Super Bowl Update

Here is how the Sun Belt standings look going into the final games. Teams 1-5 will have tournament byes, and in the first round, teams 6-11, 7-10 and 8-9 will match up. In the second round, teams 4-5, 1-(8-9 winner), 2-(7-10 winner) and 3-(6-11 winner) will match up.

1. Middle Tennessee (14-1)
2. UALR (11-4)
3. Denver (10-5)
4. UL-Lafayette (10-5)
5. North Texas (9-6)
6. South Alabama (8-7)
7. Florida Atlantic (7-8)
8. Western Kentucky (6-9)
9. Arkansas State (6-9)
10. Florida International (4-11)
11. Troy (4-11)
12. UL-Monroe is ineligible because of APR sanctions

*Denver holds a tiebreaker over ULL because of its win over MTSU
*Western Kentucky holds a tiebreaker over Arkansas State because of head-to-head win
*FIU holds tiebreaker over Troy because of its victory over South Alabama

Saturday's schedule
Troy at Florida Atlantic, 6 p.m.
Arkansas State at UALR, 7 p.m.
Middle Tennessee at Western Kentucky, 5 p.m.
South Alabama at Florida International, 6:30 p.m.
UL-Monroe at UL-Lafayette, 7:15 p.m.
Sunday's schedule
North Texas at Denver, 2 p.m.

**So, as you can tell, several spots in the standings will be impacted by this weekend's games, but here is what you have so far.

First round - Saturday, March 3
(6) South Alabama vs. (11) Troy
(7) FAU vs. (10) FIU
(8) WKU vs. (9) Arkansas State

Second round - Sunday, March 4
(1) Middle Tennessee vs. WKU/ASU winner
(4) UL-Lafayette vs. (5) North Texas
(2) UALR vs. FAU/FIU winner
(3) Denver vs. South Alabama/Troy winner