2017 Sun Belt Preview

The Sun Belt has been the worst conference for much of it’s life. However we believe this year (and last year mostly) they will take a big step forward. They have a few legit teams and are pretty top heavy. The bottom is still…well…bottom feeders, but the top makes up for that and they have some pretty marquee match-ups. Win one or two of those and they will make a name for themselves.

For each Conference we will have the Simplified Football predictions (record) with the Projected Win-Shares and rating of each team next to it. We will also have Bowl Projections for each conference.

Sun Belt Predictions:

Team – Record (Conf)  /  Win-Shares (Conf)  /  Rating

  1. Appalachian State – 9-3 (7-1)  /  7.77 (5.6)  /  3.63
  2. Troy – 8-4 (6-2)  /  7.58 (5.53)  /  3.67
  3. Georgia Southern – 7-5 (6-2)  /  6.59 (4.92)  /  3.37
  4. Arkansas St – 7-5 (6-2)  /  6.26 (4.74)  /  3.07
  5. Georgia State – 6-6 (5-3)  /  7.1 (5.06)  /  3.36
  6. South Alabama – 6-6 (5-3)  /  5.07 (3.79)  /  3.01
  7. Louisiana Lafayette – 5-7 (4-4)  /  5.57 (4.36)  /  3.00
  8. Texas State – 4-8 (3-5)  /  4.44 (2.94)  /  2.42
  9. Louisiana Monroe – 3-9 (3-5)  /  3.74 (3.29)  /  2.72
  10. Idaho – 2-10 (1-7)  /  3.74 (2.44)  /  2.49
  11. New Mexico St – 1-11 (1-7)  /  4.56 (3.45)  /  2.87
  12. Coastal Carolina – 2-10 (1-7)  /  3.29 (1.88)  /  2.24

 

Sun Belt is the only conference that does not have a conference championship game. Appalachian State is thus the Sun Belt Champion prediction.

 

That makes 6 bowl teams for the Sun Belt

Cure Bowl – Appalachian St

New Orleans Bowl – Troy

Camellia Bowl – Georgia Southern

Dollar General Bowl – Arkansas St

Arizona Bowl – Georgia State

Frisco Bowl – South Alabama

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