List of Sun Belt Conference football champions

This is a list of yearly Sun Belt Conference football champions. Co-champions are listed in alphabetical order. Since the Sun Belt Conference began sponsoring football in 2001 to the present, there has not been a tie breaker for conference champions.

Schools are listed by their current athletic branding, not necessarily what they used in a given season.

Champions by year

Year	Champions	Conference Record	Overall Record	Bowl result
2001	Middle Tennessee	5-1	8-3	-
	North Texas	5-1	5-7	L New Orleans Bowl 45–20 vs. Colorado State
2002	North Texas	6-0	8-5	W New Orleans Bowl 25–19 vs. Cincinnati
2003	North Texas	7-0	9-4	L New Orleans Bowl 27–17 vs. Memphis
2004	North Texas	7-0	7-5	L New Orleans Bowl 31–10 vs. Southern Miss
2005	Arkansas State	5-2	6-6	L New Orleans Bowl 31–19 vs. Southern Miss
	Louisiana	5-2	6-5	-
	Louisiana-Monroe	5-2	5-6	-
2006	Middle Tennessee	6-1	7-6	-
	Troy	6-1	8-5	W New Orleans Bowl 41–17 vs. Rice
2007	Florida Atlantic	6-1	8-5	W New Orleans Bowl 44–27 vs. Memphis
	Troy	6-1	8-4	-
2008	Troy	6-1	8-5	L New Orleans Bowl 27–30 vs. Southern Miss
2009	Troy	8-0	9-4	L GMAC Bowl 41–44 vs. Central Michigan
2010	FIU	6-2	7-6	W Little Caesars Pizza Bowl 34–32 vs. Toledo
	Troy	6-2	8-5	W New Orleans Bowl 48–21 vs. Ohio
2011	Arkansas State	8-0	10-3	L GoDaddy.com Bowl 20–38 vs. Northern Illinois
2012	Arkansas State	7-1	10-3	W GoDaddy.com Bowl 17–13 vs. Kent State
2013	Arkansas State	5-2	7-5	W GoDaddy Bowl 23–20 vs. Ball State
	Louisiana	5-2	8-4	W New Orleans Bowl 24–21 vs. Tulane
2014	Georgia Southern	8–0	9–3	-
2015	Arkansas State	8-0	9-3	L New Orleans Bowl 28–47 vs. Louisiana Tech
2016	Appalachian State	7-1	9-3	W Camellia Bowl 31-28 vs. Toledo
	Arkansas State	7-1	8-5	W Cure Bowl 31-13 vs. UCF
2017	Troy	7-1	10-2	W New Orleans Bowl 50–30 vs. North Texas
	Appalachian State	7-1	8-4	W Dollar General Bowl 34–0 vs. Toledo

• In 2014, Georgia Southern was ineligible for postseason play due to FCS-to-FBS transition rules.

Championships by team

Rank	Team	Championships	Years
1	Arkansas State	6	2005, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016
	Troy	6	2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2017
3	North Texas	4	2001, 2002, 2003, 2004
4	Middle Tennessee	2	2001, 2006
	Louisiana	2	2005, 2013
	Appalachian State	2	2016, 2017
7	Louisiana-Monroe	1	2005
	Florida Atlantic	1	2007
	FIU	1	2010
	Georgia Southern	1	2014

Bold indicates an outright title.

Italics indicate team is no longer a member of the Sun Belt Conference.

See also

• List of Sun Belt Conference football standings