TROY, Alabama – Coming off its best season at the FBS level, Troy has been picked to finish second in the Sun Belt Conference in a vote by the league's 12 head coaches, the conference office announced Thursday.
Troy received a pair of first place votes and tallied 127 overall points, just nine points behind preseason favorite Appalachian State, which received 136 points and seven first place votes. Arkansas State, UL Lafayette and New Mexico State received the other first place votes; coaches were allowed to vote for their own teams.