Six Sun Belt Programs Among Leaders in Final 2024-25 Helper Helper Community Service Rankings

Helper Helper 2024-25 Report
 
NEW ORLEANS – For the second year in a row, the Sun Belt Conference led all NCAA Division I conferences with six members listed in Helper Helper’s annual rankings for community impact during the 2024-25 academic year.
 
Two of the top 10 and six of the top 25 schools in the final rankings represent the Sun Belt including No. 4 Old Dominion and No. 9 James Madison. South Alabama (15th), Coastal Carolina (17th), App State (23rd) and Troy (24th) rounded out the league’s leaders.
 

By sport, three Sun Belt programs ranked first including two from Louisiana (women’s tennis and men’s golf) and South Alabama’s men’s basketball team. Six programs recorded runner-up finishes including Coastal Carolina (baseball), James Madison (volleyball), Old Dominion (women’s soccer and men’s soccer) and South Alabama (men’s track & field and women’s basketball).
 
The Sun Belt Conference had 34 total programs ranked in the top 10 for their respective sports including:
 
Baseball
Coastal Carolina (2), Louisiana (3), Old Dominion (8)
Men’s Basketball
South Alabama (1), Old Dominion (10)
Football
South Alabama (3), Coastal Carolina (5), Troy (6), James Madison (8)
Men’s Golf
Louisiana (1), Old Dominion (7), South Alabama (10)
Men’s Soccer
Old Dominion (2), West Virginia (4), Coastal Carolina (6), James Madison (10)
Men’s Tennis
Troy (7), Old Dominion (8), James Madison (9)
Men’s Track & Field/Cross Country
South Alabama (2)
 
Women’s Basketball
South Alabama (2)
Women’s Golf
Old Dominion (6), James Madison (7)
Softball
South Alabama (5), James Madison (6)
Women’s Soccer
Old Dominion (2), Louisiana (3)
Women’s Swimming & Diving
Old Dominion (3)
Women’s Tennis
Louisiana (1), South Alabama (8)
Women’s Track & Field/Cross Country
South Alabama (4), App State (6)
Volleyball
James Madison (2), Arkansas State (9)