Sport Football Total attendance 1,108,524 | Number of teams 11 TV partner(s) ESPN, CSS/CST | |
League NCAA Division I FBS (Football Bowl Subdivision) Duration September 2015-December 2015 | ||
The 2015 Sun Belt Conference football season was the 15th college football season for the Sun Belt Conference. During the 2015 season, eleven schools competed in Sun Belt football: Appalachian State, Arkansas State, Georgia State, Georgia Southern, Idaho, Louisiana–Lafayette, Louisiana–Monroe, New Mexico State, South Alabama, Texas State and Troy.
Contents
- Previous season
- Preseason
- Award watch lists
- Sun Belt Media Day
- Coaches Poll
- Coaches
- Regular season
- Week 1
- Week 2
- Week 3
- Week 4
- Week 5
- Week 6
- Week 7
- Week 8
- Week 9
- Week 10
- Week 11
- Week 12
- Week 13
- Week 14
- Bowl games
- Players of the Year
- All Sun BeltAmerican Team
- References
On September 1, 2015, it was announced that Coastal Carolina will join the Sun Belt Conference. They will compete in SBC football starting in 2017.
Previous season
The conference title was won by Georgia Southern, in its first year as both a Sun Belt member and an FBS program. The Eagles became only the third team to win a conference championship in their first FBS season. The other two schools to accomplish this feat were Nevada, Big West Conference champions in 1992, and Marshall, which won the Mid-American Conference crown in 1997. Georgia Southern also became the first team ever to go unbeaten in conference play in its first FBS season (both the 1992 Nevada and 1997 Marshall teams lost once in conference play).
Louisiana–Lafayette, South Alabama, and Arkansas State were all invited to bowl games. The SBC went 1-2 in bowls with the Ragin' Cajuns winning their 4th straight R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl.
Preseason
The following preseason awards and honors were announced
Award watch lists
The following Sun Belt players were named to preseason award watch lists:
Sun Belt Media Day
Sun Belt Conference Media Day was held on July 20, 2015 in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Coaches Poll
Coaches
Note: Stats shown are before the beginning of the season
Regular season
All dates, times, and TV are tentative and subject to change.
Start times are listed as Central Time Zone
Rankings reflect that of the AP poll for that week until Week 10 when the first CFP Poll is released.
Week 1
Players of the Week
Week 2
Players of the Week
Week 3
Players of the Week
Week 4
Players of the Week
Week 5
Players of the Week
Week 6
Players of the Week
Week 7
Players of the Week
Week 8
Players of the Week
Week 9
Players of the Week
Week 10
Players of the Week
Week 11
Players of the Week
Week 12
Players of the Week
Week 13
Players of the Week
Week 14
Players of the Week
Bowl games
The Sun Belt has 4 guaranteed bowl tie-ins starting in 2015 with the addition of the Cure Bowl in Orlando, FL. Arkansas State, Appalachian State, Georgia Southern, and Georgia State will represent the Sun Belt during the 2015–16 bowl season; for the latter three teams, it will be their first bowl game.
Note: All times are local
Players of the Year
2013 Sun Belt Player of the Year awards
All-Sun Belt/American Team
Coaches All-Conference Selections
Honorable Mention: Appalachian State: Barrett Burns, Taylor Lamb, Doug Middleton, Devan Stringer; Arkansas State: Darion Griswold, Khari Lain, Robert Mondie, Dijon Paschal; Georgia State: Donovan Harden, Shawanye Lawrence, Alonzo McGee, Chandon Sullivan; Georgia Southern: Ironhead Gallon, L. A. Ramsby, Antwione Williams, Caleb Williams; Idaho: Buck Cowan, Matt Linehan, Elijhaa Penny, Jordan Rose ; Louisiana-Lafayette: Octravian Anderson, Elijah McGuire, Otha Peters, Chris Prater; Louisiana-Monroe: Trey Caldwell, Marcus Green, Michael Johnson, Colby Mitchell; New Mexico State: Stody Bradley, Isaiah Folasa, Anthony McMeans, Tyrian Taylor; Texas State: Adrian Bellard, Ryan Melton, Ryan Carden, Tyler Jones; South Alabama DeMarion Harper, Kalen Jackson, Xavier Johnson, Aleem Sunanon; Troy: Brandon Burks, Rashad Dillard, Antonio Garcia, Brandon Silvers.