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| September 17 || 6:00 PM || [[2011 Nicholls State Colonels football team|Nicholls State]] || '''Louisiana–Lafayette''' || [[Cajun Field]] • [[Lafayette, Louisiana|Lafayette, LA]] || || ||
| September 17 || 6:00 PM || [[2011 Nicholls State Colonels football team|Nicholls State]] || '''Louisiana–Lafayette''' || [[Cajun Field]] • [[Lafayette, Louisiana|Lafayette, LA]] || ESPN 3 || ||
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| September 10 || 6:00 PM || [[2011 Indiana State Sycamores football team|Indiana State]] || '''Western Kentucky''' || Houchens Industries – L. T. Smith Stadium • Bowling Green, KY || ESPN3 || ||
| September 10 || 6:00 PM || [[2011 Indiana State Sycamores football team|Indiana State]] || '''Western Kentucky''' || Houchens Industries – L. T. Smith Stadium • Bowling Green, KY || ESPN3 || ||

Revision as of 02:13, 18 September 2011

2011 Sun Belt Conference football season
LeagueNCAA Division I FBS (Football Bowl Subdivision)
Sportfootball
DurationSeptember 1, 2011–TBD
Number of teams9
TV partner(s)ESPN
Regular season
Football seasons
← 2010
2012 →
2011 Sun Belt Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
Arkansas State $   8 – 0     10 – 3  
Western Kentucky   7 – 1     7 – 5  
FIU   5 – 3     8 – 5  
North Texas   4 – 4     5 – 7  
Louisiana–Monroe   3 – 5     4 – 8  
Troy   2 – 6     3 – 9  
Louisiana–Lafayette *   1 – 2     1 – 4  
Middle Tennessee   1 – 7     2 – 10  
Florida Atlantic   0 – 8     1 – 11  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • * – Louisiana–Lafayette vacated 8 wins including 5 in conference due to NCAA violations.

The 2011 Sun Belt Conference football season is a College Football season for the Sun Belt Conference. The 2011 season will consist of nine members: Arkansas State, Florida Atlantic, Florida International, Louisiana–Lafayette, Louisiana–Monroe, Middle Tennessee State, North Texas, Troy and Western Kentucky.

This is the last season for the Sun Belt with nine members as South Alabama will become the conference's tenth member for the 2012 season.

Preseason

Award watch lists

The following Sun Belt players were named to preseason award watch lists.

Sun Belt media days

During the Sun Belt media days on July 18–19 via videoconferenceing, Florida International was selected as the favorite to win the conference in the coaches poll.[13] They five first place votes. Troy received two first place votes while Arkansas State and Western Kentucky each received one.

Coaches Poll

  1. Florida International – 75 (5)
  2. Troy – 66 (2)
  3. Middle Tennessee – 54
  4. Louisiana–Monroe – 22
  5. Arkansas State – 49 (1)
  6. North Texas – 33
  7. Western Ketucky – 28 (1)
  8. Louisiana–Lafayette – 26
  9. North Texas – 20

All–Conference Team

The conference's head coaches selected their all–conference team during media days.[14]

The coache's also selected conference players of the year. T.Y. Hilton of Florida Internation and Lance Dunbar of North Texas were selected as the co-offensive players of the year and Jonathan Massaquoi of Troy was named the defensive player of the year.

Coaches

NOTE: Stats shown are before the beginning of the season

Team Head Coach Years at School Overall Record Record at School Sun Belt Record
Arkansas State Hugh Freeze 1 0–0 0–0 0–0
Florida Atlantic Howard Schnellenberger 11 157–140–3 57–63 22–13
Florida International Mario Cristobal 5 16–33 16–33 13–17
Louisiana–Lafayette Mark Hudspeth 1 66–21 0–0 0–0
Louisiana–Monroe Todd Berry 2 34–67 5–7 34–67
Middle Tennessee Rick Stockstill 6 33–30 33–30 25–12
North Texas Dan McCarney 1 58–85 0–0 0–0
Troy Larry Blakeney 23 161–82–1 161–82–1 40–12
Western Kentucky Willie Taggart 2 2–10 2–10 2–6

Sun Belt vs. BCS matchups

Date Visitor Home Notes
September 1^ Kentucky 14 Western Kentucky 3 Played at LP Field in Nashville, TN
September 3 Arkansas State 15 Illinois 33
September 3 Florida Atlantic 3 #23 Florida 41
September 3 Louisiana–Lafayette 34 #8 Oklahoma State 61
September 3 Louisiana–Monroe 0 #5 Florida State 34
September 3 Middle Tennessee 24 Purdue 27
September 3 Troy 19 Clemson 43
September 9 Florida International 24 Louisville 17 FIU's first ever win against a BCS team
September 10 Florida Atlantic 0 Michigan State 44
September 10 Georgia Tech 49 Middle Tennessee 21
September 17 Arkansas State Virginia Tech
September 17 North Texas Alabama
September 17 Troy Arkansas
September 24 Florida Atlantic Auburn
September 24 Louisiana–Monroe Iowa
September 24 Indiana North Texas
October 1 Duke Florida International
November 5 Middle Tennessee Tennessee
November 12 Western Kentucky LSU
November 26 Louisiana–Lafayette Arizona
^Denotes neutral site game

Regular season

Index to colors and formatting
Sun Belt member won
Sun Belt member lost
Sun Belt teams in bold

All dates, times, and TV are tentative and subject to change.

The Sun Belt has teams in 2 different time zones. Times reflect start time in respective time zone of each team (all teams central time except for Florida Atlantic and Florida International which are in eastern time). Conference games start times are that of the home team.

Rankings reflect that of the USA Today Coaches poll for that week until week eight when the BCS poll will be used.

Week one

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
September 1 7:00 PM North Texas Florida International FIU Stadium • Miami, FL ESPN3 FIU 41–16 17,568
September 1 ^ 8:15 PM Kentucky Western Kentucky LP Field • Nashville, TN ESPNU L 3–14 24,599
September 3 11:00 AM Middle Tennessee Purdue Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN BTN L 24–27 42,110
September 3 2:30 PM Arkansas State Illinois Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL BTN L 15–33 45,154
September 3 2:30 PM Louisiana–Monroe #5 Florida State Bobby Bowden Field at Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, FL ESPNU L 0–34 72,226
September 3 2:30 PM Troy Clemson Memorial Stadium • Clemson, SC ESPN3 L 19–43 74,135
September 3 6:00 PM Louisiana–Lafayette #8 Oklahoma State Boone Pickens Stadium • Stillwater, OK FSN L 34–61 55,382
September 3 7:00 PM Florida Atlantic #23 Florida Ben Hill Griffin Stadium • Gainesville, FL ESPNU L 3–41 88,708

^ Neutral site

Players of the Week[15]

Offensive Defensive Special teams
Player Team Player Team Player Team
T.Y. Hilton FIU Eric Russell Middle Tennessee Hendrix Brakefield Western Kentucky

Week two

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
September 9 7:00 PM Florida International Louisville Papa John's Cardinal Stadium • Louisville, KY ESPN W 24–17 47,228
September 10 12:00 PM Florida Atlantic #16 Michigan State Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI ESPN2 L 0–44 70,249
September 10 6:00 PM Memphis Arkansas State ASU Stadium • Jonesboro, AR W 47–3 29,872
September 10 6:00 PM Louisiana–Lafayette Kent State Dix Stadium • Kent, OH W 20–12 10,386
September 10 6:00 PM Grambling State Louisiana–Monroe Malone Stadium • Monroe, LA W 35–7 26,532
September 10 6:00 PM Georgia Tech Middle Tennessee Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium • Murfreesboro, TN ESPN3 L 21–49 30,502
September 10 6:00 PM Houston North Texas Apogee Stadium • Denton, TX ESPN3 L 23–48 28,075
September 10 6:00 PM Navy Western Kentucky Houchens Industries – L. T. Smith Stadium • Bowling Green, KY ESPN3 L 14–40 19,409

Players of the Week[16]

Offensive Defensive Special teams
Player Team Player Team Player Team
T.Y. Hilton FIU Winston Fraser FIU Brelan Chancellor North Texas

Week three

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
September 17 1:00 PM Louisiana–Monroe #23 TCU Amon G. Carter Stadium • Fort Worth, TX The Mtn.
September 17 3:00 PM Arkansas State #12 Virginia Tech Lane Stadium • Blacksburg, VA FSN
September 17 6:00 PM UCF Florida International FIU Stadium • Miami, FL ESPN3
September 17 6:00 PM Nicholls State Louisiana–Lafayette Cajun Field • Lafayette, LA ESPN 3
September 10 6:00 PM Indiana State Western Kentucky Houchens Industries – L. T. Smith Stadium • Bowling Green, KY ESPN3
September 17 6:30 PM North Texas #2 Alabama Bryant–Denny Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL FSN
September 17 6:30 PM Troy #13 Arkansas Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium • Fayetteville, AR CSS

Home attendance

Team Stadium (Capacity) Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5 Game 6 Total Average % of Capacity
Arkansas State ASU Stadium (30,964) 29,872 29,872 29,872 96.5%
Florida Atlantic FAU Football Stadium (30,000)
Florida International FIU Stadium (23,500) 17,568 17,568 17,568 74.8%
Louisiana–Lafayette Cajun Field (31,000)
Louisiana–Monroe Malone Stadium (30,427) 26,532 26,532 26,532 87.2%
Middle Tennessee Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium (30,788) 30,502 30,502 30,502 99.1%
North Texas Apogee Stadium (30,850) 28,075 28,075 28,075 91.0%
Troy Veterans Memorial Stadium (30,000)
Western Kentucky Houchens Industries – L. T. Smith Stadium (22,000) 19,409 19,409 19,409 88.2%

References

  1. ^ http://www.maxwellfootballclub.org/news/11-07-05/2011_Maxwell_Award_Watch_List.aspx
  2. ^ http://www.maxwellfootballclub.org/news/11-07-05/2011_Bednarik_Award_Watch_List.aspx
  3. ^ http://www.johnmackeyaward.org/
  4. ^ http://no2minutewarning.com/2011/07/06/2011-biletnikoff-award-watch-list/
  5. ^ http://www.sportswriters.net/fwaa/news/2011/nagurski110708.html
  6. ^ http://www.sportswriters.net/fwaa/news/2011/outland100708.html
  7. ^ http://www.rotarylombardiaward.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=103:2011-official-list&catid=9:2011-news&Itemid=23
  8. ^ http://www.rimingtontrophy.com/news/?id=9946
  9. ^ http://blog.daveyobrien.org/2011/07/15/2011-davey-o%E2%80%99brien-watch-list/
  10. ^ http://smu.edu/doakwalker/
  11. ^ http://www.ncaa.com/news/football/2011-07-18/forty-named-walter-camp-list
  12. ^ http://www.lougrozaaward.com/Current_Watch_List.html
  13. ^ http://www.sunbeltsports.org/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=22157&SPID=1808&ATCLID=205182925&DB_OEM_ID=4100
  14. ^ http://www.sunbeltsports.org/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=22157&SPID=1808&ATCLID=205182023&DB_OEM_ID=4100
  15. ^ http://www.sunbeltsports.org/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=4100&ATCLID=205266829
  16. ^ http://www.sunbeltsports.org/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=22157&SPID=1808&DB_LANG=C&ATCLID=205270093&DB_OEM_ID=4100
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