The 2025 Sun Belt Conference football season is the 25th season of college football play for the Sun Belt Conference (SBC) as part of the 2025 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The season began on August 28, 2025, and will conclude with the Conference Championship Game on December 5, 2025. The conference consists of 14 football members split into two divisions. The conference released its full season schedule on February 28, 2025.
Preseason
Preseason Media Poll
The SBC released its preseason poll on July 21. James Madison was named the favorite to win the East Division, while Louisiana was named the favorite to win the West Division.
Preseason All-Conference teams
- Offensive Player of the Year: Braylon Braxton (RS Senior, Southern Miss, quarterback)
- Defensive Player of the Year: Blayne Myrick (RS Junior, South Alabama, linebacker)
- Special Teams Player of the Year: Clune Van Andel (Junior, Arkansas State, kicker)
Head coaches
- On October 20, 2024, 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, 2024, 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.
- On December 2, 2024, 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, 2024, 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 2025 schedule was released on February 28, 2025.
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
Sun Belt records vs. other conferences
2025âÂÂ2026 records against non-conference foes:
Regular season
Sun Belt vs Power 4 matchups
This is a list of games the Sun Belt has scheduled versus power conference teams (ACC, Big Ten, Big 12, Notre Dame and SEC). All rankings are from the current AP Poll at the time of the game.
Sun Belt vs other FBS matchups
The following games include Sun Belt teams competing against teams from the American, C-USA, MAC, Mountain West, or Pac-12.
Sun Belt vs. FCS matchups
The following games include Sun Belt teams competing against FCS schools.
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.
Notes
References