The Sun Belt is building momentum as a conference that can produce quality college football teams. After not putting a single team in the final AP Top 25 in any of its first 18 years of existence, Appalachian State ended the 2019 campaign at No. 19, followed by Coastal Carolina (No. 14) and Louisiana (No. 15) both flirting with a spot in a New Year's Six bowl last year.
But while the league didn't start churning out Top 25 teams until recently, it has produced more than a full starting roster worth of quality players since the beginning of the century.