SOUTH AL SUNBELT CONFERENCE FOOTBALL FULL
All of the full members compete in football except for Arkansas–Little Rock, the Sun Belt's lone non-football member.
The Sun Belt has 11 members for the 2012–2013 academic year. On May 25, 2012, the conference announced that the Texas–Arlington had accepted an invitation to join the conference and would become a full member by 2013. At the press conference to announce Texas State's addition, Sun Belt Commissioner Karl Benson also hinted that more changes could be on the way for the conference. On May 2, 2012, Texas State announced it would leave the WAC after just one year and join the Sun Belt in July 2013 to begin play for the 2013-14 academic year. As part of the move, the football program will begin a transition from FCS to FBS in the 2012 season it will play a full Sun Belt schedule as a "transitional" FBS member in 2013, and become a full FBS member, with bowl eligibility, in 2014. On April 9, 2012, Georgia State, one of the founding members of the Sun Belt Conference, announced that it would be returning to the conference as a full member in 2013.
SOUTH AL SUNBELT CONFERENCE FOOTBALL UPGRADE
WKU joined the Sun Belt Conference for football in 2009 after its Board of Regents voted to upgrade the school's football program to Division I FBS. (Since then, UNO has decided to remain in Division I and has since agreed to join the Southland Conference.)įlorida Atlantic joined the league as a member in all sports on July 1, 2006. On April 20, 2011, UNO officially received transition approval from NCAA Division II Membership Committee. In order to maintain athletic scholarships, UNO instead opted for entry into Division II. On November 11, 2009, New Orleans announced they were investigating a move from Division I to the NCAA's Division III. In 2006, Louisiana–Monroe joined the conference as a member in all sports when it left the Southland Conference, and Florida Atlantic joined the conference in all sports. In 2004, Troy became a "football only" member until 2005 when they joined the conference in all sports. Another Big West school, Utah State, was added as a "football only" member in 2003, then departed in 2005 with Idaho and New Mexico State for the WAC. The conference did not sponsor football until 2001, when the league added former Big West Conference members New Mexico State and North Texas and then-independent Middle Tennessee State as full members and added independent Louisiana–Monroe and Big West member Idaho as "football only" members. Louisiana Tech departed after the 2000-01 academic year. FIU joined in 1998, and Denver was added in 1999. Lamar, Texas–Pan American and Jacksonville departed at the end of the 1997-98 academic year. UCF left the league following the 1991-92 academic year. Although the American South was the larger conference, the merged league retained the Sun Belt name. The Sun Belt then merged with the American South Conference, made up of Arkansas State, Louisiana Tech, Southwestern Louisiana (now Louisiana–Lafayette), Texas–Pan American, New Orleans, Lamar, and UCF. UNO competed as an independent before joining the newly-formed American South Conference in 1987.Īfter the 1990– 91 basketball season, all members of the Sun Belt except WKU, South Alabama, Jacksonville, and incoming member Arkansas–Little Rock departed for other conferences. Also, New Orleans was forced out of the league in 1980 due to its small on-campus gymnasium that the Conference did not deem suitable for Conference competition. Over the next ten years the conference would add WKU, Old Dominion, UAB, and Virginia Commonwealth. The Sun Belt Conference was founded on Augwith New Orleans, South Alabama, Georgia State, Jacksonville, Charlotte and South Florida. 23).ĭates for each game will be announced on or before March 1 by the conference with the initial conference television selections in May.įor complete coverage of University South Alabama football, follow the Jaguars on social media (Twitter), /SouthAlabamaFB (Facebook), (Instagram) or visit the official home of South Alabama athletics at of Sun Belt Conference member institutions for the 2012-2013 year. The cross-divisional opponents fill out the 2023 schedule that includes non-conference opponents Tulane (New Orleans, Sept.
The Jags will also have home games in 2023 against Arkansas State, Louisiana, and Southern Miss while going on the road to face divisional foes Troy, Texas State and ULM. The Thundering Herd finished 9-4 last season, winning the Myrtle Beach Bowl, while James Madison finished 8-3 and tied Coastal Carolina atop the East Division. South Alabama (10-3 in 2022) will face Marshall inside Hancock Whitney Stadium next season and will go on the road to face James Madison. | The Sun Belt Conference released the 2023 conference football cross-divisional opponents on Thursday morning.
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