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 |