TROY, Alabama – Troy has been selected to finish fifth in the annual Sun Belt Conference Preseason Football Poll, the league office announced Thursday. The predicted order of finish was selected by the league's 11 head coaches.
Appalachian State and Arkansas State both received five first place votes, but the Mountaineers were selected to win the league with 114 points and the Red Wolves were picked to finish second with 110 points. The predicted champion has won the league just once since 2010. Georgia Southern received the other first place and was selected to finish in third place with 98 points.