NEW ORLEANS – Sun Belt East Division champion and No. 21/22-ranked James Madison will host the 2025 Credit Union 1 Sun Belt Football Championship presented by Visit Pensacola in Harrisonburg, Va., at 7:00 p.m. ET/6:00 p.m. CT on Friday, Dec. 5, against the Sun Belt West Division champion.
The game will once again be nationally televised on ESPN, which has been the broadcast home for the Sun Belt Football Championship since the event’s inception in 2018.
The nationally-ranked Dukes, who will appear in their first-ever Sun Belt Football Championship, are riding a nine-game winning streak heading into next weekend’s regular-season finale at Coastal Carolina at 3:45 p.