FBS conference belt
The South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Belt
A companion lineage restricted to South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic: the belt passes to whoever beats the holder, exactly like the real belt, but only games between two South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic members COUNT — and only for the seasons both sides were actually in South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic at the time. This belt is retired. Georgetown held it when South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic played its last game on October 9, 1920, and the reign is closed as of June 30, 1921: the SAIAA dissolved when its members joined the Southern Conference in 1921.
| # | Team | Reign | Length | Def. | Won it | Lost it |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NC State | October 17, 1908 – October 19, 1912 | 4 yrs, 2 days | 1 | Established it (first game on record) | lost to Georgetown |
| 2 | Georgetown | October 19, 1912 – October 25, 1913 | 1 yr, 6 days | 2 | beat NC State 48–0 | lost to NC State |
| 3 | NC State | October 25, 1913 – November 14, 1914 | 1 yr, 20 days | 1 | beat Georgetown 12–0 | lost to Virginia Tech |
| 4 | Virginia Tech | November 14, 1914 – October 27, 1917 | 2 yrs, 347 days | 3 | beat NC State 3–0 | lost to Georgetown |
| 5 | Georgetown | October 27, 1917 – June 30, 1921 | 3 yrs, 246 days | 2 | beat Virginia Tech 28–0 | — belt retired — |
No reigns match “.”
Membership is judged season by season from every game a team played, so realignment moves a team’s games with it. A holder that stays in South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic keeps the belt through any stretch without a game against another member; a holder that leaves vacates the belt on its last game as a member, and it reverts to the most recent earlier holder that is a member of the season it left for. If no one is left to inherit it, the belt retires with its last holder. Days count the offseason; switch to games to measure a reign by belt games only.