Sun Belt Conference football teams went 6-3 during 2018’s second full weekend of play, including a 3-0 record against Conference USA squads and a fourth win against an FBS independent. The three losses came to teams in “Power Five” conferences, all of them to squads that are 2-0 this season.
This comes at no surprise to Sun Belt coaches, some of whom have seen their teams compile an 8-3 record in postseason bowl games over the past two years and the nation’s best conference bowl-victory percentage since 2014.
“We have quality football teams in this league,” said Georgia Southern’s Chad Lunsford, whose Eagles rolled past independent UMass 34-13 Saturday for its second straight win.