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2014 Sun Belt Conference football season

2014 Sun Belt Conference football season
League NCAA Division I FBS (Football Bowl Subdivision)
Sport Football
Duration August 2014–January 2015
Number of teams 11
Total attendance 1,190,442
TV partner(s) ESPN, CSS/CST
2015 NFL Draft
Top draft pick Craig Mager (Texas State)
Picked by San Diego Chargers, 83rd overall
Regular season
Season champions Georgia Southern
Runners-up Louisiana–Lafayette
Season MVP Elijah McGuire
Top scorer Marcus Cox (114 points)
Football seasons
← 2013
2015 →
2014 Sun Belt football standings
Conf     Overall
Team   W   L         W   L  
Georgia Southern* $   8 0         9 3  
Louisiana–Lafayette   7 1         9 4  
Appalachian State*   6 2         7 5  
Texas State   5 3         7 5  
Arkansas State   5 3         7 6  
South Alabama   5 3         6 7  
Louisiana–Monroe   3 5         4 8  
Troy   3 5         3 9  
New Mexico State   1 7         2 10  
Idaho**   1 7         1 10  
Georgia State   0 8         1 11  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • *Appalachian State and Georgia Southern ineligible for postseason play due to FCS-to-FBS transition rules
    ** Idaho ineligible for postseason play due to APR penalties
As of November 22, 2014; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2014 Sun Belt Conference football season was the 14th college football season for the Sun Belt Conference. During the 2014 season, eleven schools competed in Sun Belt football: Appalachian State, Arkansas State, Georgia Southern, Georgia State, Idaho, Louisiana–Lafayette, Louisiana–Monroe, New Mexico State, South Alabama, Texas State, and Troy.

The conference title was won by Georgia Southern, in its first year as both a Sun Belt member and an FBS program. The Eagles became only the third team to win a conference championship in their first FBS season. The other two schools to accomplish this feat were Nevada, Big West Conference champions in 1992, and Marshall, which won the Mid-American Conference crown in 1997. Georgia Southern also became the first team ever to go unbeaten in conference play in its first FBS season (both the 1992 Nevada and 1997 Marshall teams lost once in conference play).


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