The Sun Conference (TSC)-(NAIA)
Overview: In a historic 2022 season for The Sun Conference (TSC), two of its' teams combined to win 19 games, with one of them pulling off one playoff upset after another to advance to its' first-ever NAIA national championship game.
The first aforementioned squad was the Keiser University Seahawks from West Palm Beach, Florida. In just their fifth season of existence, Keiser pulled off multiple upset wins over established programs such as Bethel (Tenn.), then-defending national champion Morningside, and Grand View, before losing to Northwestern (Iowa) in the national championship game on December 17. The Seahawks finished their 2022 campaign at 10-4 overall, with three of those losses coming to NCAA Division II teams like Valdosta State and Mississippi College, as well as another program that's transitioning to the FCS ranks in Lindenwood.
The other aforementioned team in this post hails from just down the road in Miami Gardens, Florida, with the St. Thomas University Bobcats also posting a solid season last fall. However, despite finishing the season at 9-2 overall, the Bobcats found themselves on the outside looking in when "Selection Sunday" in the NAIA arrived, losing to FCS Butler, as well as to Keiser.
A quick look ahead will see one new member join the TSC in 2023, as the Thomas University Nighthawks out of Thomasville, Georgia, will start their inaugural season of football. The addition of Thomas brings the total number of football-playing schools in the conference to eight teams this fall.
Still, expect St. Thomas, as well as Keiser, to be the two main challengers for the TSC crown this season, with several other squads in Ave Maria (6-3, 3-2), Webber International (6-4, 3-3), and Southeastern (6-4, 2-3), hoping to disrupt the status quo.
2022 The Sun Conference Football Final Standings
2023 Schedules (Teams are listed in alphabetical order, click the links below to access to find the schedules)
NOTE: If the link to the team's schedule is not highlighted, it means that the team has not submitted its schedule for the 2023 season. The link (s) will appear in each blog post when the team's schedule is submitted. Also, please visit the RFC blog at realfootballcentral.blogspot.com for schedules, schedule updates, preseason previews, and much more.
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