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Another week, several more upsets, Purdue being ranked by the AP Poll for the first time since 2007, UTSA receiving its first-ever ranking, and it is time to once again update the Group of 5 Power Rankings. Cincinnati has received its highest-ever ranking in the AP Poll at No. 2, is No. 3 in the... Continue Reading →
Dominant wins from Coastal Carolina Thursday and Cincinnati preceded a thrilling Saturday that saw a few updates to alter our rankings from what we had last week. BYU's chances of making a New Year's Six bowl game took a big hit with a loss to Boise State, which was in desperate need of momentum after... Continue Reading →
Just about every team is now into conference play, providing plenty of opportunities to see some of the best Group of 5 teams start playing each other and get more clarity in these rankings. In the meantime, Cincinnati not only secured its lead on the Group of 5 but paved its own path to a... Continue Reading →
Week four of college football kicked off with a thriller between Appalachian State and Marshall that may have very well been the Group of 5 Game of the Week, especially with Boise State-Utah State and Western Michigan-San José State turning into blowouts. That left UTSA and Memphis to fight with App State-Marshall for that title,... Continue Reading →
What a week of college football. Six Group of 5 teams beat Power 5 teams, even with UCF and Boise State both losing as favorites. Two of those wins were against top 25 teams, with Fresno State showing they belong and BYU making a bid to be the Pac-12 champion holding a 3-0 record against... Continue Reading →
Two (plus a few week 0 games) weeks into the 2021 college football season, and it's at least time for the first Group of 5 power ranking of the year. Cincinnati entered the season as a heavy favorite to take the Group of 5 spot in a New Year's Six bowl and with a slim... Continue Reading →
The 2021 Hall of Fame ballot has provided a conundrum to voters thus far, with there being reason to vote against the three players that are clearly the best on the ballot. Those who wish to keep cheaters out of the Hall of Fame will not be voting for Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens, who... Continue Reading →
26 Bowl games, the fewest since 2001, were played to cap the 2020 college football season that was in jeopardy of being canceled altogether when four conferences announced a postponement of fall sports in August. Only three bowl games had a Group of 5 team matched up with a Power 5 team, and all three... Continue Reading →
Maybe the weirdest championship week ever, with 19 games played even as one championship game was called off due to COVID-19 concerns, has come to an end with a final Playoff Ranking that left many college football fans feeling like their team got robbed. To view last week's rankings, with mostly incorrect conference championship game... Continue Reading →
We've made it through the strange, COVID-19-riddled season and have arrived at a conference championship week that will feature many regular season games being made up and nearly had a bowl game in the middle of it. The Frisco Bowl ended up being canceled due to coronavirus issues within the SMU program, leaving us a... Continue Reading →
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