Georgia State receiver Robert Davis
Photo Credit: Jason Getz

Release from Georgia State Athletics:

ATLANTA — After facing the top two teams in the Sun Belt Conference preseason poll the last two weeks, Georgia State now prepares for the league’s third-best team in the preseason rankings as the Panthers travel to South Alabama Saturday at Ladd-Peebles Stadium.

Georgia State (1-5, 0-3 Sun Belt) began this rugged Sun Belt stretch with a road game at UL Lafayette, 2013 Sun Belt co-champion and the unanimous preseason favorite to win the league this year, followed by Arkansas State, which shared last year’s title and was picked second in the preseason. Following South Alabama, Georgia State hosts Georgia Southern, which currently sits atop the league standings.

“We have hit the gauntlet right now in our schedule,” Georgia State head coach Trent Miles said Tuesday. “Lafayette, Arkansas State, South Alabama, Georgia Southern. Those right there are…