Troy at Arkansas State Tabbed for Primetime on ESPN2

Troy at Arkansas State Tabbed for Primetime on ESPN2

11/25/2017 7:33:00 PM | Football

By: Adam Prendergast

TROY, Alabama – Troy's battle for a Sun Belt Conference championship at Arkansas State on Saturday, Dec. 2, will be in primetime and shown to a national audience. The league office and ESPN announced Saturday evening the game air on ESPN2 at 6:30 p.m.

Troy and Arkansas State both enter the game 6-1 in the Sun Belt Conference standings heading into the final week of the season; Appalachian State is also 6-1 and hosts UL Lafayette. Troy is in search of its first Sun Belt championship since winning five consecutive titles from 2006-10.

Troy has won 20 of its last 25 games dating back to the 2015 season and is coming off a 62-9 victory over Texas State on Friday afternoon. The Trojans boast one of the nation's top defense as just Troy and Wisconsin have not allowed more than 24 points in a game this season.