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2017 Sun Belt Conference football season

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2017 Sun Belt Conference football season
LeagueNCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision
SportFootball
DurationAugust 31, 2017
through January 2018
Number of teams12
TV partner(s)ESPN, CSS/Cox Sports Television
Football seasons
← 2016
2018 →
2017 Sun Belt Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
Troy +   7 1     11 2  
Appalachian State +   7 1     9 4  
Arkansas State   6 2     7 5  
Georgia State   5 3     7 5  
New Mexico State   4 4     7 6  
Louisiana   4 4     5 7  
Louisiana–Monroe   4 4     4 8  
Idaho   3 5     4 8  
South Alabama   3 5     4 8  
Coastal Carolina *   2 6     3 9  
Georgia Southern   2 6     2 10  
Texas State   1 7     2 10  
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • * – Ineligible for postseason play due to FCS-to-FBS transition rules

The 2017 Sun Belt conference football season will begin on August 31, 2017 and end on December 2, 2017.

Season

This will be the first season for Coastal Carolina, who is transitioning from FCS to FBS. This is also the final season for both Idaho and New Mexico State as associate members of the conference; New Mexico State will tentatively remain in the FBS as an independent program, while Idaho will move down to the FCS level in its main conference, the Big Sky Conference, after this season.

Records against FBS conferences

2017 records against FBS conferences

Conference Record
The American 0–3
ACC 0–2
Big Ten 0–2
Big 12 0–1
C-USA 1–2
Independents 0–1
MAC 1–1
Mountain West 0–2
Pac-12 0–1
SEC 1–5
Total 0–0

FCS Subdivision

FCS Opponents Record
Football Championship Subdivision 0–0
Total FCS Record 0–0

Postseason

Power 5 Conferences Record
ACC 0–0
Big Ten 0–0
Big 12 0–0
Pac-12 0–0
SEC 0–0
Power 5 Total 0–0
Other FBS Conferences Record
American 0–0
C–USA 0–0
Independents (Excluding Notre Dame) 0–0
MAC 0–0
Mountain West 0–0
Other FBS Total 0–0
Total Bowl Record 0–0

Players of the year

All-Sun Belt/American Team

Home attendance

References