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                                                             Exhibit 99.906 CERT

         CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT


     In connection with the Annual Report on Form N-CSR of Sun Capital Advisers
Trust (the "Company") for the period ended December 31, 2004 as filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), the
undersigned, James M. A. Anderson, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, and
James F. Alban, Chief Financial Officer of the Company, each hereby certifies,
pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, that:

     (1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

     (2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all
material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the
Company.

Dated:   March 1, 2005                      /s/ JAMES M.A. ANDERSON
                         -------------------------------------------------------
                         James M.A. Anderson, President
                         (Principal Executive Officer)




Dated:   March 1, 2005                      /s/ JAMES F. ALBAN
                         -------------------------------------------------------
                         James F. Alban, Treasurer
                         (Principal Financial Officer)


A SIGNED ORIGINAL OF THIS WRITTEN STATEMENT REQUIRED BY SECTION 906 HAS BEEN
PROVIDED TO THE REGISTRANT AND WILL BE RETAINED BY THE REGISTRANT AND FURNISHED
TO THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR ITS STAFF UPON REQUEST.