Troy in the Sun Belt

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