Louisiana, Southern Miss, ULM get Sun Belt Conference football East opponents for 2023
The Sun Belt Conference released the league's cross-divisional matchups for the 2023 college football season Thursday.
It will be the second season in the conference's 14-member era and the structure remains the same as it was in 2022 as each school will face two teams from the opposite division, one at home and one away.
Complete league schedules including dates and times for all games will be released no later than March 1, the Sun Belt said.
Louisiana from the West will host Georgia State at Cajun Field and will travel to Sun Belt newcomer Old Dominion in 2023. The Ragin' Cajuns played Georgia Southern and newcomer Marshall in 2022. UL won both of those games.
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The Ragin' Cajuns have all 12 of its games filled in 2023. They'll open the season against Northwestern State at home Sept. 2, host New Mexico State Oct. 14 and rounds out its four-game nonconference slate with away games at UAB (Sept. 16) and Minnesota (Sept. 30).
UL will play West division foes ULM, Southern Miss and Texas State at home and will face reigning Sun Belt champions Troy, South Alabama and Arkansas State on the road.
Southern Miss from the West will face Old Dominion at M.M. Roberts Stadium while traveling to meet Appalachian State. In its first season in the Sun Belt in 2022, the Golden Eagles played Coastal Carolina and Georgia State, dropping both games.
USM still has one date to fill but its nonconference schedule is a beast with road games at Florida State Sept. 2 to open the season and Mississippi State late in the season on Nov. 18 and will host current American Athletic Conference champions Tulane Sept. 16.
The Golden Eagles get Troy, Texas State and ULM out of the SBC West at home to go with ODU and will see the Cajuns, Arkansas State and South Alabama along with the Mountaineers away from home.
Louisiana-Monroe's 2023 schedule will feature East division matchups with App State at Malone Stadium and an away game at Georgia Southern. ULM won against Georgia State and lost to App State during the 2022 season.
The Warhawks have their 12 opponents nailed down. ULM opens 2023 Sept. 2 at home against Army, hosts FCS' Lamar the following Saturday and wraps up the nonconference dates against two SEC teams at Texas A&M (Sept. 16) and at Ole Miss (Nov. 18).
ULM will play South Alabama, Troy, Arkansas State from the West division at home with App State and will have Sun Belt road games at UL, Southern Miss, Texas State and Georgia Southern.
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