Louisiana Ranked No. 23 in Preseason USA Today/Amway Coaches Poll

[LaCajunsFan]

They probably did and used it anyway. USA Today is far left liberal media.

lol....so it's a 'far-left liberal media' issue. Take your meds, please.

[Cajunrunner]

They probably did and used it anyway. USA Today is far left liberal media.

So ESPN using "Louisiana" means they're a bastion of conservatism?

[shasta]

What is the highest preseason ranking for a sun belt school?

[Cajunmac]

What is the highest preseason ranking for a sun belt school?

Excellent question. Let me get my research gnomes on that one.

[shasta]

Excellent question. Let me get my research gnomes on that one.

quick search through coaches polls back to 2015 and I see 0

[ULGrad@HOU]

According to USA Today
"The Sun Belt Conference also is worthy of mention. The league has never had a team ranked in the preseason. This year, there are two: No. 23 Louisiana and No. 24 Coastal Carolina."

[Cajunmac]

I went back to 2011 and no preseason rankings for Sun Belt.

[Cajunmac]

And until last year with Coastal finishing #14 and UL #15, the highest a Sun Belt team had finished a year was 2019 when App St. finished #19.

[CajunT]

According to USA Today
"The Sun Belt Conference also is worthy of mention. The league has never had a team ranked in the preseason. This year, there are two: No. 23 Louisiana-Lafayette and No. 24 Coastal Carolina."

That would according to the coaches, it's a coaches poll.

[Cajunmac]

That would according to the coaches, it's a coaches poll.

AP was the same. None ranked previously.