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Sun Belt Media Poll: Week Five

There has been a disruption at the top. Zues, Poseidon and Hades are no longer alone in the upper echelon of the Sun Belt. An upset, a shocker and and a flat out beat-down highlight week five across the conference and our voters did their best to make sense of it all.

Team (1st Place votes) Points
1. Appalachian State (8) 89
2. Troy (1) 82
3. Georgia Southern 68
4. Arkansas State 64
5. Coastal Carolina 52
6. Georgia State 39
7. Louisiana-Monroe 37
8. Louisiana-Lafayette 30
9. South Alabama 24
10. Texas State 9

 

Going Up

After taking down Arkansas State on Saturday, the surging Georgia Southern have crashed the top three party and are sitting at number three all the way from number six. Georgia State’s surprise performance against Louisiana-Monroe gave the Panthers a 24-vote shot in the arm and they move up to sixth from ninth. Appalachian State’s 89 votes and eight first place votes are the most any team has received this season.

 

Going Down

They didn’t go anywhere, but the Bobcats from San Marcos was a unanimous last place pick for the first time. The Warhawks dropped from fifth to seventh and lost 16 votes. After getting crushed by the Mountaineers, South Alabama lost 15 votes and now sits in the ninth.

Voters

Scott Watkins/Thomas Gleaton Troy Forgotten5.com
Chase Gage Ark St Red Wolf Report
Nick Burgess GASO Forgotten5.com
Ben Moore GSU Panther Talk
Kara Richey Ark St 95.3 The Ticket
Mike Hensley Troy Troy Messenger
Alyssa Newton USA NBC 15
Nicolas Lewis None Forgotten5.com
Robby Baker USA WKRG-TV