Sun Belt East college football preview: Projections, storylines in Group of 5's best division

Start with two of the best recent Group of 5 college football programs (Appalachian State and Coastal Carolina), plus a rising Georgia State. From Conference USA, add a borderline top-50 program (Marshall) and a high-potential young program in a fertile recruiting area (Old Dominion). Throw in the second-best program in FCS (James Madison). What do you get? The best division in the G5 ranks: the Sun Belt East.

If the SEC was the biggest winner of this recent round of conference realignment, the Sun Belt came in second. It plucked three programs from C-USA -- a decade after C-USA had done something similar to the Sun Belt, no less -- and beat C-USA for JMU's services. It raised its already blossoming football ceiling without overstretching its borders. And it could give us the best division title race in the mid-major ranks this fall. Welcome to the G5 thunderdome

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(08-15-2022 02:43 PM)TroyFootball05 Wrote:  Are you unsure about how to post a link?

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(08-15-2022 02:45 PM)Yu-Es-Em Wrote:  It's behind a pay wall, just making sure everyone can read it if they don't have ESPN+

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(08-15-2022 02:45 PM)Yu-Es-Em Wrote:  It's behind a pay wall, just making sure everyone can read it if they don't have ESPN+

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(08-15-2022 02:45 PM)Yu-Es-Em Wrote:  It's behind a pay wall, just making sure everyone can read it if they don't have ESPN+

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Okay you got it! now I know

(08-15-2022 03:04 PM)Yu-Es-Em Wrote:  

(08-15-2022 02:51 PM)chiefsfan Wrote:  

(08-15-2022 02:45 PM)Yu-Es-Em Wrote:  It's behind a pay wall, just making sure everyone can read it if they don't have ESPN+

Still, we generally ask that you refrain from copying and pasting someone else's work. Especially since its an ESPN+ paywall. Unlike junk from other paywall sites, we want people here to subscribe to ESPN+ because it helps future SBC Valuations.

Okay you got it! now I know

No problem. Normally not a big thing, but we don't want to get ESPN on our case.