2024 Sun Belt Conference football season

The 2024 Sun Belt Conference football season will be the 24th season of college football play for the Sun Belt Conference (SBC). The season is scheduled to begin August 31, 2024 and conclude with the Conference Championship Game on December 7, 2024. The season will be part of the 2024 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The conference will consist of 14 football member split into two divisions. The conference released its full season scheduled on March 1, 2024.

Previous season
During the 2023 Sun Belt Conference season, the James Madison Dukes won the East division, while the Troy Trojans won the West division. James Madison was not eligible to play in the conference championship game due to NCAA rules regarding transitioning from FCS to FBS, and so East division runner-ups Appalachian State played in the championship game. In the Conference Championship Game, Troy defeated Appalachian State by a score of 49–23.

Head coaches

 * On November 26, 2023, Louisiana–Monroe announced that it had fired head coach Terry Bowden after 3 seasons with the team. On December 5, 2023, the school announced that former UAB head coach Bryant Vincent would take over as the new head coach for 2024.
 * On November 30, 2023, James Madison head coach Curt Cignetti announced that he would leave the school to take the head coach position at Indiana for the 2024 season. Assistant head coach and offensive line coach Damian Wroblewski was named the acting head coach for James Madison's bowl game. On December 7, 2023, the school announced that Bob Chesney would become the new head coach for 2024. Chesney had previously been head coach at Holy Cross.
 * On December 8. 2023, Troy head coach Jon Sumrall was announced as the new head coach of Tulane in the American Athletic Conference for the 2024 season. The school's defensive coordinator Greg Gasparato was named the interim head coach. On December 18, 2023, Troy announced Gerad Parker as the new head coach for 2024. Parker was previously the offensive coordinator at Notre Dame.
 * On January 15, South Alabama head coach Kane Wommack was hired as the defensive coordinator at Alabama. South Alabama promoted their offensive coordinator Major Applewhite to the head coach position to replace Wommack.
 * On February 15, Georgia State head coach Shawn Elliott resigned from his position to join South Carolina as a Tight Ends coach On February 23, Georgia State named Dell McGee as the new head coach. McGee had previously been the Running Backs coach at Georgia.

Schedule
The 2024 schedule was released on March 1, 2024

Sun Belt records vs other conferences
2024–2025 records against non-conference foes:

Sun Belt vs Power 5 matchups
This is a list of games the Sun Belt has scheduled versus power conference teams (ACC, Big 10, Big 12, Pac-12, Notre Dame and SEC). All rankings are from the current AP Poll at the time of the game.

Sun Belt vs Group of Five matchups
The following games include Sun Belt teams competing against teams from the American, C-USA, MAC, or Mountain West.

Sun Belt vs FBS independents matchups
The following games include Sun Belt teams competing against FBS Independents, which includes UConn, or UMass.