Phil Steele Blog • March 3, 2017

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Sun Belt 2017 Schedules.

The Sun Belt announced the release for their 2017 schedules. Here are some notes from the release for the 2017 season.

Coming off one of the Sun Belt’s best football seasons in 2016, the conference will be on display to a national television audience for two Wednesday night ESPN2 showings and five Thursday night ESPNU games.
 
A television schedule for the first three weeks of the regular season plus game times for midweek contests will be announced at a later date.  For games in the fourth week of the season and beyond, networks will be determined 12 days out from the contest. 
 
The 2017 season will conclude with the Sun Belt being guaranteed a minimum of five spots in postseason bowl games. The Sun Belt maintains partnerships with the R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl, the Dollar General Bowl, the Raycom Media Camellia Bowl, the AutoNation Cure Bowl, and the NOVA Home Loans Arizona Bowl.  Additionally, the College Football Playoff guarantees that a spot among the premier bowl games in college football will be given to the highest-ranked champion from the Group of Five" conferences: the Sun Belt Conference, American Athletic Conference, Mountain West Conference, Mid-American Conference and Conference USA.  The Sun Belt posted a 4-2 record in postseason bowl games last season – the second best bowl winning percentage among all 10 of the FBS conferences.
 
The 2017 season will see the debut of the Coastal Carolina football team as a competitor in the Sun Belt.  The Chanticleers currently compete in the conference in all other sports and are making their transition to the FBS. CCU will be eligible for the conference championship, however they will not be eligible for the postseason as part of their NCAA transition.

APPALACHIAN STATE ARKANSAS STATE Coastal Carolina
9/2 at Georgia 9/2 at Nebraska 9/2 Massachusetts
9/9 Savannah St 9/9 Miami Fl 9/9 Open
9/16 at Texas St 9/16 Arkansas-Pine Bluff 9/16 at UAB
9/23 Wake Forest 9/23 at SMU 9/23 Western Illinois
9/30 Open 9/30 Open 9/30 at ULM
10/7 New Mexico St 10/4 at Georgia Southern (Wed) 10/7 Georgia St
10/14 at Idaho 10/14 Coastal carolina 10/14 at Arkansas St
10/21 Coastal Carolina 10/19 Louisiana (Thur) 10/21 at Appalachian St
10/28 at Massachusetts 10/28 at New Mexico St 10/28 Texas St
11/4 at ULM 11/4 Open 11/4 at Arkansas
11/9 Georgia Southern (Thur) 11/11 at South Alabama 11/11 Troy
11/18 Open 11/18 Texas St 11/18 at Idaho
11/25 at Georgia St 11/25 at ULM 11/25 Open
12/2   Louisiana 12/2   Troy 12/2   Georgia Southern
GEORGIA SOUTHERN GEORGIA ST IDAHO
9/2 at Auburn 9/2 Tennessee St 8/31 Sacramento St (Thur)
9/9 New Hampshire 9/9 Open 9/9 UNLV
9/16 Open 9/16 at Penn St 9/16 at Western Michigan
9/23 at Indiana 9/23 at Charlotte 9/23 at South Alabama
9/30 Open 9/30 Memphis 9/30 Open
10/4 Arkansas St (Wed) 10/7 at Coastal Carolina 10/7 Louisiana
10/14 New Mexico St 10/14 at ULM 10/14 Appalachian St
10/21 at Massachusetts 10/21 Troy 10/21 at Missouri
10/28 Troy 10/28 South Alabama 10/28 ULM
11/4 Georgia St 11/4 at Georgia Southern 11/2 at Troy (Thur)
11/9 at Appalachian St (Thur) 11/11 at Texas St 11/11 Open
11/18 South Alabama 11/18 Open 11/18 Coastal Carolina
11/25 at Louisiana 11/25 Appalachian St 11/25 at New Mexico St
12/2 at Coastal Carolina 12/2   Idaho 12/2 at Georgia St
Louisiana NEW MEXICO ST SOUTH ALABAMA
9/2 Southeastern 8/31 at Arizona St (Thur) 9/2 at Mississippi
9/9 at Tulsa 9/9 at New Mexico 9/9 Oklahoma st
9/16 at Texas A&M 9/16 Troy 9/16 Alabama A&M
9/23 ULM 9/23 UTEP 9/23 Idaho
9/30 Open 9/30 at Arkansas 9/30 at Louisiana Tech
10/7 at Idaho 10/7 at Appalachian St 10/7 Open
10/12 Texas St (Thur) 10/14 at Georgia Southern 10/11 Troy (Wed)
10/19 at Arkansas St (Thur) 10/21 Open 10/21 ULM
10/28 Open 10/28 Arkansas St 10/26 at Georgia St (Thur)
11/4 at South Alabama 11/4 at Texas St 11/4 Louisiana
11/11 at Mississippi 11/11 at Open 11/11 Arkansas St
11/18 New Mexico St 11/18 Louisiana 11/18 at Georgia Southern
11/25 Georgia Southern 11/25 Idaho 11/25 Open
12/2 at Appalachian St 12/2   South Alabama 12/2 at New Mexico St
TEXAS ST TROY ULM
9/2 Houston Baptist 9/2 Boise St 8/31 at Memphis (Thur)
9/9 at Colorado 9/9 Alabama St 9/9 at Florida St
9/16 Appalachian St 9/16 New Mexico St 9/16 Southern Miss
9/23 UTSA 9/23 Akron 9/23 at Louisiana
9/30 at Wyoming 9/30 LSU 9/30 Coastal Carolina
10/7 ULM 10/7 Open 10/7 at Texas St
10/12 at Louisiana (Thur) 10/11 South Alabama (Wed) 10/14 Georgia St
10/21 Open 10/21 Georgia St 10/21 at South Alabama
10/28 at Coastal Carolina 10/28 Georgia Southern 10/28 at Idaho
11/4 at New Mexico St 11/2 Idaho (Thur) 11/4 Appalachian St
11/11 Georgia St 11/11 Coastal Carolina 11/11 Open
11/18 at Arkansas St 11/18 Open 11/18 at Auburn
11/25 at Troy 11/25 Texas St 11/25 Arkansas St
12/2   Open 12/2   Arkansas St 12/2