The respect for the top tier of the Sun Belt has grown in recent years. Sun Belt success in bowl games has stood out amongst the non-Power 5 conferences. Appalachian State and Louisiana-Lafayette on Saturday is a familiar Sun Belt conference championship matchup. In the two teams' meeting earlier this season, Louisiana-Lafayette struggled to move the football and lost at home 17-7. Expect another low-scoring matchup, but for the Ragin' Cajuns to have a bit more success than their October matchup. Grab the points here.

There is little statistically to separate the Sun Belt finalists. What tips the scales to App State is the comfort of defending the title at home, where the Mountaineers won last year, and the fact that Louisiana has yet to beat App State straight-up in seven attempts, most recently falling 17-7 in midseason. The Ragin’ Cajuns have not lost since, but the Mounties enter on a roll, too, with winning margins of 29, 22 and 35 in their last three outings. They are riding a 21-8 ATS streak. Take App State.