Why the Sun Belt deserves the benefit of the doubt over the Big 12 thanks to on-field results, plus Jim Harbaugh might have finally found his QB.

Forty names, games, teams and minutiae making news in college football, where Maryland regrettably has picked up right where it left off: 

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THIRD QUARTER: SUN BELT > BIG 12

The Dash would like to apologize to the Sun Belt Conference (21), commissioner Keith Gill, and all the coaches and players in a league that stretches from the Texas hill country to the beaches of South Carolina. It is a humble place, where the football programs toil in the shadow of Power 5 conference behemoths. And it has been disrespected.

The Dash erred in ranking Oklahoma State (22) in the Sports Illustrated Top 10 Sunday while overlooking a more deserving Sun Belt team. That would be Coastal Carolina