Sun Belt Title & Bowl Scenarios

MeanGreen61 · November 14, 2005

Posted by Space Raider on the Sun Belt Delphi board.

Sun Belt title and bowl scenarios

Only three teams - Arkansas State, UL Monroe and Louisiana - remain in contention for the Sun Belt Conference football title. The league's berth in the New Orleans Bowl is a more complicated situation. The scenarios by which each team can earn one or the other:

To Win Sun Belt Title

Arkansas State - Cannot win the title outright, but clinches a share of the title with a Nov. 26 win at North Texas and a UL Monroe loss in either of its last two games.

UL Monroe - Can win the title outright with wins in each of its last two games, or with a Nov. 26 win over Louisiana and an ASU loss at North Texas. Can win a share of the title with a victory in either of its last two games.

Louisiana - Can win the title outright with a Nov. 26 win over ULM, a ULM loss at North Texas and a Nov. 26 ASU loss at North Texas. Can win a share of the title with a Nov. 26 win over ULM.

To Earn New Orleans Bowl berth

Arkansas State - Gets bowl berth with Nov. 26 win over North Texas and a ULM loss in either of its last two games.

UL Monroe - Gets bowl berth with wins in both of its last two games (ULM needs two wins in order to get to six wins and become bowl eligible).

Louisiana - Gets bowl berth with Nov. 26 win over ULM and ASU loss to North Texas.

Middle Tennessee - Gets bowl berth by winning its last three games and with a ULM loss at North Texas, a UL loss at ULM Nov. 26 and ASU losses in each of its last two games.

CLARIFICATIONS: If ULM wins at North Texas on Saturday, and ASU beats North Texas and UL beats ULM on Nov. 26, the three teams would be tied for first at 5-2. However, ULM would be eliminated from the tiebreaker system because it would not have six wins. ASU and UL would be in a two-team tiebreaker, with ASU earning the bowl berth due to a head-up victory.

If ULM loses at North Texas on Saturday and then beats UL, and ASU loses at North Texas on Nov. 26, ULM would win the league title but would not be bowl eligible with six wins. Either three or four teams would be tied with 4-3 marks, but only ASU and Middle Tennessee could be picked for the bowl (and then, only if ASU beats Army or MTSU beats North Carolina State in non-league games this weekend).

If only one team in the league is bowl eligible, that team will represent the league in the New Orleans Bowl. If none are eligible, the league would petition the NCAA for an exemption of the six-win rule on behalf of the conference champion, whether outright or as determined by the tiebreaker procedure.

Eagle1855 · November 14, 2005

If ULM loses at North Texas on Saturday and then beats UL, and ASU loses at North Texas on Nov. 26, ULM would win the league title but would not be bowl eligible with six wins. Either three or four teams would be tied with 4-3 marks, but only ASU and Middle Tennessee could be picked for the bowl (and then, only if ASU beats Army or MTSU beats North Carolina State in non-league games this weekend).
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So the sunbelt title still goes through denton, even though we arent in the race! If we win out, nobody goes bowling? How bad is that for the conference if that happens? But I hope we do win out. Not for the good of the conference, for our players. And we can still be the only Sun Belt team to make it to the NO Bowl...

Sad, sad state of affairs in Sun Belt hell...