The 2024 Sun Belt Conference football season was the 24th season of college football play for the Sun Belt Conference (SBC). The season began on August 31, 2024 and concluded with the Conference Championship Game on December 7, 2024. The season was part of the 2024 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The conference consisted of 14 football member split into two divisions. The conference released its full season schedule on March 1, 2024.
Preseason
Preseason Media Poll
The SBC released its preseason poll on July 22. Appalachian State was named the favorite to win the East Division, while Texas State was named the favorite to win the West Division.
Preseason All-Conference teams
- Offensive Player of the Year: Joey Aguilar (Senior, Appalachian State quarterback)
- Defensive Player of the Year: Jason Henderson (Senior, Old Dominion, linebacker)
Head coaches
- On November 26, 2023, LouisianaâÂÂMonroe announced that it had fired head coach Terry Bowden after 3 seasons with the team. On December 5, 2023, the school announced that former UAB head coach Bryant Vincent would take over as the new head coach for 2024.
- On November 30, 2023, James Madison head coach Curt Cignetti announced that he would leave the school to take the head coach position at Indiana for the 2024 season. Assistant head coach and offensive line coach Damian Wroblewski was named the acting head coach for James Madison's bowl game. On December 7, 2023, the school announced that Bob Chesney would become the new head coach for 2024. Chesney had previously been head coach at Holy Cross.
- On December 8. 2023, Troy head coach Jon Sumrall was announced as the new head coach of Tulane in the American Athletic Conference for the 2024 season. The school's defensive coordinator Greg Gasparato was named the interim head coach. On December 18, 2023, Troy announced Gerad Parker as the new head coach for 2024. Parker was previously the offensive coordinator at Notre Dame.
- On January 15, South Alabama head coach Kane Wommack was hired as the defensive coordinator at Alabama. South Alabama promoted their offensive coordinator Major Applewhite to the head coach position to replace Wommack.
- On February 15, Georgia State head coach Shawn Elliott resigned from his position to join South Carolina as a Tight Ends coach On February 23, Georgia State named Dell McGee as the new head coach. McGee had previously been the Running Backs coach at Georgia.
Mid-season changes
- On October 20, Southern Miss announced that they had fired head coach Will Hall after starting the season with a 1âÂÂ6 record. Assistant head coach Reed Stringer was named the interim head coach. On December 8, Southern Miss announced that they had hired Charles Huff away from Marshall to be their head coach in 2025. Marshall's associate head coach Telly Lockette was named the interim head coach for Marshall's bowl game.
Post-season changes
- On December 2, Appalachian State announced that they had fired head coach Shawn Clark. On December 7, Appalachian State announced Dowell Loggains as the new head coach. Loggains had previously been the offensive coordinator at South Carolina.
- On December 8, Marshall announced Tony Gibson as their new head coach for the 2025 season. Gibson had previously the defensive coordinator at NC State.
Rankings
Schedule
The 2024 schedule was released on March 1, 2024
Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
Week 5
Week 6
Week 7
Week 8
Week 9
Week 10
Week 11
Week 12
Week 13
Week 14
Championship Game
Postseason
Bowl Games
- Marshall was originally selected to play in the Independence Bowl against Army. However, Marshall later opted out of the bowl game due to a large number of players entering the NCAA transfer portal, preventing Marshall from being able to field a full team for the bowl.
Head-to-head matchups
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Sun Belt records vs other conferences
2024âÂÂ2025 records against non-conference foes:
Sun Belt vs Power 5 matchups
This is a list of games the Sun Belt has scheduled versus power conference teams (ACC, Big 10, Big 12, Pac-12, Notre Dame and SEC). All rankings are from the current AP Poll at the time of the game.
Sun Belt vs Group of Five matchups
The following games include Sun Belt teams competing against teams from the American, C-USA, MAC, or Mountain West.
Sun Belt vs FBS independents matchups
The following games include Sun Belt teams competing against FBS Independents, which includes UConn, or UMass.
Sun Belt vs FCS matchups
Awards and honors
Player of the week honors
Sun Belt individual awards
The following individuals received postseason honors as voted by the Sun Belt Conference football coaches at the end of the season.
All-Conference teams
The following players were selected as part of the Sun Belt's All-Conference Teams.
National awards
NFL draft
The NFL draft will be held at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The following list includes all Sun Belt players in the draft.
List of selections
References