And without a doubt, the worst conference in Division I-A college football is....

(drumroll)...

the Sun Belt Conference!

This league is Truly Horrible, and as leagues like the Mid American get better the Sun Belt remains the dregs of Big Time College Football.

At the present time they have no (that's NO, Zero, None, Nada, El Zippo) teams with winning overall records. Arkansas State, at three wins and three losses, is currently the best of this very bad bunch.

Next we have the Troy Trojans (not to be confused with a similarly nicknamed team in the Los Angeles area) coming in at 2-3.

Followed by Louisiana-Monroe at 2-4, a trio of 1-3 clubs (North Texas, Florida International, and Middle Tennessee), and a pair checking in at 1-5 (Florida Atlantic and Louisiana-Lafayette).

Some random low-lights of 2005 from these teams:

Louisiana Lafayette has a 60-3 drubbing by Texas on their ledger, as well as a 31-10 setback to a less than spectacular Eastern Michigan crew.

Florida Atlantic took a 61-10 beating at Louisville and also got smacked 46-7 by Minnesota.

Florida International lost to Texas Tech 56-3 and Arkansas State (another Sun Belt team) 66-24.

The North Texas (Not So) Mean Green have mustered a mere 33 points in four games, while allowing 54 points in back to back weeks to Tulsa and Kansas State. They were supposed to play Louisiana State to open the season but the game was postponed due to the hurricane. It will be played on October 29 and I predict a long day for the North Texans. LSU may hang 100 on these bozos.

Arkansas State got pounded by Missouri 44-17.

Mizzou also got an easy win at the expense of Troy, 52-21. The Bad News Trojans also got routed by South Carolina 45-20.

Finally, I present to you Louisiana-Monroe...they of the 38-0 loss to Wyoming, the 44-7 loss to Georgia, and the 44-15 loss to Arkansas.

A more pathetic group of teams one is unlikely to find among the ranks of NCAA accredited Big Time Programs. It seems that the Sun Belt Conference solely exists to provide cannon fodder for the bigger and better teams of Division I-A.