Sun Belt Conference football returns in 2023 with the reputation as one of the most fun conferences in college football. Can the Troy Trojans repeat as champions? Will the James Madison Dukes challenge at the top now that they’re eligible to compete for a title? The Sun Belt weekly schedule has the most important matchups that will decide the fate of “Fun Belt” football.
2023 Week-by-Week Sun Belt Football Schedule
All games on the 2023 Sun Belt weekly football schedule are slated to be played on Saturday unless otherwise noted.
Week 1
- Georgia State vs. Rhode Island
Thursday, Aug. 31 - Arkansas State at Oklahoma
- Louisiana-Monroe vs. Army
- James Madison vs. Bucknell
- Coastal Carolina at UCLA
- Appalachian State vs. Gardner-Webb
- Louisiana vs. Northwestern State
- Old Dominion at Virginia Tech
- South Alabama at Tulane
- Troy vs. Stephen F. Austin
- Texas State at Baylor
- Georgia Southern vs. The Citadel
- Southern Miss vs. Alcorn State
- Marshall vs. Albany
Week 2
- Appalachian State at North Carolina
- Coastal Carolina vs. Jacksonville State
- James Madison at Virginia
- Louisiana-Monroe vs. Lamar
- Marshall at East Carolina
- Arkansas State vs. Memphis
- South Alabama vs. Southeastern Louisiana
- Southern Miss at Florida State
- Texas State at UTSA
- Troy at Kansas State
- Georgia Southern vs. UAB
- Georgia State vs. UConn
- Old Dominion vs. Louisiana
Week 3
- Coastal Carolina vs. Duquesne
- Appalachian State vs. East Carolina
- Georgia Southern at Wisconsin
- Georgia State at Charlotte
- Texas State vs. Jackson State
- Louisiana at UAB
- South Alabama at Oklahoma State
- Arkansas State vs. Stony Brook
- Southern Miss vs. Tulane
- Louisiana-Monroe at Texas A&M
- Old Dominion vs. Wake Forest
- Troy vs. James Madison
Week 4
- Coastal Carolina vs. Georgia State
Thursday, Sept. 21 - Appalachian State at Wyoming
- South Alabama vs. Central Michigan
- Georgia Southern at Ball State
- James Madison at Utah State
- Texas State vs. Nevada
- Marshall vs. Virginia Tech
- Troy vs. Western Kentucky
- Louisiana vs. Buffalo
- Old Dominion vs. Texas A&M-Commerce
- Arkansas State vs. Southern Miss
Week 5
- Louisiana at Minnesota
- Arkansas State at UMass
- Louisiana-Monroe vs. Appalachian State
- Georgia Southern vs. Coastal Carolina
- Marshall vs. Old Dominion
- James Madison vs. South Alabama
- Southern Miss vs. Texas State
- Georgia State vs. Troy
Week 6
- Marshall at North Carolina State
- Troy vs. Arkansas State
- Southern Miss vs. Old Dominion
- Louisiana Monroe vs. South Alabama
- Louisiana vs. Texas State
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Week 7
- Appalachian State vs. Coastal Carolina
Thursday, Oct. 10 - Troy at Army
- James Madison vs. Georgia Southern
- Georgia State vs. Marshall
- Texas State vs. Louisiana-Monroe
Week 8
- South Alabama vs. Southern Miss
Tuesday, Oct. 17 - Marshall vs. James Madison
Thursday, Oct. 19 - Old Dominion vs. Appalachian State
- Arkansas State vs. Coastal Carolina
- Louisiana vs. Georgia State
- Georgia Southern vs. Louisiana-Monroe
Week 9
- Georgia Southern at Georgia State
Thursday, Oct. 26 - Louisiana-Monroe vs. Arkansas State
- South Alabama vs. Louisiana
- Coastal Carolina vs. Marshall
- James Madison vs. Old Dominion
- Appalachian State vs. Southern Miss
- Texas State vs. Troy
Week 10
- Troy vs. South Alabama
Thursday, Nov. 2 - Old Dominion vs. Coastal Carolina
- Texas State vs. Georgia Southern
- Georgia State vs. James Madison
- Arkansas State vs. Louisiana
- Appalachian State vs. Marshall
- Southern Miss vs. Louisiana-Monroe
Week 11
- Louisiana vs. Southern Miss
Thursday, Nov. 9 - Old Dominion at Liberty
- James Madison vs. UConn
- Georgia State vs. Appalachian State
- South Alabama vs. Arkansas State
- Marshall vs. Georgia Southern
- Coastal Carolina vs. Texas State
- Louisiana-Monroe vs. Troy
Week 12
- Coastal Carolina at Army
- Georgia State at LSU
- Southern Miss at Mississippi State
- Louisiana-Monroe at Ole Miss
- James Madison vs. Appalachian State
- Troy vs. Louisiana
- South Alabama vs. Marshall
- Georgia Southern vs. Old Dominion
- Arkansas State vs. Texas State
Week 13
- Marshall vs. Arkansas State
- Appalachian State vs. Georgia Southern
- Old Dominion vs. Georgia State
- Coastal Carolina vs. James Madison
- Texas State vs. South Alabama
- Southern Miss vs. Troy
- Louisiana vs. Louisiana-Monroe
