NEW ORLEANS – The Sun Belt Conference has solidified its football postseason opportunities for the next six seasons, and the league's five bowl slots will offer new options for Georgia State and its fans.
 
The conference's new postseason lineup includes placement in three ESPN Events owned-and-operated bowl games and participation in the R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl and the LendingTree Bowl (Mobile, Ala.) on an annual basis.  
 
"We are coming off of our most successful season in Sun Belt history," said Sun Belt Commissioner Keith Gill. "We're excited to provide a flex model that allows for our fans and schools to go to desirable locations with exciting opponents that are easily accessible and provides more revenue than the previous bowl cycle."
 
ESPN Events will hold the first, third and fourth selections and will utilize a flex model to select teams into the following pool of games:
 
• Boca Raton Bowl (Boca Raton, Fla.)
• Camellia Bowl (Montgomery, Ala.)
• Cure Bowl (Orlando, Fla.)
• Famous Idaho Potato Bowl (Boise, Idaho)
• SERVPRO First Responder Bowl (Dallas, Texas)
• Tropical Smoothie Cafe Frisco Bowl (Frisco, Texas)
• Myrtle Beach Bowl (Myrtle Beach, S.C.)
• New Mexico Bowl (Albuquerque, N.M.)
 
The New Orleans Bowl will hold the second selection and the LendingTree Bowl will hold the fifth selection.
 
In addition to the league's five bowl tie-ins, the Sun Belt champion has access annually to the New Year's Six bowls, managed by the College Football Playoff, should the champion be selected as one of the top four teams overall by the CFP selection committee or ranked by the committee as the top champion among the Group of Five conference champions. The Sun Belt champion is determined by a matchup of the East Division and West Division champions squaring off at the home site of the divisional champion with the best overall conference winning percentage.
 
The Sun Belt enters the 2020 season with the best bowl winning percentage (.667, 14-7) among all 10 NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision conferences over the last four seasons (2016-19). Last season, the league finished with a .600 bowl winning percentage, earning three wins in its five postseason matchups, to finish second to the Southeastern Conference (8-2, .800) and first among the Group of Five conferences.
 
With 25 non-conference wins (regular season and postseason) in 2019, the Sun Belt reset its all-time high set just a season prior. 

Georgia State's win over Tennessee was one of four victories recorded by Sun Belt teams against Autonomy Five conference opponents. In addition to GSU, Coastal Carolina defeated Kansas and Appalachian State defeated South Carolina and North Carolina.

The Panthers have played in five bowl games since 2015, including two of the last three years under head coach Shawn Elliott.