The Sun Belt conference released their football schedules Tuesday afternoon for it’s members. The conference in 2018 will see the debut season of divisional play with the winners of the two divisions facing off in the inaugural Sun Belt championship game on December 1st.
The Bobcats this season will have showdowns with four non-conference opponents and eight conference games including a nationally televised game in October.
Non-Conference Play
Year three of the Everett Withers era begins against Big Ten member Rutgers on September 1st. The Scarlet Knights have had a similar tear-down & rebuild under head coach Chris Ash and each of his two seasons at Rutgers has improved steadily.