The Sun Belt Conference released all 10 teams in the conference’s schedules on Tuesday afternoon and the Louisiana Ragin Cajuns first season under new head coach Billy Napier seems favorable despite a pair of matchups against SEC opponents.
This will also be the first year that football in the Sun Belt will have a championship game along with being separated into east and west divisions.
The Cajuns season will open up with a home contest against Grambling on September 1st with a bye week immediately following before a road trip to Starkville to take on the Mississippi State Bulldogs on September 15th. They’ll return home on the 22nd to open up conference play against Coastal Carolina. This will be the first meeting between the two teams.
Louisiana will wrap up the month of September 29th in Tuscaloosa to take on the defending national champions in Alabama. They’ll start off October with a road trip to San Marcos and then return home to take on New Mexico State for their homecoming game on October 13th.
Below is the complete schedule for the Cajuns with home games listed in BOLD. Kickoff times are to be determined.
Louisiana
09/01 Grambling
09/15 at Mississippi State
09/22 * Coastal Carolina
09/29 at Alabama
10/06 * at Texas State
10/13 New Mexico State
10/20 * at Appalachian State
10/27 * Arkansas State
11/03 * at Troy
11/10 * Georgia State
11/17 * South Alabama
11/24 * at ULM
-Clint Domingue