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Sun Belt 2025 football schedules

April 30, 2025 by sunbeltsports.org

NEW ORLEANS —  The Sun Belt is coming off a 2024 campaign in which it defeated three autonomy conference foes to run its tally to 22 such victories since 2016, and 11 since 2022 when the league expanded to its current 14-member configuration. The Sun Belt also paced all non-autonomy conferences in Bowl Season representation for the third-straight year.  

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With Marshall’s 31-3 win over Louisiana in the 2024 Hercules Tires Sun Belt Football Championship Game, the Sun Belt boasted multiple 10-win teams for the seventh-straight season and for the fourth-straight year had multiple teams reach the mark prior to Bowl Season. 

The Sun Belt also owns a .571 bowl winning percentage during the College Football Playoff era, trailing only the SEC (.578). 

The 25th season of Sun Belt football will feature 56 league games. Each Sun Belt program will play eight conference games—six against divisional opponents and two against cross-divisional foes from the opposite division. With 14 member institutions in 10 contiguous states, the Sun Belt is committed to its identity as a regional conference with a divisional model. 

Unlike most conferences, the Sun Belt continues to operate with two divisions and the same roster it has had since 2022. The East division members are Appalachian State, Coastal Carolina, Georgia Southern, Georgia State, James Madison, Marshall and Old Dominion. The West consists of Arkansas State, Louisiana (Louisiana-Lafayette), ULM (Louisiana-Monroe), South Alabama, Southern Miss, Texas State and Troy.

Midweek ESPN Schedule To Highlight Sun Belt Games

Every Sun Belt team except ULM will be featured in the midweek portion of the conference schedule on ESPN platforms. 

Thursday, Oct. 9 – Southern Miss at Georgia Southern
Tuesday, Oct. 14 – Arkansas State at South Alabama
Thursday, Oct. 23 – South Alabama at Georgia State
Tuesday, Oct. 28 – James Madison at Texas State
Thursday, Oct. 30 – Marshall at Coastal Carolina
Thursday, Nov. 6 – Georgia Southern at App State
Thursday, Nov. 13 – Troy at Old Dominion
Thursday, Nov. 20 – Louisiana at Arkansas State

Kickoff times and networks for all midweek games and weekend games in the first three weeks of the season will be selected in late May. All other games will fall into the traditional 12-day selection process. 

Overall, 2025 will be the 14th consecutive season that every Sun Belt football home game will appear on an ESPN platform.

TEAM-BY-TEAM SCHEDULES - East Division

* Asterisk denotes Sun Belt conference game

APP STATE

8/29 vs. Charlotte
9/6 Lindenwood
9/13 at Southern Miss*
9/27 at Boise State
10/4 Oregon State
10/11 at Georgia State*
10/18 Coastal Carolina*
10/25   at Old Dominion*
11/6 Georgia Southern*
11/15 at James Madison*
11/22 Marshall*
11/29 Arkansas State*

COASTAL CAROLINA

8/30 at Virginia
9/6 Charleston Southern
9/13 East Carolina
9/20 at South Alabama*
10/4 at Old Dominion*
10/11 ULM*
10/18 at App State*
10/30   Marshall*
11/8 Georgia State*
11/15 at Georgia Southern*
11/22 at South Carolina
11/29 James Madison*

GEORGIA SOUTHERN

8/30 at Fresno State
9/6 at USC
9/13 Jacksonville State
9/20 Maine
9/27 at James Madison*
10/9 Southern Miss*
10/18 Georgia State*
10/25   at Arkansas State*
11/6 at App State*
11/15 Coastal Carolina*
11/22 Old Dominion*
11/29 at Marshall*

GEORGIA STATE

8/30 at Ole Miss
9/6 Memphis
9/13 Murray State
9/20 at Vanderbilt
10/4 James Madison*
10/11 App State*
10/18 at Georgia Southern*
10/23   South Alabama*
11/8 at Coastal Carolina*
11/15 Marshall*
11/22 at Troy*
11/29 at Old Dominion*

JAMES MADISON

8/30 Weber State
9/6 at Louisville
9/20 at Liberty
9/27 Georgia Southern*
10/4 at Georgia State*
10/11 Louisiana*
10/18 Old Dominion*
10/28   at Texas State*
11/8 at Marshall*
11/15 App State*
11/22 Washington State
11/29 at Coastal Carolina*

MARSHALL

8/30 at Georgia
9/6 Missouri State
9/13 Eastern Kentucky
9/20 at Middle Tennessee
9/27 at Louisiana*
10/11 Old Dominion*
10/18 Texas State*
10/30   at Coastal Carolina*
11/8 James Madison*
11/15 at Georgia State*
11/22 at App State*
11/29 Georgia Southern*

OLD DOMINION

8/30 at Indiana
9/6 North Carolina Central
9/13 at Virginia Tech
9/27 Liberty
10/4 Coastal Carolina*
10/11 at Marshall*
10/18 at James Madison*
10/25   App State*
11/1 at ULM*
11/13 Troy*
11/22 at Georgia Southern*
11/29 Georgia State*

East Division

ARKANSAS STATE

8/30 Southeast Missouri State
9/6 at Arkansas
9/13 Iowa State
9/20 at Kennesaw State
9/27 at ULM*
10/4 Texas State*
10/14 at South Alabama*
10/25   Georgia Southern*
11/1 at Troy*
11/8 Southern Miss*
11/20 Louisiana*
11/29 at App State*

LOUISIANA

8/30 Rice
9/6 McNeese
9/13 at Missouri
9/20 at Eastern Michigan
9/27 Marshall*
10/11 at James Madison*
10/18 Southern Miss*
10/25   at Troy*
11/1 at South Alabama*
11/8 Texas State*
11/20 at Arkansas State*
11/29 ULM*

ULM

8/28 Saint Francis
9/6 at Alabama
9/20 at UTEP
9/27 Arkansas State*
10/4 at Northwestern
10/11 at Coastal Carolina*
10/18 Troy*
10/25   at Southern Miss*
11/1 Old Dominion*
11/15 South Alabama*
11/22 at Texas State*
11/29 at Louisiana*

SOUTH ALABAMA

8/30 Morgan State
9/6 Tulane
9/13 at Auburn
9/20 Coastal Carolina*
9/27 at North Texas
10/4 at Troy*
10/14 Arkansas State*
10/23   at Georgia State*
11/1 Louisiana*
11/15 at ULM*
11/22 Southern Miss*
11/29 at Texas State*

SOUTHERN MISS

8/30 Mississippi State
9/6 Jackson State
9/13 App State*
9/20 at Louisiana Tech
9/27 Jacksonville State
10/9 at Georgia Southern*
10/18 at Louisiana*
10/25   ULM*
11/8 at Arkansas State*
11/15 Texas State*
11/22 at South Alabama*
11/29 Troy*

TEXAS STATE

8/30 Eastern Michigan
9/6 at UTSA
9/13 at Arizona State
9/20 Nicholls
10/4 at Arkansas State*
10/11 Troy*
10/18 at Marshall*
10/28   James Madison*
11/8 at Louisiana*
11/15 at Southern Miss*
11/22 ULM*
11/29 South Alabama*

TROY

8/30 Nicholls
9/6 at Clemson
9/13 Memphis
9/20 at Buffalo
10/4 South Alabama*
10/11 at Texas State*
10/18 at ULM*
10/25   Louisiana*
11/1 Arkansas State*
11/13 at Old Dominion*
11/22 Georgia State*
11/29 at Southern Miss*

OVERALL CONFERENCE SCHEDULE

* Asterisk denotes Sun Belt conference game

Thursday, August 28
Saint Francis at ULM
 
Friday, August 29
App State vs. Charlotte
 
Saturday, August 30
Coastal Carolina at Virginia
Georgia Southern at Fresno State
Georgia State at Ole Miss
Weber State at James Madison
Marshall at Georgia
Old Dominion at Indiana
Southeast Missouri State at Arkansas State
Rice at Louisiana
Morgan State at South Alabama
Mississippi State at Southern Miss
Eastern Michigan at Texas State
Nicholls at Troy
 
Saturday, Sept. 6
Lindenwood at App State
Charleston Southern at Coastal Carolina
Georgia Southern at USC
Memphis at Georgia State
James Madison at Louisville
Missouri State at Marshall
North Carolina Central at Old Dominion
Arkansas State at Arkansas
McNeese at Louisiana
ULM at Alabama
Tulane at South Alabama
Jackson State at Southern Miss
Texas State at UTSA
Troy at Clemson
 
Saturday, Sept. 13
East Carolina at Coastal Carolina
Jacksonville State at Georgia Southern
Murray State at Georgia State
Eastern Kentucky at Marshall
Old Dominion at Virginia Tech
Iowa State at Arkansas State
Louisiana at Missouri
South Alabama at Auburn
App State at Southern Miss*
Texas State at Arizona State
Memphis at Troy
 
Saturday, Sept. 20
Maine at Georgia Southern
Georgia State at Vanderbilt
James Madison at Liberty
Marshall at Middle Tennessee
Arkansas State at Kennesaw State
Louisiana at Eastern Michigan
ULM at UTEP
Coastal Carolina at South Alabama*
Southern Miss at Louisiana Tech
Nicholls at Texas State
Troy at Buffalo
 
Saturday, Sept. 27
App State at Boise State
Georgia Southern at James Madison*
Liberty at Old Dominion
Marshall at Louisiana*
Arkansas State at ULM*
South Alabama at North Texas
Jacksonville State at Southern Miss
 
Saturday, Oct. 4
Oregon State at App State
James Madison at Georgia State*
Coastal Carolina at Old Dominion*
Texas State at Arkansas State*
ULM at Northwestern
South Alabama at Troy*
 
Thursday, Oct. 9
Southern Miss at Georgia Southern*
 
Saturday, Oct. 11
ULM at Coastal Carolina*
App State at Georgia State*
Louisiana at James Madison*
Old Dominion at Marshall*
Troy at Texas State*

Tuesday, Oct. 14
Arkansas State at South Alabama*
 
Saturday, Oct. 18
Coastal Carolina at App State*
Georgia State at Georgia Southern*
Old Dominion at James Madison*
Texas State at Marshall*
Southern Miss at Louisiana*
Troy at ULM*
 
Thursday, Oct. 23
South Alabama at Georgia State*
 
Saturday, Oct. 25
App State at Old Dominion*
Georgia Southern at Arkansas State*
ULM at Southern Miss*
Louisiana at Troy*
 
Tuesday, Oct. 28
James Madison at Texas State*
 
Thursday, Oct. 30
Marshall at Coastal Carolina*

Saturday, Nov. 1
Old Dominion at ULM*
Louisiana at South Alabama*
Arkansas State at Troy*
 
Thursday, Nov. 6
Georgia Southern at App State*
 
Saturday, Nov. 8
Georgia State at Coastal Carolina*
James Madison at Marshall*
Southern Miss at Arkansas State*
Texas State at Louisiana*
 
Thursday, Nov. 13
Troy at Old Dominion*
 
Saturday, Nov. 15
Coastal Carolina at Georgia Southern*
Marshall at Georgia State*
App State at James Madison*
South Alabama at ULM*
Texas State at Southern Miss*
 
Thursday, Nov. 20
Louisiana at Arkansas State*
 
Saturday, Nov. 22
Marshall at App State*
Coastal Carolina at South Carolina
Old Dominion at Georgia Southern*
Washington State at James Madison
Southern Miss at South Alabama*
ULM at Texas State*
Georgia State at Troy*
 
Saturday, Nov. 29
Arkansas State at App State*
James Madison at Coastal Carolina*
Georgia Southern at Marshall*
Georgia State at Old Dominion*
ULM at Louisiana*
Troy at Southern Miss*
South Alabama at Texas State*

Saturday, Dec. 6
Sun Belt Football Championship Game