Louisiana-Monroe and Troy are in the driver's seat to play in the inaugural Sun Belt Conference Championship Game.
In battles of divisional leaders, Louisiana-Monroe dealt Georgia Southern its first conference loss in a 44-25 rout Saturday and left the Warhawks as the sole leader in the Western Division. Georgia Southern fell to second in the East behind Troy, which defeated Louisiana-Lafayette 26-16.
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Louisiana-Lafayette's loss is pertinent to Arkansas State University (5-4, 2-3) since the Red Wolves would need Louisiana-Monroe (5-4, 3-2) and the Ragin' Cajuns (4-5, 2-3) to stumble in order to qualify as the West's representative in the championship game on Dec.