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{{Short description|U.S. college sports conference}}
{{About|the college athletic conference|the region of the southern United States|Sun Belt}}
{{Infobox sports league
| name            = Sun Belt Conference
| title           = 
| logo            = Sun Belt Conference 2020 logo and name.svg
| logo_size       = 200
| founded         = {{start date and age|1976}}
| association     = [[National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA]]
| division        = [[NCAA Division I|Division I]]
| subdivision     = [[NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision|FBS]]
| teams           = 14 (13 in 2026)
| sports          = 19
| mens            = 9
| womens          = 10
| region          = [[Southern United States]]
| headquarters    = [[New Orleans, Louisiana]]
| commissioner    = [[Keith Gill (athletic director)|Keith Gill]]
| since           = 2019
| TV              = [[ESPN]]
| website         = {{URL|https://sunbeltsports.org/|sunbeltsports.org}}
| color           = #0A2240; {{box-shadow border|a|#F6A800|2px}}
| font_color      = #FFFFFF
| map             = Sun Belt states map updated 2022.png
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The '''Sun Belt Conference''' ('''SBC''') is a collegiate [[List of NCAA conferences|athletic conference]] that has been affiliated with the [[National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA]]'s [[NCAA Division I|Division I]] since 1976. Originally a non-football conference, the Sun Belt began sponsoring football in 2001. Its [[College football|football]] teams participate in the Division I [[Football Bowl Subdivision]] (FBS). The 14 member institutions of the Sun Belt are distributed across the [[Southern United States]].

==History==

===1970s and 1980s===
[[File:Sun Belt Conference very old logo.png|thumb|left|150px|Original Sun Belt logo from 1976]]
The Sun Belt Conference was founded on August 4, 1976, with the [[University of New Orleans]], the [[University of South Alabama]], [[Georgia State University]], [[Jacksonville University]], the [[University of North Carolina at Charlotte]], and the [[University of South Florida]]. Over the next ten years the conference would add [[Western Kentucky University]], [[Old Dominion University]], the [[University of Alabama at Birmingham]], and [[Virginia Commonwealth University]]. New Orleans was forced out of the league in 1980 due to its [[Human Performance Center|small on-campus gymnasium]] that the conference did not deem suitable for conference competition (the conference rejected UNO's offer to play all conference home games at the [[Caesars Superdome|Louisiana Superdome]]). New Orleans competed as an independent before joining the newly formed [[American South Conference]] in 1987.

===1990s===

After the 1990–91 basketball season, all members of the Sun Belt, except Western Kentucky, South Alabama, and Jacksonville, departed for other conferences. The Sun Belt, including incoming member the [[University of Arkansas at Little Rock]], then merged with the [[American South Conference]], made up of [[Arkansas State University]], [[Louisiana Tech University]], the University of Southwestern Louisiana (now the [[University of Louisiana at Lafayette]]), the [[University of Texas–Pan American]] (now merged into the [[University of Texas Rio Grande Valley]]), New Orleans (re-joined), [[Lamar University]], and the [[University of Central Florida]]. Although the American South was the larger conference, the merged league retained the Sun Belt name. In 1991, the league first began to explore the idea of sponsoring football.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-xpm-1991-07-03-9107030173-story.html|title=UCF HOPES TO FIND FAME IN EXPANDED SUN BELT|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line. Possibly Russ White-->|website=OrlandoSentinel.com|date=3 July 1991 |language=en-US|access-date=March 1, 2020}}</ref>

Central Florida left the league following the 1991–92 academic year due to a dispute over television rights, among other reasons.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://stars.library.ucf.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2136&context=centralfloridafuture|title=UCF ends marriage with Sun Belt Conference|last=Meadows|first=Dave|date=May 20, 1992}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/231205544/|title=The Orlando Sentinel from Orlando, Florida on May 20, 1992 · Page 70|website=Newspapers.com|date=20 May 1992 |language=en|access-date=March 1, 2020}}</ref> Lamar, Texas–Pan American, and Jacksonville departed at the end of the 1997–98 academic year. [[Florida International University]] joined the Sun Belt in 1998, and the [[University of Denver]] was added in 1999. Louisiana Tech departed after the 2000–01 academic year.

[[File:Poydras Street, New Orleans CBD, 24 August 2021 - 10.jpg|thumb|left|250px|The Sun Belt Conference headquarters are currently housed at the [[Caesars Superdome]].]]

===2000s===

The conference did not sponsor football until 2001, when the league added former [[Big West Conference]] members [[New Mexico State University]] and the [[University of North Texas]] and former [[Ohio Valley Conference]] member (an FBS Independent on football) [[Middle Tennessee State University]] as full members (all three of them joined a year earlier for all sports in the 2000–01 school year) and added FBS Independent [[University of Louisiana at Monroe]] and Big West member [[University of Idaho]] as football-only members. These new members gave the Sun Belt seven football playing members in their first season, as Arkansas State and Louisiana were already full members which sponsored football. Another Big West school, [[Utah State University]], was added as a football-only member in 2003, then departed in [[2005 in sports|2005]] with Idaho and New Mexico State for the [[Western Athletic Conference]] (WAC).

In 2004, [[Troy University]] became a football-only member before joining for all sports in the 2005–06 academic year. In 2005, [[Florida Atlantic University|Florida Atlantic]] became a football-only member before joining for all sports in the 2006–07 academic year. In 2006, Louisiana–Monroe joined the conference as an all-sports full member when the Warhawks left their former home, the [[Southland Conference]].

Longtime Sun Belt member [[Western Kentucky University|Western Kentucky]] joined the Sun Belt's football conference in 2009 after its board of regents voted to upgrade the school's football program to [[NCAA Division I|Division I]] [[NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision|FBS]].<ref>{{cite press release|url=http://wku.edu/news/releases06/november/football.html|publisher=[[Western Kentucky University]]|title=WKU Regents Approve Move To Division I-A Football|date=November 2, 2006|access-date=November 3, 2006|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080115123929/http://wku.edu/news/releases06/november/football.html|archive-date=January 15, 2008}}</ref>

On November 11, 2009, New Orleans announced it was investigating a move from [[NCAA Division I|Division I]] to the [[National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA's]] [[NCAA Division III|Division III]]. In order to maintain athletic scholarships, UNO instead opted for entry into [[NCAA Division II|Division II]]. On April 20, 2011, UNO officially received transition approval from the NCAA Division II Membership Committee.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nola.com/uno/index.ssf/2011/04/university_of_new_orleans_gets_1.html|work=The Times-Picayune |title=University of New Orleans gets approval from NCAA to move to Division II|date=April 20, 2011|access-date=September 6, 2011}}</ref> (UNO later decided to remain in Division I, and joined the [[Southland Conference]], which has four other members in Louisiana, in 2013.)

===2010s===
{{Main|2010–2013 Sun Belt Conference realignment}}
{{See also|2010–2013 Conference USA realignment|2010–2013 Western Athletic Conference realignment}}
[[File:Sun Belt Conference 2001 logo.svg|thumb|200px|The former Sun Belt Conference logo used until its rebranding in 2013]]
On April 9, 2012, Georgia State, one of the founding members of the Sun Belt Conference, announced that it would be returning to the conference as a full member in 2013. As part of the move, the [[Georgia State Panthers football|football program]] began a transition from FCS to FBS in the 2012 season; it played a full Sun Belt schedule as a "transitional" FBS member in 2013, and became a full FBS member, with bowl eligibility, in 2014.<ref name="McMurphy 2012-04-07">{{cite news|url=http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/blog/brett-mcmurphy/18373785/georgia-state-to-sun-belt-announcement-monday|title=Sun Belt adding Georgia State|first=Brett|last=McMurphy|work=College Football Insider|publisher=CBS Sports|date=April 7, 2012|access-date=April 9, 2012}}</ref> On May 2, 2012, [[Texas State University]] announced it would leave the [[Western Athletic Conference|WAC]] after just one year and join the Sun Belt in July 2013 to begin play for the 2013–14 academic year. At the press conference to announce Texas State's addition, Sun Belt Commissioner [[Karl Benson]] also hinted that more changes could be on the way for the conference.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012/football/ncaa/05/02/sun-belt-texas-state.ap/index.html?sct=cf_t2_a3|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120605151141/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012/football/ncaa/05/02/sun-belt-texas-state.ap/index.html?sct=cf_t2_a3|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 5, 2012|title=Texas State will leave WAC, join Sun Belt in 2013–14|date=May 2, 2012|access-date=May 2, 2012|magazine=Sports Illustrated}}</ref> On May 25, 2012, the conference announced that the [[University of Texas at Arlington]] (a non-football member) had accepted an invitation to join the conference and would become a full member by 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/dallas/story/_/id/7969941|title=University of Texas-Arlington Mavericks to join Sun Belt Conference in 2013|date=25 May 2012|work=ESPN|access-date=May 29, 2015}}</ref>

On May 4, 2012, FIU and North Texas announced that they would be leaving the Sun Belt for [[Conference USA]] on July 1, 2013, as part of a Conference USA expansion effort involving four other schools.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.conferenceusa.com/genrel/050412aab.html|title=Conference USA Adds Five New Members|work=Conferenceusa.com|access-date=May 29, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120510200529/http://www.conferenceusa.com/genrel/050412aab.html|archive-date=May 10, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> On November 29, 2012, Florida Atlantic and Middle Tennessee State announced that they would also leave the Sun Belt for Conference USA.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/8686775/florida-atlantic-owls-middle-tennessee-state-blue-raiders-join-conference-usa|title=C-USA adds FAU, Middle Tennessee State|publisher=[[ESPN]]|date=November 29, 2012|first=Brett|last=McMurphy|access-date=May 29, 2015}}</ref> The move for Florida Atlantic and MTSU was originally scheduled to take place in 2014; however, the two schools announced on January 28, 2013, that they would leave for [[Conference USA]] a year early, departing on July 1, 2013, with FIU and North Texas. Western Kentucky also accepted an invitation to join Conference USA on April 1, 2013, and departed from the Sun Belt on July 1, 2014.<ref>[http://www.wkusports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=5400&ATCLID=207019336] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130406145221/http://www.wkusports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=5400&ATCLID=207019336|date=April 6, 2013}}</ref>

[[File:Sun Belt Conference logo.svg|thumb|200px|The former Sun Belt Conference logo used from 2013 to 2020]]
These moves depleted the Sun Belt and made the need to expand their membership more urgent than ever, as the Sun Belt was left with ten full members and only eight members that sponsor football (the minimum number required for a conference to sponsor football at the FBS level) for the 2013 season. [[Appalachian State University]] accepted an invitation on March 27, 2013, to join the Sun Belt effective July 1, 2014.<ref>[http://www.sunbeltsports.org/General/Article/tabid/1069/Article/19992/Appalachian-State-to-Join-Sun-Belt-Conference-in-2014.aspx] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203003628/http://www.sunbeltsports.org/General/Article/tabid/1069/Article/19992/Appalachian-State-to-Join-Sun-Belt-Conference-in-2014.aspx|date=December 3, 2013}}</ref> [[Georgia Southern University]] accepted a similar Sun Belt invitation at the same time as Appalachian State.<ref>[http://www.sunbeltsports.org/General/Article/tabid/1069//Article/19989/Title/georgia-southern-to-join-sun-belt-conference-in-2014.aspx] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203003153/http://www.sunbeltsports.org/General/Article/tabid/1069//Article/19989/Title/georgia-southern-to-join-sun-belt-conference-in-2014.aspx|date=December 3, 2013}}</ref> Appalachian State and Georgia Southern both joined for all sports from the [[Southern Conference]] on July 1, 2014. Both schools had been very successful within the Football Championship Subdivision, combining to win nine national championships since 1985. They upgraded to the Football Bowl Subdivision, and were eligible for Sun Belt conference championships in 2014, but were not postseason-eligible in football until 2015.

The Sun Belt also granted football-only invites to [[University of Idaho|Idaho]] and [[New Mexico State University|New Mexico State]] on March 28, 2013.<ref>[http://www.sunbeltsports.org/General/Article/tabid/1069//Article/19996/Title/idaho-and-new-mexico-state-to-join-sun-belt-conference-as-football-members-in-2.aspx] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130703201423/http://www.sunbeltsports.org/General/Article/tabid/1069//Article/19996/Title/idaho-and-new-mexico-state-to-join-sun-belt-conference-as-football-members-in-2.aspx|date=July 3, 2013}}</ref> Idaho and New Mexico State were both former Sun Belt members (Idaho for football only, New Mexico State for all sports) from 2001 to 2005. The large number of defections from the [[Western Athletic Conference|WAC]] forced that conference to drop football after the 2012 season. Idaho and New Mexico State were the only remaining WAC members that sponsored football, and competed as FBS independents for the 2013 season before competing in the Sun Belt in 2014. Idaho is located by far the farthest away from the other Sun Belt conference members, but it was rejected by the [[Mountain West Conference]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://collegefootball.ap.org/romenews-tribune/content/board-approves-idaho-football-going-independent|title=Board approves Idaho football going independent|work=College Football}}</ref> leaving it with no other choice.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2013/mar/27/idaho-football-returning-sun-belt-2014/|title=Idaho football returning to Sun Belt in 2014 – Spokesman.com – March 27, 2013|work=Spokesman.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.idahostatesman.com/2014/06/29/3258682/rekindling-rivalries-will-help.html|title=Boise, Meridian, Nampa, Caldwell news by Idaho Statesman|work=Idaho Statesman}}</ref>

On September 1, 2015, [[Coastal Carolina University]] accepted an invitation to join the Sun Belt Conference. The university joined in all sports except for football starting July 1, 2016, with football joining in 2017.<ref name="coastal_sunbelt">{{cite press release|url=http://www.bigsouthsports.com/entries/statement-from-big-south-commissioner-kyle-b-kallander-on-coastal-carolina|title=Statement from Big South Commissioner Kyle B. Kallander on Coastal Carolina|publisher=[[Big South Conference]]|date=September 1, 2015|access-date=September 1, 2015|archive-date=September 3, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150903235638/http://www.bigsouthsports.com/entries/statement-from-big-south-commissioner-kyle-b-kallander-on-coastal-carolina|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The conference announced on March 1, 2016, that the affiliation agreement with Idaho and New Mexico State would not be extended past the 2017 season.<ref>{{cite press release|title=Sun Belt Football to Be 10 Teams in 2018|url=http://sunbeltsports.org/news/2016/3/1/FB_0301161055.aspx|publisher=Sun Belt Conference|date=March 1, 2016|access-date=March 1, 2016}}</ref>

The conference announced that beginning in 2018, the conference (10 teams) would be divided into two divisions for football: East: [[Appalachian State Mountaineers football|Appalachian State]], [[Coastal Carolina Chanticleers football|Coastal Carolina]], [[Georgia Southern Eagles football|Georgia Southern]], [[Georgia State Panthers football|Georgia State]], and [[Troy Trojans football|Troy]]; West: [[Arkansas State Red Wolves football|Arkansas State]], [[Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns football|Louisiana]], [[Louisiana–Monroe Warhawks football|Louisiana–Monroe]], [[South Alabama Jaguars football|South Alabama]], and [[Texas State Bobcats football|Texas State]]. The winner of each division will meet in the [[Sun Belt Conference Football Championship Game|Sun Belt Championship game]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/sun-belt-announces-football-divisions-starting-in-2018-collaborative-replay-system/|title=Sun Belt announces football divisions for 2018, new collaborative replay system|work=CBS Sports|access-date=May 23, 2017|language=en}}</ref>

=== 2020s===
{{Main|2021–2026 NCAA conference realignment}}
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Following the July 30, 2021 announcement of the [[University of Texas at Austin]] and the [[University of Oklahoma]] both moving from the [[Big 12 Conference]] to the [[Southeastern Conference]],<ref>{{Cite web|date=July 30, 2021|title=Texas, Oklahoma regents accept SEC invitation|url=https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/31920686/texas-longhorns-oklahoma-sooners-unanimously-accept-invitation-sec|access-date=October 21, 2021|website=ESPN.com|language=en}}</ref> the world of college athletics faced the prospect of realignment once again. The Big 12 responded on September 10 by adding three schools from the [[American Athletic Conference]] (The American) and [[BYU Cougars|BYU]], an [[NCAA Division I FBS independent schools|FBS independent]] and otherwise a member of the non-football [[West Coast Conference]], effective in 2023.<ref>{{cite press release|url=https://big12sports.com/news/2021/9/10/big-12-conference-adds-four-new-members.aspx |title=Big 12 Conference Adds Four New Members |publisher=Big 12 Conference |date=September 10, 2021 |access-date=September 10, 2021}}</ref> The American in turn responded on October 21 by adding six schools from [[Conference USA]] (C-USA), with 2023 as the most likely entry date.<ref>{{Cite web|date=October 19, 2021|title=6 schools officially apply to join AAC, source says|url=https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/32432496/six-schools-officially-apply-join-american-athletic-conference|access-date=October 21, 2021|website=ESPN.com|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release|url=https://theamerican.org/news/2021/10/21/general-american-athletic-conference-announces-the-addition-of-six-universities.aspx |title=American Athletic Conference Announces the Addition of Six Universities |publisher=American Athletic Conference |date=October 21, 2021 |access-date=October 21, 2021}}</ref> Following this move, rumors began to circulate that the Sun Belt was planning to take on another three members (the [[University of Southern Mississippi]] (Southern Miss or USM), [[Marshall University]], and former Sun Belt member [[Old Dominion University]]) from C-USA, likely in response to that conference's remaining teams worried of the conference folding.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Sun Belt, Conference USA considering adding teams amid AAC expansion|url=https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/sun-belt-conference-usa-considering-adding-teams-amid-aac-expansion/|access-date=October 21, 2021|website=CBS Sports|date=20 October 2021 |language=en}}</ref> These moves would help to establish the market areas for the Sun Belt and The American, which cover similar geographic footprints. The American would now have most of its members in metropolitan areas, while the Sun Belt would instead have its members in smaller [[college town]]s.

On October 22, [[The Action Network]] reported that Southern Miss had been accepted as a new Sun Belt member, with 2023 as the likely entry date. The report also stated that the Sun Belt would add three more members—the aforementioned Marshall and Old Dominion, plus [[James Madison University]], a member of the [[NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision|FCS]] [[Colonial Athletic Association]] (CAA).<ref name=Action1022>{{cite news|url=https://www.actionnetwork.com/ncaaf/southern-miss-joins-sun-belt-other-conference-usa-schools-expected-to-join-soon |title=Sources: Southern Miss Joins Sun Belt; Marshall, Old Dominion, JMU Will Join in Coming Days |first=Brett |last=McMurphy |website=The Action Network |date=October 22, 2021 |access-date=October 22, 2021}}</ref> Southern Miss<ref name=USM23>{{cite press release|url=https://sunbeltsports.org/news/2021/10/26/football-southern-miss-joins-sun-belt-conference.aspx |title=Southern Miss Joins Sun Belt Conference |publisher=Sun Belt Conference |date=October 26, 2021 |access-date=October 26, 2021}}</ref> and Old Dominion<ref name=ODU23>{{cite press release|url=https://sunbeltsports.org/news/2021/10/27/general-old-dominion-joins-sun-belt-conference.aspx |title=Old Dominion Joins Sun Belt Conference |publisher=Sun Belt Conference |date=October 27, 2021 |access-date=October 27, 2021}}</ref> were respectively announced as incoming members on October 26 and 27. At the time, both were to join no later than 2023. On October 29, the day after Marshall named its next president,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/32480819/southern-miss-officially-joins-sun-belt-enter-league-no-later-july-2023 |title=Southern Miss officially joins Sun Belt, will enter league no later than July 2023 |first=Adam |last=Rittenberg |website=ESPN.com |date=October 26, 2021 |access-date=October 26, 2021}}</ref> both the Sun Belt and Marshall issued tweets announcing that school's entry; a formal announcement followed the next day<ref name=MU23>{{cite press release|url=https://sunbeltsports.org/news/2021/10/30/general-marshall-joins-sun-belt-conference.aspx |title=Marshall Joins Sun Belt Conference |publisher=Sun Belt Conference |date=October 30, 2021 |access-date=November 1, 2021}}</ref> and an introductory press conference was held on November 1.<ref name=Traylor>{{cite news|url=https://www.herald-dispatch.com/sports/sun-belt-confirms-mens-soccer-being-reinstated/article_e08dea8c-b0bd-51cd-9810-0a1365bdc1e5.html |title=Sun Belt confirms men's soccer being reinstated |first=Grant |last=Traylor |newspaper=The Herald-Dispatch |location=Huntington, WV |date=November 1, 2021 |access-date=November 2, 2021}}</ref> As for James Madison, its board met on October 29 to discuss a potential Sun Belt invitation, but its timeline was also affected by a Virginia state law that requires [[Virginia General Assembly|legislative]] approval for a four-year public school to move upward in athletic classification, including FCS to FBS. The legislative committee that must review the move did not meet until November 5, after the [[2021 Virginia gubernatorial election|state's gubernatorial election]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.dnronline.com/sports/college/va-s-gubernatorial-election-impacts-jmu-sun-belt-timeline/article_cea1d319-f46b-5a6d-881a-5b9f88c6b39e.html |title=Va.'s Gubernatorial Election Impacts JMU-Sun Belt Timeline |first=Greg |last=Madia |newspaper=Daily News-Record |location=Harrisonburg, VA |date=October 28, 2021 |access-date=October 28, 2021}}</ref> The committee unanimously approved JMU's move from FCS to FBS, and the Sun Belt move was officially announced on November 6.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2021/11/04/james-madison-sun-belt-caa/|title=James Madison's move to Sun Belt would trigger messy divorce from CAA|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=November 5, 2021|date=November 4, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release|url=https://sunbeltsports.org/news/2021/11/5/general-james-madison-joins-sun-belt-conference.aspx |title=James Madison Joins Sun Belt Conference |publisher=Sun Belt Conference |date=November 6, 2021 |access-date=November 6, 2021}}</ref> The original Action Network report also stated that the two full non-football SBC members, Little Rock and UT Arlington, would no longer be members of the conference after the 2022–23 school year.<ref name=Action1022/>

Initial plans were for James Madison to compete as a de facto Sun Belt affiliate in sports other than football and men's soccer during the 2022–23 season.<ref name=SunBelt>{{cite news |last=Mettler |first=Shane |title=Dukes Get Approval For Move To FBS, Join Sun Belt |url=https://www.dnronline.com/sports/college/dukes-get-approval-for-move-to-fbs-join-sun-belt/article_79109591-eb2f-5b26-8817-a158b82b02ce.html |access-date=November 20, 2021 |work=Daily News-Record |date=November 5, 2021 |quote=Sources said JMU's other sports would begin competition in the Sun Belt during the 2022-23 school year and it is expected the Dukes will be eligible for conference championships in their debut seasons.}}</ref> However, those plans would eventually change, with JMU and the SBC jointly announcing on February 2, 2022, that JMU would become a full SBC member, including football, in 2022–23.<ref>{{cite press release|url=https://jmusports.com/news/2022/2/2/administration-james-madison-to-compete-in-sun-belt-conference-in-2022-2023.aspx |title=James Madison to Compete in Sun Belt Conference in 2022-2023 |publisher=James Madison Dukes |date=February 2, 2022 |access-date=February 3, 2022}}</ref>

By the end of January 2022, both non-football members would announce their departures for other conferences, effective that July. On December 8, 2021, the University of Arkansas Board of Trustees voted to accept an invitation for Little Rock to join the [[Ohio Valley Conference]],<ref>{{cite press release|title=Little Rock Receives Board Approval To Join Ohio Valley Conference|url=https://lrtrojans.com/news/2021/12/8/little-rock-announces-thursday-press-conference-regarding-future-of-trojan-athletics.aspx|access-date=2021-12-08|publisher=Little Rock Trojans|language=en}}</ref> and UT Arlington, which had been a [[Western Athletic Conference]] member in the [[2010–2013 Western Athletic Conference realignment|2012–13 school year]], announced its return to that conference on January 21, 2022.<ref>{{cite press release|url=https://wacsports.com/general/2021-22/releases/20220120nrv7nj |title=University of Texas at Arlington Accepts Invitation to Join WAC |publisher=Western Athletic Conference |date=January 21, 2022 |access-date=January 22, 2022}}</ref>

Shortly thereafter, Marshall, Old Dominion, and Southern Miss announced that they planned to leave C-USA for the Sun Belt in July 2022. They claimed to have notified C-USA of their plans in December 2021, apparently seeking to negotiate a 2022 exit. C-USA had indicated in late January 2022 that it expected the three schools to remain in that league through the 2022–23 school year.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/33269116/sun-belt-bound-marshall-old-dominion-southern-miss-announce-plans-depart-conference-usa-june |title=Sun Belt-bound Marshall, Old Dominion, Southern Miss announce plans to depart Conference USA in June |first=Adam |last=Rittenberg |website=ESPN.com |date=February 11, 2022 |access-date=February 11, 2022}}</ref> Marshall escalated the situation by filing suit against C-USA in its [[Cabell County, West Virginia|local]] court in an attempt to force a 2022 move.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/33354627/marshall-sues-conference-usa-push-departure-sun-belt |title=Marshall sues Conference USA to push up departure for Sun Belt |first=Heather |last=Dinich |website=ESPN.com |date=February 23, 2022 |access-date=February 23, 2022}}</ref> On March 29, Conference USA agreed to let Marshall, Old Dominion, and Southern Miss move to the Sun Belt starting July 1, 2022.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/33626016/move-marshall-old-dominion-southern-miss-conference-usa-sun-belt-now-complete |title=Move of Marshall, Old Dominion, Southern Miss from Conference USA to Sun Belt now complete |first=Pete |last=Thamel |author-link=Pete Thamel |website=ESPN.com |date=March 29, 2022 |access-date=March 29, 2022}}</ref>

On April 6, with the entrance of three new men's soccer-sponsoring schools in James Madison, Marshall, and Old Dominion, the Sun Belt announced that men's soccer would be reinstated as a sponsored sport. The three aforementioned programs joined current Sun Belt members Coastal Carolina (previously affiliates with Conference USA) as well as Georgia State and Georgia Southern (previously affiliates with the [[Mid-American Conference]]). Additionally, it was announced that [[Kentucky Wildcats men's soccer|Kentucky]], [[South Carolina Gamecocks men's soccer|South Carolina]], and [[West Virginia Mountaineers men's soccer|West Virginia]] would join as men's soccer affiliate members beginning in fall 2022, giving the conference an inaugural soccer membership of 9.<ref>{{cite press release|url=https://sunbeltsports.org/news/2022/4/6/sun-belt-conference-announces-return-of-mens-soccer-this-fall.aspx |title=Sun Belt Conference Announces Return of Men's Soccer This Fall |publisher=Sun Belt Conference |date=April 6, 2022 |access-date=April 6, 2022}}</ref> Kentucky and South Carolina were previously also affiliated with C-USA, while West Virginia was affiliated with the MAC. The SBC later announced it would add [[UCF Knights men's soccer|UCF]] as a men's soccer affiliate when that school joined the [[Big 12 Conference]] in 2023.<ref>{{cite press release|url=https://sunbeltsports.org/news/2022/6/21/ucf-mens-soccer-to-join-sun-belt-conference-in-fall-2023.aspx |title=UCF Men's Soccer to Join Sun Belt Conference in Fall 2023 |publisher=Sun Belt Conference |date=June 21, 2022 |access-date=June 22, 2022}}</ref>  In men's soccer, the conference is not a "mid-major" conference, but a "power" conference due to the quasi-alliance of the Big 12 and SEC schools, plus the presence of [[Marshall Thundering Herd men's soccer|Marshall]], which has played in two national championship games in the 2020s, winning one.

On June 6, the SBC presidents & chancellors approved adding two new women's sports, beach volleyball and swimming & diving, no later than the 2023–24 school year. They also announced that the conference would explore adding another women's sport, field hockey, at an undetermined future date.<ref>{{cite press release|url=https://sunbeltsports.org/news/2022/6/9/general-sun-belt-presidents-chancellors-conclude-spring-meeting.aspx|title=Sun Belt Presidents/Chancellors add two sports, look into adding third |publisher=Sun Belt Conference |date=June 9, 2022 |access-date=June 9, 2022}}</ref>

On January 18, 2023, the SBC officially announced that its beach volleyball league would launch that spring, with the four full members sponsoring the sport joined by [[Charleston Cougars|Charleston]], [[Mercer Bears|Mercer]], [[UNC Wilmington Seahawks|UNC Wilmington]], and [[Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks and Ladyjacks|Stephen F. Austin]] as affiliate members.<ref>{{cite press release|url=https://sunbeltsports.org/news/2023/1/17/general-sun-belt-conference-adds-beach-volleyball-for-2023.aspx|title=Sun Belt Conference Adds Beach Volleyball For 2023 |publisher=Sun Belt Conference |date=January 18, 2023 |access-date=January 19, 2023}}</ref>

On August 17, 2023, the SBC officially announced the return of women's swimming and diving as a sponsored sport.<ref>{{cite press release|url=https://sunbeltsports.org/news/2023/8/17/sun-belt-conference-announces-return-of-womens-swimming-and-diving-for-2023-24.aspx|title=Sun Belt Conference Announces Return of Women's Swimming and Diving For 2023-24 |publisher=Sun Belt Conference |date=August 17, 2023 |access-date=August 17, 2023}}</ref> However, the SBC would only sponsor the sport for two seasons before dropping it after the 2024–25 season.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://swimswam.com/liberty-james-madison-and-marshall-womens-swim-dive-will-join-the-aac-in-2025-2026/|title=Liberty, James Madison, and Marshall Women's Swim & Dive Will Join the AAC in 2025-2026|last=Keith|first=Braden|publisher=swimswam.com|date=December 13, 2024|access-date=December 18, 2024}}</ref>

On June 30, 2025, [[Texas State University|Texas State]] accepted an offer to join the [[Pac-12 Conference]] by July 1, 2026, following the unanimous approval of the [[Texas State University System]] board of regents.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Yum |first=Caleb |title=Texas State approves $5 million buyout to leave Sun Belt, join Pac-12 |url=https://www.statesman.com/story/sports/college/2025/06/30/texas-state-approves-5-million-buyout-to-leave-sun-belt-join-pac-12/84416493007/ |access-date=2025-06-30 |website=Austin American-Statesman |language=en-US}}</ref> On July 14, the SBC voted to replace Texas State with another regional member, [[Louisiana Tech University|Louisiana Tech]] of Conference USA, by as early as 2026.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-07-14 |title=Louisiana Tech returns to Sun Belt, sources say |url=https://www.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/45737935/louisiana-tech-returns-sun-belt-conference-14th-team |access-date=2025-07-14 |website=ESPN.com |language=en}}</ref> This addition would keep the installment of conference divisions intact, with Louisiana Tech replacing Texas State in the West Division.

== Member schools ==
===Current full members===
{{color box|#ffa0a0}} Member departing for the [[Pac-12 Conference]] in 2026.
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! Institution !! Location !! Founded !! Joined !! Type !! Enrollment !! Endowment<br />(millions) !! Nickname !! class="unsortable"|Colors
|-
!colspan="9" style="background:#0A2240; color:white"| East Division
|-
! scope="row" | [[Appalachian State University]]
| [[Boone, North Carolina]]
| 1899
| 2014
| rowspan="7"|[[State university system|Public]]
| 21,798
| $191<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://datausa.io/profile/university/appalachian-state-university |title=Appalachian State University &#124; Data USA }}</ref>
| [[Appalachian State Mountaineers|Mountaineers]]
| {{college color boxes|Appalachian State Mountaineers}}
|-
! scope="row" | [[Coastal Carolina University]]
| [[Conway, South Carolina]]
| 1954
| 2016
| 10,894<ref>{{cite web |title=CCU Enrollment Trends Fall 2019 |url=https://www.coastal.edu/iraa/studentdata/demographics/ |publisher=Coastal Carolina University |access-date=January 27, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200127235612/https://www.coastal.edu/iraa/studentdata/demographics/ |archive-date=January 27, 2020 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| $44.6<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://datausa.io/profile/university/coastal-carolina-university |title=Coastal Carolina University &#124; Data USA }}</ref>
| [[Coastal Carolina Chanticleers|Chanticleers]]
| {{college color boxes|Coastal Carolina Chanticleers}}
|-
! scope="row" | [[Georgia Southern University]]
| [[Statesboro, Georgia]]
| 1906
| 2014
| 26,106<ref>{{cite web |title=Fall 2023 enrollment numbers for Georgia Southern, University System of Georgia |url=https://www.usg.edu/research/assets/research/documents/enrollment_reports/Fall_2023_SER_Official_102423.pdf |publisher=Georgia Southern University |access-date=November 14, 2023 |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 15, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231115032623/https://www.usg.edu/research/assets/research/documents/enrollment_reports/Fall_2023_SER_Official_102423.pdf }}</ref>
| $98.4<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://datausa.io/profile/university/georgia-southern-university |title=Georgia Southern University &#124; Data USA }}</ref>
| [[Georgia Southern Eagles|Eagles]]
| {{college color boxes|Georgia Southern Eagles}}
|-
! scope="row" | [[Georgia State University]]
| [[Atlanta|Atlanta, Georgia]]
| 1913
| 2013{{efn|group=full|Georgia State left after the 1980-81 school year, then rejoined effective the 2013-14 school year.}}
| 50,521<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.usg.edu/research/assets/research/documents/enrollment_reports/Fall_2023_SER_Official_102423.pdf|title=Fall Semester Enrollment Report|access-date=November 14, 2023|publisher=Georgia Board of Regents}}</ref>
| $220<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://datausa.io/profile/university/georgia-state-university |title=Georgia State University &#124; Data USA }}</ref>
| [[Georgia State Panthers|Panthers]]
| {{college color boxes|Georgia State Panthers}}
|-
! scope="row" | [[James Madison University]]
| [[Harrisonburg, Virginia]]
| 1908
| 2022
| 21,496
| $123<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://datausa.io/profile/university/james-madison-university |title=James Madison University &#124; Data USA }}</ref>
| [[James Madison Dukes|Dukes]]
| {{college color boxes|James Madison Dukes}}
|-
! scope="row" | [[Marshall University]]
| [[Huntington, West Virginia]]
| 1837
| 2022
| 11,962<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.marshall.edu/home/quick-facts|title=MU Quick Facts|access-date=August 22, 2016|publisher=Marshall University|archive-date=September 11, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190911064309/http://www.marshall.edu/home/quick-facts|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| $201<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://datausa.io/profile/university/marshall-university |title=Marshall University &#124; Data USA }}</ref>
| nowrap|[[Marshall Thundering Herd|Thundering Herd]]
| {{college color boxes|Marshall Thundering Herd}}
|-
! scope="row" | [[Old Dominion University]]
| [[Norfolk, Virginia]]
| 1930
| 2022{{efn|group=full|Old Dominion left after the 1990-91 school year, then rejoined effective the 2022-23 school year.}}
| 24,286<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.odu.edu/about/facts-and-figures |title=University Facts & Figures |publisher=Old Dominion University |access-date=October 27, 2021}}</ref> 
| $312<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://datausa.io/profile/university/old-dominion-university |title=Old Dominion University &#124; Data USA }}</ref>
| [[Old Dominion Monarchs|Monarchs]]
| {{college color boxes|Old Dominion Monarchs}}
|-
!colspan="9" style="background:#F6A800; color:#0A2240"| West Division
|-
! scope="row" | [[Arkansas State University]]
| [[Jonesboro, Arkansas]]
| 1909
| 1991
| rowspan="5"|[[State university system|Public]]
| 14,109<ref>{{cite web |title=ARKANSAS STATE HAS NEAR-RECORD ENROLLMENT FOR FALL 2022 WITH GAINS IN MOST CATEGORIES |url=https://www.astate.edu/news/arkansas-state-has-near-record-enrollment-for-fall-2022-with-gains-in-most-categories |publisher=Arkansas State University |access-date=September 16, 2022 |date=September 8, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220915135237/https://www.astate.edu/news/arkansas-state-has-near-record-enrollment-for-fall-2022-with-gains-in-most-categories |archive-date=September 15, 2022 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| $122.6
| [[Arkansas State Red Wolves|Red Wolves]]
| {{college color boxes|Arkansas State Red Wolves}}
|-
! scope="row" | {{sort|Louisiana–Lafayette|[[University of Louisiana at Lafayette]]}}
| [[Lafayette, Louisiana]]
| 1898
| 1991
| 19,188<ref>{{cite web |title=Graduate school boosts UL Lafayette overall enrollment |url=https://louisiana.edu/news-events/news/20191003/graduate-school-boosts-ul-lafayette-overall-enrollment |publisher=University of Louisiana at Lafayette |access-date=January 28, 2020 |date=October 3, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200128231251/https://louisiana.edu/news-events/news/20191003/graduate-school-boosts-ul-lafayette-overall-enrollment |archive-date=January 28, 2020 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| $232<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://datausa.io/profile/university/university-of-louisiana-at-lafayette |title=University of Louisiana at Lafayette &#124; Data USA }}</ref>
| [[Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns|Ragin' Cajuns]]
| {{college color boxes|Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns}}
|-
! scope="row" | {{sort|Louisiana-Monroe|[[University of Louisiana at Monroe]]}}
| [[Monroe, Louisiana]]
| 1931
| 2006{{efn|group=full|Louisiana-Monroe was an affiliate member in football from the 2001 to 2005 fall seasons (2001-02 to 2005-06 school years).}}
| 9,060<ref>{{cite web |title=University Planning & Analsysis Quick Facts Fall 2019 |url=https://www.ulm.edu/upa/quickfacts.html |publisher=University of Louisiana Monroe |access-date=January 27, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200127233836/https://www.ulm.edu/upa/quickfacts.html |archive-date=January 27, 2020 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| $37.3<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://datausa.io/profile/university/university-of-louisiana-at-monroe |title=University of Louisiana at Monroe &#124; Data USA }}</ref>
| [[Louisiana-Monroe Warhawks|Warhawks]]
| {{college color boxes|Louisiana-Monroe Warhawks}}
|-
! scope="row" | {{sort|South Alabama|[[University of South Alabama]]}}
| [[Mobile, Alabama]]
| 1963
| 1976
| 14,834<ref>{{cite web |title=University of South Alabama Historical Enrollment by Fall Semester Total Headcount Enrollment* by Fall Semester |url=https://www.southalabama.edu/departments/institutionalresearch/historicalfallenrollment.html |publisher=University of South Alabama |access-date=January 28, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190813112307/https://www.southalabama.edu/departments/institutionalresearch/historicalfallenrollment.html |archive-date=August 13, 2019 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| $466<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://datausa.io/profile/university/university-of-south-alabama |title=University of South Alabama &#124; Data USA }}</ref>
| [[South Alabama Jaguars|Jaguars]]
| {{college color boxes|South Alabama Jaguars}}
|-
! scope="row" | {{sort|Southern Miss|[[University of Southern Mississippi]]}}
| [[Hattiesburg, Mississippi]]
| 1910
| 2022
| 14,606<ref>{{Cite web|date=January 13, 2021|title=USM Defies National Trends, Reaches Highest Enrollment in Six Years |url=https://www.usm.edu/news/2020/release/highest-enrollment-in-six-years.php|access-date=October 25, 2021|website=The University of Southern Mississippi|language=en}}</ref>
| $131<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://datausa.io/profile/university/university-of-southern-mississippi |title=University of Southern Mississippi &#124; Data USA }}</ref>
| [[Southern Miss Golden Eagles|Golden Eagles]]
| {{college color boxes|Southern Miss Golden Eagles}}
|-bgcolor=#ffa0a0
| '''[[Texas State University]]'''
| [[San Marcos, Texas]]
| 1899
| 2013
| [[State university system|Public]]
| 40,678<ref>{{cite web |title=Quarterly Board of Regents Meeting November 14 - 15, 2019 |url=https://gato-docs.its.txstate.edu/jcr:ed0a8f23-f44e-4b95-bee5-b396af81e718/Board%20Book%20111419.pdf |publisher=Texas State University System |access-date=January 28, 2020 |pages=47–50 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200128235530/https://gato-docs.its.txstate.edu/jcr:ed0a8f23-f44e-4b95-bee5-b396af81e718/Board%2520Book%2520111419.pdf |archive-date=January 28, 2020 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| $393<ref>{{cite web|title=Next is Now Factsheet|date=September 23, 2024 |url=https://www.ua.txst.edu/next-is-now/fact-sheet-next-is-now-capital-campaign.html}}</ref>
| [[Texas State Bobcats|Bobcats]]
| {{college color boxes|Texas State Bobcats}}
|-
! scope="row" | [[Troy University]]
| [[Troy, Alabama]]
| 1887
| 2005{{efn|group=full|Troy was an affiliate member in football during the 2004 fall season (2004-05 school year).}}
| [[State university system|Public]]
| 17,494<ref>{{cite web |title=Troy University Headcount Enrollment By Classification and Enrollment Status Fall 2018 |url=https://www.troy.edu/_assets/irpe/_documents/enr-classenrstatus-fall2018.pdf |publisher=Troy University |access-date=January 28, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200128234155/https://www.troy.edu/_assets/irpe/_documents/enr-classenrstatus-fall2018.pdf |archive-date=January 28, 2020 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| $164<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://datausa.io/profile/university/troy-university |title=Troy University (102368) &#124; Data USA }}</ref>
| [[Troy Trojans|Trojans]]
| {{college color boxes|Troy Trojans}}
|}

;Notes:
{{notelist|group=full}}

=== Future members ===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
! Institution
! Location
! Founded
! Joining
! Type
! Enrollment
! Endowment<br />(millions)
! Nickname
! class="unsortable" | Colors
! Current<br />conference
|-
| '''[[Louisiana Tech University]]'''
| [[Ruston, Louisiana]]
| 1894
| {{tooltip|TBD|to be determined}}{{efn|group=fut|name=La Tech|Louisiana Tech left after the 2000-01 school year and will rejoin no later than July 1, 2027.}}
| [[Public university|Public]]
| 12,039<ref>{{cite web |title=Louisiana Tech celebrates six-year enrollment milestone and record-setting freshman class |url=https://www.latech.edu/2024/09/23/louisiana-tech-celebrates-six-year-enrollment-milestone-and-record-setting-freshman-class/ |publisher=Louisiana Tech University |access-date=November 28, 2024 |date=September 23, 2024}}</ref>
| $92.2<ref>{{Cite web |title=Louisiana Tech University &#124; Data USA |url=https://datausa.io/profile/university/louisiana-tech-university }}</ref>
| [[Louisiana Tech Bulldogs and Lady Techsters|Bulldogs & Lady Techsters]]
| {{college color boxes|Louisiana Tech Bulldogs}}
| [[Conference USA|CUSA]]
|}

;Notes
{{notelist|group=fut}}

===Affiliate members===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!Institution
!Location
!Founded
!Joined
!Type
!Enrollment
!Nickname
!class="unsortable"|Colors
!Sport
!Primary<br />conference
|-
| {{sort|Charleston|'''[[College of Charleston]]'''}}
| [[Charleston, South Carolina]]
| 1770
| 2022{{efn|group=aff|name=BV22|The three beach volleyball associates (Charleston, Mercer, and UNCW) are listed as having joined in 2022, even though they were not announced as incoming affiliates until January 2023. The SBC's first beach volleyball season of 2023, which featured the four schools, was part of the 2022-23 school year.}}
| rowspan=2 | Public
| 10,468
| [[Charleston Cougars|Cougars]]
| {{college color boxes|Charleston Cougars}}
| Beach volleyball 
| [[Coastal Athletic Association|CAA]]
|-
| '''{{sort|Kentucky|[[University of Kentucky]]}}'''
| [[Lexington, Kentucky]]
| 1865
| 2022
| 32,710
| [[Kentucky Wildcats men's soccer|Wildcats]]
| {{college color boxes|Kentucky Wildcats}}
| Soccer (m)
| [[Southeastern Conference|SEC]]
|-
| {{sort|Mercer University|'''[[Mercer University]]'''}}
| [[Macon, Georgia]]
| 1833
| 2022{{efn|group=aff|name=BV22}}
| Private
| 8,740
| [[Mercer Bears|Bears]]
| {{college color boxes|Mercer Bears}}
| Beach volleyball 
| [[Southern Conference|SoCon]]
|-
| {{sort|South Carolina|'''[[University of South Carolina]]'''}}
| [[Columbia, South Carolina]]
| 1801
| 2022
| rowspan=4 | Public
| 35,364
| [[South Carolina Gamecocks men's soccer|Gamecocks]]
| {{college color boxes|South Carolina Gamecocks}}
| rowspan=2 | Soccer (m)
| [[Southeastern Conference|SEC]]
|-
| '''{{sort|UCF|[[University of Central Florida]]}}'''
| [[Orlando, Florida]]{{efn|group=aff|The main UCF campus has an Orlando mailing address but is in unincorporated [[Orange County, Florida|Orange County]].}}
| 1963
| 2023
| 70,406
| [[UCF Knights men's soccer|Knights]]
| {{college color boxes|UCF Knights}}
| [[Big 12 Conference|Big 12]]
|-
| {{sort|UNC Wilmington|'''[[University of North Carolina Wilmington]]'''}}
| [[Wilmington, North Carolina]]
| 1947
| 2022{{efn|group=aff|name=BV22}}
| 14,765
| [[UNC Wilmington Seahawks|Seahawks]]
| {{college color boxes|UNC Wilmington Seahawks}}
| Beach volleyball
| [[Coastal Athletic Association|CAA]]
|-
| '''[[West Virginia University]]'''
| [[Morgantown, West Virginia]]
| 1867
| 2022
| 26,269<!--Enrollment at Morgantown campus only. WVU's other two undergraduate campuses (Potomac State, a junior college, and WVU Tech) are far removed from Morgantown and have separate athletic programs.-->
| [[West Virginia Mountaineers men's soccer|Mountaineers]]
| {{college color boxes|West Virginia Mountaineers}}
| Soccer (m)
| [[Big 12 Conference|Big 12]]
|}

{{notelist|group=aff}}

===Former full members===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!Institution
!Location
!Founded
!Joined
!Left
!Type
!Nickname
!class="unsortable"|Colors
!Subsequent<br />conference
!Current<br />conference
|-
| {{sort|Alabama-Birmingham|'''[[University of Alabama at Birmingham]]'''}}
| [[Birmingham, Alabama]]
| 1969
| 1979
| 1991
| rowspan="2"|Public
| [[UAB Blazers|Blazers]]
| {{college color boxes|UAB Blazers}}
| [[Great Midwest Conference|Great Midwest]]
| [[American Conference (NCAA)|American]]
|-
| {{sort|Central Florida|'''[[University of Central Florida]]'''}}
| [[Orlando, Florida]]{{efn|group=former|The main UCF campus has an Orlando mailing address but is in unincorporated [[Orange County, Florida|Orange County]].}}
| 1963
| 1991
| 1992
| [[UCF Knights|Knights]]
| {{college color boxes|UCF Knights}}
| [[Atlantic Sun Conference|ASUN]]
| [[Big 12 Conference|Big 12]]
|-
| {{sort|Denver|'''[[University of Denver]]'''}}
| [[Denver|Denver, Colorado]]
| 1864
| 1999
| 2012
| Private
| [[Denver Pioneers|Pioneers]]
| {{college color boxes|Denver Pioneers}}
| [[Western Athletic Conference|WAC]]
| [[Summit League|Summit]]
|-
| '''[[Florida Atlantic University]]'''
| [[Boca Raton, Florida]]
| 1961
| 2006{{efn|group=former|Florida Atlantic was an affiliate member for football during the 2005 fall season (2005-06 school year).}}
| rowspan="2"|2013
| rowspan="2"|Public
| [[Florida Atlantic Owls|Owls]]
| {{college color boxes|Florida Atlantic Owls}}
| [[Conference USA|CUSA]]
| [[American Conference (NCAA)|American]]
|-
| '''[[Florida International University]]'''
| [[Miami|Miami, Florida]]{{efn|group=former|The main FIU campus has a Miami mailing address but is in unincorporated [[Miami-Dade County, Florida|Miami-Dade County]].}}
| 1965
| 1998
| [[FIU Panthers|Panthers]]
| {{college color boxes|FIU Panthers}}
| colspan=2| [[Conference USA|CUSA]]
|-
| '''[[Jacksonville University]]'''
| [[Jacksonville, Florida]]
| 1934
| 1976
| rowspan="2"|1998
| Private
| [[Jacksonville Dolphins|Dolphins]]
| {{college color boxes|Jacksonville Dolphins}}
| colspan=2| [[Atlantic Sun Conference|ASUN]]
|-
| '''[[Lamar University]]'''
| [[Beaumont, Texas]]
| 1923
| 1991
| rowspan="15"|Public
| [[Lamar Cardinals and Lady Cardinals|Cardinals]]
| {{college color boxes|Lamar Cardinals}}
| colspan=2 | [[Southland Conference|Southland]]
|-
| '''[[University of Arkansas at Little Rock]]'''
| [[Little Rock, Arkansas]]
| 1927
| 1991
| 2022
| [[Little Rock Trojans|Trojans]]
| {{college color boxes|Little Rock Trojans}}
| colspan=2|[[Ohio Valley Conference|OVC]]<br>([[United Athletic Conference|UAC]] in 2026)
|-
| '''[[Louisiana Tech University]]'''
| [[Ruston, Louisiana]]
| 1894
| 1991
| 2001
| [[Louisiana Tech Bulldogs and Lady Techsters|Bulldogs & Lady Techsters]]
| {{college color boxes|Louisiana Tech Bulldogs}}
| [[Western Athletic Conference|WAC]]
| [[Conference USA|CUSA]]
|-
| '''[[Middle Tennessee State University]]'''
| [[Murfreesboro, Tennessee]]
| 1911
| rowspan="2"|2000
| 2013
| [[Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders|Blue Raiders]]
| {{college color boxes|Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders}}
| colspan=2| [[Conference USA|CUSA]]
|-
| '''[[New Mexico State University]]'''
| [[Las Cruces, New Mexico]]
| 1888
| 2005{{efn|group=former|New Mexico State was a full member from 2000-01 to 2004-05 and an affiliate member for football from the 2014 to 2017 fall seasons (2014-15 to 2017-18 school years).}}
| [[New Mexico State Aggies|Aggies]]
| {{college color boxes|New Mexico State Aggies}}
| [[Western Athletic Conference|WAC]]
| [[Conference USA|CUSA]]
|-
| rowspan="2"|{{sort|New Orleans|'''[[University of New Orleans]]'''}}
| rowspan="2"|[[New Orleans|New Orleans, Louisiana]]
| rowspan="2"|1958
| 1976
| 1980
| rowspan="2"|[[New Orleans Privateers|Privateers]]
| rowspan="2"|{{college color boxes|New Orleans Privateers}}
| ''[[NCAA Division I independent schools|D-I Independent]]''
| rowspan="2"| [[Southland Conference|Southland]]
|-
| 1991
| 2010
| ''[[NCAA Division I independent schools|D-I Independent]]''
|-
| {{sort|North Carolina Charlotte|'''[[University of North Carolina at Charlotte]]'''}}
| [[Charlotte, North Carolina]]
| 1946
| 1976
| 1991
| [[Charlotte 49ers|49ers]]
| {{college color boxes|Charlotte 49ers}}
| [[Metro Conference|Metro]]
| [[American Conference (NCAA)|American]]
|-
| {{sort|North Texas|'''[[University of North Texas]]'''}}
| [[Denton, Texas]]
| 1890
| 2000
| 2013
| [[North Texas Mean Green|Mean Green]]
| {{college color boxes|North Texas Mean Green}}
| [[Conference USA|CUSA]]
| [[American Conference (NCAA)|American]]
|-
| {{sort|South Florida|'''[[University of South Florida]]'''}}
| [[Tampa, Florida]]
| 1956
| 1976
| 1991
| [[South Florida Bulls|Bulls]]
| {{college color boxes|South Florida Bulls}}
| [[Metro Conference|Metro]]
| [[American Conference (NCAA)|American]]
|-
| '''[[University of Texas at Arlington]]'''
| [[Arlington, Texas]]
| 1895
| 2013
| 2022
| [[UT Arlington Mavericks|Mavericks]]
| {{college color boxes|UT Arlington Mavericks}}
| colspan=2|[[Western Athletic Conference|WAC]]<br>([[United Athletic Conference|UAC]] in 2026)
|-
| {{sort|Texas-Pan American|'''[[University of Texas-Pan American]]'''}}{{efn|group=former|Texas-Pan American was merged into [[University of Texas Rio Grande Valley|UTRGV]] in 2015; the merged school inherited UTPA's athletic program, with the new nickname of Vaqueros, and membership in the Western Athletic Conference (WAC).}}
| [[Edinburg, Texas]]
| 1927
| 1991
| 1998
| [[Texas-Pan American Broncs|Broncs]]
| {{college color boxes|Texas-Pan American Broncs}}
| ''[[NCAA Division I independent schools|Independent]]''
| [[Southland Conference|Southland]]<br>{{small|(as [[UT Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros|UTRGV Vaqueros]])}}
|-
| '''[[Virginia Commonwealth University]]'''
| [[Richmond, Virginia]]
| 1838
| 1979
| 1991
| [[VCU Rams|Rams]]
| {{college color boxes|VCU Rams}}
| [[Metro Conference|Metro]]
| [[Atlantic 10 Conference|Atlantic 10]]
|-
| '''[[Western Kentucky University]]'''
| [[Bowling Green, Kentucky]]
| 1906
| 1982
| 2014
| nowrap="nowrap" |[[Western Kentucky Hilltoppers|Hilltoppers & Lady Toppers]]
| {{college color boxes|Western Kentucky Hilltoppers}}
| colspan=2| [[Conference USA|CUSA]]
|}

;Notes:
{{notelist|group=former}}

===Former affiliate members===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!Institution
!Location
!Founded
!Joined
!Left
!Type
!Nickname
!class="unsortable"|Colors
!Sport
!Conference<br />in former<br />Sun Belt sport{{efn|group=faff|In all cases except those of Howard and Vanderbilt, this matches the school's primary conference affiliation. Howard is a full member of the [[Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference]], including FCS football. Vanderbilt has been a full member of the [[Southeastern Conference]] since that league's creation in 1932.}}
|-
| {{sort|Central Arkansas|'''[[University of Central Arkansas]]'''}}
| [[Conway, Arkansas]]
| 1907
| 2019
| 2021
| Public
| [[Central Arkansas Bears soccer|Bears]]{{efn|group=faff|Central Arkansas uses "Bears" only for men's teams, with women's teams known as "Sugar Bears". Men's soccer was the school's only Sun Belt sport.}}
| {{college color boxes|Central Arkansas Bears}}
| rowspan="3"|Soccer (m)
| [[Atlantic Sun Conference|ASUN]]
|-
| '''[[Hartwick College]]'''
| [[Oneonta, New York]]
| 1797
| rowspan="2"|2014
| 2018
| rowspan="2"|Private
| [[Hartwick Hawks|Hawks]]
| {{college color boxes|Hartwick Hawks}}
| [[Empire 8]]{{efn|group=former|name=D3|Currently an [[NCAA Division III]] athletic conference.}}
|-
| '''[[Howard University]]'''
| [[Washington, D.C.]]
| 1867
| 2021{{efn|group=faff|Due to [[COVID-19 pandemic in the United States|COVID-19]] concerns, Howard chose not to play soccer in the 2020-21 school year, although the Sun Belt chose to hold a men's soccer season, with the four remaining men's soccer members playing a fall conference schedule and spring non-conference games to accommodate the NCAA's move of the Division I tournament from fall 2020 to spring 2021.}} 
| [[Howard Bison|Bison]]
| {{college color boxes|Howard Bison}}
| [[Northeast Conference|Northeast]]
|-
| rowspan="2"|{{sort|Idaho|'''[[University of Idaho]]'''}}
| rowspan="2"|[[Moscow, Idaho]]
| rowspan="2"|1889
| 2001
| 2005
| rowspan="6"|Public
| rowspan="2"|[[Idaho Vandals football|Vandals]]
| rowspan="2"|{{college color boxes|Idaho Vandals}}
| rowspan="2"|Football
| rowspan="2"|[[Big Sky Conference|Big Sky]]
|-
| rowspan="3"|2014
| 2018
|-
| '''[[New Jersey Institute of Technology]]'''
| [[Newark, New Jersey]]
| 1881
| 2016
| [[NJIT Highlanders|Highlanders]]
| {{college color boxes|NJIT Highlanders}}
| Soccer (m)
| [[America East Conference|America East]]
|-
| '''[[New Mexico State University]]'''
| [[Las Cruces, New Mexico]]
| 1888
| 2018
| [[New Mexico State Aggies football|Aggies]]
| {{college color boxes|New Mexico State Aggies}}
| Football
| [[Conference USA|CUSA]]
|-
| '''[[Stephen F. Austin State University]]'''
| [[Nacogdoches, Texas]]
| 1923
| 2022
| 2024
| [[Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks and Ladyjacks|Ladyjacks]]
| {{college color boxes|Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks}}
| Beach volleyball 
| [[Southland Conference|SLC]]
|-
| '''[[Utah State University]]'''
| [[Logan, Utah]]
| 1888
| 2003
| 2005
| [[Utah State Aggies football|Aggies]]
| {{college color boxes|Utah State Aggies}}
| Football
| [[Mountain West Conference|Mountain West]]<br />([[Pac-12 Conference|Pac-12]] in 2026)
|-
| '''[[Vanderbilt University]]'''
| [[Nashville, Tennessee]]
| 1873
| 1995
| 1997
| Private
| [[Vanderbilt Commodores men's soccer|Commodores]]
| {{college color boxes|Vanderbilt Commodores}}
| Soccer (m)
| ''none''{{efn|group=faff|Vanderbilt dropped men's soccer after the 2005 fall season (2005-06 school year). It has been a full member of the Southeastern Conference since 1932.}}
|}

;Notes:
{{notelist|group=faff}}

===Membership timeline===
{{for|the football membership timeline|Sun Belt Conference football#Reorganization}}
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 id:line value:black
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 bar:1 color:FullxF from:1976 till:1981 text:Georgia State (1976–1981)
 bar:1 color:OtherC1 from:1981 till:1983
 bar:1 shift:(15) color:OtherC2 from:1983 till:2005 text:[[Trans America Athletic Conference|TAAC]]
 bar:1 color:OtherC1 from:2005 till:2013 text:[[Colonial Athletic Association|CAA]]
 bar:1 color:Full from:2013 till:end text: (2013–present)

 bar:2 color:FullxF from:1976 till:1998 text:Jacksonville (1976–1998)
 bar:2 color:OtherC1 from:1998 till:end text:[[Trans America Athletic Conference|TAAC]]

 bar:3 color:FullxF from:1976 till:1980 text:New Orleans (1976–1980)
 bar:3 shift:(65) color:OtherC1 from:1980 till:1987 text:Independent
 bar:3 color:OtherC2 from:1987 till:1991 text:[[American South Conference|ASC]]
 bar:3 color:FullxF from:1991 till:2010 text: (1991–2010)
 bar:3 shift:(-25) color:OtherC1 from:2010 till:2012 text:Independent
 bar:3 color:OtherC2 from:2012 till:end text:[[Southland Conference|Southland]]

 bar:4 color:FullxF from:1976 till:1991 text:North Carolina–Charlotte (1976–1991)
 bar:4 color:OtherC1 from:1991 till:1995 text:[[Metro Conference|Metro]]
 bar:4 color:OtherC2 from:1995 till:2005 text:[[Conference USA|CUSA]]
 bar:4 color:OtherC1 from:2005 till:2013 text:[[Atlantic 10 Conference|A-10]]
 bar:4 color:OtherC2 from:2013 till:2023 text:[[Conference USA|CUSA]]
 bar:4 color:OtherC1 from:2023 till:end text:[[American Conference (NCAA)|American]]

 bar:5 color:FullxF from:1976 till:2012 text:South Alabama (1976–present)
 bar:5 color:Full from:2012 till:end

 bar:6 color:FullxF from:1976 till:1991 text:South Florida (1976–1991)
 bar:6 color:OtherC1 from:1991 till:1995 text:[[Metro Conference|Metro]]
 bar:6 color:OtherC2 from:1995 till:2005 text:[[Conference USA|CUSA]]
 bar:6 color:OtherC1 from:2005 till:2013 text:[[Big East Conference|Big East]]
 bar:6 color:OtherC2 from:2013 till:end text:[[American Conference (NCAA)|American]]

 bar:7 color:FullxF from:1979 till:1991 text:Alabama–Birmingham (1979–1991)
 bar:7 color:OtherC1 from:1991 till:1995 text:[[Great Midwest Conference|GMC]]
 bar:7 color:OtherC2 from:1995 till:2023 text:[[Conference USA|CUSA]]
 bar:7 color:OtherC1 from:2023 till:end text:[[American Conference (NCAA)|American]]

 bar:8 color:OtherC1 from:1976 till:1979 text:Indep.
 bar:8 color:FullxF from:1979 till:1991 text:VCU (1979–1991)
 bar:8 color:OtherC1 from:1991 till:1995 text:[[Metro Conference|Metro]]
 bar:8 color:OtherC2 from:1995 till:2012 text:[[Colonial Athletic Association|CAA]]
 bar:8 color:OtherC1 from:2012 till:end text:[[Atlantic 10 Conference|A-10]]

 bar:9 color:OtherC1 from:1976 till:1979 text:Indep.
 bar:9 color:OtherC2 from:1979 till:1982 text:[[Colonial Athletic Association|CAA]]
 bar:9 color:FullxF from:1982 till:1991 text:Old Dominion (1982–1991)
 bar:9 color:OtherC1 from:1991 till:2013 text:[[Colonial Athletic Association|CAA]]
 bar:9 color:OtherC2 from:2013 till:2022 text:[[Conference USA|CUSA]]
 bar:9 color:Full from:2022 till:end text:(2022–present)

 bar:10 color:OtherC1 from:1976 till:1982 text:[[Ohio Valley Conference|OVC]]
 bar:10 color:FullxF from:1982 till:2009 text:Western Kentucky (1982–2014)
 bar:10 color:Full from:2009 till:2014
 bar:10 color:OtherC1 from:2014 till:end text:[[Conference USA|CUSA]]

 bar:11 color:OtherC1 from:1976 till:1987 text:[[Southland Conference|Southland]]
 bar:11 color:OtherC2 from:1987 till:1991 text:[[American South Conference|ASC]]
 bar:11 color:FullxF from:1991 till:2001 text:Arkansas State (1991–present)
 bar:11 color:Full from:2001 till:end

 bar:12 color:OtherC1 from:1976 till:1977 text:[[Arkansas Intercollegiate Conference|AIC]]
 bar:12 color:OtherC2 from:1977 till:1979 text:Indep.
 bar:12 color:OtherC1 from:1979 till:1991 text:[[Trans America Athletic Conference|TAAC]]
 bar:12 color:FullxF from:1991 till:2022 text:Little Rock (1991–2022)
 bar:12 color:OtherC1 from:2022 till:end text:[[Ohio Valley Conference|OVC]]

 bar:13 color:OtherC1 from:1984 till:1990 text:Independent
 bar:13 shift:(-5) color:OtherC2 from:1990 till:1991 text:[[American South Conference|ASC]]
 bar:13 color:FullxF from:1991 till:1992 text:UCF (1991–1992)
 bar:13 shift:(120) color:OtherC1 from:1992 till:2005 text:[[Trans America Athletic Conference|TAAC/ASUN]]
 bar:13 color:OtherC2 from:2005 till:2013 text:[[Conference USA|CUSA]]
 bar:13 color:OtherC1 from:2013 till:2023 text:[[American Athletic Conference|American]]
 bar:13 color:AssocOS from:2023 till:end text:(2023–present)

 bar:14 color:OtherC1 from:1976 till:1987 text:[[Southland Conference|Southland]]
 bar:14 color:OtherC2 from:1987 till:1991 text:[[American South Conference|ASC]]
 bar:14 color:FullxF from:1991 till:1998 text:Lamar (1991–1998)
 bar:14 shift:(-10) color:OtherC1 from:1998 till:1999 text:Indep.
 bar:14 color:OtherC2 from:1999 till:2021 text:[[Southland Conference|Southland]]
 bar:14 shift:(-8) color:OtherC1 from:2021 till:2022 text:[[Western Athletic Conference|WAC]]
 bar:14 color:OtherC2 from:2022 till:end text:[[Southland Conference|Southland]]

 bar:15 color:OtherC1 from:1976 till:1987 text:[[Southland Conference|Southland]]
 bar:15 color:OtherC2 from:1987 till:1991 text:[[American South Conference|ASC]]
 bar:15 color:FullxF from:1991 till:2001 text:Louisiana Tech (1991–2001)
 bar:15 color:OtherC1 from:2001 till:2013 text:[[Western Athletic Conference|WAC]]
 bar:15 color:OtherC2 from:2013 till:2027 text:[[Conference USA|CUSA]]
 bar:15 color:Full from:2027 till:end text:(2027–future)

 bar:16 color:OtherC1 from:1976 till:1982 text:[[Southland Conference|Southland]]
 bar:16 color:OtherC2 from:1982 till:1987 text:Independent
 bar:16 color:OtherC1 from:1987 till:1991 text:[[American South Conference|ASC]]
 bar:16 color:FullxF from:1991 till:2001 text:Louisiana-Lafayette (1991–present)
 bar:16 color:Full from:2001 till:end

 bar:17 color:OtherC1 from:1976 till:1978 text:Indep.
 bar:17 color:OtherC2 from:1978 till:1980 text:[[Trans Atlantic Athletic Conference|TAAC]]
 bar:17 color:OtherC1 from:1980 till:1987 text:Independent
 bar:17 color:OtherC2 from:1987 till:1991 text:[[American South Conference|ASC]]
 bar:17 color:FullxF from:1991 till:1998 text:Texas–Pan American (1991–1998)
 bar:17 shift:(50) color:OtherC1 from:1998 till:2009 text:Independent
 bar:17 color:OtherC2 from:2009 till:2013 text:[[Great West Conference|GWC]]
 bar:17 color:OtherC1 from:2013 till:end text:[[Western Athletic Conference|WAC]]

 bar:18 color:OtherC1 from:1976 till:1988 text:DII Independent
 bar:18 color:OtherC2 from:1988 till:1991 text:DI Indep.
 bar:18 color:OtherC1 from:1991 till:1998 text:[[Trans Atlantic Athletic Conference|TAAC]]
 bar:18 color:FullxF from:1998 till:2005 text:Florida International (1998–2013)
 bar:18 color:Full from:2005 till:2013
 bar:18 color:OtherC1 from:2013 till:end text:[[Conference USA|CUSA]]

 bar:19 color:OtherC1 from:1976 till:1980 text:DI Indep.
 bar:19 color:OtherC2 from:1980 till:1990 text:NAIA Indep.
 bar:19 color:OtherC1 from:1990 till:1998 text:DII Indep.
 bar:19 shift:(-20) color:OtherC2 from:1998 till:1999 text:DI Indep.
 bar:19 color:FullxF from:1999 till:2012 text:Denver (1999–2012)
 bar:19 shift:(-5) color:OtherC1 from:2012 till:2013 text:[[Western Athletic Conference|WAC]]
 bar:19 shift:(10) color:OtherC2 from:2013 till:end text:[[Summit League|Summit]]

 bar:20 color:OtherC1 from:1976 till:2000 text:[[Ohio Valley Conference|OVC]]
 bar:20 color:FullxF from:2000 till:2001 text:Middle Tennessee State (2000–2013)
 bar:20 color:Full from:2001 till:2013
 bar:20 color:OtherC1 from:2013 till:end text:[[Conference USA|CUSA]]

 bar:21 color:OtherC1 from:1976 till:1983 text:[[Missouri Valley Conference|MVC]]
 bar:21 color:OtherC2 from:1983 till:2000 text:[[Big West Conference|PCAA/Big West]]
 bar:21 color:FullxF from:2000 till:2001 text:New Mexico State (2000–2005)
 bar:21 color:Full from:2001 till:2005
 bar:21 shift:(70) color:OtherC1 from:2005 till:2014 text:[[Western Athletic Conference|WAC]]
 bar:21 color:AssocF from:2014 till:2018 text:(2014–2018)
 bar:21 color:OtherC1 from:2018 till:2023 text:[[Western Athletic Conference|WAC]]
 bar:21 color:OtherC2 from:2023 till:end text:[[Conference USA|CUSA]]

 bar:22 color:OtherC1 from:1976 till:1982 text:Independent
 bar:22 color:OtherC2 from:1982 till:1996 text:[[Southland Conference|Southland]]
 bar:22 color:OtherC1 from:1996 till:2000 text:[[Big West Conference|Big West]]
 bar:22 color:FullxF from:2000 till:2001 text:North Texas (2000–2013)
 bar:22 color:Full from:2001 till:2013
 bar:22 color:OtherC1 from:2013 till:2023 text:[[Conference USA|CUSA]]
 bar:22 color:OtherC2 from:2023 till:end text:[[American Conference (NCAA)|American]]

 bar:23 color:OtherC1 from:1976 till:1996 text:[[Big Sky Conference|Big Sky]]
 bar:23 color:OtherC2 from:1996 till:2001 text:[[Big West Conference|Big West]]
 bar:23 color:AssocF from:2001 till:2005 text:Idaho (2001–2005)
 bar:23 shift:(25) color:OtherC1 from:2005 till:2012 text:[[Western Athletic Conference|WAC]]
 bar:23 color:OtherC2 from:2012 till:2014 text:Indep.
 bar:23 color:AssocF from:2014 till:2018 text:(2014–2018)
 bar:23 color:OtherC1 from:2018 till:end text:[[Big Sky Conference|Big Sky]]

 bar:24 color:OtherC1 from:1976 till:1982 text:Independent
 bar:24 color:OtherC2 from:1982 till:2001 text:[[Southland Conference|Southland]]
 bar:24 color:AssocF from:2001 till:2006 text:Louisiana–Monroe (2001–present)
 bar:24 color:Full from:2006 till:end

 bar:25 color:OtherC1 from:1976 till:1978 text:Indep.
 bar:25 color:OtherC2 from:1978 till:2003 text:[[Big West Conference|PCAA/Big West]]
 bar:25 color:AssocF from:2003 till:2005 text:Utah State (2003–2005)
 bar:25 shift:(85) color:OtherC1 from:2005 till:2013 text:[[Western Athletic Conference|WAC]]
 bar:25 color:OtherC2 from:2013 till:2026 text:[[Mountain West Conference|MWC]]
 bar:25 color:OtherC1 from:2026 till:end text:[[Pac-12 Conference|Pac-12]]

 bar:26 color:OtherC1 from:1976 till:1991 text:[[Gulf South Conference|GSC]]
 bar:26 color:OtherC2 from:1991 till:1993 text:[[NCAA Division II independent schools|Ind.]]
 bar:26 shift:(-5) color:OtherC1 from:1993 till:1994 text:[[East Coast Conference (Division I)|ECC]]
 bar:26 color:OtherC2 from:1994 till:1997 text:[[Summit League|Mid-Continent]]
 bar:26 shift:(20) color:OtherC1 from:1997 till:2004 text:[[ASUN Conference|TAAC/ASUN]]
 bar:26 color:AssocF from:2004 till:2005 text:Troy (2004–present)
 bar:26 color:Full from:2005 till:end

 bar:27 color:OtherC1 from:1976 till:1983 text:NAIA Independent
 bar:27 color:OtherC2 from:1983 till:1993 text: DII Independent
 bar:27 color:AssocF from:2005 till:2006 text:Florida Atlantic (2005–2013)
 bar:27 color:OtherC1 from:1993 till:2006 text:[[Atlantic Sun Conference|TAAC/ASUN]]
 bar:27 color:Full from:2006 till:2013
 bar:27 color:OtherC1 from:2013 till:2023 text:[[Conference USA|CUSA]]
 bar:27 color:OtherC2 from:2023 till:end text:[[American Conference (NCAA)|American]]

 bar:28 color:OtherC1 from:1976 till:1983 text:[[Lone Star Conference|LSC]]
 bar:28 color:OtherC2 from:1983 till:1987 text:[[Gulf South Conference|GSC]]
 bar:28 color:OtherC1 from:1987 till:2012 text:[[Southland Conference|Southland]]
 bar:28 shift:(-5) color:OtherC2 from:2012 till:2013 text:[[Western Athletic Conference|WAC]]
 bar:28 color:Full from:2013 till:2026 text:Texas State (2013–2026)
 bar:28 color:OtherC1 from:2026 till:end text:[[Pac-12 Conference|Pac-12]]

 bar:29 color:OtherC1 from:1976 till:2012 text:[[Southland Conference|Southland]]
 bar:29 shift:(-5) color:OtherC2 from:2012 till:2013 text:[[Western Athletic Conference|WAC]]
 bar:29 color:FullxF from:2013 till:2022 text:UT Arlington (2013–2022)
 bar:29 color:OtherC2 from:2022 till:2026 text:[[Western Athletic Conference|WAC]]
 bar:29 color:OtherC1 from:2026 till:end text:[[United Athletic Conference|UAC]]

 bar:30 color:OtherC1 from:1976 till:2014 text:[[Southern Conference|SoCon]]
 bar:30 color:Full from:2014 till:end text:Appalachian State (2014–present)
 
 bar:31 color:OtherC1 from:1976 till:1980 text:Independent
 bar:31 color:OtherC2 from:1980 till:1992 text:[[Trans Atlantic Athletic Conference|TAAC]]
 bar:31 color:OtherC1 from:1992 till:2014 text:[[Southern Conference|SoCon]]
 bar:31 color:Full from:2014 till:end text:Georgia Southern (2014–present)

 bar:32 color:OtherC1 from:1976 till:1983 text:Independent
 bar:32 color:OtherC2 from:1983 till:2016 text:[[Big South Conference|Big South]]
 bar:32 color:FullxF from:2016 till:2017 text:Coastal Carolina (2016–present)
 bar:32 color:Full from:2017 till:end

 bar:37 color:OtherC1 from:1976 till:1979 text:Indep.
 bar:37 color:OtherC2 from:1979 till:2022 text:[[Colonial Athletic Association|CAA]]
 bar:37 color:Full from:2022 till:end text:James Madison (2022–present)

 bar:38 color:OtherC1 from:1976 till:1997 text:[[Southern Conference|SoCon]]
 bar:38 color:OtherC2 from:1997 till:2005 text:[[Mid-American Conference|MAC]]
 bar:38 color:OtherC1 from:2005 till:2022 text:[[Conference USA|CUSA]]
 bar:38 color:Full from:2022 till:end text:Marshall (2022–present)

 bar:39 color:OtherC1 from:1976 till:1982 text:Independent
 bar:39 color:OtherC2 from:1982 till:1995 text:[[Metro Conference|Metro]]
 bar:39 color:OtherC1 from:1995 till:2022 text:[[Conference USA|CUSA]]
 bar:39 color:Full from:2022 till:end text:Southern Miss (2022–present)

ScaleMajor = gridcolor:line unit:year increment:2 start:1976
</timeline>

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==Commissioners==
[[File:Vic Bubas.jpg|thumb|150px|Vic Bubas was the Sun Belt Conference's first commissioner, successfully creating what was initially a premier mid-major basketball league.]]

* [[Vic Bubas]] (1976–1990)
* [[Jim Lessig]] (1990–1991)
* [[Craig Thompson (sports administrator)|Craig Thompson]] (1991–1998)
* [[Wright Waters]] (1999–2012)
* [[Karl Benson]] (2012–2019)
* [[Keith Gill (athletic director)|Keith Gill]] (2019–present)

In addition to the five Sun Belt commissioners, three future league leaders served on the Sun Belt staff prior to becoming conference commissioners, including Doug Elgin (Missouri Valley), John Iamarino (Northeast, Southern), and Tom Burnett (Southland).

On October 12, 2011, ESPN reported that Wright Waters would retire, effective July 1, 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/7093448/sun-belt-conference-commissioner-wright-waters-retire-july|title=Sun Belt Conference commissioner Wright Waters to retire in July|work=ESPN.com|date=October 12, 2011|access-date=May 29, 2015}}</ref> On February 15, 2012, Karl Benson was hired as the new commissioner of the Sun Belt, after having been the commissioner of the [[Western Athletic Conference]] for 17 years. Waters would later move his departure date to March 15, allowing Benson to take over at that time.<ref name="McMurphy 2012-04-07"/>

[[Keith Gill (athletic director)|Keith Gill]] was named the commissioner of the Sun Belt Conference on March 18, 2019. He is the first African American to lead any FBS conference.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.journalnow.com/sports/asu/basketball/the-sun-belt-s-keith-gill-on-his-new-conference/article_d0be4df7-0e9e-59b3-915b-6fb68416499a.html|title=The Sun Belt's Keith Gill on his new conference and being the first African-American FBS commissioner|date=March 19, 2019|agency=[[Winston-Salem Journal]]|author=Joyce, Ethan|access-date=April 1, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190401081849/https://www.journalnow.com/sports/asu/basketball/the-sun-belt-s-keith-gill-on-his-new-conference/article_d0be4df7-0e9e-59b3-915b-6fb68416499a.html|url-status=live|archive-date=April 1, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/sun-belt-hires-keith-gill-as-first-african-american-commissioner-overseeing-fbs-conference/|title=Sun Belt hires Keith Gill as first African-American commissioner overseeing FBS conference|date=March 19, 2019|agency=[[CBS Sports]]|author=Kercheval, Ben|access-date=April 1, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190401053844/https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/sun-belt-hires-keith-gill-as-first-african-american-commissioner-overseeing-fbs-conference/|url-status=live|archive-date=April 1, 2019}}</ref>

==Sports==

As of the current 2025–26 school year, the Sun Belt Conference sponsors championship competition in nine men's and ten women's NCAA sanctioned sports.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sunbeltsports.org/|title=Sun Belt Conference|publisher=Sunbeltsports.org|access-date=May 28, 2015}}</ref> The most recent change to sports sponsorship was the reinstatement of women's swimming and diving in 2023–24.

When Marshall was formally introduced as an incoming Sun Belt member, SBC commissioner Keith Gill also announced that the conference would reinstate men's soccer once all new members joined. Men's soccer resumed play in 2022–23 with six full members joined by three associates; a fourth associate joined in 2023–24. Beach volleyball started play with eight members, evenly divided between full members and associates.

[[File:LSU Baseball vs. USM, rundown.jpg|thumb|250px|Southern Miss vs. LSU baseball in 2008]]
[[File:Georgia State vs Georgia Southern basketball 2020.jpg|thumb|250px|Georgia Southern vs. Georgia State men's basketball in 2020]]
[[File:Army-football-takes-on-the-university-of-louisiana-at-monroe-at-malone-stadium-in-monroe-la-sep-2-2023-us-army-photo-by-cadet-patrick-faherty 53165134618 o.jpg|thumb|250px|Louisiana–Monroe vs. Army football in 2023]]

{| class="wikitable sortable" style=text-align:center
|+ Teams in Sun Belt competition{{efn|group=t|Numbers of teams are as of the 2023{{endash}}24 school year.}}
!Sport|| width=60 | Men's||Women's
|-
|{{left}}[[College baseball|Baseball]] || 14 || –
|-
|{{left}}[[College basketball|Basketball]] || 14 || 14
|-
|{{left}}[[Beach volleyball]] || – || 8
|-
|{{left}}[[Cross country running|Cross country]] || 9 || 13
|-
|{{left}}[[College football|Football]] || 14 || –
|-
|{{left}}[[Golf]] || 14 || 13
|-
|{{left}}[[College soccer in the United States|Soccer]] || 10 || 14
|-
|{{left}}[[College softball|Softball]] || – || 12
|-
|{{left}}[[Tennis]] || 9 || 14
|-
|{{left}}[[Track and field|Track and field indoor]] || 7 || 13
|-
|{{left}}[[Track and field|Track and field outdoor]] || 10 || 13
|-
|{{left}}[[Volleyball]] || – || 14
|}

{{notelist|group=t}}

===Men's sponsored sports by school===
Member-by-member sponsorship of the nine men's SBC sports for the 2025–26 academic year.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!School !! Baseball !! Basketball !! Cross<br />country !! Football !! Golf !! Soccer !! Tennis !! Track<br />& field<br />Indoor !! Track<br />& field<br />outdoor !! Total<br />sports
|-
|{{left}}Appalachian State || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{yes}}
!6
|-
|{{left}}Arkansas State || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}}
!7
|-
|{{left}}Coastal Carolina || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}}
!8
|-
|{{left}}Georgia Southern || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{no}}
!6
|-
|{{left}}Georgia State || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{no}}
!6
|-
|{{left}}James Madison || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{no}}
!6
|-
|{{left}}Louisiana || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}}
!8
|-
|{{left}}Louisiana–Monroe || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}}
!7
|-
|{{left}}Marshall || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}}|| {{yes}}|| {{yes}}
!8
|-
|{{left}}Old Dominion || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{no}}
!6
|-
|{{left}}South Alabama || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}}
!8
|-
|{{left}}Southern Miss || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}}
!7
|-bgcolor=#ffa0a0
|{{left}}Texas State || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}}
!7
|-
|{{left}}Troy || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}}
!7
|-
!Totals !! 14 !! 14 !! 9 !! 14 !! 14 !! 6+4 !! 9 !! 7 !! 10 !! 97+4
|-
!colspan=11| Future members
|-
|{{left}}Louisiana Tech || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}}
!7
|-
!colspan=11| Affiliate members
|-
| {{left}}Kentucky ||  ||  || ||  ||  || {{yes}} ||  ||  ||
! 1
|-
| {{left}}South Carolina || || ||  ||  ||  || {{yes}} ||  || || 
! 1
|-
| {{left}}UCF ||  ||  || || ||  || {{yes}} ||  || ||
! 1
|-
| {{left}}West Virginia || ||  ||  ||  || || {{yes}} || ||  ||
! 1
|}

====Men's varsity sports not sponsored by the Sun Belt====

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!School !! Sailing{{efn|group=mn|Sailing is a coeducational sport not governed by the NCAA, but instead by the [[Inter-Collegiate Sailing Association]].}} !! Swimming &<br />diving !! Wrestling
|-
|{{left}}Appalachian State || || || [[Southern Conference|SoCon]]
|-
|{{left}}Old Dominion || [[Middle Atlantic Intercollegiate Sailing Association|MAISA]] || [[Atlantic Sun Conference|ASUN]] ||
|}

{{notelist|group=mn}}

===Women's sponsored sports by school===
Member-by-member sponsorship of the 10 women's SBC sports for the 2025–26 academic year.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!School !! Basketball !! Beach<br />volleyball !! Cross<br />country !! Golf !! Soccer !! Softball !! Tennis !! Track<br />& field<br />indoor !! Track<br />& field<br />outdoor !! Volleyball !! Total<br />sports
|-
|{{left}}Appalachian State || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}}
!9
|-
|{{left}}Arkansas State || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}}
!8
|-
|{{left}}Coastal Carolina || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}}
!10
|-
|{{left}}Georgia Southern || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}}
!9
|-
|{{left}}Georgia State || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}}
!10
|-
|{{left}}James Madison || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}}
!9
|-
|{{left}}Louisiana || {{yes}} ||{{no}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}}
!8
|-
|{{left}}Louisiana–Monroe || {{yes}} || {{yes}} ||{{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}}
!9
|-
|{{left}}Marshall || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}}
!9
|-
|{{left}}Old Dominion || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{yes}}
!5
|-
|{{left}}South Alabama || {{yes}} ||{{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}}
!9
|-
|{{left}}Southern Miss || {{yes}} || {{yes}} ||{{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}}
!10
|-bgcolor=#ffa0a0
|{{left}}Texas State || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}}
!9
|-
|{{left}}Troy || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}}
!9
|-
!Totals !! 14 !! 4+3 !! 13 !! 13 !! 14 !! 12 !! 13 !! 13 !! 13 !! 14 !! 124+3
|-
!colspan=12| Future members
|-
|{{left}}Louisiana Tech || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}}
!8
|-
!colspan=12| Affiliate members
|-
| {{left}}Charleston ||  || {{yes}} || ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  || ||
! 1
|-
| {{left}}Mercer || ||{{yes}} ||  ||  ||  ||  || ||  || ||
! 1
|-
| {{left}} UNCW || || {{yes}} ||  || ||  || ||  ||  || ||
! 1
|-
|}

====Women's varsity sports not sponsored by the Sun Belt====

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!School !! Bowling !! Field<br />hockey !! Lacrosse !! Rifle !! Rowing !! Sailing{{efn|group=wn|Sailing is a coeducational sport not governed by the NCAA, but instead by the [[Inter-Collegiate Sailing Association]].}} !! Swimming &<br />diving 
|-
|{{left}}Appalachian State || || [[Mid-American Conference|MAC]] || || || || || 
|-
|{{left}}Arkansas State || [[Conference USA|CUSA]] || || || || || ||
|-
|{{left}}Coastal Carolina || || || [[Atlantic Sun Conference|ASUN]] || || || ||
|-
|{{left}}Georgia Southern || || || || [[Southern Conference|SoCon]] || || || [[Atlantic Sun Conference|ASUN]]
|-
|{{left}}James Madison || || [[Mid-American Conference|MAC]] || [[American Conference (NCAA)|American]] || || || || [[American Conference (NCAA)|American]]
|-bgcolor=lightgreen
|{{left}}Louisiana Tech || [[Conference USA|CUSA]]{{efn|group=wn|Louisiana Tech has not announced a future affiliation for its bowling program.}} || || || || || ||
|-
|{{left}}Marshall || || || || || || || [[American Conference (NCAA)|American]]
|-
|{{left}}Old Dominion || || [[Big East Conference|Big East]] || [[American Athletic Conference|American]] || || [[Big 12 Conference|Big 12]] || [[Middle Atlantic Intercollegiate Sailing Association|MAISA]] || [[Atlantic Sun Conference|ASUN]]
|}

{{notelist|group=wn}}

==Championships==
{{See also|List of Sun Belt Conference champions}}
"RS" is regular season, "T" is tournament. Championships from the previous academic year are flagged with the calendar year in which the most recent season or tournament ended.

===Current Sun Belt champions===
{{col-begin}}
{{col-3}}
;Fall 2024
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!width=75|Sport
!width=150|School
|-
| Cross<br/>Country
| [[Appalachian State Mountaineers|Appalachian State]] (men)<br>[[Appalachian State Mountaineers|Appalachian State]] (women)
|-style="height:100px"
| Football
| [[2024 Marshall Thundering Herd football team|Marshall]] (East RS & [[2024 Sun Belt Conference Football Championship Game|CG]])<br>[[2024 Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns football team|Louisiana]] (West RS)
|-
| Soccer (M)
| [[West Virginia Mountaineers men's soccer|West Virginia]] (RS & T)
|-
| Soccer (W)
| [[James Madison Dukes|James Madison]] (RS & T)
|-
| Volleyball (W)
| [[Appalachian State Mountaineers|Appalachian State]] (East RS)<br/>[[Arkansas State Red Wolves|Arkansas State]] (West RS)<br/>[[Texas State Bobcats|Texas State]] (T)
|}
{{col-3}}
;Winter 2024–25
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!width=75|Sport
!width=150|School
|-
| Basketball (M)
| [[2024–25 Arkansas State Red Wolves men's basketball team|Arkansas State]], [[2024–25 James Madison Dukes men's basketball team|James Madison]], [[2024–25 South Alabama Jaguars men's basketball team|South Alabama]], & [[2024–25 Troy Trojans men's basketball team|Troy]] (RS)<br/>[[2024–25 Troy Trojans men's basketball team|Troy]] (T)
|-
| Basketball<br />(W)
| [[2024–25 James Madison Dukes women's basketball team|James Madison]] (RS)<br/>[[2024–25 Arkansas State Red Wolves women's basketball team|Arkansas State]] (T)
|-
| Swimming<br />& Diving (W)
| [[James Madison Dukes|James Madison]]
|-
| Track<br />& Field<br />Indoor
| [[Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns|Louisiana]] (men)<br />[[Texas State Bobcats|Texas State]] (women)
|}
{{col-3}}
;Spring 2025
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!width=75|Sport
!width=150|School
|-
| Baseball
| [[2025 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers baseball team|Coastal Carolina]] (RS & T)
|-
| Beach<br>Volleyball
| [[Coastal Carolina Chanticleers|Coastal Carolina]] (RS)<br>[[Georgia State Panthers women's beach volleyball|Georgia State]] (T)
|-
| Golf
| [[Coastal Carolina Chanticleers#Men's golf|Coastal Carolina]] (men)<br />[[Southern Miss Golden Eagles|Southern Miss]] (women)
|-
| Softball
| [[Texas State Bobcats softball|Texas State]] (RS)<br />[[Coastal Carolina Chanticleers softball|Coastal Carolina]] (T)
|-
| Tennis (M)
| [[Old Dominion Monarchs|Old Dominion]] (RS & T)
|-
| Tennis (W)
| [[Old Dominion Monarchs|Old Dominion]] (RS & T)
|-
| Track<br />& Field<br />Outdoor
| [[Texas State Bobcats#Track & field|Texas State]] (men)<br />[[Texas State Bobcats#Track & field|Texas State]] (women)
|}
{{col-end}}

==== Vic Bubas Cup ====
The Sun Belt also has an all-sports competition called the [[Vic Bubas Cup]], which is awarded to the school with the best performance across every sport the Sun Belt Conference sponsors.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=2020-21 Vic Bubas Cup Standings |url=https://sunbeltsports.org/sports/2014/1/8/theBubasCup.aspx |access-date=2021-03-24 |website=sunbeltsports.org |language=en}}</ref> South Alabama has won the most Bubas Cups, with 16.{{notelist|group=champ}}

===NCAA champions===
The only school to have won a national title while an SBC member is Old Dominion, which won one title in women's basketball and five in the non-SBC sport of field hockey during its first conference tenure from 1982 to 1991. Six other current members have won NCAA Division I team championships prior to joining the conference. Coastal Carolina won its only D-I national title on the day before it officially joined the SBC, while representing the Big South Conference.

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! School
! NCAA<br />titles
! Sport
! Years
|-
| rowspan=2 | [[Old Dominion Monarchs|Old Dominion]]
| rowspan=2 | {{center|10}}
| Women's basketball
| [[1984–85 Old Dominion Lady Monarchs basketball team|1985]]
|-
| Field hockey
| [[1982 NCAA Division I field hockey tournament|1982]] • [[1983 NCAA Division I field hockey tournament|1983]] • [[1984 NCAA Division I field hockey tournament|1984]] • [[1988 NCAA Division I field hockey tournament|1988]] • [[1990 NCAA Division I field hockey tournament|1990]] • [[1991 NCAA Division I field hockey tournament|1991]] • [[1992 NCAA Division I field hockey tournament|1992]] • [[1998 NCAA Division I field hockey tournament|1998]] • [[2000 NCAA Division I field hockey tournament|2000]]
|-
| [[Georgia Southern Eagles|Georgia Southern]]
| {{center|6}}
| Football (Division I-AA/FCS)
| [[1985 Georgia Southern Eagles football team|1985]] • [[1986 Georgia Southern Eagles football team|1986]] • [[1989 Georgia Southern Eagles football team|1989]] • [[1990 Georgia Southern Eagles football team|1990]] • [[1999 Georgia Southern Eagles football team|1999]] • [[2000 Georgia Southern Eagles football team|2000]]
|-
| rowspan=4 | [[James Madison Dukes|James Madison]]
| rowspan=4 | {{center|5}}
| Field hockey
| [[1994 NCAA Division I field hockey tournament|1994]]
|-
| Archery
| 1995
|-
| Football (Division I-AA/FCS)
| [[2004 James Madison Dukes football team|2004]] • [[2016 James Madison Dukes football team|2016]]
|-
| Women's lacrosse
| [[2018 NCAA Division I women's lacrosse tournament|2018]]
|-
| [[Appalachian State Mountaineers|Appalachian State]]
| {{center|3}}
|Football (Division I-AA/FCS)
| [[2005 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team|2005]] • [[2006 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team|2006]] • [[2007 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team|2007]]
|-
| rowspan=2 | [[Marshall Thundering Herd|Marshall]]
| rowspan=2 | {{center|3}}
| Football (Division I-AA/FCS)
| [[1992 Marshall Thundering Herd football team|1992]] • [[1996 Marshall Thundering Herd football team|1996]]
|-
| Men's soccer
| [[2020 Marshall Thundering Herd men's soccer team|2020]]
|-
|[[Louisiana–Monroe Warhawks|Louisiana–Monroe]]
|{{center|1}}
|Football (Division I-AA/FCS)
|[[1987 Northeast Louisiana Indians football team|1987]]
|-
|[[Coastal Carolina Chanticleers|Coastal Carolina]]
|{{center|1}}
|Baseball
|[[2016 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers baseball team|2016]]
|-
!Total
!29
!
!
|}
See also:
[[List of NCAA schools with the most NCAA Division I championships]],
[[List of NCAA schools with the most Division I national championships]], and
[[NCAA Division I#Conferences|NCAA Division I FBS Conferences]]

==Football==
''For more information see [[Sun Belt Conference football]]. For the current season, see [[2025 Sun Belt Conference football season]].''
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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; float:right"
|-
!style="background:#F6A800; color:#0A2240"| West Division !! style="background:#0A2240; color:white"| East Division
|-
| [[Arkansas State Red Wolves football|Arkansas State]] || [[Appalachian State Mountaineers football|Appalachian State]]
|-
| [[Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns football|Louisiana]] || [[Coastal Carolina Chanticleers football|Coastal Carolina]]
|-
| [[Louisiana–Monroe Warhawks football|Louisiana–Monroe]] || [[Georgia Southern Eagles football|Georgia Southern]]
|-
| [[South Alabama Jaguars football|South Alabama]] || [[Georgia State Panthers football|Georgia State]]
|-
| [[Southern Miss Golden Eagles football|Southern Miss]] || [[James Madison Dukes football|James Madison]]
|-
| [[Texas State Bobcats football|Texas State]] || [[Marshall Thundering Herd football|Marshall]]
|-
| [[Troy Trojans football|Troy]] || [[Old Dominion Monarchs football|Old Dominion]]
|}

{{Location map+  
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| places=
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The Sun Belt first began sponsoring football in 2001. It originally consisted of seven football playing schools, three of which are still members of the conference.  Up until 2009, the conference only had a contract with one bowl, the [[New Orleans Bowl]].  Following the Sun Belt's improved football success and geographical membership changes, other bowls began to sign contracts with the Sun Belt Conference. {{as of|2021|10}}, the conference had seven [[bowl game]] tie-ins ([[Cure Bowl|Cure]], [[Boca Raton Bowl|Boca Raton]], [[LendingTree Bowl|LendingTree]], [[New Orleans Bowl|New Orleans]], [[Myrtle Beach Bowl|Myrtle Beach]], [[Frisco Bowl|Frisco]], and [[Camellia Bowl (2014–present)|Camellia]])

Throughout the years, the conference has experienced flux in membership changes, similar to many other FBS conferences.  The conference announced that beginning in 2018, the conference (10 teams after the departure of [[Idaho Vandals football|Idaho]] and [[New Mexico State Aggies football|New Mexico State]])<ref>{{cite press release|title=Sun Belt Football to Be 10 Teams in 2018|date=March 1, 2016|publisher=Sun Belt Conference|url=http://sunbeltsports.org/news/2016/3/1/FB_0301161055.aspx|access-date=March 1, 2016}}</ref> would be divided into two divisions for football: East: [[Appalachian State Mountaineers football|Appalachian State]], [[Coastal Carolina Chanticleers football|Coastal Carolina]], [[Georgia Southern Eagles football|Georgia Southern]], [[Georgia State Panthers football|Georgia State]], and [[Troy Trojans football|Troy]]; West: [[Arkansas State Red Wolves football|Arkansas State]], [[Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns football|Louisiana]], [[Louisiana–Monroe Warhawks football|Louisiana–Monroe]], [[South Alabama Jaguars football|South Alabama]], and [[Texas State Bobcats football|Texas State]]. The divisional alignments changed again with the 2022 expansion, with the new dividing line being the Alabama–Georgia border. The winner of each division will meet in the Sun Belt Championship game.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/sun-belt-announces-football-divisions-starting-in-2018-collaborative-replay-system/|title=Sun Belt announces football divisions for 2018, new collaborative replay system|work=CBS Sports|access-date=May 23, 2017|language=en}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!Team
!First<br />season
!All-Time<br />record
!All-Time<br />win %
!Bowl<br />appearances
!Bowl<br />record
!All-Time<br />Conference<br />titles
!Current<br />Head Coach
|-
|[[Appalachian State Mountaineers football|Appalachian State]]
|[[1928 Appalachian Normal football team|1928]]
|668–363–28
|{{winpct|668|363|28}}
|8
|7–1
|22
|[[Shawn Clark]]
|-
|[[Arkansas State Red Wolves football|Arkansas State]]
|1911
|503–530–37
|{{winpct|503|530|37}}
|12
|5–7
|14
|[[Butch Jones]]
|-
|[[Coastal Carolina Chanticleers football|Coastal Carolina]]
|[[2003 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers football team|2003]]
|172–96
|{{winpct|172|96}}
|5
|2–3
|9
|[[Tim Beck (American football, born 1966)|Tim Beck]]
|-
|[[Georgia Southern Eagles football|Georgia Southern]]
|[[1924 Georgia Normal Blue Tide football team|1924]]
|426–258–10
|{{winpct|426|258|10}}
|7
|3–4
|11
|[[Clay Helton]]
|-
|[[Georgia State Panthers football|Georgia State]]
|[[2010 Georgia State Panthers football team|2010]]
|64–115
|{{winpct|64|115}}
|6
|4–2
|0
|[[Dell McGee]]
|-
|[[James Madison Dukes football|James Madison]]
|[[1972 Madison Dukes football team|1972]]
|378–228-4
|{{winpct|378|228|4}}
|2
|1–1
|10
|[[Bob Chesney]]
|-
|[[Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns football|Louisiana]]
|[[1901 Southwestern Louisiana Industrial football team|1901]]
|582–568–34
|{{winpct|582|568|34}}
|12
|8–4
|13
|[[Michael Desormeaux]]
|-
|[[Louisiana–Monroe Warhawks football|Louisiana–Monroe]]
|1931
|330–471–8
|{{winpct|330|471|8}}
|1
|0–1
|5
|[[Bryant Vincent]]
|-
|[[Marshall Thundering Herd football|Marshall]]
|[[1895 Marshall Thundering Herd football team|1895]]
|638–574–47
|{{winpct|638|574|47}}
|20
|13–7
|13
|[[Tony Gibson (American football)|Tony Gibson]]
|-
|[[Old Dominion Monarchs football|Old Dominion]]
|[[2009 Old Dominion Monarchs football team|2009]]{{small|{{efn|group=found|The team played as a division of the [[College of William & Mary]] from [[1930 William & Mary Norfolk Division Braves football team|1930]] to [[1940 William & Mary Norfolk Division Braves football team|1940]], then folded. It was restarted in 2009; {{Years or months ago|2009}}.}}}}
|97–86–0
|{{winpct|97|86|0}}
|3
|1–2
|0
|[[Ricky Rahne]]
|-
|[[Southern Miss Golden Eagles football|Southern Miss]]
|[[1912 Mississippi Normal Normalites football team|1912]]
|618–473–27
|{{winpct|618|473|27}}
|25
|12–13
|8
|[[Charles Huff (American football coach)|Charles Huff]]
|-
|[[South Alabama Jaguars football|South Alabama]]
|[[2009 South Alabama Jaguars football team|2009]]
|90–98
|{{winpct|90|98}}
|5
|2–3
|0
|[[Kane Wommack]]
|-bgcolor=#ffa0a0
|[[Texas State Bobcats football|Texas State]]
|[[1904 Southwest Texas State football team|1904]]
|541–501–25
|{{winpct|541|501|25}}
|2
|2–0
|12
|[[G. J. Kinne]]
|-
|[[Troy Trojans football|Troy]]
|1909
|581–437–28
|{{winpct|581|437|28}}
|10
|6–4
|21
|[[Gerad Parker|Gerard Parker]]
|}
;Notes:
{{notelist|group=found}}

===Sun Belt champions===
Since the 2018 NCAA Division I FBS season, the Sun Belt Conference has held a football championship game.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sunbeltsports.org/news/2016/6/8/FB_0608165919.aspx|title=Inaugural Sun Belt Football Championship to be played in 2018|date=June 8, 2016|website=sunbeltsports.org}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Season
!Champion
!Conference<br />record
|-
|[[2001 Sun Belt Conference football season|2001]]
|[[2001 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team|Middle Tennessee]]<br />[[2001 North Texas Mean Green football team|North Texas]]
|{{center|5–1}}
|-
|[[2002 Sun Belt Conference football season|2002]]
|[[2002 North Texas Mean Green football team|North Texas]]
|{{center|6–0}}
|-
|[[2003 Sun Belt Conference football season|2003]]
|[[2003 North Texas Mean Green football team|North Texas]]
|{{center|7–0}}
|-
|[[2004 Sun Belt Conference football season|2004]]
|[[2004 North Texas Mean Green football team|North Texas]]
|{{center|7–0}}
|-
|[[2005 Sun Belt Conference football season|2005]]
|[[2005 Arkansas State Indians football team|Arkansas State]]<br />[[2005 Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns football team|Louisiana–Lafayette]]<br />[[2005 Louisiana–Monroe Indians football team|Louisiana–Monroe]]
|{{center|5–2}}
|-
|[[2006 Sun Belt Conference football season|2006]]
|[[2006 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team|Middle Tennessee]]<br />[[2006 Troy Trojans football team|Troy]]
|{{center|6–1}}
|-
|[[2007 Sun Belt Conference football season|2007]]
|[[2007 Florida Atlantic Owls football team|Florida Atlantic]]<br />[[2007 Troy Trojans football team|Troy]]
|{{center|6–1}}
|-
|[[2008 Sun Belt Conference football season|2008]]
|[[2008 Troy Trojans football team|Troy]]
|{{center|6–1}}
|-
|[[2009 Sun Belt Conference football season|2009]]
|[[2009 Troy Trojans football team|Troy]]
|{{center|8–0}}
|-
|[[2010 Sun Belt Conference football season|2010]]
|[[2010 FIU Panthers football team|Florida International]]<br />[[2010 Troy Trojans football team|Troy]]
|{{center|6–2}}
|-
|[[2011 Sun Belt Conference football season|2011]]
|[[2011 Arkansas State Red Wolves football team|Arkansas State]]
|{{center|8–0}}
|-
|[[2012 Sun Belt Conference football season|2012]]
|[[2012 Arkansas State Red Wolves football team|Arkansas State]]
|{{center|7–1}}
|-
|[[2013 Sun Belt Conference football season|2013]]*
|[[2013 Arkansas State Red Wolves football team|Arkansas State]]
|{{center|5–2}}
|-
|[[2014 Sun Belt Conference football season|2014]]
|[[2014 Georgia Southern Eagles football team|Georgia Southern]]
|{{center|8–0}}
|-
|[[2015 Sun Belt Conference football season|2015]]
|[[2015 Arkansas State Red Wolves football team|Arkansas State]]
|{{center|8–0}}
|-
|[[2016 Sun Belt Conference football season|2016]]
|[[2016 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team|Appalachian State]]<br />[[2016 Arkansas State Red Wolves football team|Arkansas State]]
|{{center|7–1}}
|-
|[[2017 Sun Belt Conference football season|2017]]
|[[2017 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team|Appalachian State]]<br />[[2017 Troy Trojans football team|Troy]]
|{{center|7–1}}
|-
|[[2018 Sun Belt Conference football season|2018]]
|[[2018 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team|Appalachian State]]
|{{center|7–1}}
|-
|[[2019 Sun Belt Conference football season|2019]]
| [[2019 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team|Appalachian State]]
| {{center|7–1}}
|-
|[[2020 Sun Belt Conference football season|2020]]*
|[[2020 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers football team|Coastal Carolina]]<br />[[2020 Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns football team|Louisiana]]
|{{center|8–0 <br />7–1}}
|-
|[[2021 Sun Belt Conference football season|2021]]
|[[2021 Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns football team|Louisiana]]
|{{center|8–0}}
|-
|[[2022 Sun Belt Conference football season|2022]]
|[[2022 Troy Trojans football team|Troy]]
|{{center|7–1}}
|-
|[[2023 Sun Belt Conference football season|2023]]
|[[2023 Troy Trojans football team|Troy]]
|{{center|7–1}}
|-
|[[2024 Sun Belt Conference football season|2024]]
|[[2024 Marshall Thundering Herd football team|Marshall]]
|{{center|7–1}}
|}

;Notes
*  [[2013 Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns football team|Louisiana–Lafayette]] vacated 2013 shared Sun Belt Conference co-championship due to major NCAA violations.<ref>{{cite news |title=Big NCAA penalties for UL-Lafayette: Cajuns vacate 20-plus wins, two bowls, 2013 Sun Belt title |newspaper=The Advocate|date=March 6, 2016 |url=http://www.theadvocate.com/acadiana/sports/ul_lafayette/article_552fb7b4-da9e-5db7-84ea-038ad6369850.html}}</ref>
* The 2020 championship game was canceled due to [[COVID-19 pandemic in the United States|COVID-19]] issues; the divisional champions were declared league co-champions.

===Bowl games===
As of the [[2024–25 NCAA football bowl games]], the Sun Belt Conference had tie-ins with the following bowl games:<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sunbeltsports.org/news/2024/6/6/football-sun-belt-espn-announce-2024-bowl-season-slate.aspx|title=Sun Belt & ESPN Announce 2024 Bowl Season Slate|date=June 6, 2024|website=sunbeltsports.org}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|-
!width=200|Name
!width=200|Location
!width=100|Opposing<br />conference
|-
|[[68 Ventures Bowl]]
|[[Mobile, Alabama]]
|[[Mid-American Conference|MAC]]
|-
|[[Cure Bowl]]
|[[Orlando, Florida]]
|[[American Athletic Conference|The American]]
|-
|[[Myrtle Beach Bowl]]
|[[Conway, South Carolina]]
|[[Conference USA|CUSA]]/[[Mid-American Conference|MAC]]
|-
|[[New Orleans Bowl]]
|[[New Orleans|New Orleans, Louisiana]]
|[[Conference USA|CUSA]]
|-
|[[Salute to Veterans Bowl]]
|[[Montgomery, Alabama]]
|[[Mid-American Conference|MAC]]
|}

===Football rivalries===
Football rivalries involving Sun Belt teams include:
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!colspan=2|Teams !! Rivalry<br />Name !! Trophy !! Meetings<br />(last) !! Record !! Series<br />Leader
|-
|[[Appalachian State Mountaineers football|Appalachian State]] || [[Georgia Southern Eagles football|Georgia Southern]] || [[Appalachian State–Georgia Southern football rivalry|Deeper Than Hate]] || — || 40<br />(2024) || 22–17–1 || style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|Appalachian State Mountaineers}}| Appalachian State
|-
|[[Appalachian State Mountaineers football|Appalachian State]] || [[Marshall Thundering Herd football|Marshall]] || [[Appalachian State–Marshall football rivalry|Old Mountain Feud]] || — || 27<br />(2024) || 16–11 || style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|Appalachian State Mountaineers}}| Appalachian State
|-
|[[Georgia State Panthers football|Georgia State]] || [[Georgia Southern Eagles football|Georgia Southern]] || [[Georgia Southern–Georgia State rivalry|Modern Day Hate]] || — || 11<br />(2024) || 6–5 || style={{NCAA color cell|Georgia State Panthers}}| Georgia State
|-
|[[James Madison Dukes football|James Madison]] || [[Old Dominion Monarchs football|Old Dominion]] || [[Royal Rivalry]] || Crown || 5<br />(2024) || 3–2 || style={{NCAA color cell|James Madison Dukes}}| James Madison
|-
|[[Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns football|Louisiana]] || [[Louisiana–Monroe Warhawks football|Louisiana–Monroe]] || [[Battle on the Bayou]] || Wooden Boot || 60{{efn|group=rivalry|In 2015, Louisiana–Lafayette vacated their win over Louisiana–Monroe in their [[2011 Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns football team|2011 football season]] due to alleged major NCAA violations.}}<br />(2024) || 33–26 || style={{NCAA color cell|Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns}}<br />(2024) | Louisiana
|-
|[[South Alabama Jaguars football|South Alabama]] || [[Troy Trojans football|Troy]] || [[South Alabama–Troy football rivalry|Battle for the Belt]] || Belt || 13<br />(2024) || 9–4 || style={{NCAA color cell|Troy Trojans}}| Troy
|}
;Notes:
{{notelist|group=rivalry}}

==Basketball==

=== Men's basketball ===
{{For|the most recent season|2024–25 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball season}}

This list goes through the 2021–22 season.<ref>{{cite web|title=2021–22 NCAA Men's Basketball Records|url=http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/m_basketball_RB/2022/D1.pdf|publisher=NCAA|access-date=November 5, 2021}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center"
|-
! Team
! First<br />season
! All-time<br />record
! All-time<br />win %
! NCAA Tournament<br />appearances
! NCAA Tournament<br />record
! Arena
! Head coach
|-
| '''[[Appalachian State Mountaineers men's basketball|Appalachian State]]'''
| 1919–20
| 1263–1162
| {{Winning percentage|1263|1162}}
| 3
| 0–3
| [[Holmes Center]]
| [[Dustin Kerns]]
|-
| '''[[Arkansas State Red Wolves men's basketball|Arkansas State]]'''
| 1926–27
| 1183–1184
| {{Winning percentage|1183|1184}}
| 1
| 0–1
| [[First National Bank Arena]]
| [[Bryan Hodgson]]
|- 
| '''[[Coastal Carolina Chanticleers men's basketball|Coastal Carolina]]'''
| 1974–75
| 711–680
| {{Winning percentage|711|680}}
| 4
| 0–4
| [[HTC Center]]
| [[Justin Gray (basketball)|Justin Gray]]
|- 
| '''[[Georgia Southern Eagles men's basketball|Georgia Southern]]'''
| 1926–27
| 1289–1014
| {{Winning percentage|1289|1014}}
| 3
| 0–3
| [[Hill Convocation Center]]
| [[Brian Burg]]
|- 
| '''[[Georgia State Panthers men's basketball|Georgia State]]'''
| 1963–64
| 668–954
| {{Winning percentage|668|954}}
| 6
| 2–6
| [[Georgia State Convocation Center]]
| [[Jonas Hayes]]
|-
| '''[[James Madison Dukes men's basketball|James Madison]]'''
| 1969–70
| 787–714
| {{Winning percentage|787|714}}
| 6
| 5–6
| [[Atlantic Union Bank Center]]
| [[Preston Spradlin]]
|- 
| '''[[Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns men's basketball|Louisiana]]'''
| 1911–12
| 1449–1124
| {{Winning percentage|1449|1124}}
| 11
| 4–11
| [[Cajundome]]
| [[Bob Marlin]]
|- 
| '''[[Louisiana–Monroe Warhawks men's basketball|Louisiana–Monroe]]'''
| 1951–52
| 1014–937
| {{Winning percentage|1014|937}}
| 7
| 0–7
| [[Fant–Ewing Coliseum]]
| [[Keith Richard]]
|-
| '''[[Marshall Thundering Herd men's basketball|Marshall]]'''
| 1906–07
| 1539–1139–2
| {{Winning percentage|1539|1139|2}}
| 6
| 1–6
| [[Cam Henderson Center]]
| [[Cornelius Jackson]]
|-
| '''[[Old Dominion Monarchs men's basketball|Old Dominion]]'''
| 1950–51
| 1214–765
| {{Winning percentage|1214|765}}
| 12
| 3–12
| [[Chartway Arena]]
| [[Mike Jones (basketball, born 1973)|Mike Jones]]
|- 
| '''[[South Alabama Jaguars men's basketball|South Alabama]]'''
| 1968–69
| 857–682
| {{Winning percentage|857|682}}
| 8
| 1–8
| [[Mitchell Center]]
| [[Richie Riley]]
|-
| '''[[Southern Miss Golden Eagles basketball|Southern Miss]]'''
| 1912–13
| 1279–1112–1
| {{Winning percentage|1279|1112|1}}
| 3
| 0–3
| [[Reed Green Coliseum]]
| [[Jay Ladner]]
|-bgcolor=#ffa0a0
| '''[[Texas State Bobcats men's basketball|Texas State]]'''
| 1920–21
| 1357–1184
| {{Winning percentage|1357|1184}}
| 2
| 0–2
| [[Strahan Arena]]
| [[Terrence Johnson (basketball)|Terrence Johnson]]
|-
| '''[[Troy Trojans men's basketball|Troy]]'''
| 1950–51
| 1086–933
| {{Winning percentage|1086|933}}
| 2
| 0–2
| [[Trojan Arena]]
| [[Scott Cross (basketball)|Scott Cross]]
|}

=== Women's basketball ===
This list goes through the 2022–23 season.<ref>{{cite web |title=2023-24 Division I Women's Basketball Records |url=http://fs.ncaa.org.s3.amazonaws.com/Docs/stats/w_basketball_RB/D1.pdf |publisher=NCAA |access-date=September 27, 2023}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center"
|-
! Team
! First<br />season
! All-time<br />record
! All-time<br />win %
! NCAA Tournament<br />appearances
! NCAA Tournament<br />record
! Arena
! Head coach
|-
| '''[[Appalachian State Mountaineers women's basketball|Appalachian State]]'''
| 1970–71
| 689–726
| {{Winning percentage|689|726}}
| 4
| 0–4
| [[Holmes Center]]
| [[Alaura Sharp]]
|-
| '''[[Arkansas State Red Wolves women's basketball|Arkansas State]]'''
| 1974–75
| 770–602
| {{Winning percentage|770|602}}
| 0
| 0–0
| [[First National Bank Arena]]
| Destinee Rogers
|- 
| '''[[Coastal Carolina Chanticleers women's basketball|Coastal Carolina]]'''
| 1974–75
| 572–732
| {{Winning percentage|572|732}}
| 0
| 0–0
| [[HTC Center]]
| Kevin Pederson
|- 
| '''[[Georgia Southern Eagles women's basketball|Georgia Southern]]'''
| 1973–74
| 707–679
| {{Winning percentage|707|679}}
| 2
| 0–2
| [[Hill Convocation Center]]
| Hanna Haden
|- 
| '''[[Georgia State Panthers women's basketball|Georgia State]]'''
| 1975–76
| 630–692
| {{Winning percentage|630|692}}
| 3
| 0–3
| [[Georgia State Convocation Center]]
| Gene Hill
|-
| '''[[James Madison Dukes women's basketball|James Madison]]'''
| 1920–21
| 1176–578–5
| {{Winning percentage|1176|578|5}}
| 12
| 8–12
| [[Atlantic Union Bank Center]]
| [[Sean O'Regan]]
|- 
| '''[[Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns women's basketball|Louisiana]]'''
| 1982–83
| 466–684
| {{Winning percentage|466|684}}
| 1
| 0–1
| [[Cajundome]]
| Gary Broadhead
|- 
| '''[[Louisiana–Monroe Warhawks women's basketball|Louisiana–Monroe]]'''
| 1974–75
| 632–682
| {{Winning percentage|632|682}}
| 4
| 4–4
| [[Fant–Ewing Coliseum]]
| Missy Bilerback
|-
| '''[[Marshall Thundering Herd women's basketball|Marshall]]'''
| 1969–70
| 715–737
| {{Winning percentage|715|737}}
| 2
| 0–2
| [[Cam Henderson Center]]
| [[Juli Fulks]]
|-
| '''[[Old Dominion Monarchs women's basketball|Old Dominion]]'''
| 1969–70
| 1121–480
| {{Winning percentage|1121|480}}
| 25
| 34–24
| [[Chartway Arena]]
| [[DeLisha Milton-Jones]]
|- 
| '''[[South Alabama Jaguars women's basketball|South Alabama]]'''
| 1974–75
| 666–701
| {{Winning percentage|666|701}}
| 1
| 0–1
| [[Mitchell Center]]
| Yolisha Jackson
|-
| '''[[Southern Miss Lady Eagles basketball|Southern Miss]]'''
| 1975–76
| 780–589
| {{Winning percentage|780|589}}
| 8
| 4–8
| [[Reed Green Coliseum]]
| Joye Lee-McNelis
|-bgcolor=#ffa0a0
| '''[[Texas State Bobcats women's basketball|Texas State]]'''
| 1982–83
| 565–576
| {{Winning percentage|565|576}}
| 2
| 0–2
| [[Strahan Arena]]
| [[Zenarae Antoine]]
|-
| '''[[Troy Trojans women's basketball|Troy]]'''
| 1975–76
| 670–677
| {{Winning percentage|670|677}}
| 4
| 0–4
| [[Trojan Arena]]
| [[Chanda Rigby]]
|}

=== Championships ===
{{main|Sun Belt Conference men's basketball tournament|Sun Belt Conference women's basketball tournament}}
Since the 2022–23 season, the Sun Belt Conference men's and women's basketball tournaments, held in early March, have involved all 14 of the conference's teams, and have been bracketed in a semi-stepladder format. The bottom four seeds play in the first round; seed 5 through 10 receive byes to the second round, and the top 4 seeds to the quarterfinals. All rounds are held in [[Pensacola, Florida]] at [[Pensacola Bay Center]] since 2022.<ref>{{cite press release|url=https://sunbeltsports.org/news/2020/3/3/general-pensacola-selected-to-host-2021-25-basketball-championships.aspx |title=Pensacola Selected to Host 2021-25 Basketball Championships |publisher=Sun Belt Conference |date=March 3, 2020 |access-date=March 3, 2020}}</ref> Winners of the tournaments earn automatic bids to their respective NCAA Division I basketball tournament.
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|-
!Season
!Men's<br />Regular Season<br />Champion
!Men's<br />Tournament<br />Champion
!Women's<br />Regular Season<br />Champion
!Women's<br />Tournament<br />Champion
|-
|1977
| colspan="2"|[[1976–77 UNC Charlotte 49ers men's basketball team|North Carolina–Charlotte]]
|''No Regular Season''
|''No Tournament''
|-
|1978
|[[Charlotte 49ers men's basketball|North Carolina–Charlotte]]
|[[New Orleans Privateers men's basketball|New Orleans]]
|''No Regular Season''
|''No Tournament''
|-
|1979
|[[South Alabama Jaguars men's basketball|South Alabama]]
|[[Jacksonville Dolphins men's basketball|Jacksonville]]
|''No Regular Season''
|''No Tournament''
|-
|1980
|[[South Alabama Jaguars men's basketball|South Alabama]]
|[[VCU Rams men's basketball|Virginia Commonwealth]]
|''No Regular Season''
|''No Tournament''
|-
|1981
| colspan="2"|[[VCU Rams men's basketball|Virginia Commonwealth]]
|''No Regular Season''
|''No Tournament''
|-
|1982
| colspan="2"|[[UAB Blazers men's basketball|Alabama–Birmingham]]
|''No Regular Season''
|''No Tournament''
|-
|1983
|[[VCU Rams men's basketball|Virginia Commonwealth]]
|[[UAB Blazers men's basketball|Alabama–Birmingham]]
| colspan="2"|[[Old Dominion Lady Monarchs basketball|Old Dominion]]
|-
|1984
|[[VCU Rams men's basketball|Virginia Commonwealth]]
|[[UAB Blazers men's basketball|Alabama–Birmingham]]
| colspan="2"|[[Old Dominion Lady Monarchs basketball|Old Dominion]]
|-
|1985
| colspan="2"|[[VCU Rams men's basketball|Virginia Commonwealth]]
| colspan="2"|[[Old Dominion Lady Monarchs basketball|Old Dominion]]
|-
|1986
|[[Old Dominion Monarchs basketball|Old Dominion]]
|[[Jacksonville Dolphins men's basketball|Jacksonville]]
| colspan="2"|[[Western Kentucky Lady Toppers basketball|Western Kentucky]]
|-
|1987
|[[Western Kentucky Hilltoppers basketball|Western Kentucky]]
|[[UAB Blazers men's basketball|Alabama–Birmingham]]
| colspan="2"|[[Old Dominion Lady Monarchs basketball|Old Dominion]]
|-
|1988
| colspan="2"|[[Charlotte 49ers men's basketball|North Carolina–Charlotte]]
|[[Old Dominion Lady Monarchs basketball|Old Dominion]]
|[[Western Kentucky Lady Toppers basketball|Western Kentucky]]
|-
|1989
| colspan="2"|[[South Alabama Jaguars men's basketball|South Alabama]]
|[[Old Dominion Lady Monarchs basketball|Old Dominion]]
|[[Western Kentucky Lady Toppers basketball|Western Kentucky]]
|-
|1990
|[[UAB Blazers men's basketball|Alabama–Birmingham]]
|[[South Florida Bulls men's basketball|South Florida]]
|[[UAB Blazers women's basketball|Alabama–Birmingham]]
|[[Old Dominion Lady Monarchs basketball|Old Dominion]]
|-
|1991
| colspan="2"|[[South Alabama Jaguars men's basketball|South Alabama]]
|[[UAB Blazers women's basketball|Alabama–Birmingham]]
|[[Western Kentucky Lady Toppers basketball|Western Kentucky]]
|-
|1992
| colspan="2"|[[Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns men's basketball|Southwestern Louisiana]]
| colspan="2"|[[Western Kentucky Lady Toppers basketball|Western Kentucky]]
|-
|1993
|[[New Orleans Privateers men's basketball|New Orleans]]
|[[Western Kentucky Hilltoppers basketball|Western Kentucky]]
| colspan="2"|[[Western Kentucky Lady Toppers basketball|Western Kentucky]]
|-
|1994
|[[Western Kentucky Hilltoppers basketball|Western Kentucky]]
|[[Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns men's basketball|Southwestern Louisiana]]
| colspan="2"|[[Louisiana Tech Lady Techsters basketball|Louisiana Tech]]
|-
|1995
| colspan="2"|[[Western Kentucky Hilltoppers basketball|Western Kentucky]]
|[[Louisiana Tech Lady Techsters basketball|Louisiana Tech]]
|[[Western Kentucky Lady Toppers basketball|Western Kentucky]]
|-
|1996
|[[Little Rock Trojans men's basketball|Arkansas–Little Rock]]
|[[New Orleans Privateers men's basketball|New Orleans]]
| colspan="2"|[[Louisiana Tech Lady Techsters basketball|Louisiana Tech]]
|-
|1997
| colspan="2"|[[South Alabama Jaguars men's basketball|South Alabama]]
| colspan="2"|[[Louisiana Tech Lady Techsters basketball|Louisiana Tech]]
|-
|1998
| colspan="2"|[[South Alabama Jaguars men's basketball|South Alabama]]
| colspan="2"|[[Louisiana Tech Lady Techsters basketball|Louisiana Tech]]
|-
|1999
|[[Louisiana Tech Bulldogs basketball|Louisiana Tech]]
|[[Arkansas State Red Wolves men's basketball|Arkansas State]]
| colspan="2"|[[Louisiana Tech Lady Techsters basketball|Louisiana Tech]]
|-
|2000
| colspan="2"|[[Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns men's basketball|Louisiana–Lafayette]]
| colspan="2"|[[Louisiana Tech Lady Techsters basketball|Louisiana Tech]]
|-
|2001
| colspan="2"|[[Western Kentucky Hilltoppers basketball|Western Kentucky]]
| colspan="2"|[[Louisiana Tech Lady Techsters basketball|Louisiana Tech]]
|-
|2002
| colspan="2"|[[Western Kentucky Hilltoppers basketball|Western Kentucky]]
| colspan="2"|[[FIU Panthers women's basketball|Florida International]]
|-
|2003
| colspan="2"|[[Western Kentucky Hilltoppers basketball|Western Kentucky]]
| colspan="2"|[[Western Kentucky Lady Toppers basketball|Western Kentucky]]
|-
|2004
| colspan="2"|[[Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns men's basketball|Louisiana–Lafayette]] ''(vacated)''
|[[South Alabama Jaguars women's basketball|South Alabama]]
|[[Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders women's basketball|Middle Tennessee State]]
|-
|2005
|[[Denver Pioneers men's basketball|Denver]]
|[[Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns men's basketball|Louisiana–Lafayette]] ''(vacated)''
|[[Western Kentucky Lady Toppers basketball|Western Kentucky]]
|[[Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders women's basketball|Middle Tennessee State]]
|-
|2006
|[[Western Kentucky Hilltoppers basketball|Western Kentucky]]
|[[South Alabama Jaguars men's basketball|South Alabama]]
|[[Western Kentucky Lady Toppers basketball|Western Kentucky]]
|[[Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders women's basketball|Middle Tennessee]]
|-
|2007
|[[South Alabama Jaguars men's basketball|South Alabama]]
|[[North Texas Mean Green men's basketball|North Texas]]
| colspan="2"|[[Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders women's basketball|Middle Tennessee]]
|-
|2008
|[[South Alabama Jaguars men's basketball|South Alabama]]
|[[Western Kentucky Hilltoppers basketball|Western Kentucky]]
| colspan="2"|[[Western Kentucky Lady Toppers basketball|Western Kentucky]]
|-
|2009
| colspan="2"|[[Western Kentucky Hilltoppers basketball|Western Kentucky]]
| colspan="2"|[[Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders women's basketball|Middle Tennessee]]
|-
|2010
|[[Troy Trojans men's basketball|Troy]]
|[[North Texas Mean Green men's basketball|North Texas]]
|[[Little Rock Trojans women's basketball|Arkansas–Little Rock]]
|[[Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders women's basketball|Middle Tennessee]]
|-
|2011
|[[Florida Atlantic Owls men's basketball|Florida Atlantic]]
|[[2010–11 Arkansas–Little Rock Trojans men's basketball team|Arkansas–Little Rock]]
|[[Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders|Middle Tennessee]]<br />[[Little Rock Trojans women's basketball|Arkansas–Little Rock]]
|[[Little Rock Trojans women's basketball|Arkansas–Little Rock]]
|-
|2012
|[[2011–12 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders men's basketball team|Middle Tennessee]]
|[[2011–12 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers basketball team|Western Kentucky]]
|[[Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders women's basketball|Middle Tennessee]]
|[[Little Rock Trojans women's basketball|Arkansas–Little Rock]]
|-
|2013
|[[2012–13 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders men's basketball team|Middle Tennessee]]
|[[2012–13 WKU Hilltoppers basketball team|Western Kentucky]]
|[[Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders women's basketball|Middle Tennessee]]
|[[Little Rock Trojans women's basketball|Arkansas–Little Rock]]
|-
|2014
|[[2013–14 Georgia State Panthers men's basketball team|Georgia State]]
|[[2013–14 Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns men's basketball team|Louisiana–Lafayette]]
|[[Arkansas State Red Wolves women's basketball|Arkansas State]]
|[[Western Kentucky Lady Toppers basketball|Western Kentucky]]
|-
|2015
| colspan="2"|[[2014–15 Georgia State Panthers men's basketball team|Georgia State]]
| colspan="2"|[[Little Rock Trojans women's basketball|Arkansas–Little Rock]]
|-
|2016
| colspan="2"|[[2015–16 Little Rock Trojans men's basketball team|Little Rock]]<!--First season under "Little Rock" athletic branding-->
|[[Arkansas State Red Wolves women's basketball|Arkansas State]]
|[[2015–16 Troy Trojans women's basketball team|Troy]]
|-
|2017
|[[2016–17 Texas–Arlington Mavericks men's basketball team|UT Arlington]]
|[[2016–17 Troy Trojans men's basketball team|Troy]]
|[[2016–17 Little Rock Trojans women's basketball team|Little Rock]]
|[[2016–17 Troy Trojans women's basketball team|Troy]]
|-
|2018
|[[2017–18 Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns men's basketball team|Louisiana]]
|[[2017–18 Georgia State Panthers men's basketball team|Georgia State]]
| colspan="2"|[[2017–18 Little Rock Trojans women's basketball team|Little Rock]]
|-
| 2019
| colspan="2"| [[2018–19 Georgia State Panthers men's basketball team|Georgia State]]
| [[2018–19 Little Rock Trojans women's basketball team|Little Rock]]<br />[[2018–19 UT Arlington Mavericks women's basketball team|UT Arlington]]
| [[2018–19 Little Rock Trojans women's basketball team|Little Rock]]
|-
| 2020
| [[2019–20 Little Rock Trojans men's basketball team|Little Rock]]
| ''Tournament canceled''
| [[2019–20 Troy Trojans women's basketball team|Troy]]
| ''Tournament canceled''
|-
| 2021
| [[2020–21 Texas State Bobcats men's basketball team|Texas State]]
| [[2020-21 Appalachian State Mountaineers men's basketball team|Appalachian State]]
| [[2020–21 Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns women's basketball team|Louisiana]]
| [[2020–21 Troy Trojans women's basketball team|Troy]]
|-
| 2022
| [[2021–22 Texas State Bobcats men's basketball team|Texas State]]
| [[2021–22 Georgia State Panthers men's basketball team|Georgia State]]
| [[2021–22 Troy Trojans women's basketball team|Troy]]
| [[2021–22 UT Arlington Mavericks women's basketball team|UT Arlington]]
|-
| 2023
| [[2022–23 Southern Miss Golden Eagles basketball team|Southern Miss]]
| [[2022–23 Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns men's basketball team|Louisiana]]
| [[2022–23 James Madison Dukes women's basketball team|James Madison]]<br>[[2022–23 Southern Miss Lady Eagles basketball team|Southern Miss]]<br>[[2022–23 Texas State Bobcats women's basketball team|Texas State]]
| [[2022–23 James Madison Dukes women's basketball team|James Madison]]
|-
|2024
|[[2023–24 Appalachian State Mountaineers men's basketball team|Appalachian State]]
|[[2023–24 James Madison Dukes men's basketball team|James Madison]]
| colspan="2"|[[2023–24 Marshall Thundering Herd women's basketball team|Marshall]]
|-
| 2025
| [[2024–25 Troy Trojans men's basketball team|Troy]]<br>[[2024–25 Arkansas State Red Wolves men's basketball team|Arkansas State]]<br>[[2024–25 South Alabama Jaguars men's basketball team|South Alabama]]<br>[[2024–25 James Madison Dukes men's basketball team|James Madison]]
| [[2024–25 Troy Trojans men's basketball team|Troy]]
| [[2024–25 James Madison Dukes women's basketball team|James Madison]]
| [[2024–25 Arkansas State Red Wolves women's basketball team|Arkansas State]]
|}

==Baseball==
{{main|Sun Belt Conference baseball tournament}}

The Sun Belt Conference has sponsored an annual baseball tournament to determine the conference winner since 1978. South Alabama has won the most championships, at 13.
* Teams in '''bold''' represent current conference members.
{| class="wikitable" width=375
|-
! School
! Tourney<br />titles
! Title Years
|-
| '''[[South Alabama Jaguars baseball|South Alabama]]'''
| {{center|13}}
| 1980 • 1981 • 1983 • 1984 • 1987 • 1992 • 1996 • 1997 • 2000 • 2001 • 2005 • 2017 • [[2021 South Alabama Jaguars baseball team|2021]]
|-
| '''[[Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns baseball|Louisiana]]'''
| {{center|5}}
| 1998 • 2014 • 2015 • 2016 • [[2022 Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns baseball team|2022]]
|-
| '''[[Coastal Carolina Chanticleers baseball|Coastal Carolina]]'''
| {{center|3}}
| [[2018 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers baseball team|2018]] • [[2019 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers baseball team|2019]] • [[2025 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers baseball team|2025]]
|-
| [[New Orleans Privateers baseball|New Orleans]]
| {{center|3}}
| 1978 • 1979 • 2007
|-
| [[South Florida Bulls baseball|South Florida]]
| {{center|3}}
| 1982 • 1986 • 1990
|-
| [[FIU Panthers baseball|FIU]]
| {{center|2}}
| 1999 • 2010
|-
| [[Lamar Cardinals baseball|Lamar]]
| {{center|2}}
| 1993 • 1995
|-
| nowrap| [[Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders baseball|Middle Tennessee]]
| {{center|2}}
| 2003 • 2009
|-
| '''[[Southern Miss Golden Eagles baseball|Southern Miss]]'''
| {{center|2}}
| [[2023 Southern Miss Golden Eagles baseball team|2023]] • 2024
|-
| nowrap| [[Western Kentucky Hilltoppers baseball|Western Kentucky]]
| {{center|2}}
| 2004 • 2008
|-
| '''[[Arkansas State Red Wolves baseball|Arkansas State]]'''
| {{center|1}}
| 1994
|-
| [[Florida Atlantic Owls baseball|Florida Atlantic]]
| {{center|1}}
| 2013
|-
| [[Jacksonville Dolphins baseball|Jacksonville]]
| {{center|1}}
| 1989
|-
| [[Little Rock Trojans baseball|Little Rock]]
| {{center|1}}
| 2011
|-
| [[New Mexico State Aggies baseball|New Mexico State]]
| {{center|1}}
| 2002
|-
| '''[[Old Dominion Monarchs baseball|Old Dominion]]'''
| {{center|1}}
| 1985
|-
| '''[[Troy Trojans baseball|Troy]]'''
| {{center|1}}
| 2006
|-
| [[UAB Blazers baseball|UAB]]
| {{center|1}}
| 1991
|-
| '''[[Louisiana–Monroe Warhawks baseball|ULM]]'''
| {{center|1}}
| 2012
|-
| [[VCU Rams baseball|VCU]]
| {{center|1}}
| 1988
|}

==Facilities==
<gallery mode="packed">
File:Old Dominion Monarchs versus Louisiana Ragin Cajuns football game at SB Ballard Stadium 9-9-2023.jpeg|S.B. Ballard Stadium, on the campus of Old Dominion University.
File:Trojan Arena Troy 9.jpg|Trojan Arena, on the campus of Troy University.
</gallery>
{| class="wikitable sortable"
{{CollegePrimaryHeader|team=Sun Belt Conference | School | Football stadium | Capacity | Basketball arena | Capacity | Baseball stadium | Capacity | Softball stadium | Capacity }}
|-
| style="{{NCAA color cell|Appalachian State Mountaineers}}"| [[Appalachian State Mountaineers|{{color|white|'''Appalachian State'''}}]]
|[[Kidd Brewer Stadium]]
|{{nts|30000}}
|[[Holmes Center]]
|{{nts|8325}}
|[[Beaver Field at Jim and Bettie Smith Stadium|Jim and Bettie Smith Stadium]]
|{{nts|1000}}
|Sywassink/Lloyd Family Stadium
|{{nts|1000}}
|-
| style="{{NCAA color cell|Arkansas State Red Wolves}}"| [[Arkansas State Red Wolves|{{color|white|'''Arkansas State'''}}]]
|[[Centennial Bank Stadium]]
|{{nts|30406}}
|[[First National Bank Arena]]
|{{nts|10563}}
|[[Tomlinson Stadium–Kell Field]]
|{{nts|1200}}<ref>{{cite web|title=A-State Baseball 2014 Baseball Reference Guide|url=https://admin.xosn.com/pdf9/2639539.pdf?DB_OEM_ID=7200&|publisher=Arkansas State University Athletics|access-date=December 5, 2014|page=2|archive-date=September 7, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150907005908/https://admin.xosn.com/pdf9/2639539.pdf?DB_OEM_ID=7200&|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|colspan=2 {{N/A|''Non-softball school''}}
|-
| style="{{NCAA color cell|Coastal Carolina Chanticleers}}"| [[Coastal Carolina Chanticleers|{{color|white|'''Coastal Carolina'''}}]]
|[[Brooks Stadium]]
|{{nts|21000}}
|[[HTC Center]]
|{{nts|3370}}
|[[Springs Brooks Stadium]]
|{{nts|5400}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.goccusports.com/facilities/springs-brooks-stadium.html|title=Springs Brooks Stadium (Vrooman Field)|publisher=Coastal Carolina University Athletics|access-date=June 30, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160709065315/http://www.goccusports.com/facilities/springs-brooks-stadium.html|archive-date=July 9, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|St. John Stadium – Charles Wade-John Lott Field
|{{nts|500}}
|-
| style="{{NCAA color cell|Georgia Southern Eagles}}"| [[Georgia Southern Eagles|{{color|white|'''Georgia Southern'''}}]]
|[[Paulson Stadium]]
|{{nts|25000}}
|[[Hill Convocation Center]]
|{{nts|5500}}
|[[J. I. Clements Stadium]]
|{{nts|3000}}
|Eagle Field
|{{nts|400}}
|-
| style="{{NCAA color cell|Georgia State Panthers}}"| [[Georgia State Panthers|{{color|white|'''Georgia State'''}}]]
|[[Center Parc Stadium]]
|{{nts|24333}}
|[[Georgia State Convocation Center|GSU Convocation Center]]
|{{nts|8000}}<ref>{{cite web|title=2014-15 Panther Men's Basketball|url=https://admin.xosn.com/pdf9/2951406.pdf?DB_OEM_ID=12700&|publisher=Georgia State University Athletics|access-date=January 11, 2015|page=1|quote=Arena: GSU Sports Arena (3,854)|archive-date=March 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304190843/https://admin.xosn.com/pdf9/2951406.pdf?DB_OEM_ID=12700&|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|[[Georgia State Baseball Complex|GSU Baseball Complex]]
|{{nts|1092}}
|Robert E. Heck Softball Complex
|{{nts|500}}
|-
| style="{{NCAA color cell|James Madison Dukes}}"| [[James Madison Dukes|{{color|white|'''James Madison'''}}]]
| [[Bridgeforth Stadium]]
| {{nts|24877}}
| [[Atlantic Union Bank Center]]
| {{nts|8500}}
| [[Eagle Field at Veterans Memorial Park]]
| {{nts|1200}}
| Veterans Memorial Park
| {{nts|1500}}
|-
| style="{{NCAA color cell|Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns}}"| [[Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns|{{color|white|'''Louisiana'''}}]]
|[[Our Lady of Lourdes Stadium]]
|{{nts|30,392}}
|[[Cajundome]]{{efn|group=f|Louisiana's women's basketball team primarily plays at the Cajundome but occasionally plays at [[Earl K. Long Gymnasium]] on the main campus.}}
|{{nts|12068}}
|[[M. L. Tigue Moore Field at Russo Park|M. L. Tigue Moore Field]]
|{{nts|6000}}
|[[Yvette Girouard Field at Lamson Park|Yvette Girouard Field]]
|{{nts|2790}}
|-
| style="{{NCAA color cell|Louisiana–Monroe Warhawks}}"| [[Louisiana–Monroe Warhawks|{{color|white|'''Louisiana–Monroe'''}}]]
|[[Malone Stadium]]
|{{nts|27617}}
|[[Fant–Ewing Coliseum]]
|{{nts|7085}}
|[[Lou St. Amant Field]]
|{{nts|1800}}
|[[Geo-Surfaces Field at the ULM Softball Complex|Geo-Surfaces Field]]
|{{nts|500}}
|-bgcolor=lightgreen
| style="{{NCAA color cell|Louisiana Tech Bulldogs}}"| [[Louisiana Tech Bulldogs and Lady Techsters|{{color|white|'''Louisiana Tech'''}}]]
|[[Joe Aillet Stadium]]
|{{nts|28562}}
|[[Thomas Assembly Center]]
|{{nts|8098}}
|[[J. C. Love Field at Pat Patterson Park]]
|{{nts|2000}}
|Dr. Billy Bundrick Field
|{{nts|1000}}
|-
| style="{{NCAA color cell|Marshall Thundering Herd}}"| [[Marshall Thundering Herd|{{color|white|'''Marshall'''}}]]
|[[Joan C. Edwards Stadium]]
|{{nts|30475}}
|[[Cam Henderson Center]]
|{{nts|9048}}
| [[Jack Cook Field]]<ref>{{cite press release|url=https://herdzone.com/news/2023/6/21/marshall-baseball-field-named-in-honor-of-jack-cook |title=Marshall Baseball Field Named In Honor of Jack Cook |publisher=Marshall Thundering Herd |date=June 21, 2023 |access-date=August 7, 2023}}</ref>
|{{nts|3500}}
|[[Dot Hicks Field]]
|{{nts|1000}}
|-
| style="{{NCAA color cell|Old Dominion Monarchs}}"| [[Old Dominion Monarchs|{{color|white|'''Old Dominion'''}}]]
|[[S.B. Ballard Stadium]]
|{{nts|21944}}
|[[Chartway Arena]]
|{{nts|8472}}
|[[Bud Metheny Ballpark]]
|{{nts|2500}}
|colspan=2 {{N/A|''Non-softball school''}}
|-
| style="{{NCAA secondary color cell|South Alabama Jaguars}}"| [[South Alabama Jaguars|{{color|white|'''South Alabama'''}}]]
|[[Hancock Whitney Stadium]]
|{{nts|25450}}
|[[Mitchell Center]]
|{{nts|10041}}
|[[Eddie Stanky Field]]
|{{nts|4500}}
|[[Jaguar Field]]
|{{nts|1050}}
|-
| style="{{NCAA color cell|Southern Miss Golden Eagles}}"| [[Southern Miss Golden Eagles|{{color|white|'''Southern Miss'''}}]]
|[[M. M. Roberts Stadium]]
|{{nts|36000}}
|[[Reed Green Coliseum]]
|{{nts|8095}}
|[[Pete Taylor Park]]
|{{nts|4300}}
|Southern Miss Softball Complex
|{{nts|607}}
|-bgcolor=#ffa0a0
| style="{{NCAA color cell|Texas State Bobcats}}"| [[Texas State Bobcats|{{color|white|'''Texas State'''}}]]
|[[UFCU Stadium]]
|{{nts|30008}}
|[[Strahan Arena]]
|{{nts|10000}}
|[[Bobcat Ballpark]]
|{{nts|2000}}
|[[Bobcat Softball Stadium]]
|{{nts|1000}}
|-
| style="{{NCAA color cell|Troy Trojans}}"| [[Troy Trojans|{{color|white|'''Troy'''}}]]
|[[Veterans Memorial Stadium (Troy University)|Veterans Memorial Stadium]]
|{{nts|30470}}
|[[Trojan Arena]]
|{{nts|6000}}<ref>{{cite web|title=Trojan Arena|url=https://www.troy.edu/news/articles/2014/05/trojan-arena-receives-national-recognition.html|publisher=Troy University|access-date=September 11, 2015|quote=Trojan Arena, a 6,000-seat multi-purpose facility, opened in the fall of 2012.}}</ref>
|[[Riddle–Pace Field]]
|{{nts|2500}}
|[[Troy Softball Complex]]
|{{nts|800}}
|}

;Notes
{{notelist|group=f}}

==Athletic department revenue by school==
Total revenue includes ticket sales, contributions and donations, rights and licensing, student fees, school funds and all other sources including TV income, camp income, concessions, and novelties.

Total expenses includes coach and staff salaries, scholarships, buildings and grounds, maintenance, utilities and rental fees, recruiting, team travel, equipment and uniforms, conference dues, and insurance.

The following table shows institutional reporting to the [[United States Department of Education]] as shown on the DOE Equity in Athletics website for the 2023–24 academic year.<ref>{{cite news |title=Equity in Athletics Data Analysis |work=U.S. Department of Education |url=https://ope.ed.gov/athletics/#/institution/search }}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center"
|-
! style="width:220px;"| Institution
! style="width:150px;"| 2023–24 Total Revenue from Athletics
! style="width:150px;"| 2023–24 Total Expenses on Athletics
|-
| [[James Madison University]]
| $66,110,281
| $66,110,281
|-
| [[Old Dominion University]]
| $51,827,948
| $51,827,948
|-bgcolor=#ffa0a0
| [[Texas State University]]
| $46,310,998
| $46,310,998
|-
| [[Marshall University]]
| $45,966,327
| $45,966,327
|-
| [[Coastal Carolina University]]
| $43,509,290
| $43,509,290
|-
| [[Appalachian State University]]
| $43,110,256
| $43,110,256
|-
| [[University of Louisiana at Lafayette]]
| $42,952,287
| $42,952,287
|-
| [[Georgia State University]]
| $39,204,432
| $39,204,432
|-
| [[Georgia Southern University]]
| $36,967,213
| $36,967,213
|-
| [[Troy University]]
| $36,937,664
| $36,937,664
|-
| [[University of South Alabama]]
| $30,591,632
| $30,591,632
|-bgcolor=lightgreen
| [[Louisiana Tech University]]
| $30,305,928
| $30,305,928
|-
| [[Arkansas State University]]
| $28,162,528
| $28,162,528
|-
| [[University of Southern Mississippi]]
| $28,107,301
| $28,107,301
|-
| [[University of Louisiana at Monroe]]
| $20,253,458
| $20,253,458
|}

==Academics==
Four of the Sun Belt's member schools, [[Georgia State University|Georgia State]], [[University of Louisiana at Lafayette|Louisiana]], [[Old Dominion University|Old Dominion]] and [[University of Southern Mississippi|Southern Miss]] are doctorate-granting universities with "very high research activity," the highest classification given by the [[Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching]].<ref name="carnegie">{{cite web|url=https://carnegieclassifications.iu.edu/lookup/lookup.php|title=Carnegie Classifications Institution Lookup |publisher=[[Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching]] |year=2021 |access-date=October 26, 2021 }}</ref>

[[Appalachian State University|Appalachian State]] is also currently ranked as one of the Top 10 regional schools in the South by the ''[[U.S. News & World Report]]''.

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center; margin:1em auto; font-size:95%"
|-
! University
! Affiliation
! [[Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education|Carnegie]]<ref name="carnegie"/>
! [[Financial endowment|Endowment]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nacubo.org/Documents/EndowmentFiles/2013NCSEEndowmentMarket%20ValuesRevisedFeb142014.pdf |title=National Association of College and University Business Officers |publisher=National Association of College and University Business |year=2013 |access-date=July 1, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140521022511/http://www.nacubo.org/Documents/EndowmentFiles/2013NCSEEndowmentMarket%20ValuesRevisedFeb142014.pdf |archive-date=May 21, 2014 }}</ref>
! [[U.S. News and World Report#Best Colleges|''US News'']]<ref name="US News Rankings">{{cite web|url=https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/rankings/national-universities|title=2022-2023 Best College Rankings and Lists |work=[[U.S. News & World Report]] |year=2022 |access-date=September 13, 2022 }}</ref>
! [[Forbes Magazine's List of America's Best Colleges|''Forbes'']]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/top-colleges/ |title=Forbes America's Top Colleges 2021 |work=[[Forbes]] |year=2021 |access-date=2021-10-22}}</ref>
|-
! {{sort|Appalachian State|[[Appalachian State University]]}}
| [[Public university|Public]] ([[University of North Carolina|UNC]])
| {{ntsh|4}}Research (High) 
| {{ntsh|10}}$99,593,000<ref name="nacubo.org">{{cite web |title=U.S. and Canadian Institutions Listed by Fiscal Year (FY) 2017 Endowment Market Value and Change* in Endowment Market Value from FY2016 to FY2017 |url=http://www.nacubo.org/Documents/research/2017-Endowment-Market-Values-2.pdf |publisher=National Association of College and University Business Officers and Commonfund Institute |access-date=February 22, 2018 |archive-date=March 6, 2018 |year=2018 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20180306015434/http://www.nacubo.org/Documents/research/2017-Endowment-Market-Values-2.pdf }}</ref>
| {{ntsh|997}}6 (Regional: South)
| {{ntsh|301}}301
|-
! {{sort|Arkansas State|[[Arkansas State University]]}}
| Public ([[Arkansas State University System|ASU System]])
| {{ntsh|2}}Research (High)
| {{ntsh|11}}$66,217,000<ref name="nacubo.org"/>
| {{ntsh|317}}317 (National)
| {{ntsh|651}}N/A{{refn|group=d|Arkansas State is not ranked in the 2022 ''Forbes'' America's Best Colleges rankings.}}
|-
! {{sort|Coastal Carolina|[[Coastal Carolina University]]}}
| Public
| {{ntsh|4}}Master's (Larger)
| {{ntsh|13}}$39,432,000<ref name="nacubo.org"/>
| {{ntsh|998}}38 (Regional: South)
| {{ntsh|651}}N/A{{refn|group=d|Coastal Carolina is not ranked in the 2022 ''Forbes'' America's Best Colleges rankings.}}
|-
! {{sort|Georgia Southern|[[Georgia Southern University]]}}
| Public ([[University System of Georgia|USG System]])
| {{ntsh|2}}Research (High)
| {{ntsh|12}}$50,999,000<ref name="nacubo.org"/>
| {{ntsh|331}}331-440 (National)
| {{ntsh|651}}N/A{{refn|group=d|Georgia Southern is not ranked in the 2022 ''Forbes'' America's Best Colleges rankings.}}
|-
! {{sort|Georgia State|[[Georgia State University]]}}
| Public (USG System)
| {{ntsh|1}}Research (Very High)
| {{ntsh|6}}$155,303,000<ref name="nacubo.org"/>
| {{ntsh|234}}234 (National)
| {{ntsh|367}}367
|-
! {{sort|James Madison|[[James Madison University]]}}
| Public
| {{ntsh|2}}Research (High)
| {{ntsh|8}}$116,700,000<ref name="endowmentmarketvalue">{{cite report |url=https://www.nacubo.org/-/media/Documents/Research/2020-NTSE-Public-Tables--Endowment-Market-Values--FINAL-FEBRUARY-19-2021.ashx |title=U.S. and Canadian Institutions Listed by Fiscal Year 2020 Endowment Market Value and Change in Endowment Market Value from FY19 to FY20 |publisher=National Association of College and University Business Officers and [[TIAA]] |date=February 19, 2021 |access-date=February 20, 2021}}</ref>
| {{ntsh|151}}151 (National)
| {{ntsh|139}}139
|-
! {{sort|Louisiana-Lafayette|[[University of Louisiana at Lafayette]]}}
| Public ([[University of Louisiana System|UL System]])
| {{ntsh|1}}Research (Very High)
| {{ntsh|5}}$178,300,000<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/education/article_4ffea844-e96b-11e6-844d-07fc2cf1a615.html|title = Louisiana university endowments following national downturn; here's what that means for LSU, others| date=11 February 2017 }}</ref>
| {{ntsh|331}}331-440 (National)
| {{ntsh|651}}N/A{{refn|group=d|Louisiana-Lafayette is not ranked in the 2022 ''Forbes'' America's Best Colleges rankings.}}
|-
! {{sort|Louisiana-Monroe|[[University of Louisiana at Monroe]]}}
| Public (UL System)
| {{ntsh|3}}Doctoral/Research
| {{ntsh|14}}$28,787,795<ref>{{cite book |title=Financial Report for the Years Ended June 30, 2019 and 2018 |date=December 17, 2019 |publisher=University of Louisiana Monroe Foundation |page=26 |chapter=Notes to the Financial Statements § Note 10 - Endowments}}</ref>
| {{ntsh|331}}331-440 (National)
| {{ntsh|651}}N/A{{refn|group=d|Louisiana-Monroe is not ranked in the 2022 ''Forbes'' America's Best Colleges rankings.}}
|-
! {{sort|Marshall|[[Marshall University]]}}
| Public
| {{ntsh|2}}Research (High)
| {{ntsh|3}}$192,000,000<ref name="endowmentmarketvalue" />
| {{ntsh|299}}299 (National)
| {{ntsh|651}}N/A{{refn|group=d|Marshall is not ranked in the 2022 ''Forbes'' America's Best Colleges rankings.}}
|-
! {{sort|Old Dominion|[[Old Dominion University]]}}
| Public
| {{ntsh|1}}Research (Very High)
| {{ntsh|2}}$265,800,000<ref name="endowmentmarketvalue" />
| {{ntsh|299}}299 (National)
| {{ntsh|472}}472
|-
! {{sort|South Alabama|[[University of South Alabama]]}}
| Public
| {{ntsh|2}}Research (High)
| {{ntsh|1}}$555,735,000<ref name="nacubo.org"/>
| {{ntsh|331}}331-440 (National)
| {{ntsh|651}}N/A{{refn|group=d|South Alabama is not ranked in the 2022 ''Forbes'' America's Best Colleges rankings.}}
|-
! {{sort|Southern Miss|[[University of Southern Mississippi]]}}
| Public
| {{ntsh|1}}Research (Very High)
| {{ntsh|7}}$136,300,000<ref name="endowmentmarketvalue" />
| {{ntsh|331}}331-440 (National)
| {{ntsh|651}}N/A{{refn|group=d|Southern Miss is not ranked in the 2022 ''Forbes'' America's Best Colleges rankings.}}
|-bgcolor=#ffa0a0
! {{sort|Texas State|[[Texas State University]]}}
| Public ([[Texas State University System|TSU System]])
| {{ntsh|2}}Research (High)
| {{ntsh|4}}$186,676,000<ref name="nacubo.org"/>
| {{ntsh|331}}331-440 (National)
| {{ntsh|385}}385
|-
! {{sort|Troy|[[Troy University]]}}
| Public ([[Troy University System|TU System]])
| {{ntsh|4}}Doctoral/Research<ref>{{cite web | url=https://today.troy.edu/news/troy-achieves-historic-milestone-with-ache-instructional-role-change/ | title=TROY achieves historic milestone with ACHE instructional role change | date=8 September 2023 }}</ref>
| {{ntsh|9}}$191,458,000<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.troy.edu/_assets/irpe/_documents/endowment-values-returns.pdf | title=TROY endowment values and returns | date=15 January 2024 }}</ref>
| {{ntsh|999}}44 (Regional: South)
| {{ntsh|651}}N/A{{refn|group=d|Troy is not ranked in the 2022 ''Forbes'' America's Best Colleges rankings.}}
|}

==Notes==
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==References==

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