List_of_Sun_Belt_Conference_football_champions
This is a list of yearly Sun Belt Conference football champions. Co-champions are listed in alphabetical order. From 2001 to 2017, there had not been a tie breaker for conference champions. Since 2018, an outright conference champion is determined by the Sun Belt Conference Football Championship Game.
Schools are listed by their current athletic branding, not necessarily what they used in a given season.
Pre-championship game era (2001–2017)
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Sun Belt Conference Championship Game (2018–present)
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Year | East Division | Score | West Division | Site | Date | Attendance |
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2018 | [[2018 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team|Appalachian State]] | 30–19 | [[2018 Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns football team|Louisiana]] | Kidd Brewer Stadium • Boone, North Carolina | December 1, 2018 | 14,963 |
2019 | [[2019 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team|No. 21 Appalachian State]] | 45–38 | [[2019 Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns football team|Louisiana]] | December 7, 2019 | 18,618 | |
2020† | [[2020 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers football team|No. 12 Coastal Carolina]] | No Contest | [[2020 Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns football team|No. 19 Louisiana]] | Brooks Stadium • Conway, South Carolina | December 19, 2020 | N/A |
2021 | [[2021 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team|Appalachian State]] | 16–24 | [[2021 Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns football team|No. 24 Louisiana]] | Cajun Field • Lafayette, Louisiana | December 4, 2021 | 31,014 |
2022 | [[2022 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers football team|Coastal Carolina]] | 26–45 | [[2022 Troy Trojans football team|Troy]] | Veterans Memorial Stadium • Troy, Alabama | December 3, 2022 | 21,554 |
2023 | [[2023 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team|Appalachian State]] | 23–49 | [[2023 Troy Trojans football team|Troy]] | December 2, 2023 | 20,183 |
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† 2020 game canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic.[1]
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Rank | Team | Championships | Years |
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1 | Troy | 8 | 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2017, 2022, 2023 |
2 | Arkansas State | 6 | 2005, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016 |
3 | North Texas | 4 | 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 |
Appalachian State | 4 | 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 | |
Louisiana | 4 | 2005, | |
6 | Middle Tennessee | 2 | 2001, 2006 |
7 | Louisiana–Monroe | 1 | 2005 |
Florida Atlantic | 1 | 2007 | |
FIU | 1 | 2010 | |
Georgia Southern | 1 | 2014 | |
Coastal Carolina | 1 | 2020 | |
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- Bold indicates an outright title.
Italics indicate team is no longer a member of the Sun Belt Conference.
- "Sun Belt Conference Championship Football Game Canceled". sunbeltsports.org. Retrieved 24 December 2020.