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Sun Belt NCAA Football Betting

It’s essentially a three-team race in the Sun Belt Conference this season. Louisiana and Appalachian State have been the cream of the crop for the last few seasons, and Coastal Carolina joined the ranks of the elite in 2020 after their win over BYU. One of those three teams is very likely to win the Sun Belt this season, and any other winner would be pretty surprising.

Sun Belt Championship Betting Odds

Louisiana +125

Coastal Carolina +200

Appalachian State +400

Troy +1600

Georgia State +1800

Arkansas State +2500

Texas State +2500

Georgia Southern +3300

South Alabama +5000

Louisiana-Monroe +10000

Billy Napier has turned Louisiana into a powerful mid-major. Napier is one of the best recruiters in the country. That has led to his name being at the top of coaching search lists for larger programs, but Napier has been content to stay in Lafayette for the time being. He has a record of 28-11 over his three seasons here, and the Ragin’ Cajuns are the favorites to win the Sun Belt with many of their starters returning from 2020.

Everyone’s favorite story last season was Coastal Carolina. Between the blue turf, the mullets, and everyone learning how to pronounce Chanticleers, they were one of the most fun teams in the nation. They could be even better this season if Grayson McCall continues to develop under center, and the Chants have used their new-found profile to help land a lot of grad transfers.

Scott Satterfield built a juggernaut at Appalachian State before leaving Boone for Louisville. The Mountaineers continued to dominate under Eli Drinkwitz in 2019, but Shawn Clark is their third coach since 2018. App State has won six straight bowl games over the last six seasons, and they have their eyes set on lucky number seven.

Sun Belt Football Format

The Sun Belt has become a home to schools making the leap to the FBS level. It hasn’t been done out of the goodness of the league’s heart, but rather to keep enough football playing schools so the conference could continue to sponsor the sport. Georgia State made the transition in 2013. Appalachian State and Georgia Southern, two of the more successful lower-level programs, made the move in 2014. Coastal Carolina became the most recent team to join when the Chanticleers signed on in 2016.

Conference Champions (2000)

The Sun Belt finally added a conference championship game in 2018. Appalachian State is currently the only school that has won this game, as there wasn’t a game contested in 2020.

Coastal Carolina and Louisiana were two of the top teams in the history of the conference with both schools picking up big non-conference wins in 2020, but COVID led to the cancellation of their highly anticipated matchup.

Most Conference Championships

The league has had to do some nifty work to keep enough football playing teams as 11 schools have departed since the Sun Belt started to sponsor football in 2001. This conference has done a great job of continually raising its profile too.

Arkansas State and Troy have been the most successful teams in the conference. The Red Wolves and Trojans have each won six Sun Belt titles, and they are generally among the best teams in the conference.

Appalachian State and Louisiana have been the class of the conference in recent years. The Mountaineers won a share of the conference title in 2016 and 2017, and they beat the Ragin’ Cajuns in the first two Sun Belt Conference Championship Games.

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