2015_Sun_Belt_Conference_football_season

2015 Sun Belt Conference football season

2015 Sun Belt Conference football season

Sports season


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.

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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.[1]

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).[2]

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.

  • Preseason Offensive Player of the Year - Elijah McGuire (RB, Louisiana-Lafayette)
  • Preseason Defensive Player of the Year - David Mims (DB, Texas State)

Coaches Poll

  • Georgia Southern - 110 (6)
  • Louisiana-Lafayette - 108 (3)
  • Arkansas State - 96 (1)
  • Appalachian State - 82
  • Texas State - 78
  • South Alabama - 68 (1)
  • UL Monroe - 59
  • Troy - 39
  • Georgia State - 32
  • New Mexico State - 30
  • Idaho - 24

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Preseason All–Conference Team

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Coaches

Note: Stats shown are before the beginning of the season

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Sun Belt vs. Power Five Conference matchups

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Regular season

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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

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Players of the week:[17]

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Week 2

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Players of the week:[18]

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Week 3

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  • Open Week: Appalachian State, Louisiana-Lafayette, UL Monroe

Players of the week:[19]

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Week 4

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  • Open Week: Georgia State, New Mexico State, Troy

Players of the week:[20]

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Week 5

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  • Open Week: Texas State

Players of the week:[21]

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Week 6

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  • Open Week: Arkansas State, Georgia Southern, Idaho, South Alabama

Players of the week:[22]

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Week 7

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  • Open Week: Louisiana-Lafayette, Texas State

Players of the week:[23]

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Week 8

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  • Open Week: Georgia State

Players of the week:[24]

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Week 9

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  • Open Week: South Alabama

Players of the week:[25]

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Week 10

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  • Open Week: Georgia Southern

Players of the week:[26]

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Week 11

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  • Open Week: New Mexico State

Players of the week:[27]

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Week 12

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  • Open Week: Appalachian State, Arkansas State, Troy

Players of the week:[28]

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Week 13

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Players of the week:[29]

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Week 14

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Bowl games

The Sun Belt had 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 represented the Sun Belt during the 2015–16 bowl season; for the latter three teams, it would be their first bowl game.[30]

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Players of the Year

2013 Sun Belt Player of the Year awards[31]

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All-Sun Belt/American Team

Coaches All-Conference Selections[31]

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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.

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References

  1. "Coastal Carolina to Join Sun Belt Conference" (Press release). Sun Belt Conference. December 1, 2014. Retrieved September 14, 2015.
  2. "Georgia Southern Claims Outright Sun Belt Title - Sun Belt Winners Score Big on Saturday" (Press release). Sun Belt Conference. December 1, 2014. Retrieved December 1, 2014.
  3. "Jag's Sunanon Named to Lou Groza Award Preseason Watch List". Sun Belt Conference. Retrieved August 14, 2015.
  4. "A-State's Knighten Named to Davey O'Brien Watch List". Sun Belt Conference. Retrieved August 14, 2015.
  5. "Two Student-Athletes Named to John Mackey Award Watch List". Sun Belt Conference. Retrieved August 14, 2015.
  6. "A-State's Ferguson, Idaho's Rehkow Named to Ray Guy Award Watch List". Sun Belt Conference. Retrieved August 14, 2015.
  7. "Three Named to Rimington Award Watch List". Sun Belt Conference. Retrieved August 14, 2015.
  8. "Sun Belt has Two on Manning Award Watch List". Sun Belt Conference. Retrieved August 14, 2015.
  9. "Four Student-Athletes Named to Jim Thorpe Award Watch List". Sun Belt Conference. Retrieved August 14, 2015.
  10. "Three Sun Belt Student-Athletes on Paul Hornung Watch List". Sun Belt Conference. Retrieved August 14, 2015.
  11. "2015 UPDATED ROTARY LOMBARDI AWARD WATCH LIST ANNOUNCED". Houston Sports Org. Retrieved August 14, 2015.
  12. "Six Student-Athletes Named to Doak Walker Award Watch List". Sun Belt Conference. Retrieved August 14, 2015.
  13. "Eagles Tabbed to Repeat as League Champions in 2015". Sun Belt Conference. Retrieved August 14, 2015.
  14. "Sun Belt Announces 2015 Preseason Football All-Conference Teams". Sun Belt Conference. Retrieved August 14, 2015.
  15. "Sun Belt News and Notes Week 2" (PDF). Sun Belt Conference. Retrieved September 14, 2015.
  16. "Sun Belt News and Notes Week 3" (PDF). Sun Belt Conference. Retrieved September 14, 2015.
  17. "Sun Belt News and Notes Week 4" (PDF). Sun Belt Conference. Retrieved September 24, 2015.
  18. "Sun Belt News and Notes Week 5" (PDF). Sun Belt Conference. Retrieved September 28, 2015.
  19. "Sun Belt News and Notes Week 6" (PDF). Sun Belt Conference. Retrieved October 5, 2015.
  20. "Sun Belt News and Notes Week 7" (PDF). Sun Belt Conference. Retrieved October 12, 2015.
  21. "Sun Belt News and Notes Week 8" (PDF). Sun Belt Sports. Retrieved October 29, 2015.
  22. "Sun Belt News and Notes Week 9" (PDF). Sun Belt Sports. Retrieved October 29, 2015.
  23. "Sun Belt News and Notes Week 10" (PDF). Sun Belt Sports. Retrieved November 2, 2015.
  24. "Sun Belt News and Notes Week 11" (PDF). Sun Belt Sports. Retrieved November 9, 2015.
  25. "Sun Belt News and Notes Week 12" (PDF). Sun Belt Sports. Retrieved November 20, 2015.
  26. "Sun Belt News and Notes Week 13" (PDF). Sun Belt Sports. Retrieved November 26, 2015.
  27. "Sun Belt News and Notes Week 14" (PDF). Sun Belt Sports. Retrieved December 20, 2015.
  28. "Sun Belt Sends Record-Tying Four Teams to Bowl Games". Sun Belt Sports. Retrieved December 7, 2015.
  29. "Georgia State's Arbuckle Headlines All-Sun Belt Conference Football Team". www.sunbeltsports.org. Sun Belt Conference. December 9, 2015. Retrieved January 4, 2017.

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