Sun Belt Week Five Review

Another week is in the books for the 2015 college football season with the Sun Belt going 4-6. Conference play kicked into gear with three Sun Belt games taking place. Let's take a look at the good, bad, and ugly of week five Sun Belt football action.

Week Six Schedule:

• New Mexico State at Ole Miss
• Appalachian State at Georgia State
• Troy at Mississippi State
• Louisiana Monroe at Tulsa
• Texas State at Louisiana

Week Five Scoreboard:

• Louisiana Tech 43, Louisiana 14
• Appalachian State 31, Wyoming 13
• New Mexico 38, New Mexico State 29
• Liberty 41, Georgia State 33
• South Alabama 24, Troy 18
• Arkansas State 49, Idaho 35
• Georgia Southern 51, Louisiana Monroe 31

Power Rankings:

1. Georgia Southern
2. Appalachian State
3. South Alabama
4. Louisiana
5. Arkansas State
6. Texas State
7. Troy
8. Louisiana Monroe
9. Georgia State
10. New Mexico State
11. Idaho

Who/What Looked Good:

• Larry Rose III: The sophomore have been on fire in the last two weeks with 444 yards rushing on 41 carries. Rose hit the 12.4 yards per carry mark in gouging New Mexico for 260 yards. Keep feeding the ball to Rose as much as possible.
• Arkansas State Rush Game: After struggling in the early portion of the season, the Red Wolves finally looked good running the ball with 333 yards versus Idaho. Michael Gordon rushed 21 times for 226 yards in the win.
• Magee Hits the Homerun: It seems to be all or nothing for Magee this season. It was all in week five with Magee catching three passes for 118 yards in the 24-18 win. Magee is 16 yards short of his career high of 342 yards receiving in 2014.  

Who/What Looked Bad:

• Georgia State: It is bad enough to lose to Charlotte, but to also lose to Liberty is unacceptable. The Flames torched the Panthers for 502 yards and 41 points in the game. It is beginning to look like a win over New Mexico State was a fluke and Georgia State may be one of the three worst teams in the FBS.
• Louisiana: A week after being dominated by Akron, the Ragin’ Cajuns were manhandled by Louisiana Tech. The Ragin’ Cajuns were much better versus a good running attack, but were controlled in pretty much every aspect of play.
• Non-conference Woes: The Sun Belt again struggled versus other conferences with a 1-3 record. Only Appalachian State won their matchup. That number will get even worse next week with two Sun Belt teams slated to face SEC competition.

Bye Weeks:

• Georgia Southern
• South Alabama
• Idaho

Sun Belt Standings:

1. Georgia Southern 2-0
2. South Alabama 1-0
3. Arkansas State 1-0
4. Georgia State 1-0
5. Appalachian State 0-0
6. Louisiana 0-0
7. Texas State 0-0
8. Troy 0-1
9. Louisiana Monroe 0-1
10. New Mexico State 0-1
11. Idaho 0-2