TROY – A sixth Sun Belt Conference championship, a school-FBS record 11 wins, a New Orleans Bowl title and a marquee victory at LSU all were the catalyst for Troy breaking Sun Belt postseason thresholds as the final polls of the 2017 season were released Monday.
USA Today ranked Troy at No. 18 in its final College Football 1-130. The Trojans were the third-highest ranked Group of Five team (UCF & Boise State) and finished ahead of notable teams such as LSU (21), NC State (24), Virginia Tech (25), Washington State (26), South Carolina (27) and Mississippi State (32).