Sun Belt Conference, a privately owned entity headquartered in the US, was founded in 1976, operates with approximately 30 employees, and reported $8.9M in revenue as of 2023. The company's primary focus is spectator sports, functioning as a collegiate athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA's Division I since its inception.
Louisiana Tech filed a lawsuit on March 5, 2026, against Conference USA, seeking an injunction to allow the university to join the Sun Belt Conference in 2026. The lawsuit was reportedly filed with the Third Judicial District Court in Lincoln Parish. Previously, on January 5, 2026, the Mid-American Conference and Sun Belt Conference announced the second round of the MAC-SBC Challenge, which included the University of Akron traveling to Troy on February 7. Earlier, on December 3, 2025, Troy punter and Ray Guy Award Finalist Evan Crenshaw earned the Sun Belt Conference Special Teams Player of the Year award, with 12 Troy Trojans receiving All-Sun Belt Conference honors before the team's appearance in the 2025 Credit Union 1 Sun Belt Championship Game. The conference also set the Old Dominion Football regular season finale against Georgia State for November 29, 2025, at 2 p.m., to be broadcast on ESPN+. This followed the Sun Belt Conference's announcement on November 14, 2025, of the bracket for the 2025 Sun Belt Volleyball Tournament, held from November 20-23 at the Foley Events Center, with all nine matches streamed on ESPN+.
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