Following last year’s stellar postseason bowl performances, predicting the Sun Belt to be the best Group of Five conference this season would not be too brazen.
And that is the opinion I’m going to take. The conference posts one of the most difficult G5 schedules with five of the 12 teams opening the season against power-five schools.
The other four conferences in the Group of Five are the American Athletic Conference (AAC), the Mid-American Conference (MAC), Conference USA and the Mountain West.
Appalachian State travels to UGA to take on a Bulldog team that is still recovering from their home losses to Tennessee and Vanderbilt from last year.