The 2024 Sun Belt Conference football season will be the 24th season of college football play for the Sun Belt Conference (SBC). The season is scheduled to begin August 31, 2024 and conclude with the Conference Championship Game on December 7, 2024. The season will be part of the 2024 NCAA Division I FBS football season . The conference will consist of 14 football member split into two divisions. The conference released its full season scheduled on March 1, 2024.[1]
Previous season 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. In the Conference Championship Game, Troy defeated Appalachian State by a score of 49–23.
Head coaches On November 26, 2023, Louisiana–Monroe announced that it had fired head coach Terry Bowden after 3 seasons with the team.[2] UAB head coach Bryant Vincent would take over as the new head coach for 2024.[3] On November 30, 2023, James Madison head coach Curt Cignetti announced that he would leave the school to take the head coach position at Indiana for the 2024 season.[4] Damian Wroblewski was named the acting head coach for James Madison's bowl game. On December 7, 2023, the school announced that Bob Chesney would become the new head coach for 2024.[5] Holy Cross . On December 8. 2023, Troy head coach Jon Sumrall was announced as the new head coach of Tulane in the American Athletic Conference for the 2024 season.[6] Greg Gasparato was named the interim head coach. On December 18, 2023, Troy announced Gerad Parker as the new head coach for 2024.[7] Notre Dame . On January 15, South Alabama head coach Kane Wommack was hired as the defensive coordinator at Alabama .[8] Major Applewhite to the head coach position to replace Wommack.[9] On February 15, Georgia State head coach Shawn Elliott resigned from his position to join South Carolina as a Tight Ends coach[10] Dell McGee as the new head coach.[11] Georgia . Rankings Pre Wk Wk Wk Wk Wk Wk Wk Wk Wk Wk Wk Wk Wk Wk Final Appalachian State AP C CFP Not released Arkansas State AP C CFP Not released Coastal Carolina AP C CFP Not released Georgia Southern AP C CFP Not released Georgia State AP C CFP Not released James Madison AP C CFP Not released Louisiana AP C CFP Not released Louisiana–Monroe AP C CFP Not released Marshall AP C CFP Not released Old Dominion AP C CFP Not released South Alabama AP C CFP Not released Southern Miss AP C CFP Not released Texas State AP C CFP Not released Troy AP C CFP Not released
Legend Improvement in ranking Drop in ranking Not ranked previous week No change in ranking from previous week RV Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25 of poll т Tied with team above or below also with this symbol
Schedule The 2024 schedule was released on March 1, 2024[1]
Index to colors and formatting Sun Belt member won Sun Belt member lost Sun Belt teams in bold
Week 1 Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance August 29 6:00 p.m. Jackson State Louisiana–Monroe JPS Field at Malone Stadium • Monroe, LA ESPN+ August 29 7:00 p.m. Coastal Carolina Jacksonville State Burgess–Snow Field at JSU Stadium • Jacksonville, AL CBSSN August 31 2:30 p.m. East Tennessee State Appalachian State Kidd Brewer Stadium • Boone, NC ESPN+ August 31 3:00 p.m. Boise State Georgia Southern Paulson Stadium • Statesboro, GA ESPNU August 31 3:15 p.m. Old Dominion South Carolina Williams–Brice Stadium • Columbia, SC SECN August 31 4:00 p.m. Stony Brook Marshall Joan C. Edwards Stadium • Huntington, WV ESPN+ August 31 4:00 p.m. North Texas South Alabama Hancock Whitney Stadium • Mobile, AL ESPN+ August 31 6:00 p.m. Central Arkansas Arkansas State Centennial Bank Stadium • Jonesboro, AR ESPN+ August 31 6:00 p.m. Nevada Troy Veterans Memorial Stadium • Troy, AL ESPN+ August 31 6:45 p.m. Southern Miss Kentucky Kroger Field • Lexington, KY SECN August 31 7:00 p.m. Georgia State Georgia Tech Bobby Dodd Stadium • Atlanta, GA ACCN August 31 7:00 p.m. James Madison Charlotte Jerry Richardson Stadium • Charlotte, NC ESPNU August 31 7:00 p.m. Grambling State Louisiana Cajun Field • Lafayette, LA ESPN+ August 31 7:00 p.m. Lamar Texas State Bobcat Stadium • San Marcos, TX ESPN+ # Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time .
Week 2 Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance September 7 11:00 a.m. Troy Memphis Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium • Memphis, TN ESPNU September 7 3:00 p.m. UTSA Texas State Bobcat Stadium • San Marcos, TX (I-35 Rivalry ) ESPNU September 7 3:30 p.m. Marshall Virginia Tech Lane Stadium • Blacksburg, VA The CW September 7 5:00 p.m. Gardner–Webb James Madison Bridgeforth Stadium • Harrisonburg, VA ESPN+ September 7 5:00 p.m. East Carolina Old Dominion S.B. Ballard Stadium • Norfolk, VA ESPN+ September 7 5:00 p.m. South Alabama Ohio Peden Stadium • Athens, OH ESPN+ September 7 6:00 p.m. Tulsa Arkansas State Centennial Bank Stadium • Jonesboro, AR ESPN+ September 7 6:00 p.m. William & Mary Coastal Carolina Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC ESPN+ September 7 6:00 p.m. Georgia Southern Nevada Mackay Stadium • Reno, NV September 7 6:00 p.m. Chattanooga Georgia State Center Parc Stadium • Atlanta, GAESPN+ September 7 6:00 p.m. Louisiana Kennesaw State Fifth Third Bank Stadium • Kennesaw, GA ESPN+ September 7 6:00 p.m. UAB Louisiana–Monroe JPS Field at Malone Stadium • Monroe, LA ESPN+ September 7 6:00 p.m. Southeastern Louisiana Southern Miss M. M. Roberts Stadium • Hattiesburg, MS ESPN+ September 7 7:00 p.m. Appalachian State Clemson Memorial Stadium • Clemson, SC ACCN # Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time .
Week 3 Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance September 12 6:30 p.m. Northwestern State South Alabama Hancock Whitney Stadium • Mobile, AL ESPN+ September 12 6:30 p.m. Arizona State Texas State Bobcat Stadium • San Marcos, TX ESPN September 14 11:00 a.m. Arkansas State Michigan Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI BTN September 14 1:00 p.m. Coastal Carolina Temple Lincoln Financial Field • Philadelphia, PA ESPN+ September 14 3:00 p.m. Appalachian State East Carolina Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, NC ESPNU September 14 3:00 p.m. Troy Iowa Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, IA FS1 September 14 5:00 p.m. South Carolina State Georgia Southern Paulson Stadium • Stateboro, GA ESPN+ September 14 5:00 p.m. Virginia Tech Old Dominion S.B. Ballard Stadium • Norfolk, VA ESPN+ September 14 6:00 p.m. Vanderbilt Georgia State Center Parc Stadium • Atlanta, GA ESPN+ September 14 6:00 p.m. South Florida Southern Miss M. M. Roberts Stadium • Hattiesburg, MS ESPN+ # Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time .
Week 4 Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance September 19 6:30 p.m. South Alabama Appalachian State Kidd Brewer Stadium • Boone, NC ESPN September 21 Virginia Coastal Carolina Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC September 21 Georgia Southern Ole Miss Vaught–Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS September 21 James Madison North Carolina Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC September 21 Marshall Ohio State Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH September 21 Arkansas State Iowa State Jack Trice Stadium • Ames, IA September 21 Tulane Louisiana Cajun Field • Lafayette, LA September 21 Louisiana–Monroe Texas Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX September 21 Southern Miss Jacksonville State Burgess–Snow Field at JSU Stadium • Jacksonville, AL September 21 Florida A&M Troy Veterans Memorial Stadium • Troy, AL # Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time .
Week 5 Week 6 Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance October 3 6:00 p.m. Texas State Troy Veterans Memorial Stadium • Troy, AL ESPNU October 5 Old Dominion Coastal Carolina Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC October 5 Appalachian State Marshall Joan C. Edwards Stadium • Huntington, WV (rivalry ) October 5 South Alabama Arkansas State Centennial Bank Stadium • Jonesboro, AR October 5 James Madison Louisiana–Monroe JPS Field at Malone Stadium • Monroe, LA October 5 Louisiana Southern Miss M. M. Roberts Stadium • Hattiesburg, MS # Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time .
Week 7 Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance October 10 6:30 p.m. Coastal Carolina James Madison Bridgeforth Stadium • Harrisonburg, VA ESPN2 October 12 Marshall Georgia Southern Paulson Stadium • Statesboro, GA October 12 Old Dominion Georgia State Center Parc Stadium • Atlanta, GA October 12 Appalachian State Louisiana Cajun Field • Lafayette, LA October 12 Southern Miss Louisiana–Monroe JPS Field at Malone Stadium • Monroe, LA October 12 Arkansas State Texas State Bobcat Stadium • San Marcos, TX # Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time .
Week 8 Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance October 15 6:30 p.m. Troy South Alabama Hancock Whitney Stadium • Mobile, AL (rivalry ) ESPN2 October 17 Georgia State Marshall Joan C. Edwards Stadium • Huntington, WV October 19 Louisiana Coastal Carolina Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC October 19 James Madison Georgia Southern Paulson Stadium • Statesboro, GA October 19 Texas State Old Dominion S.B. Ballard Stadium • Norfolk, VA October 19 Arkansas State Southern Miss M. M. Roberts Stadium • Hattiesburg, MS # Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time .
Week 9 Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance October 24 6:00 p.m. Georgia Southern Old Dominion S.B. Ballard Stadium • Norfolk, VA ESPN2 October 26 Georgia State Appalachian State Kidd Brewer Stadium • Boone, NC October 26 Southern Miss James Madison Bridgeforth Stadium • Harrisonburg, VA October 26 Troy Arkansas State Centennial Bank Stadium • Jonesboro, AR October 26 Louisiana–Monroe South Alabama Hancock Whitney Stadium • Mobile, AL # Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time .
Week 10 Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance October 29 6:30 p.m. Louisiana Texas State Bobcat Stadium • San Marcos, TX ESPN2 November 2 Old Dominion Appalachian State Kidd Brewer Stadium • Boone, NC November 2 Georgia State UConn Rentschler Field • East Hartford, CT November 2 Louisiana–Monroe Marshall Joan C. Edwards Stadium • Huntington, WV November 2 Georgia Southern South Alabama Hancock Whitney Stadium • Mobile, AL November 2 Coastal Carolina Troy Veterans Memorial Stadium • Troy, AL # Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time .
Week 11 Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance November 7 7:00 p.m. Appalachian State Coastal Carolina Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC ESPN or ESPN2 November 9 Georgia State James Madison Bridgeforth Stadium • Harrisonburg, VA November 9 Arkansas State Louisiana Cajun Field • Lafayette, LA November 9 Texas State Louisiana–Monroe JPS Field at Malone Stadium • Monroe, LA November 9 Marshall Southern Miss M. M. Roberts Stadium • Hattiesburg, MS # Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time .
Week 12 Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance November 16 Troy Georgia Southern Paulson Stadium • Statesboro, GA November 16 Arkansas State Georgia State Center Parc Stadium • Atlanta, GA November 16 Coastal Carolina Marshall Joan C. Edwards Stadium • Huntington, WV November 16 James Madison Old Dominion S.B. Ballard Stadium • Norfolk, VA (Royal Rivalry ) November 16 South Alabama Louisiana Cajun Field • Lafayette, LA November 16 Louisiana–Monroe Auburn Jordan–Hare Stadium • Auburn, AL November 16 Southern Miss Texas State Bobcat Stadium • San Marcos, TX # Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time .
Week 13 Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance November 23 James Madison Appalachian State Kidd Brewer Stadium • Boone, NC November 23 Georgia Southern Coastal Carolina Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC November 23 Marshall Old Dominion S.B. Ballard Stadium • Norfolk, VA November 23 Louisiana–Monroe Arkansas State Centennial Bank Stadium • Jonesboro, AR November 23 Troy Louisiana Cajun Field • Lafayette, LA November 23 South Alabama Southern Miss M. M. Roberts Stadium • Hattiesburg, MS November 23 Georgia State Texas State Bobcat Stadium • San Marcos, TX # Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time .
Week 14 Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance November 29 2:30 p.m. Texas State South Alabama Hancock Whitney Stadium • Mobile, AL ESPN+ November 30 Appalachian State Georgia Southern Paulson Stadium • Statesboro, GA (rivalry ) November 30 Coastal Carolina Georgia State Center Parc Stadium • Atlanta, GA November 30 Marshall James Madison Bridgeforth Stadium • Harrisonburg, VA November 30 Old Dominion Arkansas State Centennial Bank Stadium • Jonesboro, AR November 30 Louisiana Louisiana–Monroe JPS Field at Malone Stadium • Monroe, LA (Battle on the Bayou ) November 30 Southern Miss Troy Veterans Memorial Stadium • Troy, AL # Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time .
Championship Game Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance December 7 6:30 p.m. East Division winner West Division winner TBD • TBD ESPN # Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time .
Sun Belt records vs other conferences 2024–2025 records against non-conference foes:
Sun Belt vs Power 5 matchups This is a list of games the Sun Belt has scheduled versus power conference teams (ACC , Big 10 , Big 12 , Pac-12 , Notre Dame and SEC ). All rankings are from the current AP Poll at the time of the game.
Date Conference Visitor Home Site Score August 31 ACC Georgia State Georgia Tech Bobby Dodd Stadium • Atlanta, GA August 31 SEC Old Dominion South Carolina Williams–Brice Stadium • Columbia, SC August 31 SEC Southern Miss Kentucky Kroger Field • Lexington, KY September 7 ACC Appalachian State Clemson Memorial Stadium • Clemson, SC September 7 ACC Marshall Virginia Tech Lane Stadium • Blacksburg, VA September 14 SEC Vanderbilt Georgia State Center Parc Stadium • Atlanta, GA September 14 ACC Virginia Tech Old Dominion S.B. Ballard Stadium • Norfolk, VA September 14 Big Ten Arkansas State Michigan Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI September 14 Big 12 Arizona State Texas State Bobcat Stadium • San Marcos, TX September 14 Big Ten Troy Iowa Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, IA September 21 ACC Virginia Coastal Carolina Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC September 21 SEC Georgia Southern Ole Miss Vaught–Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS September 21 ACC James Madison North Carolina Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC September 21 Big Ten Marshall Ohio State Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH September 21 Big 12 Arkansas State Iowa State Jack Trice Stadium • Ames, IA September 21 SEC Louisiana–Monroe Texas Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX September 28 ACC Louisiana Wake Forest Allegacy Federal Credit Union Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC September 28 SEC South Alabama LSU Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA November 16 SEC Louisiana–Monroe Auburn Jordan–Hare Stadium • Auburn, AL
Sun Belt vs Group of Five matchups The following games include Sun Belt teams competing against teams from the American , C-USA , MAC , or Mountain West .
Date Conference Visitor Home Site Score August 31 C-USA Coastal Carolina Jacksonville State Burgess–Snow Field at JSU Stadium • Jacksonville, AL August 31 Mountain West Boise State Georgia Southern Paulson Stadium • Statesboro, GA August 31 American James Madison Charlotte Jerry Richardson Stadium • Charlotte, NC August 31 American North Texas South Alabama Hancock Whitney Stadium • Mobile, AL August 31 Mountain West Nevada Troy Veterans Memorial Stadium • Troy, AL September 7 Mountain West Georgia Southern Nevada Mackay Stadium • Reno, NV September 7 American East Carolina Old Dominion S.B. Ballard Stadium • Norfolk, VA September 7 American Tulsa Arkansas State Centennial Bank Stadium • Jonesboro, AR September 7 C-USA Louisiana Kennesaw State Fifth Third Bank Stadium • Kennesaw, GA September 7 American UAB Louisiana–Monroe JPS Field at Malone Stadium • Monroe, LA September 7 MAC South Alabama Ohio Peden Stadium • Athens, OH September 7 American UTSA Texas State Bobcat Stadium • San Marcos, Texas September 7 American Troy Memphis Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium • Memphis, TN September 14 American Appalachian State East Carolina Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, NC September 14 American Coastal Carolina Temple Lincoln Financial Field • Philadelphia, PA September 14 American South Florida Southern Miss M. M. Roberts Stadium • Hattiesburg, MS September 21 American Tulane Louisiana Cajun Field • Lafayette, LA September 21 C-USA Southern Miss Jacksonville State Burgess–Snow Field at JSU Stadium • Jacksonville, AL September 28 C-USA Liberty Appalachian State Kidd Brewer Stadium • Boone, NC September 28 MAC Ball State James Madison Bridgeforth Stadium • Harrisonburg, VA September 28 MAC Western Michigan Marshall Joan C. Edwards Stadium • Huntington, WV September 28 MAC Old Dominion Bowling Green Doyt Perry Stadium • Bowling Green, OH September 28 C-USA Texas State Sam Houston NRG Stadium • Houston, TX
Sun Belt vs FBS independents matchups The following games include Sun Belt teams competing against FBS Independents , which includes UConn , or UMass .
Date Visitor Home Site Score November 2 Georgia State UConn Rentschler Field • East Hartford, CT
Sun Belt vs FCS matchups Date Visitor Home Site Score August 31 East Tennessee State Appalachian State Kidd Brewer Stadium • Boone, NC August 31 Stony Brook Marshall Joan C. Edwards Stadium • Huntington, WV August 31 Central Arkansas Arkansas State Centennial Bank Stadium • Jonesboro, AR August 31 Grambling State Louisiana Cajun Field • Lafayette, LA August 31 Jackson State Louisiana–Monroe JPS Field at Malone Stadium • Monroe, LA August 31 Lamar Texas State Bobcat Stadium • San Marcos, TX September 7 William & Mary Coastal Carolina Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC September 7 Chattanooga Georgia State Center Parc Stadium • Atlanta, GA September 7 Gardner–Webb James Madison Bridgeforth Stadium • Harrisonburg, VA September 7 Southeastern Louisiana Southern Miss M. M. Roberts Stadium • Hattiesburg, MS September 14 South Carolina State Georgia Southern Paulson Stadium • Statesboro, GA September 14 Northwestern State South Alabama Hancock Whitney Stadium • Mobile, AL September 21 Florida A&M Troy Veterans Memorial Stadium • Troy, AL
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