• A record six Sun Belt teams went to bowl games last season, breaking the previous record of four set in 2012 and 2015. The four bowl wins were the most ever by the Sun Belt in its league history.
• The Sun Belt’s .667 winning percentage in bowl games fell one win shy of claiming a win in ESPN’s “Conference Bowl Challenge” among all 10 FBS conferences, and percentage-wise finished tied with the Big 12 Conference for the second spot. It was the best bowl winning percentage among the “Group of Five” conferences.
• The Sun Belt finished third in the annual “Group of Five” conference rankings in 2016 after finishing fifth the past two seasons.