![]() It is predicted that will do just that, as it is predicted that they will win the East and possibly a conference championship. This team has a chance to make up for their disappointing finish last season. Cobbs had 75 tackles and Hampton had 69 total tackles. ![]() ![]() They return two senior linebackers in Trey Cobb and Brock Hampton who were monsters at tackling and stopping the run. Their defense is also impressive and will be a force for a lot of teams. This team also touts a very good rushing attack with the combination of Nate Noel who had over 1,000 yards last year and Camerun Peoples who fell just short of the 1,000-yard mark. He passed for over 3,000 yards and had 27 passing touchdowns. The Mountaineers return Chase Brice who had an incredible season in 2021. However, this team has a chance to have another special year in 2022. the Mountaineers lost their Bowl game to WKU, which was a shock to many college football fans. The Mountaineers made it to the conference championship last season but suffered defeat to a ranked Louisiana team. Appalachian StateĪppalachian State has already had success within the Sun Belt Conference. This article will aim at predicting the outcome of who will win the Sun Belt East Division. The new teams that have come into the East Division consist of former C-USA powerhouse Marshall, James Madison who has dominated the FCS and former C-USA member Old Dominion who has given power five teams in the past troubles. However, with the influx of new teams coming into the conference, the competition just got a lot tougher. The conference already has existing powerhouses within group of five such as Appalachian State, Coastal Carolina and Louisiana. Southern Miss and Western Kentucky could then be headed to the Sun Belt, sources said.The Sun Belt has grown to be one of the best group of five conferences in the nation in 2022. ![]() The bad news is C-USA would still likely lose two more members. Scenario: Conference USA keeps Marshall and Old Dominion from leaving while adding independent Liberty and FCS member James Madison. Liberty would be an automatic addition, sources said, but it’s unknown if the league would also reach out to independents UMass, UConn or New Mexico State or try to entice any FCS programs to move up to the FBS level.Ĭ-USA Keeps Marshall & ODU, Adds Liberty & James Madison ![]() Realistically, a conference needs at least 10 members for scheduling purposes, unless a six-member league plays conference members twice to get to eight or 10 league games.Ĭ-USA would have to immediately bolster its membership. The NCAA requires eight schools for a league to compete at the FBS level. In this scenario, C-USA will have lost nine of its 14 members - three to the Sun Belt, six to the AAC - and have only five remaining schools: FIU, Louisiana Tech, Middle Tennessee, UTEP and Western Kentucky. These moves also could put Conference USA - or is it Conference DOA? - on life support. Non-football playing Sun Belt members Arkansas-Little Rock and Texas-Arlington also will no longer be league members, sources said. New members Marshall, ODU and JMU would be in the East Division. Current member Troy would move from the East to the West Division, where Southern Miss would reside. This would give the Sun Belt a 14-team football league split into two seven-team divisions. ![]()
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