* – Louisiana–Lafayette vacated 4 wins due to NCAA violations. ** – South Alabama was ineligible for the conference title or a bowl game as part of their transition to the FBS.
South Alabama competed in the Sun Belt for the first time and became the conference's tenth team. Due to NCAA transitional rules, South Alabama was not eligible for a conference championship or postseason play.
The Sun Belt media day was held on 16 July, in New Orleans, Louisiana. Florida International received five first place votes and were selected by the coaches as the favorites to win the conference.[12] Arkansas State and Louisiana-Lafayette each received two first place votes, while Western Kentucky received one.
Coaches Poll
Position
Team
Votes
First-place votes
1
Florida International
92
5
2
Arkansas State
85
2
3
Louisiana–Lafayette
81
2
4
Western Kentucky
70
1
5
Troy
60
6
Louisiana–Monroe
47
7
Middle Tennessee
42
8
North Texas
36
9
Florida Atlantic
23
10
South Alabama
14
Preseason All–Conference Team
The head coaches of the competing teams selected their All–Conference Team.[13] The coaches also selected Ryan Aplin of Arkansas State as the preseason offensive player of the year, and Tourek Williams of Florida International as the preseason defensive player of the year.
The Sun Belt has teams in two different time zones. Times reflect start time in respective time zone of each team (all teams central time except for Florida Atlantic and Florida International which are in eastern time). Conference games start times are that of the home team.
Rankings reflect that of the USA Today Coaches poll for that week, until week eight when the BCS poll was used.
The Sun Belt placed four teams in bowl games with five teams bowl eligible in 2012. This was the highest number of SBC bowl teams in the conference's history. Only Middle Tennessee was not selected for a bowl.[28] Two Sun Belt teams made their first bowl games in school history: Western Kentucky and Louisiana-Monroe.
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2012, belt, conference, football, season, 12th, season, college, football, play, belt, conference, season, began, august, 2012, concluded, january, 2013, part, 2012, ncaa, division, football, season, teams, participated, competition, arkansas, state, florida, . The 2012 Sun Belt Conference football season was the 12th season of college football play for the Sun Belt Conference The season began August 30 2012 and concluded January 6 2013 as part of the 2012 13 NCAA Division I FBS football season Ten teams participated in the competition Arkansas State Florida Atlantic Florida International Louisiana Lafayette Louisiana Monroe Middle Tennessee State North Texas South Alabama Troy and Western Kentucky 2012 Sun Belt Conference football seasonLeagueNCAA Division I FBS Football Bowl Subdivision SportfootballDurationAugust 30 2012 January 6 2013Number of teams10TV partner s ESPN CSS CSTRegular seasonSeason championsArkansas State Runners upLouisiana Lafayette Louisiana Monroe Middle Tennessee StateFootball seasons 20112013 2012 Sun Belt Conference football standingsvte Conf OverallTeam W L W L Arkansas State 7 1 10 3 Louisiana Monroe 6 2 8 5 Middle Tennessee 6 2 8 4 Louisiana Lafayette 4 2 5 4 Western Kentucky 4 4 7 6 Troy 3 5 5 7 North Texas 3 5 4 8 Florida Atlantic 2 6 3 9 FIU 2 6 3 9 South Alabama 1 7 2 11 Conference champion Louisiana Lafayette vacated 4 wins due to NCAA violations South Alabama was ineligible for the conference title or a bowl game as part of their transition to the FBS South Alabama competed in the Sun Belt for the first time and became the conference s tenth team Due to NCAA transitional rules South Alabama was not eligible for a conference championship or postseason play Contents 1 Preseason 1 1 Award watch lists 1 2 Sun Belt Media Day 1 2 1 Coaches Poll 1 2 2 Preseason All Conference Team 2 Coaches 3 Sun Belt vs BCS AQ Conference matchups 4 Regular season 4 1 Week 1 4 2 Week 2 4 3 Week 3 4 4 Week 4 4 5 Week 5 4 6 Week 6 4 7 Week 7 4 8 Week 8 4 9 Week 9 4 10 Week 10 4 11 Week 11 4 12 Week 12 4 13 Week 13 4 14 Week 14 5 Bowl games 6 Home attendance 7 ReferencesPreseason EditAward watch lists Edit The following Sun Belt players were named to preseason award watch lists Walter Camp Award 1 Player TeamRyan Aplin Arkansas State Doak Walker Award 2 Player TeamKedrick Rhodes Florida InternationalBenny Cunningham Middle TennesseeShawn Southward Troy John Mackey Award 3 Player TeamJack Doyle Western Kentucky Manning Award 4 Player TeamRyan Aplin Arkansas StateBlaine Gautier Louisiana Lafayette Bronko Nagurski Trophy 5 Player TeamAndrew Jackson Western Kentucky Outland Trophy 6 Player TeamCaylin Hauptmann Florida International Lombardi AwardPlayer TeamAdam Smith Western KentuckyAndrew Jackson Western KentuckyWinston Fraser Florida International Rimington Trophy 7 Player TeamAndre Huval Louisiana Lafayette Davey O Brien Award 8 Player TeamRyan Aplin Arkansas State Jim Thorpe Award 9 Player TeamBrynden Trawick TroyJonathan Cyprien Florida International Ray Guy Award 10 Player TeamWill Atterberry North Texas Lou Groza Award 11 Player TeamBrett Baer Louisiana LafayetteJake Griffin Florida International Sun Belt Media Day Edit The Sun Belt media day was held on 16 July in New Orleans Louisiana Florida International received five first place votes and were selected by the coaches as the favorites to win the conference 12 Arkansas State and Louisiana Lafayette each received two first place votes while Western Kentucky received one Coaches Poll Edit Position Team Votes First place votes1 Florida International 92 52 Arkansas State 85 23 Louisiana Lafayette 81 24 Western Kentucky 70 15 Troy 606 Louisiana Monroe 477 Middle Tennessee 428 North Texas 369 Florida Atlantic 2310 South Alabama 14Preseason All Conference Team Edit The head coaches of the competing teams selected their All Conference Team 13 The coaches also selected Ryan Aplin of Arkansas State as the preseason offensive player of the year and Tourek Williams of Florida International as the preseason defensive player of the year OffensePosition Name TeamQB Ryan Aplin Arkansas StateRB Kedrick Rhodes Florida InternationalRB Alonzo Harris Louisiana LafayetteWR Josh Jarboe Arkansas StateWR Javone Lawson Louisiana LafayetteWR Eric Thomas TroyTE Jack Doyle Western KentuckyOL Zack McKnight Arkansas StateOL Rupert Bryan Florida InternationalOL Caylin Hauptmann Florida InternationalOL Leonardo Bates Louisiana LafayetteOL Cyril Lemon North Texas DefensePosition Name TeamDL Isame Faciane Florida InternationalDL Tourek Williams Florida InternationalDL Tony Davis TroyDL Quanterus Smith Western KentuckyLB Andrew Jackson Western KentuckyLB Winston Fraser Florida InternationalLB Kanorris Davis TroyDB Brynden Trawick TroyDB Jonathan Cyprien Florida InternationalDB Don Jones Arkansas StateDB Melvin White Louisiana Lafayette SpecialistsPosition Name TeamPK Brett Baer Louisiana LafayetteP Will Atterberry North TexasRS John Evans Western KentuckyCoaches EditNOTE Stats shown are before the beginning of the season Team Head Coach Years at School Overall Record Record at School Sun Belt RecordArkansas State Gus Malzahn 1 0 0 0 0 0 0Florida Atlantic Carl Pelini 1 0 0 0 0 0 0Florida International Mario Cristobal 6 24 38 24 38 18 20Louisiana Lafayette Mark Hudspeth 2 75 25 9 4 6 2Louisiana Monroe Todd Berry 3 38 74 9 15 7 9Middle Tennessee Rick Stockstill 7 35 40 35 40 26 19North Texas Dan McCarney 2 61 92 5 7 4 4South Alabama Joey Jones 4 26 11 23 4 0 0Troy Larry Blakeney 24 163 92 1 163 92 1 42 17Western Kentucky Willie Taggart 3 9 15 9 15 9 7Sun Belt vs BCS AQ Conference matchups EditDate Visitor Home NotesSeptember 1 Arkansas State 34 5 Oregon 57September 1 North Texas 14 3 LSU 41September 1 Florida International 26 Duke 46September 8 8 Arkansas 31 Louisiana Monroe 34 Played in Little Rock AR First SBC win over Top 10 team in historySeptember 8 Western Kentucky 0 1 Alabama 35September 15 Arkansas State 13 Nebraska 42September 15 Louisiana Lafayette 24 Oklahoma State 65September 15 Louisiana Monroe 28 Auburn 31September 15 South Alabama 7 NC State 31September 15 Mississippi State 30 Troy 24September 15 North Texas 21 Kansas State 35September 15 Western Kentucky 32 Kentucky 31 WKU s first win over SEC competitionSeptember 15 Florida Atlantic 20 Georgia 56September 21 Baylor 47 Louisiana Monroe 42September 22 Florida Atlantic 7 Alabama 40September 22 Louisville 28 Florida International 21September 22 South Alabama 10 Mississippi State 30September 29 Middle Tennessee 49 Georgia Tech 28October 20 Middle Tennessee 3 15 Mississippi State 45November 3 Troy 48 Tennessee 55November 10 Louisiana Lafayette 20 7 Florida 27 Denotes neutral site gameRegular season EditIndex to colors and formattingSun Belt member wonSun Belt member lostSun Belt teams in boldThe Sun Belt has teams in two different time zones Times reflect start time in respective time zone of each team all teams central time except for Florida Atlantic and Florida International which are in eastern time Conference games start times are that of the home team Rankings reflect that of the USA Today Coaches poll for that week until week eight when the BCS poll was used Week 1 Edit Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result AttendanceAugust 30 6 30 PM McNeese St Middle Tennessee Johnny Red Floyd Stadium Murfreesboro TN ESPN3 L 21 27 18 690August 31 8 00 PM Wagner Florida Atlantic FAU Stadium Boca Raton FL ESPN3 W 7 3 14 510September 1 11 00 AM Troy UAB Legion Field Birmingham AL Fox College Sports W 39 29 28 612September 1 1 00 PM UTSA South Alabama Ladd Peebles Stadium Mobile AL ESPN3 L 31 33 17 144September 1 6 00 PM North Texas 3 LSU Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge LA ESPNU L 14 41 92 059September 1 6 00 PM Austin Peay Western Kentucky Houchens Industries L T Smith Stadium Bowling Green KY ESPN3 W 49 10 16 327September 1 6 00 PM Lamar Louisiana Lafayette Cajun Field Lafayette LA ESPN3 Ragin Cajuns Network W 40 0 25 803September 1 7 00 PM Florida International Duke Wallace Wade Stadium Durham NC ESPN3 L 26 46 31 117September 1 9 30 PM Arkansas State 5 Oregon Autzen Stadium Eugene OR ESPN L 34 57 56 144Players of the week 14 Offensive Defensive Special teamsPlayer Team Player Team Player TeamShawn Southward Troy De Von Terry Troy Brett Baer Louisiana LafayetteWeek 2 Edit Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result AttendanceSeptember 8 2 30 PM Western Kentucky 1 Alabama Bryant Denny Stadium Tuscaloosa AL SEC Network L 0 35 101 821September 8 4 00 PM Nicholls State South Alabama Ladd Peebles Stadium Mobile AL ESPN3 W 9 3 15 237September 8 6 00 PM Memphis Arkansas State ASU Stadium Jonesboro AR ESPN3 W 33 28 28 041September 8 6 00 PM 8 Arkansas Louisiana Monroe War Memorial Stadium Little Rock AR ESPNU W 34 31 OT 53 089September 8 6 00 PM Texas Southern North Texas Apogee Stadium Denton TX TXA21 W 34 7 22 259September 8 6 00 PM Akron Florida International FIU Stadium Miami FL ESPN3 W 41 38 15 685September 8 6 00 PM Florida Atlantic Middle Tennessee Johnny Red Floyd Stadium Murfreesboro TN ESPN3 MT 31 17 16 227September 8 6 00 PM Louisiana Lafayette Troy Veterans Memorial Stadium Troy AL ESPN3 ULL 37 24 17 981 Neutral sitePlayers of the week 15 Offensive Defensive Special teamsPlayer Team Player Team Player TeamKolton Browning Louisiana Monroe Jemarlous Moten Louisiana Lafayette Brett Baer 2 Louisiana LafayetteWeek 3 Edit Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result AttendanceSeptember 15 11 00 AM Louisiana Monroe Auburn Jordan Hare Stadium Auburn AL SEC Network L 28 31 OT 85 214September 15 11 00 AM Arkansas State Nebraska Memorial Stadium Lincoln NE ESPN2 L 13 42 85 290September 15 11 00 AM Louisiana Lafayette Oklahoma State Boone Pickens Stadium Stillwater OK FSN L 24 65 56 062September 15 4 00 PM Florida International UCF Bright House Networks Stadium Orlando FL CSS L 20 33 40 478September 15 5 00 PM South Alabama NC State Carter Finley Stadium Raleigh NC ESPN3 L 7 31 54 132September 15 6 00 PM Mississippi State Troy Veterans Memorial Stadium Troy AL ESPN3 L 24 30 29 013September 15 6 00 PM Western Kentucky Kentucky Commonwealth Stadium Lexington KY ESPNU W 32 31 OT 53 980September 15 6 00 PM Middle Tennessee Memphis Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium Memphis TN W 48 30 27 113September 15 6 00 PM North Texas 15 Kansas State Bill Snyder Family Football Stadium Manhattan KS FSN L 21 35 50 290September 15 6 30 PM Florida Atlantic 7 Georgia Sanford Stadium Athens GA CSS L 20 56 92 746Players of the week 16 Offensive Defensive Special teamsPlayer Team Player Team Player TeamAntonio Andrews Western Kentucky Jonathan Dowling Western Kentucky Hendrix Brakefield Western KentuckyWeek 4 Edit Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result AttendanceSeptember 21 7 00 PM Baylor Louisiana Monroe Malone Stadium Monroe LA ESPN L 42 47 31 175September 22 4 00 PM Florida Atlantic 1 Alabama Bryant Denny Stadium Tuscaloosa AL PPV L 7 40 101 821September 22 6 00 PM 18 Louisville Florida International FIU Stadium Miami FL ESPN3 L 21 28 12 318September 22 6 00 PM Southern Miss Western Kentucky Houchens Industries L T Smith Stadium Bowling Green KY ESPN3 W 42 17 23 252September 22 6 00 PM Alcorn St Arkansas State ASU Stadium Jonesboro AR ESPN3 W 56 0 21 559September 22 6 00 PM South Alabama 23 Mississippi State Davis Wade Stadium Starkville MS Bulldog Sports L 10 30 55 186September 22 6 00 PM Troy North Texas Apogee Stadium Denton TX ESPN3 Troy 14 7 21 823 ULM Baylor game was most watched Sun Belt game on ESPN in history Players of the week 17 Offensive Defensive Special teamsPlayer Team Player Team Player TeamAntonio Andrews 2 Western Kentucky Brynden Trawick Troy Will Scott TroyWeek 5 Edit Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result AttendanceSeptember 29 11 30 AM Middle Tennessee Georgia Tech Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta GA ACC RSN W 49 28 39 270September 29 2 30 PM Louisiana Monroe Tulane Mercedes Benz Superdome New Orleans LA CST W 63 10 18 063September 29 2 30 PM Troy South Alabama Ladd Peebles Stadium Mobile AL SBN Troy 31 10 23 789September 29 4 00 PM North Texas Florida Atlantic FAU Stadium Boca Raton FL ESPN3 UNT 20 14 13 888September 29 6 00 PM Florida International Louisiana Lafayette Cajun Field Lafayette LA ESPN3 ULL 48 20 21 109September 29 6 00 PM Western Kentucky Arkansas State ASU Stadium Jonesboro AR ESPN3 WKU 26 16 25 160Players of the week 18 Offensive Defensive Special teamsPlayer Team Player Team Player TeamBenny Cunningham Middle Tennessee Quanterus Smith Western Kentucky Brett Baer 3 Louisiana LafayetteWeek 6 Edit Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result AttendanceOctober 4 6 30 PM Arkansas State Florida International FIU Stadium Miami FL ESPNU ASU 34 20 13 612October 6 2 30 PM Louisiana Monroe Middle Tennessee Johnny Red Floyd Stadium Murfreesboro TN SBN ULM 31 17 21 067October 6 4 00 PM Tulane Louisiana Lafayette Cajun Field Lafayette LA RCN Cox4 ESPN3 ULL 41 13 29 758October 6 6 00 PM North Texas Houston Robertson Stadium Houston TX CSS L 21 44 25 476Players of the week 19 Offensive Defensive Special teamsPlayer Team Player Team Player TeamKolton Browning 2 Louisiana Monroe Qushaun Lee Arkansas State Brett Baer 4 Louisiana LafayetteWeek 7 Edit Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result AttendanceOctober 11 6 30 PM Western Kentucky Troy Veterans Memorial Stadium Troy AL ESPNU WKU 31 26 16 426October 13 5 00 PM Middle Tennessee Florida International FIU Stadium Miami FL MT 34 30 15 234October 13 6 00 PM South Alabama Arkansas State ASU Stadium Jonesboro AR ASU 36 29 22 143October 13 7 00 PM Florida Atlantic Louisiana Monroe Malone Stadium Monroe LA SBN CSS ULM 35 14 16 782Players of the week 20 Offensive Defensive Special teamsPlayer Team Player Team Player TeamBenny Cunningham 2 Middle Tennessee Nathan Herrold Arkansas State Michel Chapuseaux South AlabamaWeek 8 Edit Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result AttendanceOctober 16 8 00 PM Louisiana Lafayette North Texas Apogee Stadium Denton TX ESPN2 UNT 30 23 17 055October 20 12 00 PM Florida International Troy Veterans Memorial Stadium Troy AL SBN CSS Troy 38 37 17 354October 20 2 30 PM Florida Atlantic South Alabama Ladd Peebles Stadium Mobile AL USA 37 34 17 566October 20 3 00 PM Louisiana Monroe Western Kentucky Houchens Industries L T Smith Stadium Bowling Green KY ESPN3 ULM 43 42 22 323October 20 6 00 PM Middle Tennessee Mississippi St Davis Wade Stadium Starkville MS ESPN2 L 3 45 55 108Players of the week 21 Offensive Defensive Special teamsPlayer Team Player Team Player TeamKolton Browning 3 Louisiana Monroe Zach Orr North Texas Pat Moore South AlabamaWeek 9 Edit Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result AttendanceOctober 23 7 00 PM Arkansas State Louisiana Lafayette Cajun Field Lafayette LA ESPN2 ASU 50 27 19 873October 27 2 30 PM North Texas Middle Tennessee Johnny Red Floyd Stadium Murfreesboro TN ESPN3 MT 38 21 14 102October 27 4 00 PM Troy Florida Atlantic FAU Stadium Boca Raton FL FAU 34 27 11 968October 27 5 00 PM Western Kentucky Florida International FIU Stadium Miami FL ESPN3 WKU 14 6 12 842October 27 6 00 PM South Alabama Louisiana Monroe Malone Stadium Monroe LA ULM 38 24 14 556Players of the week 22 Offensive Defensive Special teamsPlayer Team Player Team Player TeamLogan Kilgore Middle Tennessee Quanterus Smith 2 Western Kentucky Brian Davis Arkansas StateWeek 10 Edit Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result AttendanceNovember 1 8 15 PM Middle Tennessee Western Kentucky Houchens Industries L T Smith Stadium Bowling Green KY ESPNU MT 34 29 17 327November 3 11 00 AM Troy Tennessee Neyland Stadium Knoxville TN SEC Regional L 48 55 84 189November 3 2 30 PM Florida Atlantic Navy Navy Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Annapolis MD CBSSN L 17 24 29 326November 3 3 00 PM Louisiana Lafayette Louisiana Monroe Malone Stadium Monroe LA SBN ESPN3 ULL 40 24 20 203November 3 3 30 PM Florida International South Alabama Ladd Peebles Stadium Mobile AL FIU 28 20 11 936November 3 4 00 PM Arkansas State North Texas Apogee Stadium Denton TX ASU 37 19 17 534Players of the week 23 Offensive Defensive Special teamsPlayer Team Player Team Player TeamTerrance Broadway Louisiana Lafayette Jordan Hunt Florida International Reggie Whatley Middle TennesseeWeek 11 Edit Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result AttendanceNovember 8 6 00 PM Louisiana Monroe Arkansas State ASU Stadium Jonesboro AR ESPNU ASU 45 23 30 243November 10 11 20 AM Louisiana Lafayette Florida Ben Hill Griffin Stadium Gainesville FL SEC Regional L 20 27 86 482November 10 12 00 PM Florida Atlantic Western Kentucky Houchens Industries L T Smith Stadium Bowling Green KY SBN FAU 37 28 14 185November 10 2 30 PM Navy Troy Veterans Memorial Stadium Troy AL ESPN3 W 41 31 24 321November 10 4 30 PM South Alabama North Texas Apogee Stadium Denton TX UNT 24 14 15 963Players of the week 24 Offensive Defensive Special teamsPlayer Team Player Team Player TeamRyan Aplin Arkansas State Emeka Onyenekwu Louisiana Lafayette Will Scott 2 TroyWeek 12 Edit Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result AttendanceNovember 16 7 00 PM Florida International Florida Atlantic FAU Stadium Boca Raton FL ESPNU FIU 34 24 15 405November 17 2 30 PM Arkansas State Troy Veterans Memorial Stadium Troy AL IMG Sports ASU 41 34 20 614November 17 2 30 PM Middle Tennessee South Alabama Ladd Peebles Stadium Mobile AL MT 20 12 15 087November 17 3 00 PM North Texas Louisiana Monroe Malone Stadium Monroe LA ESPN3 ULM 42 16 14 079November 17 6 00 PM Western Kentucky Louisiana Lafayette Cajun Field Lafayette LA ESPN3 ULL 31 27 20 314Players of the week 25 Offensive Defensive Special teamsPlayer Team Player Team Player TeamRyan Aplin 2 Arkansas State Jajuan Harley Middle Tennessee Richard Leonard Florida InternationalWeek 13 Edit Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result AttendanceNovember 24 12 00 PM North Texas Western Kentucky Houchens Industries L T Smith Stadium Bowling Green KY SBN WKU 25 24 11 074November 24 2 30 PM Troy Middle Tennessee Johnny Red Floyd Stadium Murfreesboro TN ESPN3 MT 24 21 18 605November 24 4 00 PM South Alabama Louisiana Lafayette Cajun Field Lafayette LA RCN ESPN3 ULL 52 30 20 333November 24 TBD Louisiana Monroe Florida International FIU Stadium Miami FL ULM 23 17 12 115Players of the week 26 Offensive Defensive Special teamsPlayer Team Player Team Player TeamAntonio Andrews 3 Western Kentucky Kevin Byard Middle Tennessee Michel Chapuseaux 2 South AlabamaWeek 14 Edit Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result AttendanceDecember 1 2 00 PM Louisiana Lafayette Florida Atlantic FAU Stadium Boca Raton FL ULL 35 21 11 522December 1 2 00 PM Middle Tennessee Arkansas State ASU Stadium Jonesboro AR ESPN3 ASU 45 0 31 243December 1 6 00 PM South Alabama Hawaii Aloha Stadium Honolulu HI Root L 7 23 27 865Players of the week 27 Offensive Defensive Special teamsPlayer Team Player Team Player TeamRyan Aplin 3 Arkansas State Nathan Herrold 2 Arkansas State Brian Davis 2 Arkansas StateBowl games EditThe Sun Belt placed four teams in bowl games with five teams bowl eligible in 2012 This was the highest number of SBC bowl teams in the conference s history Only Middle Tennessee was not selected for a bowl 28 Two Sun Belt teams made their first bowl games in school history Western Kentucky and Louisiana Monroe NOTE All times are local Bowl Date Time SBC team Record Opponent Record Site TV Result Attendance2012 R L Carriers New Orleans Bowl December 22 11 00 AM Louisiana Lafayette 8 4 East Carolina 8 4 Mercedes Benz Superdome New Orleans LA ESPN W 43 34 48 8282012 Little Caesars Pizza Bowl December 26 6 30 PM Western Kentucky 7 5 Central Michigan 6 6 Ford Field Detroit MI ESPN L 21 24 23 3102012 Advocare V100 Independence Bowl December 28 1 00 PM Louisiana Monroe 8 4 Ohio 8 4 Independence Stadium Shreveport LA ESPN L 14 45 41 8532013 GoDaddy com Bowl January 6 8 00 PM Arkansas State 9 3 25 Kent State 11 2 Ladd Peebles Stadium Mobile AL ESPN W 17 13 37 913Home attendance EditTeam Stadium Capacity Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5 Game 6 Total Average of CapacityArkansas State Liberty Bank Stadium 30 964 28 041 21 559 25 160 22 143 30 243 31 243 158 389 26 398 85 3 Florida Atlantic FAU Stadium 30 000 14 510 13 888 11 968 15 405 11 522 67 293 13 459 44 9 Florida International FIU Stadium 23 500 15 685 12 318 13 612 15 234 12 842 12 115 81 806 13 634 58 0 Louisiana Lafayette Cajun Field 31 000 25 803 21 109 29 758 19 873 20 314 20 333 137 190 22 865 73 8 Louisiana Monroe Malone Stadium 30 427 31 175 16 782 14 556 20 203 14 079 96 795 19 359 63 6 Middle Tennessee Johnny Red Floyd Stadium 30 788 18 690 16 227 21 067 14 102 18 605 88 691 17 738 57 6 North Texas Apogee Stadium 30 850 22 259 21 823 17 055 17 534 15 963 94 634 18 927 61 4 South Alabama Ladd Peebles Stadium 33 471 17 144 15 237 23 789 17 566 11 936 15 087 100 759 16 793 50 2 Troy Veterans Memorial Stadium 30 000 17 981 29 013 16 426 17 354 24 321 20 614 125 709 20 952 69 8 Western Kentucky Houchens Industries L T Smith Stadium 22 000 16 327 23 252 22 323 17 327 14 185 11 074 104 488 17 415 79 2 References Edit News and Events 2012 Walter Camp Player of the Year Preseason Watch List Walter Camp Football Foundation Waltercamp org 2012 07 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