As was the case for 2018 honors, the Georgia Southern football team received little love from the Sun Belt Conference, who released its preseason teams and coaches polls for the 2019 season on Thursday.
In Chad Lunsford’s second full season as head coach, the Eagles were picked to finish third in the Sun Belt East division, behind Appalachian State and Troy. GS also received two first place votes.
The Mountaineers were picked to not only win the East, who reeled in seven first place votes, but also win the conference, defeating Louisiana in a rematch of the 2018 conference championship.