2009 Sun Belt Conference football season

2009 Sun Belt Conference football season
LeagueNCAA Division I FBS (Football Bowl Subdivision)
Sportfootball
DurationSeptember 3, 2009
through January 6, 2010
Number of teams9
TV partner(s)ESPN
2010 NFL Draft
Top draft pickAlex Carrington
Picked byBuffalo Bills, 72nd overall
Regular season
ChampionTroy
Season MVPLevi Brown
Football seasons
← 2008
2010 →
2009 Sun Belt Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
Troy $   8 0     9 4  
Middle Tennessee   7 1     10 3  
Louisiana–Monroe   5 3     6 6  
Florida Atlantic   5 3     5 7  
Louisiana–Lafayette   4 4     6 6  
Arkansas State   3 5     4 8  
FIU   3 5     3 9  
North Texas   1 7     2 10  
Western Kentucky   0 8     0 12  
  • $ – Conference champion

The 2009 Sun Belt Conference football season was an NCAA football season that was played from September 3, 2009, to January 6, 2010. The Sun Belt Conference consists of 9 football members: Arkansas State, Florida Atlantic, Florida International, Louisiana-Lafayette, Louisiana-Monroe, Middle Tennessee, North Texas, Troy, and Western Kentucky who becomes a full-time member in 2009 after 2 seasons as an independent and conditional member who played a limited Sun Belt schedule after transitioning from the Football Championship Subdivision. Troy won the Sun Belt Championship and played in the GMAC Bowl where they lost in two overtimes to Central Michigan. Middle Tennessee was the only other Sun Belt member to be invited to a bowl game, the New Orleans Bowl, where they defeated Southern Mississippi.