Phil Steele Blog • March 4, 2016

 

2016 Sun Belt Football Schedule.

The Sun Belt announced the release of their 2016 schedules. Here are some notes from that release.

For the fourth consecutive season, Sun Belt Conference teams will have all of their home games available on an ESPN platform.  A number of matchups within this announcement are confirmed for ESPN networks. One additional game will soon be announced for a Thursday or Friday to be televised on either ESPN or ESPNU.

The 2016 season will conclude with the Sun Belt being guaranteed a minimum of four spots in postseason bowl games. The Sun Belt maintains partnerships with the R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl, the GoDaddy Bowl, the Raycom Media Camellia Bowl and the AutoNation Cure 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.

APPALACHIAN STATE ARKANSAS STATE GEORGIA SOUTHERN
9/3 at Tennessee 9/3 Toledo 9/3 Savannah St
9/10 Old Dominion 9/10 at Auburn 9/10 at South Alabama
9/17 Miami 9/17 at Utah St 9/17 ULM
9/24 at Akron 9/24 Central Arkansas 9/24 at Western Michigan
10/1 Georgia St 10/1 Open 10/1 Open
10/8 Open 10/5 Georgia Southern (Wed) 10/5 at Arkansas St (Wed)
10/12 at UL Lafayette 10/15 South Alabama 10/15 at Georgia Tech
10/22 Idaho 10/22 Open 10/22 at New Mexico St
10/27 at Georgia Southern 10/29 ULM 10/27 Appalachian St (Thur)
11/5 Texas St 11/4 at Georgia St (Fri) 11/5 at Mississippi
11/12 at Troy 11/12 New Mexico St 11/12 UL Lafayette
11/19 ULM 11/17 at Troy (Thur) 11/19 at Georgia St
11/26 at New Mexico St 11/26 at UL Lafayette 11/26 Open
12/3 12/3 at Texas St 12/3 Troy
GEORGIA ST IDAHO UL Lafayette
9/2 Ball St (Fri) 9/1 Montana St (Thur) 9/3 Boise St
9/10 at Air Force 9/10 at Washington 9/10 McNeese St
9/17 at Wisconsin 9/17 at Washington St 9/17 South Alabama
9/24 Open 9/24 at UNLV 9/24 at Tulane
10/1 at Appalachian St 10/1 Troy 10/1 at New Mexico St
10/8 Texas St 10/8 at ULM 10/8 Open
10/15 at Troy 10/15 New Mexico St 10/12 Appalachian St (Wed)
10/22 UT Martin 10/22 at Appalachian St 10/22 at Texas St
10/29 at South Alabama 10/29 Open 10/29 Open
11/4 Arkansas St (Fri) 11/5 at UL Lafayette 11/5 Idaho
11/12 ULM 11/12 at Texas St 11/12 at Georgia Southern
11/19 Georgia Southern 11/19 Open 11/19 at Georgia
11/26 Open 11/26 South Alabama 11/26 Arkansas St
12/3 at Idaho 12/3 Georgia St 12/3 at ULM
NEW MEXICO ST SOUTH ALABAMA TEXAS ST
9/3 at UTEP 9/3 at Mississippi St 9/3 at Ohio
9/10 New Mexico 9/10 Georgia Southern 9/10 at Open
9/17 at Kentucky 9/17 at UL Lafayette 9/17 Arkansas
9/24 at Troy 9/24 Micholls St 9/24 Houston
10/1 UL Lafayette 10/1 San Diego St 10/1 Incarnate Word
10/8 Open 10/8 Open 10/8 at Georgia St
10/15 at Idaho 10/15 at Arkansas St 10/15 at ULM
10/22 Georgia Southern 10/20 Troy (Thur) 10/22 UL Lafayette
10/29 at Texas A&M 10/29 Georgia St 10/29 Open
11/5 Open 11/5 at ULM 11/5 at Appalachian St
11/12 at Arkansas St 11/12 Open 11/12 Idaho
11/19 Texas St 11/19 at LSU 11/19 at New Mexico St
11/26 Appalachian St 11/26 at Idaho 11/26 Troy
12/3 at South Alabama 12/3 New Mexico St 12/3 Arkansas St
TROY ULM
9/3 Austin Peay 9/3 Southern
9/10 at Clemson 9/10 at Oklahoma
9/17 at Southern Miss 9/17 at Georgia Southern
9/24 New Mexico St 9/24 Open
10/1 at Idaho 10/1 at Auburn
10/8 Open 10/8 Idaho
10/15 Georgia St 10/15 Texas St
10/20 at South Alabama (Thur) 10/22 at New Mexico
10/29 Open 10/29 at Arkansas St
11/5 UMass 11/5 South Alabama
11/12 Appalachian St 11/12 at Georgia St
11/17 Arkansas St (Thur) 11/19 at Appalachian St
11/26 at Texas St 11/26 Open
12/3 at Georgia Southern 12/3 UL Lafayette