The Sun Belt football schedule 2022 early season kickoff times and TV slate has been announced, and it features 40 games in the first three weeks.
The Old Dominion Monarchs, one of four new Sun Belt Conference members in 2022, are slated to begin their season on Friday, Sept. 2 at home against the Virginia Tech Hokies. The game will be televised by ESPNU at 7pm ET.
The remaining 13 Sun Belt teams, including new members James Madison, Marshall, and Southern Miss, kick off their 2022 seasons on Saturday, Sept. 3, beginning with Appalachian State hosting North Carolina at Noon ET on ESPNU.
The 2022 Sun Belt Championship Game is scheduled for Saturday, Dec. 3 at the home stadium of the division winner with the best conference record. The game will be televised by ESPN at 3:30pm ET.
The Sun Belt Conference has also announced the time and television for seven mid-week games in October and November.
Listed below are the Sun Belt games that have been selected for television as of May 26. Remaining game times and TV coverage will be announced 6-12 days prior to the date of the game.
Sun Belt football schedule 2022: Early season kickoff times, TV
*All times Eastern.
Friday, Sept. 2
Virginia Tech at Old Dominion – 7pm, ESPNU
Saturday, Sept. 3
UNC at App State – 12pm, ESPNU
Norfolk State at Marshall – 3:30pm, ESPN3
Troy at Ole Miss – 4pm, SECN
Nicholls State at South Alabama – 5pm, ESPN3
Morgan State at Georgia Southern – 6pm, ESPN3
Middle Tennessee at James Madison – 6pm, ESPN+
Army at Coastal Carolina – 7pm, ESPN+
Grambling State at Arkansas State – 7pm, ESPN3
Southeastern Louisiana at Louisiana – 7pm, ESPN+
Liberty at Southern Miss – 7pm, ESPN+
Georgia St. at South Carolina – 7:30pm, ESPN+/SECN+
ULM at Texas – 8pm, Longhorn Network
Texas State at Nevada – TBA
Saturday, Sept. 10
UNC at Georgia State – 12pm, ESPNU
Arkansas State at Ohio State – 12pm, BTN
Southern Miss at Miami FL – 12pm, ACCN
South Alabama at Central Michigan – 1pm, ESPN+
Marshall at Notre Dame – 2:30pm, NBC
App State at Texas A&M – 3:30pm, ESPN2
Norfolk State at James Madison – 4pm, ESPN3
Gardner-Webb at Coastal Carolina – 6pm, ESPN+
Old Dominion at East Carolina – 6pm, ESPN+
Eastern Michigan at Louisiana – 7pm, TBA
Alabama A&M at Troy – 7pm, ESPN3
FIU at Texas State – 7pm, ESPN+
Georgia Southern at Nebraska – 7:30pm, FS1
Nicholls State at ULM – 8pm, ESPN3
Saturday, Sept. 17
Texas State at Baylor – 12pm, FS1
Buffalo at Coastal Carolina – 1pm, ESPN+
Old Dominion at Virginia – 2pm, ACCN
South Alabama at UCLA – 2pm, P12N
Troy at App State – 3:30pm, ESPN+
Georgia Southern at UAB – 3:30pm, Stadium
ULM at Alabama – 4pm, SECN
Marshall at Bowling Green – 5pm, TBA
Charlotte at Georgia State – 7pm, ESPN+
Northwestern State at Southern Miss – 7pm, ESPN3
Arkansas State at Memphis – 7pm, ESPN+
Louisiana at Rice – 7:30pm, ESPN+
Thursday, Sept. 22
Coastal Carolina at Georgia State – 7:30pm, ESPNU
Wednesday, Oct. 12
Louisiana at Marshall – 7:30pm, ESPN2
Wednesday, Oct. 19
Georgia State at App State – 7:30pm, ESPN2
Thursday, Oct. 20
Troy at South Alabama – 7:30pm, ESPNU
Thursday, Oct. 27
Louisiana at Southern Miss – 7:30pm, ESPNU
Thursday, Nov. 3
App State at Coastal Carolina – 7:30pm, ESPN
Thursday, Nov. 10
Georgia Southern at Louisiana – 7:30pm, ESPNU
Saturday, Dec. 3
Sun Belt Football Championship Game – 3:30pm, ESPN
Football Schedules
The SBC should soon add Eastern Kentucky and Stephen F. Austin so that this can be the Thanksgiving week schedule:
Appalachian State-Coastal Carolina
Arkansas State-Southern Miss
Eastern Kentucky-Marshall
Georgia Southern-Georgia State
James Madison-Old Dominion
Louisiana-ULM
South Alabama-Troy
Stephen F. Austin-Texas State
Not happening.
The SBC doesn’t do their rivalry like that anyway. They have two rivalry weeks, one in October and another in early November, I believe. Plus, if Marshall wants it’s own opponent for rivalry week, they could go with an OOC game against Ohio University. Four SEC teams do this anyway. Can’t see why Marshall wouldn’t follow suit.
Everyone should have their rivalry week on Thanksgiving weekend
Why would a conference that, prior to their latest expansion efforts, is in last place in terms of revenue generating (~$30.5 million per school/per year) add two FCS schools, that earn even less? Perhaps, improved scheduling fend shui?
The governors and state legislature of Florida, Georgia, Kentucky and South Carolina mandate that those games be played. There is no authority or motivation for Marshal to follow suit with a ‘court-ordered’ rivalry game.