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NEW ORLEANS – The Sun Belt Conference released its full 2016 football schedule on Thursday which features eight conference games for each of the league's 11 teams as well as 44 regular season non-conference matchups.
For the fourth consecutive season, Sun Belt Conference teams will have all of their home games available on an ESPN platform. A number of matchups within this announcement are confirmed for ESPN networks. One additional game will soon be announced for a Thursday or Friday to be televised on either ESPN or ESPNU.
A television schedule for the first three weeks of the regular season plus game times for midweek contests will be announced at a later date. For games in the fourth week of the season and beyond, networks will be determined 12 days out from the contest.
The 2016 season will conclude with the Sun Belt being guaranteed a minimum of four spots in postseason bowl games. The Sun Belt maintains partnerships with the R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl, the GoDaddy Bowl, the Raycom Media Camellia Bowl and the AutoNation Cure Bowl. Additionally, the College Football Playoff guarantees that a spot among the premier bowl games in college football will be given to the highest-ranked champion from the Group of Five" conferences: the Sun Belt Conference, American Athletic Conference, Mountain West Conference, Mid-American Conference and Conference USA.
2016 Sun Belt Conference Composite Football Schedule
Thursday, September 1
Montana State at Idaho
Friday, September 2
Ball State at Georgia State
Saturday, September 3
Appalachian State at Tennessee
Toledo at Arkansas State
Savannah State at Georgia Southern
Boise State at UL Lafayette
Southern at UL Monroe
New Mexico State at UTEP
South Alabama at Mississippi State
Texas State Ohio
Austin Peay at Troy
Saturday, September 10
Old Dominion at Appalachian State
Arkansas State at Auburn
* Georgia Southern at South Alabama
Georgia State at Air Force
Idaho at Washington
McNeese State at UL Lafayette
UL Monroe at Oklahoma
New Mexico at New Mexico State
Troy at Clemson
Saturday, September 17
Miami at Appalachian State
Arkansas State at Utah State
* UL Monroe at Georgia Southern
Georgia State at Wisconsin
Idaho at Washington State
* South Alabama at UL Lafayette
New Mexico State at Kentucky
Texas State at Arkansas
Troy at Southern Miss
Saturday, September 24
Appalachian State at Akron
Central Arkansas at Arkansas State
Georgia Southern at Western Michigan
Idaho at UNLV
UL Lafayette at Tulane
* New Mexico State at Troy
Nicholls State at South Alabama
Houston at Texas State
Saturday, October 1
* Georgia State at Appalachian State
* Troy at Idaho
* UL Lafayette at New Mexico State
UL Monroe at Auburn
San Diego State at South Alabama
Incarnate Word at Texas State
Wednesday, October 5
* Georgia Southern at Arkansas State (ESPN2)
Saturday, October 8
* Texas State at Georgia State
* Idaho at UL Monroe
Wednesday, October 12
* Appalachian State at UL Lafayette (ESPN2)
Saturday, October 15
* South Alabama at Arkansas State
Georgia Southern at Georgia Tech
* Georgia State at Troy
* New Mexico State at Idaho
* Texas State at UL Monroe
Thursday, October 20
* Troy at South Alabama (ESPNU)
Saturday, October 22
* Idaho at Appalachian State
* Georgia Southern at New Mexico State
UT Martin at Georgia State
* UL Lafayette at Texas State
UL Monroe at New Mexico
Thursday, October 27
* Appalachian State at Georgia Southern (ESPNU)
Saturday, October 29
* UL Monroe at Arkansas State
* Georgia State at South Alabama
New Mexico State at Texas A&M
^ Thursday, November 3 or Friday, November 4
* Arkansas State at Georgia State (ESPNU)
Saturday, November 5
* Texas State at Appalachian State
Georgia Southern at Ole Miss
* Idaho at UL Lafayette
* South Alabama at UL Monroe
UMass at Troy
Saturday, November 12
* Appalachian State at Troy
* New Mexico State at Arkansas State
* UL Lafayette at Georgia Southern
* UL Monroe at Georgia State
* Idaho at Texas State
Thursday, November 17
* Arkansas State at Troy (ESPNU)
Saturday, November 19
* UL Monroe at Appalachian State
* Georgia Southern at Georgia State
UL Lafayette at Georgia
* Texas State at New Mexico State
South Alabama at LSU
Saturday, November 26
* Appalachian State at New Mexico State
* Arkansas State at UL Lafayette
* South Alabama at Idaho
* Troy at Texas State
Saturday, December 3
* Arkansas State at Texas State
* Troy at Georgia Southern
* Georgia State at Idaho
* UL Lafayette at UL Monroe
* New Mexico State at South Alabama
Schedule is subject to change
*denotes Sun Belt Conference game
^ Exact date for Arkansas State at Georgia State will be determined following the release of the NFL schedule
2016 Sun Belt Conference Team-by-Team Schedules
Appalachian State
Sept. 03 - at Tennessee
Sept. 10 - Old Dominion
Sept. 17 - Miami
Sept. 24 - at Akron
Oct. 01 - * Georgia State
Oct. 12 - * at UL Lafayette (ESPN2)
Oct. 22 - * Idaho
Oct. 27 - * at Georgia Southern (ESPNU)
Nov. 05 - * Texas State
Nov. 12 - * at Troy
Nov. 19 - * UL Monroe
Nov. 26 - * at New Mexico State
Arkansas State
Sept. 03 - Toledo
Sept. 10 - at Auburn
Sept. 17 - at Utah State
Sept. 24 - Central Arkansas
Oct. 05 - * Georgia Southern (ESPN2)
Oct. 15 - * South Alabama
Oct. 29 - * UL Monroe
^ Nov. 03 or 04 - * at Georgia State (ESPNU)
Nov. 12 - * New Mexico State
Nov. 17 - * at Troy (ESPNU)
Nov. 26 - * at UL Lafayette
Dec. 03 - * at Texas State
Georgia Southern
Sept. 03 - Savannah State
Sept. 10 - * at South Alabama
Sept. 17 - * UL Monroe
Sept. 24 at Western Michigan
Oct. 05 - * at Arkansas State (ESPN2)
Oct. 15 - at Georgia Tech
Oct. 22 - * at New Mexico State
Oct. 27 - * Appalachian State (ESPNU)
Nov. 05 - at Ole Miss
Nov. 12 - * UL Lafayette
Nov. 19 - * at Georgia State
Dec. 03 - * Troy
Georgia State
Sept. 2 - Ball State
Sept. 10 - at Air Force
Sept. 17 - at Wisconsin
Oct. 1 - * at Appalachian State
Oct. 8 - * Texas State
Oct. 15 - * at Troy
Oct. 22 - UT Martin
Oct. 29 - * at South Alabama
^ Nov. 03 or 04 - * Arkansas State (ESPNU)
Nov. 12 - * UL Monroe
Nov. 19 - * Georgia Southern
Dec. 3 - * at Idaho
Idaho
Sept. 01 - Montana State
Sept. 10 - at Washington
Sept. 17 - at Washington State
Sept. 24 - at UNLV
Oct. 01 - * Troy
Oct. 08 - * at UL Monroe
Oct. 15 - * New Mexico State
Oct. 22 - * at Appalachian State
Nov. 05 - * at UL Lafayette
Nov. 12 - * at Texas State
Nov. 26 - * South Alabama
Dec. 03 - * Georgia State
UL Lafayette
Sept. 03 - Boise State
Sept. 10 - McNeese State
Sept. 17 - * South Alabama
Sept. 24 - at Tulane
Oct. 01 - * at New Mexico State
Oct. 12 - * Appalachian State (ESPN2)
Oct. 22 - * at Texas State
Nov. 05 - * Idaho
Nov. 12 - * at Georgia Southern
Nov. 19 - at Georgia
Nov. 26 - * Arkansas State
Dec. 03 - * at UL Monroe
UL Monroe
Sept. 03 - Southern
Sept. 10 - at Oklahoma
Sept. 17 - * at Georgia Southern
Oct. 01 - at Auburn
Oct. 08 - * Idaho
Oct. 15 - * Texas State
Oct. 22 - at New Mexico
Oct. 29 - * at Arkansas State
Nov. 05 - * South Alabama
Nov. 12 - * at Georgia State
Nov. 19 - * at Appalachian State
Dec. 03 - * UL Lafayette
New Mexico State
Sept. 03 - at UTEP
Sept. 10 - New Mexico
Sept. 17 - at Kentucky
Sept. 24 - * at Troy
Oct. 01 - * UL Lafayette
Oct. 15 - * at Idaho
Oct. 22 - * Georgia Southern
Oct. 29 - at Texas A&M
Nov. 12 - * at Arkansas State
Nov. 19 - * Texas State
Nov. 26 - * Appalachian State
Dec. 03 - * at South Alabama
South Alabama
Sept. 03 - at Mississippi State
Sept. 10 - * Georgia Southern
Sept. 17 - * at UL Lafayette
Sept. 24 - Nicholls State
Oct. 01 - San Diego State
Oct. 15 - * at Arkansas State
Oct. 20 - * Troy (ESPNU)
Oct. 29 - * Georgia State
Nov. 05 - * at UL Monroe
Nov. 19 - at LSU
Nov. 26 - * at Idaho
Dec. 03 - * New Mexico State
Texas State
Sept. 03 - at Ohio
Sept. 17 - at Arkansas
Sept. 24 - Houston
Oct. 01 - Incarnate Word
Oct. 08 - * at Georgia State
Oct. 15 - * at UL Monroe
Oct. 22 - * UL Lafayette
Nov. 05 - * at Appalachian State
Nov. 12 - * Idaho
Nov. 19 - * at New Mexico State
Nov. 26 - * Troy
Dec. 03 - * Arkansas State
Troy
Sept. 03 - Austin Peay
Sept. 10 - at Clemson
Sept. 17 - at Southern Miss
Sept. 24 - * New Mexico State
Oct. 01 - * at Idaho
Oct. 15 - * Georgia State
Oct. 20 - * at South Alabama (ESPNU)
Nov. 05 - UMass
Nov. 12 - * Appalachian State
Nov. 17 - * Arkansas State (ESPNU)
Nov. 26 - * at Texas State
Dec. 03 - * at Georgia Southern
* denotes Sun Belt Conference game
Schedule is subject to change
^ Exact date for Arkansas State at Georgia State will be determined following the release of the NFL schedule