2025 Sun Belt Conference Football Championship Game

2025 Credit Union 1 Sun Belt Conference Football Championship Game
7th SBC Championship Game
James Madison Dukes (9–1) Head coach:  Bob Chesney
Date	December 5, 2025
Season	2025
United States TV coverage
Network	ESPN
Sun Belt Conference Football Championship Game  ← 2024   2026 →

The 2025 Sun Belt Conference Football Championship Game will be a college football game played on December 5, 2025 to determine the champion of the Sun Belt Conference for the 2025 season. It will be the seventh edition of the Sun Belt Conference Football Championship Game. The game will be played at 7:00 p.m. EST on ESPN. The game will feature the James Madison Dukes, the East Division champions, against the West Division champions. Sponsored by Credit Union 1 and Visit Pensacola, the game will officially be named the 2025 Credit Union 1 Sun Belt Football Championship presented by Visit Pensacola. ^[1]

Teams

James Madison Dukes

Main article: 2025 James Madison Dukes football team

James Madison clinched the East Division on November 15, 2025, after they beat Appalachian State and Coastal Carolina lost to Georgia Southern. ^[2]

West Division champions

Southern Miss (5–1), Arkansas State (4–2), and Troy (4–2) are still in the race to be the West Division champions. Arkansas State beat Troy on November 1 and therefore holds the tiebreaker over Troy. ^[3]

References

1. "About the Championship Game". sunbeltsports.org. Retrieved November 18, 2025.
2. "Nationally-Ranked James Madison Clinches Sun Belt East Division & Championship Game Berth in Week 12 Play". sunbeltsports.org. November 15, 2025. Retrieved November 18, 2025.
3. Trister, Noah (November 16, 2025). "Conference race update: James Madison will play for the Sun Belt championship". The AP. Retrieved November 18, 2025.