Sun Belt Media Poll: Week Three
Week three is in the books in the Sun Belt and we’ve got yet another team on top of the Sun Belt media poll. It was a busy week for the conference as a whole with an upset win, canceled game and the first Sun Belt contest.
Here are the week three rankings and, as always, the voters at the bottom.
| Team (1st Place votes) | Points |
| 1. Troy (3) | 83 |
| 2. Arkansas State (3) | 81 |
| 3. Appalachian State (3) | 79 |
| 4. Georgia Southern | 60 |
| 5. Louisiana-Monroe | 52 |
| 6. Coastal Carolina | 40 |
| 7. Louisiana-Lafayette | 37 |
| 8. Georgia State | 27 |
| 9. South Alabama | 25 |
| 10. Texas State | 11 |
Going Up
For the third time in the three weeks of the 2018 season, a new team sits at first place. Following its win over Nebraska, Troy has overtaken the top spot in the closest top three we’ve had to date.
In two weeks, Coastal Carolina has gone from ninth place with 16 votes to sixth with 40 votes. The Chants followed up its win over UAB with a win at Campbell, a game that was moved to Campbell and moved up to Wednesday.
Going Down
The team that dropped the most this week was Appalachian State. From first to third, the Mountaineers fell after having their game against Southern Miss canceled.
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 |