These are the Sun Belt Conference's heavyweights.
Arkansas State University and Appalachian State, selected to finish No. 1 and No. 2 by the league's coaches more than a month ago, will meet for the first time since 2015 at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Centennial Bank Stadium in Jonesboro.
Tuesday could represent the first of two matchups between the dueling ASUs. Should both teams proceed as Sun Belt coaches predicted, the Sun Belt Championship Game on Dec. 1 would be the second round.
Arkansas State's conference-opening loss at Georgia Southern did not put a serious dent in the Red Wolves' aspirations because every team in their division also has at least one conference loss.