louisiana	1958	1976	1980		Privateers		D-I Contained	Southland
			1991	2010				D-I Independent
University of North Carolina at Charlotte	Charlotte, North Carolina	1946	1976	1991		49ers		Metro	C-United states (The American in 2023)
University of North Texas	Denton, Texas	1890	2000	2013		Hateful Greenish		C-U.s.a. (The American in 2023)
University of South Florida	Tampa, Florida	1956	1976	1991		Bulls		Metro	The American
University of Texas at Arlington	Arlington, Texas	1895	2013	2022		Mavericks		WAC
University of Texas–Rio Grande Valley [c]	Edinburg, Texas	1927	1991	1998		Vaqueros		Contained	WAC
Virginia Commonwealth University	Richmond, Virginia	1838	1979	1991		Rams		Metro	Atlantic 10
Western Kentucky University	Bowling Green, Kentucky	1906	1982	2014		Hilltoppers & Lady Toppers		C-Usa

Notes

1. ^ Florida Atlantic was an chapter fellow member for football during the 2005 fall flavour (2005–06 schoolhouse year).
2. ^ New United mexican states Country was a full member from 2000–01 to 2004–05 and an affiliate member for football from the 2014 to 2017 fall seasons (2014–15 to 2017–18 school years).
3. ^ Texas–Pan American was merged into UTRGV in 2015; the merged school inherited UTPA's athletic programme, with the new nickname of Vaqueros, and membership in the Western Athletic Briefing (WAC).

Former affiliate members [edit]

Institution	Location	Founded	Joined	Left	Type	Nickname	Colors	Sport	Conference in former Sun Belt sport[a]
University of Central Arkansas	Conway, Arkansas	1907	2019	2021	Public	Bears[b]		soccer (m)	ASUN
Hartwick College	Oneonta, New York	1797	2014	2018	Private	Hawks		soccer (chiliad)	Empire viii (NCAA D-III)
Howard University	Washington, D.C.	1867		2021[c]		Bison			Northeast
Academy of Idaho	Moscow, Idaho	1889	2001	2005	Public	Vandals		football	Large Sky
			2014	2018
New Bailiwick of jersey Plant of Technology	Newark, New Jersey	1881		2016		Highlanders		soccer (chiliad)	America Due east
New Mexico State Academy	Las Cruces, New Mexico	1888		2018		Aggies		football game	FBS independent (C-USA in 2023)
Utah State University	Logan, Utah		2003	2005		Aggies			Mountain West
Vanderbilt University	Nashville, Tennessee	1873	1995	1997	Individual	Commodores		soccer (m)	none [d]

Notes

1. ^ In all cases except those of Howard, New Mexico Land and Vanderbilt, this matches the school's primary conference amalgamation. Howard is a full member of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference, including FCS football. New Mexico Land is a full fellow member of the Western Athletic Conference, which added FCS football in fall 2021; however, NMSU continues to play as an FBS contained and is joining Briefing U.s. in other sports alongside football game by 2023. Vanderbilt has been a full fellow member of the Southeastern Briefing since 1932.
2. ^ Cardinal Arkansas uses "Bears" simply for men's teams, with women'south teams known as "Saccharide Bears". Men's soccer was the school's only Lord's day Belt sport.
3. ^ Due to COVID-19 concerns, Howard chose not to play soccer in the 2020–21 school twelvemonth, although the Sun Belt chose to concord a men'southward soccer flavor, with the iv remaining men's soccer members playing a fall conference schedule and jump not-conference games to accommodate the NCAA'due south move of the Division I tournament from fall 2020 to spring 2021.
4. ^ Vanderbilt dropped men'south soccer later the 2005 autumn season (2005–06 school year). It has been a full fellow member of the Southeastern Briefing since 1932.

Membership timeline [edit]

 Full members (all sports)  Total members (not-football game)  Associate members (football-merely)  Associate members (other) Other Conference Other Briefing

Commissioners [edit]

Vic Bubas was the Sunday Belt Conference's starting time commissioner, successfully creating what was initially a premier mid-major basketball league.

• Vic Bubas (1976–1990)
• Jim Lessig (1990–1991)
• Craig Thompson (1991–1998)
• Wright Waters (1999–2012)
• Karl Benson (2012–2019)
• Keith Gill (2019–present)

In addition to the five Sun Belt commissioners, three future league leaders served on the Sun Belt staff prior to becoming conference commissioners, including Doug Elgin (Missouri Valley), John Iamarino (Northeast, Southern), and Tom Burnett (Southland).

On October 12, 2011, ESPN reported that Wright Waters would retire, effective July 1, 2012.^[62] On February xv, 2012, Karl Benson was hired every bit the new commissioner of the Dominicus Chugalug, later on having been the commissioner of the Western Athletic Conference for 17 years. Waters would later motion his departure appointment to March 15, allowing Benson to take over at that time.^[6]

Keith Gill was named the commissioner of the Sun Belt Conference on March 18, 2019. He is the first African American to pb whatever FBS conference.^{[63] [64]}

Sports [edit]

Every bit of the electric current 2022–23 school twelvemonth, the Sun Belt Conference sponsors championship competition in nine men's and nine women's NCAA sanctioned sports.^[65] The nigh contempo changes to sports sponsorship were the dropping of men's soccer after the 2020–21 school year and its reinstatement starting in 2022–23. When Marshall was formally introduced equally an incoming Sun Chugalug member, SBC commissioner Keith Gill too announced that the briefing would reinstate men'southward soccer once all new members joined. Men's soccer resumed play in 2022–23 with six full members joined by three associates.

The briefing also announced it volition sponsor beach volleyball and women's swimming and diving offset no after than the 2023-24 school year, as well as explore the possibility of sponsoring field hockey.^[66]

Teams in Sun Belt competition ^[a]

Sport	Men's	Women's
Baseball	14	–
Basketball	fourteen	14
Cross Country	ix	13
Football	xiv	–
Golf	14	13
Soccer	9	14
Softball	–	12
Tennis	9	14
Track & Field Indoor	half dozen	13
Runway & Field Outdoor	9	13
Volleyball	–	xiv

1. ^ Numbers of teams are as of the 2022–23 school year.

[edit]

Member-past-member sponsorship of the nine men's SBC sports for the 2022–23 academic year.

School	Baseball game	Basketball game	Cantankerous Country	Football game	Golf game	Soccer	Tennis	Track & Field Indoor	Runway & Field Outdoor	Total Sun Belt Sports
Appalachian State	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Due north	Northward	N	Y	half dozen
Arkansas Land	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	Due north	Y	Y	seven
Coastal Carolina	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	8
Georgia Southern	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	Due north	half dozen
Georgia Land	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	N	six
James Madison	Y	Y	North	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	Due north	6
Louisiana	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	8
Louisiana–Monroe	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	N	Y	Y	vii
Marshall	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Northward	Northward	N	6
Quondam Dominion	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	North	N	half-dozen
S Alabama	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	North	Y	Y	Y	eight
Southern Miss	Y	Y	Due north	Y	Y	Due north	Y	Y	Y	7
Texas State	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Due north	North	Y	Y	seven
Troy	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	North	Y	Due north	Y	seven
Totals	14	14	9	14	xiv	6 +iii	9	vi	9	95 +three
Affiliate members
Kentucky						Y				ane
South Carolina						Y				1
Westward Virginia						Y				ane
Time to come affiliate member
UCF						Y				one

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School	Sailing[a]	Swimming & Diving	Wrestling
Appalachian State			SoCon
Old Rule	Contained	CCSA

1. ^ Sailing is a coeducational sport not governed by the NCAA, just instead by the Inter-Collegiate Sailing Association.

[edit]

Member-by-member sponsorship of the 9 women'southward SBC sports for the 2022–23 bookish year.

School	Basketball game	Cross Country	Golf	Soccer	Softball	Tennis	Track & Field Indoor	Track & Field Outdoor	Volleyball	Total Dominicus Chugalug Sports
Appalachian State	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	9
Arkansas Country	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	viii
Coastal Carolina	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	9
Georgia Southern	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	9
Georgia State	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	9
James Madison	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	9
Louisiana	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	8
Louisiana–Monroe	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	ix
Marshall	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	ix
Erstwhile Rule	Y	N	Y	Y	Due north	Y	N	Due north	Y	5
Due south Alabama	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	9
Southern Miss	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	nine
Texas Land	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	9
Troy	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	9
Totals	14	13	13	14	12	14	13	xiii	fourteen	120

[edit]

School	Beach Volleyball[a]	Bowling	Field Hockey	Lacrosse	Rifle	Rowing	Sailing[b]	Swimming & Diving[a]
Appalachian State			MAC
Arkansas State		SBL
Littoral Carolina	C-United states			ASUN
Georgia Southern					SoCon			CCSA
Georgia State	C-U.s.
James Madison			Independent	American				ECAC
Louisiana–Monroe	C-Usa
Marshall								MVC
Sometime Rule			Big E	American		American	Contained	Independent
Southern Miss	C-USA

1. ^ ^{a b} The SBC will begin sponsoring embankment volleyball and women'south swimming & diving in 2023–24.
2. ^ Sailing is a coeducational sport not governed by the NCAA, but instead by the Inter-Collegiate Sailing Association.

Championships [edit]

"RS" is regular flavor, "T" is tournament. Championships from the previous bookish yr are flagged with the calendar year in which the nigh contempo season or tournament concluded.

Current Sun Belt champions [edit]

NCAA champions [edit]

The only school to accept won a national title while an SBC fellow member was Quondam Dominion, which won i championship in women'due south basketball and five in the not-SBC sport of field hockey during its outset conference tenure from 1982 to 1991. Six other current members have won NCAA Sectionalization I squad championships prior to joining the conference. Coastal Carolina won its but D-I national title on the day before information technology officially joined the SBC, while representing the Big South Briefing.

Schoolhouse	NCAA titles	Sport	Years
Sometime Dominion	10	Women's basketball	1985
		Field hockey	1982 • 1983 • 1984 • 1988 • 1990 • 1991 • 1992 • 1998 • 2000
Georgia Southern	half-dozen	Football (Division I-AA/FCS)	1985 • 1986 • 1989 • 1990 • 1999 • 2000
James Madison	5	Field hockey	1994
		Archery	1995
		Football game (Sectionalisation I-AA/FCS)	2004 • 2016
		Women'south lacrosse	2018
Appalachian Country	3	Football game (Sectionalization I-AA/FCS)	2005 • 2006 • 2007
Marshall	3	Football (Partitioning I-AA/FCS)	1992 • 1996
		Men's soccer	2020
Louisiana–Monroe	ane	Football (Division I-AA/FCS)	1987
Coastal Carolina	1	Baseball	2016
Total	29

Run across also: List of NCAA schools with the most NCAA Division I championships, List of NCAA schools with the almost Segmentation I national championships, and NCAA Division I FBS Conferences

Football game [edit]

For more information see Dominicus Chugalug Conference football. For the current season, see 2022 Sun Chugalug Conference football season.

West Division	East Sectionalization
Arkansas Country	Appalachian Land
Louisiana-Lafayette	Coastal Carolina
Louisiana-Monroe	Georgia Southern
Southward Alabama	Georgia State
Southern Miss	James Madison
Texas Land	Marshall
Troy	Old Dominion

The Sun Belt kickoff began sponsoring football in 2001. It originally consisted of seven football game playing schools, three of which are withal members of the conference. Up until 2009, the conference but had a contract with i bowl, the New Orleans Bowl. Post-obit the Sunday Belt's improved football success and geographical membership changes, other bowls began to sign contracts with the Sun Chugalug Conference. Every bit of October 2021^[update], the conference has 7 bowl game necktie-ins (Cure, Boca Raton, LendingTree, New Orleans, Myrtle Embankment, Frisco, and Camellia)

Throughout the years, the conference has experienced flux in membership changes, similar to many other FBS conferences. The conference announced that beginning in 2018, the conference (ten teams after the departure of Idaho and New Mexico Land)^[67] would be divided into two divisions for football: East: Appalachian State, Littoral Carolina, Georgia Southern, Georgia State, and Troy; W: Arkansas State, Louisiana, Louisiana–Monroe, South Alabama, and Texas State. The divisional alignments changed again with the 2022 expansion, with the new dividing line being the Alabama–Georgia border. The winner of each division volition meet in the Sunday Belt Championship game.^[68]

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Team	First season	All-Time record	All-Fourth dimension win %	Bowl appearances	Bowl record	All-Time Conference titles	Current Head Coach
Appalachian State	1928	648–346–28	.648	7	half-dozen–i	22	Shawn Clark
Arkansas Country	1911	487–509–37	.489	ten	4–6	14	Butch Jones
Coastal Carolina	2003	154–80	.658	2	one–1	9	Jamey Chadwell
Georgia Southern	1924	407–240–10	.627	4	3–1	xi	Clay Helton
Georgia Land	2010	l–92	.352	5	3–2	0	Shawn Elliott
James Madison	1972	351–220-4	.614	0	0-0	10	Curt Cignetti
Louisiana	1901	553–563–34	.496	7	five–2	13	Michael Desormeaux
Louisiana–Monroe	1951	319–446–8	.418	1	0–i	5	Terry Bowden
Marshall	1895	614–559–47	.523	eighteen	12–6	13	Charles Huff
Onetime Dominion	1930	125–99–4	.557	2	1-one	0	Ricky Rahne
Southern Miss	1912	607–447-27	.574	24	11–13	viii	Will Hall
Southward Alabama	2009	66–83	.443	two	0–2	0	Kane Wommack
Texas State	1904	522–486–25	.517	0	0–0	12	Jake Spavital
Troy	1909	554–424–28	.565	8	v–iii	21	Jon Sumrall

Sunday Chugalug champions [edit]

Since the 2018 NCAA Sectionalisation I FBS season, the Sun Belt Conference has held a football title game.^[70]

Season	Champion	Conference tape
2001	Middle Tennessee Land N Texas	5–1
2002	North Texas	6–0
2003	Northward Texas	7–0
2004	N Texas	7–0
2005	Arkansas State Louisiana–Lafayette Louisiana–Monroe	5–2
2006	Middle Tennessee State Troy	vi–one
2007	Florida Atlantic Troy	vi–1
2008	Troy	6–one
2009	Troy	8–0
2010	Florida International Troy	half-dozen–2
2011	Arkansas State	8–0
2012	Arkansas Land	vii–1
2013*	Arkansas State	5–2
2014	Georgia Southern	8–0
2015	Arkansas State	8–0
2016	Appalachian State Arkansas State	7–1
2017	Appalachian State Troy	vii–ane
2018	Appalachian State	7–one
2019	Appalachian Country	seven–i
2020	Coastal Carolina Louisiana	viii-0 7-1
2021	Louisiana	8–0

Notes

• Louisiana–Lafayette vacated 2013 shared Sun Belt Conference co-championship due to major NCAA violations.^[71]
• The 2020 championship game was canceled due to COVID-xix issues; the divisional champions were declared league co-champions.

Basin games [edit]

As of the 2022–23 NCAA football basin games, the Lord's day Chugalug Conference has tie-ins with the following bowl games: ^[72]

Name	Location	Opposing briefing
Camellia Bowl	Montgomery, Alabama	MAC
Cure Bowl	Orlando, Florida	The American
LendingTree Bowl	Mobile, Alabama	MAC
Myrtle Beach Bowl	Conway, Due south Carolina	C–USA/MAC
New Orleans Bowl	New Orleans, Louisiana	C–USA

Football rivalries [edit]

Conference play

Teams		Rivalry Name	Trophy	Meetings (final)	Record	Series Leader
Appalachian Land	Georgia Southern	Deeper Than Hate	—	36 (2021)	xx–15–1	Appalachian Land
Appalachian State	Marshall	Mount Warfare	—	24 (2021)	15-9	Appalachian State
Georgia State	Georgia Southern	Mod Twenty-four hour period Hate	—	9 (2022)	6–iii	Georgia State
Louisiana	Louisiana–Monroe	Battle on the Bayou	Wooden Boot	58 (2022)	31–26	Louisiana
Southward Alabama	Troy	Boxing for the Belt	Belt	ten (2021)	7–3	Troy

Non-briefing play

Teams		Rivalry Proper noun	Bays	Meetings (last)	Record	Series leader
Appalachian Land	Western Carolina	Battle for the Quondam Mountain Jug	Former Mountain Jug	78 (2013)	59–eighteen–1	Appalachian State
Arkansas Country	Memphis	Paint Bucket Bowl	—	61 (2022)	32–23–v	Memphis
Coastal Carolina	Freedom	Coastal Carolina–Liberty	—	15 (2020)	8–7	Liberty
James Madison	Delaware	Delaware–James Madison	—	27 (2021)	fourteen–xiii	Delaware
	Richmond	James Madison–Richmond	—	44 (2021)	27–17	James Madison
	William & Mary	James Madison–William & Mary	—	39 (2021)	21–18	James Madison
Louisiana	Lamar	—	Sabine Shoe	34 (2012)	22–11	Louisiana
	Louisiana Tech	Louisiana–Louisiana Tech	—	87 (2015)	48–33–6	Louisiana Tech
	McNeese State	—	Cajun Crown	37 (2007)	20–15–2	McNeese State
	Southeastern Louisiana	—	Cypress Mug	41 (2022)	21–17–3	Louisiana
Louisiana–Monroe	Louisiana Tech	Louisiana Tech–Louisiana–Monroe	—	43 (2000)	29–14	Louisiana Tech
	Northwestern Land	Louisiana–Monroe–Northwestern Country	—	48 (2005)	28–19–1	Northwestern State
Marshall	East Carolina	East Carolina–Marshall	—	16 (2021)	eleven–five	Due east Carolina
	Ohio	Boxing for the Bell	The Bell	threescore (2019)	33–21–6	Ohio
	W Virginia	Friends of Coal Bowl	—	12 (2012)	12–0	West Virginia
One-time Dominion	Norfolk State	Norfolk State–Erstwhile Rule	—	4 (2019)	iv–0	Old Dominion
	William & Mary	Battle for the Argent Mace	Norfolk Mace	iii (2012)	2–1	Quondam Dominion
Southern Miss	Louisiana Tech	Rivalry in Dixie	—	53 (2021)	36–17	Southern Miss
	Memphis	Blackness and Blue Bowl	—	63 (2012)	40–22–1	Southern Miss
	Tulane	Battle for the Bell	The Bell	33 (2022)	24–9	Southern Miss
Texas Country	Nicholls	Battle for the Paddle	Paddle	31 (2019)	xvi–fifteen	Nicholls
Troy	Jacksonville Land	Battle for the Ol' School Bell	–	63 (2001)	32–29–2	Jacksonville State
	Middle Tennessee	Battle for the Palladium	Palladium	22 (2020)	13–9	Middle Tennessee
	UAB	Troy–UAB	–	12 (2014)	vii–5	Troy

Basketball [edit]

Men's basketball [edit]

For the current season, see 2022–23 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball flavour.

This list goes through the 2021–22 season.^[73]

Squad	Showtime flavor	All-fourth dimension record	All-time win %	NCAA Tournament appearances	NCAA Tournament record	Arena	Head coach
Appalachian State	1919–20	1263–1162	.521	3	0–3	Holmes Center	Dustin Kerns
Arkansas State	1926–27	1183–1184	.500	1	0–ane	Offset National Bank Arena	Mike Balado
Coastal Carolina	1974–75	711–680	.511	4	0–4	HTC Heart	Cliff Ellis
Georgia Southern	1926–27	1289–1014	.560	iii	0–3	Hanner Fieldhouse	Brian Burg
Georgia State	1963–64	668–954	.412	six	ii–6	Georgia State Convocation Center	Jonas Hayes
James Madison	1969–seventy	787–714	.524	v	4–5	Atlantic Union Banking company Center	Mark Byington
Louisiana	1911–12	1449–1124	.563	ten	four–10	Cajundome	Bob Marlin
Louisiana–Monroe	1951–52	1014–937	.520	7	0–seven	Fant–Ewing Coliseum	Keith Richard
Marshall	1906–07	1539–1139–2	.575	half dozen	1–half-dozen	Cam Henderson Center	Dan D'Antoni
Old Dominion	1950–51	1214–765	.613	12	3–12	Chartway Arena	Jeff Jones
South Alabama	1968–69	857–682	.557	eight	1–8	Mitchell Eye	Richie Riley
Southern Miss	1912–xiii	1279–1112–1	.535	3	0–3	Reed Green Coliseum	Jay Ladner
Texas Country	1920–21	1357–1184	.534	ii	0–2	Strahan Arena	Terrence Johnson
Troy	1950–51	1086–933	.538	2	0–2	Trojan Arena	Scott Cross

Championships [edit]

Since the 2018–19 season, the Sunday Chugalug Conference Men's and women'due south basketball tournaments, held in early March, have involved only 10 of the conference's 12 teams, and have been bracketed in a semi-stepladder format. The bottom four seeds play in the starting time round; the 5 and 6 seeds receive byes to the 2nd round, the 3 and 4 seeds to the quarterfinals, and the elevation ii seeds to the semifinals. The semifinals and finals are held in New Orleans; the 2019 men's and women's events were at Lakefront Loonshit, and from 2020 will exist at Smoothie King Center.^[74] Winners of the tournaments earn automated bids to their respective NCAA Segmentation I basketball tournament.

Season	Men's Regular Season Champion	Men'southward Tournament Champion	Women's Regular Season Champion	Women'due south Tournament Champion
1977	North Carolina–Charlotte		No Regular Flavour	No Tournament
1978	North Carolina–Charlotte	New Orleans	No Regular Season	No Tournament
1979	Southward Alabama	Jacksonville	No Regular Season	No Tournament
1980	South Alabama	Virginia Commonwealth	No Regular Season	No Tournament
1981	Virginia Commonwealth		No Regular Flavour	No Tournament
1982	Alabama–Birmingham		No Regular Flavour	No Tournament
1983	Virginia Commonwealth	Alabama–Birmingham	Onetime Dominion
1984	Virginia Commonwealth	Alabama–Birmingham	Old Dominion
1985	Virginia Commonwealth		One-time Rule
1986	Erstwhile Dominion	Jacksonville	Western Kentucky
1987	Western Kentucky	Alabama–Birmingham	Old Dominion
1988	North Carolina–Charlotte		Old Rule	Western Kentucky
1989	South Alabama		Old Dominion	Western Kentucky
1990	Alabama–Birmingham	South Florida	Alabama–Birmingham	Erstwhile Dominion
1991	South Alabama		Alabama–Birmingham	Western Kentucky
1992	Southwestern Louisiana		Western Kentucky
1993	New Orleans	Western Kentucky	Western Kentucky
1994	Western Kentucky	Southwestern Louisiana	Louisiana Tech
1995	Western Kentucky		Louisiana Tech	Western Kentucky
1996	Arkansas–Little Rock	New Orleans	Louisiana Tech
1997	South Alabama		Louisiana Tech
1998	South Alabama		Louisiana Tech
1999	Louisiana Tech	Arkansas State	Louisiana Tech
2000	Louisiana–Lafayette		Louisiana Tech
2001	Western Kentucky		Louisiana Tech
2002	Western Kentucky		Florida International
2003	Western Kentucky		Western Kentucky
2004	Louisiana–Lafayette (vacated)		South Alabama	Middle Tennessee Land
2005	Denver	Louisiana–Lafayette (vacated)	Western Kentucky	Middle Tennessee Country
2006	Western Kentucky	South Alabama	Western Kentucky	Middle Tennessee
2007	South Alabama	N Texas	Centre Tennessee
2008	S Alabama	Western Kentucky	Western Kentucky
2009	Western Kentucky		Middle Tennessee
2010	Troy	Due north Texas	Arkansas–Little Rock	Heart Tennessee
2011	Florida Atlantic	Arkansas–Picayune Rock	Middle Tennessee Arkansas–Little Rock	Arkansas–Trivial Rock
2012	Eye Tennessee	Western Kentucky	Eye Tennessee	Arkansas–Little Rock
2013	Middle Tennessee	Western Kentucky	Center Tennessee	Arkansas–Picayune Rock
2014	Georgia Country	Louisiana–Lafayette	Arkansas Country	Western Kentucky
2015	Georgia State		Arkansas–Little Rock
2016	Little Rock		Arkansas Land	Troy
2017	UT Arlington	Troy	Little Stone	Troy
2018	Louisiana	Georgia State	Footling Rock
2019	Georgia State		Picayune Rock UT Arlington	Little Stone
2020	Fiddling Stone	Tournament Cancelled	Troy	Tournament Cancelled
2021	Texas State	Appalachian State	Louisiana	Troy
2022	Texas State	Georgia Land	Troy	UT Arlington

Baseball [edit]

The Sun Belt Conference has sponsored an annual baseball tournament to determine the conference winner since 1978. South Alabama has won the well-nigh championships, at xiii. Teams in bold represent electric current briefing members. School Tourney titles Title Years South Alabama xiii 1980 • 1981 • 1983 • 1984 • 1987 • 1992 • 1996 • 1997 • 2000 • 2001 • 2005 • 2017 • 2021 Louisiana 5 1998 • 2014 • 2015 • 2016 • 2022 New Orleans iii 1978 • 1979 • 2007 South Florida 3 1982 • 1986 • 1990 Littoral Carolina two 2018 • 2019 Florida International 2 1999 • 2010 Middle Tennessee State ii 2003 • 2009 Western Kentucky 2 2004 • 2008 Lamar two 1993 • 1995 Florida Atlantic one 2013 ULM i 2012 Lilliputian Rock i 2011 Troy 1 2006 New Mexico State 1 2002 Arkansas State 1 1994 UAB i 1991 Jacksonville 1 1989 VCU i 1988 Old Rule 1 1985

Facilities [edit]

Veterans Memorial Stadium, on the Campus of Troy University.

Schoolhouse	Football Stadium	Capacity	Basketball Loonshit	Chapters	Baseball Stadium	Capacity	Softball Stadium	Capacity
Appalachian State	Kidd Brewer Stadium	xxx,000	Holmes Middle	8,325	Jim and Bettie Smith Stadium	1,000	Sywassink/Lloyd Family Stadium	ane,000
Arkansas State	Centennial Bank Stadium	30,406	First National Bank Arena	x,563	Tomlinson Stadium–Kell Field	1,200 [75]	Non-softball school
Coastal Carolina	Brooks Stadium	21,000	HTC Center	iii,370	Springs Brooks Stadium - Vrooman Field	5,400 [76]	St. John Stadium – Charles Wade-John Lott Field	500
Georgia Southern	Paulson Stadium	25,000	Hanner Fieldhouse	four,325 [77]	J. I. Clements Stadium	3,000	Eagle Field	400
Georgia State	Center Parc Stadium	24,333	Georgia State Convocation Center	8,000 [78]	GSU Baseball Complex	one,092	Robert E. Heck Softball Circuitous	500
James Madison	Bridgeforth Stadium	24,877	Atlantic Union Bank Middle	8,500	Eagle Field at Veterans Memorial Park	1,200	Veterans Memorial Park	500
Louisiana	Cajun Field	41,426	Cajundome[a]	12,068	Thousand. L. Tigue Moore Field	half dozen,000	Yvette Girouard Field at Lamson Park	2,790
Louisiana–Monroe	Malone Stadium	27,617	Fant–Ewing Coliseum	7,085	Warhawk Field	1,800	Geo-Surfaces Field at the ULM Softball Complex	500
Marshall	Joan C. Edwards Stadium	38,227	Cam Henderson Center	ix,048	Kennedy Heart Field[b]	300	Dot Hicks Field	325
Old Dominion	South. B. Ballard Stadium	22,480	Chartway Arena	8,472	Bud Metheny Baseball Complex	2,500	Non-softball school
Due south Alabama	Hancock Whitney Stadium	25,450	Mitchell Center	10,041	Eddie Stanky Field	4,500	Jaguar Field	1,050
Southern Miss	M. 1000. Roberts Stadium	36,000	Reed Green Coliseum	eight,095	Pete Taylor Park	4,300	Southern Miss Softball Complex	607
Texas State	Jim Wacker Field at Bobcat Stadium	thirty,008	Strahan Coliseum	10,000	Bobcat Ballpark	ii,000	Bobcat Softball Stadium	1,000
Troy	Veterans Memorial Stadium	30,470	Trojan Arena	half dozen,000 [79]	Riddle–Stride Field	2,500	Troy Softball Complex	800

Notes

1. ^ Louisiana'south women's basketball team primarily plays at the Cajundome but occasionally plays at Earl Chiliad. Long Gymnasium on the main campus.
2. ^ Due to the ballpark's location exterior the Huntington floodwall near the Ohio River, Marshall frequently moves baseball games to two other facilities in West Virginia:
   • Linda Chiliad. Epling Stadium in Beckley (chapters two,500)
   • Appalachian Power Park in Charleston (capacity 6,200)
   Marshall is currently planning a new on-campus baseball park and expects to open it for the 2024 season.

Academics [edit]

Four of the Dominicus Chugalug's member schools, Georgia State, Louisiana, Old Rule and Southern Miss are doctorate-granting universities with "very high research activity," the highest classification given by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.^[80]

Appalachian State is too currently ranked as i of the Top ten regional schools in the South past the U.South. News & World Study.

University	Amalgamation	Carnegie[80]	Endowment[81]	Us News [82]	Forbes [83]
Appalachian State University	Public (UNC)	Master's (Larger)	$99,593,000[84]	6 (Regional: South)	301
Arkansas State University	Public (ASU System)	Research (High)	$66,217,000[84]	317 (National)	N/A[d ane]
Coastal Carolina University	Public	Master'south (Larger)	$39,432,000[84]	38 (Regional: South)	N/A[d 2]
Georgia Southern Academy	Public (USG System)	Research (High)	$50,999,000[84]	331-440 (National)	N/A[d three]
Georgia State University	Public (USG System)	Research (Very High)	$155,303,000[84]	234 (National)	367
James Madison Academy	Public	Research (High)	$116,700,000[51]	151 (National)	139
University of Louisiana at Lafayette	Public (UL System)	Research (Very High)	$178,300,000[85]	331-440 (National)	Northward/A[d iv]
University of Louisiana at Monroe	Public (UL System)	Doctoral/Enquiry	$28,787,795[86]	331-440 (National)	N/A[d 5]
Marshall University	Public	Research (High)	$192,000,000[51]	299 (National)	N/A[d 6]
Erstwhile Dominion University	Public	Inquiry (Very Loftier)	$265,800,000[51]	299 (National)	472
University of S Alabama	Public	Research (High)	$555,735,000[84]	331-440 (National)	Due north/A[d vii]
University of Southern Mississippi	Public	Enquiry (Very High)	$136,300,000[51]	331-440 (National)	N/A[d eight]
Texas State University	Public (TSU System)	Research (High)	$186,676,000[84]	331-440 (National)	385
Troy University	Public (TU Organization)	Master's (Larger)	$104,409,000[84]	44 (Regional: S)	N/A[d ix]

Run across also [edit]

• List of American collegiate able-bodied stadiums and arenas

Notes [edit]

1. ^ Arkansas State is not ranked in the 2022 Forbes America'southward Best Colleges rankings.
2. ^ Coastal Carolina is non ranked in the 2022 Forbes America's Best Colleges rankings.
3. ^ Georgia Southern is not ranked in the 2022 Forbes America'south Best Colleges rankings.
4. ^ Louisiana-Lafayette is not ranked in the 2022 Forbes America'south Best Colleges rankings.
5. ^ Louisiana-Monroe is non ranked in the 2022 Forbes America's Best Colleges rankings.
6. ^ Marshall is non ranked in the 2022 Forbes America'south Best Colleges rankings.
7. ^ South Alabama is not ranked in the 2022 Forbes America'due south Best Colleges rankings.
8. ^ Southern Miss is not ranked in the 2022 Forbes America'south All-time Colleges rankings.
9. ^ Troy is non ranked in the 2022 Forbes America's All-time Colleges rankings.

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