NEW ORLEANS – The University of South Alabama football program's 2017 schedule features match-ups with five teams that won a postseason bowl game a year ago, including a pair who defeated top-25 opponents. It also will pit the Jaguars against five of the top six schools from the final league standings in 2016, all of whom finished with a record of .500 or better in the Sun Belt.
Not included in either of those groups — an opponent from the Southeastern Conference.
A visit from a Big 12 school and two games that will be broadcast nationally on the ESPN family of networks are also part of the slate, which was announced by the Sun Belt Conference office on Wednesday.