NEW ORLEANS – The Sun Belt Conference has today announced cross-divisional opponents for the 2025 football season. Texas State will play SBC east-division opponents James Madison at home and Marshall on the road.

The Bobcats won their second consecutive bowl game and finished the 2024 slate tied for second in the west division at 8-5 overall and 5-3 in conference play, winning the most Sun Belt league games for the program since 2014. TXST also won three road games, the most overall since four in 2014, all coming in the Sun Belt to match its highest total. The eight overall wins gave the Bobcats back-to-back seasons of reaching the mark, having not done so since the 1982-83 seasons, while GJ Kinne became the first head coach to record consecutive eight-win seasons since Jim Wacker in 1981-82.

Marshall won the 2024 Sun Belt Conference Championship after topping the SBC east with a 7-1 league record, while JMU finished 4-4 in conference play.

In addition to JMU and Marshall, TXST will face set west-division opponents South Alabama, ULM and Troy at UFCU Stadium and Arkansas State, Louisiana and Southern Miss on the road to round out the eight-game conference slate.

Game dates, times, broadcast information and other details will be announced at a later date.

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