FBS conference belt
The Sun Belt Belt
A companion lineage restricted to Sun Belt: the belt passes to whoever beats the holder, exactly like the real belt, but only games between two Sun Belt members COUNT — and only for the seasons both sides were actually in Sun Belt at the time. Caught it by beating Louisiana on October 11, 2025. Defended it 8 more times since.
Next Sun Belt gameJames Madison at Georgia Southern · October 10, 2026 · ESPNU — Georgia Southern takes it with a win.
59Reigns
201Belt Games
16Programs
Longest Reign
North Texas — 3 yrs, 356 days
October 13, 2001 – October 4, 2005
Most Defenses, One Reign
North Texas — 25
starting October 13, 2001
Most Reigns, All-Time
Louisiana — 10 separate reigns
16 Sun Belt programs have held it
| # | Team | Reign | Length | Def. | Won it | Lost it |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle Tennessee | September 22, 2001 – October 13, 2001 | 21 days | 2 | Established it (first game on record) | lost to North Texas |
| 2 | North Texas | October 13, 2001 – October 4, 2005 | 3 yrs, 356 days | 25 | beat Middle Tennessee 24–21 | lost to Troy |
| 3 | Troy | October 4, 2005 – October 15, 2005 | 11 days | 0 | beat North Texas 13–10 | lost to UL Monroe |
| 4 | UL Monroe | October 15, 2005 – November 5, 2005 | 21 days | 0 | beat Troy 27–3 | lost to Florida International |
| 5 | Florida International | November 5, 2005 – November 12, 2005 | 7 days | 0 | beat UL Monroe 31–29 | lost to Louisiana |
| 6 | Louisiana | November 12, 2005 – October 28, 2006 | 350 days | 2 | beat Florida International 28–7 | lost to Middle Tennessee |
| 7 | Middle Tennessee | October 28, 2006 – November 25, 2006 | 28 days | 2 | beat Louisiana 34–20 | lost to Troy |
| 8 | Troy | November 25, 2006 – December 1, 2007 | 1 yr, 6 days | 7 | beat Middle Tennessee 21–20 | lost to Florida Atlantic |
| 9 | Florida Atlantic | December 1, 2007 – September 30, 2008 | 304 days | 0 | beat Troy 38–32 | lost to Middle Tennessee |
| 10 | Middle Tennessee | September 30, 2008 – October 11, 2008 | 11 days | 0 | beat Florida Atlantic 14–13 | lost to Florida International |
| 11 | Florida International | October 11, 2008 – October 18, 2008 | 7 days | 0 | beat Middle Tennessee 31–21 | lost to Troy |
| 12 | Troy | October 18, 2008 – November 1, 2008 | 14 days | 1 | beat Florida International 33–23 | lost to UL Monroe |
| 13 | UL Monroe | November 1, 2008 – November 8, 2008 | 7 days | 0 | beat Troy 31–30 | lost to Middle Tennessee |
| 14 | Middle Tennessee | November 8, 2008 – December 3, 2008 | 25 days | 1 | beat UL Monroe 24–21 | lost to Louisiana |
| 15 | Louisiana | December 3, 2008 – October 24, 2009 | 325 days | 2 | beat Middle Tennessee 42–28 | lost to Florida Atlantic |
| 16 | Florida Atlantic | October 24, 2009 – October 31, 2009 | 7 days | 0 | beat Louisiana 51–29 | lost to Middle Tennessee |
| 17 | Middle Tennessee | October 31, 2009 – October 5, 2010 | 339 days | 5 | beat Florida Atlantic 27–20 | lost to Troy |
| 18 | Troy | October 5, 2010 – October 30, 2010 | 25 days | 1 | beat Middle Tennessee 42–13 | lost to UL Monroe |
| 19 | UL Monroe | October 30, 2010 – November 6, 2010 | 7 days | 0 | beat Troy 28–14 | lost to Florida International |
| 20 | Florida International | November 6, 2010 – December 4, 2010 | 28 days | 3 | beat UL Monroe 42–35 | lost to Middle Tennessee |
| 21 | Middle Tennessee | December 4, 2010 – September 24, 2011 | 294 days | 0 | beat Florida International 28–27 | lost to Troy |
| 22 | Troy | September 24, 2011 – October 8, 2011 | 14 days | 0 | beat Middle Tennessee 38–35 | lost to Louisiana |
| 23 | Louisiana | October 8, 2011 – October 22, 2011 | 14 days | 1 | beat Troy 31–17 | lost to Western Kentucky |
| 24 | Western Kentucky | October 22, 2011 – October 20, 2012 | 364 days | 6 | beat Louisiana 42–23 | lost to UL Monroe |
| 25 | UL Monroe | October 20, 2012 – November 3, 2012 | 14 days | 1 | beat Western Kentucky 43–42 | lost to Louisiana |
| 26 | Louisiana | November 3, 2012 – November 30, 2013 | 1 yr, 27 days | 8 | beat UL Monroe 40–24 | lost to UL Monroe |
| 27 | UL Monroe | November 30, 2013 – October 4, 2014 | 308 days | 2 | beat Louisiana 31–28 | lost to Arkansas State |
| 28 | Arkansas State | October 4, 2014 – October 21, 2014 | 17 days | 1 | beat UL Monroe 28–14 | lost to Louisiana |
| 29 | Louisiana | October 21, 2014 – November 22, 2014 | 32 days | 3 | beat Arkansas State 55–40 | lost to App State |
| 30 | App State | November 22, 2014 – November 5, 2015 | 348 days | 5 | beat Louisiana 35–16 | lost to Arkansas State |
| 31 | Arkansas State | November 5, 2015 – November 26, 2016 | 1 yr, 21 days | 9 | beat App State 40–27 | lost to Louisiana |
| 32 | Louisiana | November 26, 2016 – September 23, 2017 | 301 days | 1 | beat Arkansas State 24–19 | lost to UL Monroe |
| 33 | UL Monroe | September 23, 2017 – October 14, 2017 | 21 days | 2 | beat Louisiana 56–50 | lost to Georgia State |
| 34 | Georgia State | October 14, 2017 – October 21, 2017 | 7 days | 0 | beat UL Monroe 47–37 | lost to Troy |
| 35 | Troy | October 21, 2017 – November 24, 2018 | 1 yr, 34 days | 12 | beat Georgia State 34–10 | lost to App State |
| 36 | App State | November 24, 2018 – October 31, 2019 | 341 days | 5 | beat Troy 21–10 | lost to Georgia Southern |
| 37 | Georgia Southern | October 31, 2019 – November 9, 2019 | 9 days | 0 | beat App State 24–21 | lost to Troy |
| 38 | Troy | November 9, 2019 – November 23, 2019 | 14 days | 1 | beat Georgia Southern 49–28 | lost to Louisiana |
| 39 | Louisiana | November 23, 2019 – December 7, 2019 | 14 days | 1 | beat Troy 53–3 | lost to App State |
| 40 | App State | December 7, 2019 – November 21, 2020 | 350 days | 4 | beat Louisiana 45–38 | lost to Coastal Carolina |
| 41 | Coastal Carolina | November 21, 2020 – October 20, 2021 | 333 days | 4 | beat App State 34–23 | lost to App State |
| 42 | App State | October 20, 2021 – December 4, 2021 | 45 days | 5 | beat Coastal Carolina 30–27 | lost to Louisiana |
| 43 | Louisiana | December 4, 2021 – September 24, 2022 | 294 days | 0 | beat App State 24–16 | lost to UL Monroe |
| 44 | UL Monroe | September 24, 2022 – October 1, 2022 | 7 days | 0 | beat Louisiana 21–17 | lost to Arkansas State |
| 45 | Arkansas State | October 1, 2022 – October 8, 2022 | 7 days | 0 | beat UL Monroe 45–28 | lost to James Madison |
| 46 | James Madison | October 8, 2022 – October 15, 2022 | 7 days | 0 | beat Arkansas State 42–20 | lost to Georgia Southern |
| 47 | Georgia Southern | October 15, 2022 – November 5, 2022 | 21 days | 1 | beat James Madison 45–38 | lost to South Alabama |
| 48 | South Alabama | November 5, 2022 – September 30, 2023 | 329 days | 3 | beat Georgia Southern 38–31 | lost to James Madison |
| 49 | James Madison | September 30, 2023 – November 18, 2023 | 49 days | 4 | beat South Alabama 31–23 | lost to App State |
| 50 | App State | November 18, 2023 – December 2, 2023 | 14 days | 1 | beat James Madison 26–23 | lost to Troy |
| 51 | Troy | December 2, 2023 – September 28, 2024 | 301 days | 0 | beat App State 49–23 | lost to UL Monroe |
| 52 | UL Monroe | September 28, 2024 – October 26, 2024 | 28 days | 2 | beat Troy 13–9 | lost to South Alabama |
| 53 | South Alabama | October 26, 2024 – November 2, 2024 | 7 days | 0 | beat UL Monroe 46–17 | lost to Georgia Southern |
| 54 | Georgia Southern | November 2, 2024 – November 16, 2024 | 14 days | 0 | beat South Alabama 34–30 | lost to Troy |
| 55 | Troy | November 16, 2024 – November 23, 2024 | 7 days | 0 | beat Georgia Southern 28–20 | lost to Louisiana |
| 56 | Louisiana | November 23, 2024 – December 7, 2024 | 14 days | 1 | beat Troy 51–30 | lost to Marshall |
| 57 | Marshall | December 7, 2024 – September 27, 2025 | 294 days | 0 | beat Louisiana 31–3 | lost to Louisiana |
| 58 | Louisiana | September 27, 2025 – October 11, 2025 | 14 days | 0 | beat Marshall 54–51 | lost to James Madison |
| 59 | James Madison | October 11, 2025 – Present | 360 days | 8 | beat Louisiana 24–14 | — present — |
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 Sun Belt 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.