JONESBORO, Ark. (7/19/18) – With the Sun Belt Conference’s annual Football Media Day set for Monday, July 23, the league announced its 2018 Preseason Coaches’ Poll Thursday, and five-time SBC champ Arkansas State was picked as the favorite to win both the West Division and the conference’s inaugural championship game.
While the Red Wolves were previously picked to finish runner-up five times, including 2006, 2009, 2012, 2014 and 2016, the 2018 version of the poll marks the first time they have ever been predicted to win the Sun Belt Conference championship.
A-State received nine of the 10 first-place votes to win the West Division and accumulated 49 points.