# List of Sun Belt Conference football champions

Co&#x2D;Champions are to be left in alphabetical order. This is a list of yearly Sun Belt Conference football champions. Co-champions are listed in alphabetical order. From 2001 to 2017, there had not been a tie breaker for conference champions. Since 2018, an outright conference champion is determined by the Sun Belt Conference Football Championship Game.
Schools are listed by their current athletic branding, not necessarily what they used in a given season.

## Champions by year
### Pre-championship game era (2001–2017)

| Year | Champions | Conference record | Overall record | Bowl result |
| 2001 | Middle Tennessee | 5–1 | 8–3 | — |
| 2001 | North Texas | 5–1 | 5–7 | L New Orleans Bowl 20–45 vs. Colorado State |
| 2002 | North Texas | 6–0 | 8–5 | W New Orleans Bowl 25–19 vs. Cincinnati |
| 2003 | North Texas | 7–0 | 9–4 | L New Orleans Bowl 17–27 vs. Memphis |
| 2004 | North Texas | 7–0 | 7–5 | L New Orleans Bowl 10–31 vs. Southern Miss |
| 2005 | Arkansas State | 5–2 | 6–6 | L New Orleans Bowl 19–31 vs. Southern Miss |
| 2005 | Louisiana | 5–2 | 6–5 | — |
| 2005 | Louisiana-Monroe | 5–2 | 5–6 | — |
| 2006 | Middle Tennessee | 6–1 | 7–6 | — |
| 2006 | Troy | 6–1 | 8–5 | W New Orleans Bowl 41–17 vs. Rice |
| 2007 | Florida Atlantic | 6–1 | 8–5 | W New Orleans Bowl 44–27 vs. Memphis |
| 2007 | Troy | 6–1 | 8–4 | — |
| 2008 | Troy | 6–1 | 8–5 | L New Orleans Bowl 27–30 vs. Southern Miss |
| 2009 | Troy | 8–0 | 9–4 | L GMAC Bowl 41–44 vs. Central Michigan |
| 2010 | FIU | 6–2 | 7–6 | W Little Caesars Pizza Bowl 34–32 vs. Toledo |
| 2010 | Troy | 6–2 | 8–5 | W New Orleans Bowl 48–21 vs. Ohio |
| 2011 | Arkansas State | 8–0 | 10–3 | L GoDaddy.com Bowl 20–38 vs. Northern Illinois |
| 2012 | Arkansas State | 7–1 | 10–3 | W GoDaddy.com Bowl 17–13 vs. Kent State |
| 2013 | Arkansas State | 5–2 | 7–5 | W GoDaddy Bowl 23–20 vs. Ball State |
| 2013 | Louisiana | 5–2 | 8–4 | W New Orleans Bowl 24–21 vs. Tulane |
| 2014 | Georgia Southern | 8–0 | 9–3 | — |
| 2015 | Arkansas State | 8–0 | 9–3 | L New Orleans Bowl 28–47 vs. Louisiana Tech |
| 2016 | Appalachian State | 7–1 | 9–3 | W Camellia Bowl 31–28 vs. Toledo |
| 2016 | Arkansas State | 7–1 | 8–5 | W Cure Bowl 31–13 vs. UCF |
| 2017 | Troy | 7–1 | 10–2 | W New Orleans Bowl 50–30 vs. North Texas |
| 2017 | Appalachian State | 7–1 | 8–4 | W Dollar General Bowl 34–0 vs. Toledo |
* ↑ Ineligible for postseason play due to FCS-to-FBS transition rules.

### Sun Belt Conference Championship Game (2018–present)

| Year | East Division | Score | West Division | Site | Date | Attendance |
| 2018 | [[2018 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team|Appalachian State]] | 30–19 | [[2018 Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns football team|Louisiana]] | Kidd Brewer Stadium • Boone, North Carolina | December 1, 2018 | 14,963 |
| 2019 | [[2019 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team|No. 21 Appalachian State]] | 45–38 | [[2019 Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns football team|Louisiana]] | Kidd Brewer Stadium • Boone, North Carolina | December 7, 2019 | 18,618 |
| 2020† | [[2020 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers football team|No. 12 Coastal Carolina]] | No Contest | [[2020 Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns football team|No. 19 Louisiana]] | Brooks Stadium • Conway, South Carolina | December 19, 2020 | N/A |
| 2021 | [[2021 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team|Appalachian State]] | 16–24 | [[2021 Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns football team|No. 24 Louisiana]] | Cajun Field • Lafayette, Louisiana | December 4, 2021 | 31,014 |
| 2022 | [[2022 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers football team|Coastal Carolina]] | 26–45 | [[2022 Troy Trojans football team|Troy]] | Veterans Memorial Stadium • Troy, Alabama | December 3, 2022 | 21,554 |
| 2023 | [[2023 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team|Appalachian State]] | 23–49 | [[2023 Troy Trojans football team|Troy]] | Veterans Memorial Stadium • Troy, Alabama | December 2, 2023 | 20,183 |
| 2024 | [[2024 Marshall Thundering Herd football team|Marshall]] | 31–3 | [[2024 Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns team|Louisiana]] | Cajun Field • Lafayette, Louisiana | December 7, 2024 | 20,067 |
† 2020 game canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic.

## Championships by team

| Rank | Team | Championships | Years |
| 1 | Troy | 8 | 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2017, 2022, 2023 |
| 2 | Arkansas State | 6 | 2005, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016 |
| 3 | Appalachian State | 4 | 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 |
| 3 | Louisiana | 4 | 2005, 2013, 2020, 2021 |
| 3 | North Texas | 4 | 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 |
| 6 | Middle Tennessee | 2 | 2001, 2006 |
| 7 | Coastal Carolina | 1 | 2020 |
| 7 | FIU | 1 | 2010 |
| 7 | Florida Atlantic | 1 | 2007 |
| 7 | Georgia Southern | 1 | 2014 |
| 7 | Louisiana–Monroe | 1 | 2005 |
| 7 | Marshall | 1 | 2024 |
    Bold indicates an outright title.
Italics indicate team is no longer a member of the Sun Belt Conference.