Sun Belt Media Poll: Week Eight
It was a really weird week for the Sun Belt. Literally nothing strange happened. This is highly abnormal for the Sun Belt. Is the conference OK? Does someone need to check on it?
Much of the poll stayed the same but there was a glaring logjam created in the middle by the Louisiana schools. Monroe won but Lafayette put up an impressive showing against Appalachian State. Throw in Coastal Carolina and its win and the voters varied greatly on where these three should go. The result was our first tie.
*We are up to 10 voters so each team has a nice point boost.
| Team (1st Place votes) | Points |
| 1. Appalachian State (10) | 100 |
| 2. Georgia Southern | 89 |
| 3. Troy | 79 |
| 4. Arkansas State | 67 |
| 5. Louisiana-Lafayette | 53 |
| T6. Coastal Carolina | 50 |
| T6. Louisiana-Monroe | 50 |
| 8.Georgia State | 30 |
| 9. South Alabama | 21 |
| 10. Texas State | 10 |
Trends
For the first time this season, we have a completely unanimous decision on who the top team is. App State not only received a national ranking this week but, more prestigiously, garnered a full 100 votes in the Sun Belt media poll.
That is actually the only thing of note outside of the tie. Nothing else changed. Do better, Sun Belt Conference.
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 |
| Will Butler | TXST | Forgotten5.com |