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Five weeks into the 2022 college football season, and it feels like contenders are starting to pull away from the pack. It's time to start taking any undefeated team seriously, while one-loss teams will continue sorting themselves out as some go on runs while others fall off. For early surprises from the Group of 5,... Continue Reading →
Through the first four weeks of the college football regular season, the Group of 5 is already down to just two undefeated teams: Coastal Carolina and James Madison. By contrast, each Power 5 conference has at least three undefeated squads remaining. On the flip side, the MAC has more teams below .500 (8) than the... Continue Reading →
It was a relatively tame week of college football, with only three AP top 25 teams losing, all of them on the road and two against other ranked opponents. For the Group of 5, however, there was a good amount of mayhem with 11 of last week's top 15 losing, including each of the teams... Continue Reading →
The Sun Belt (#FunBelt) dominated headlines Saturday with three of its teams beating power 5 opponents including Marshall and Appalachian State earning the conference's first two wins over top-10 teams. Elsewhere in the Group of 5, things weren't as fun, especially with multiple MAC and Mountain West teams losing to FCS opponents. Here is where... Continue Reading →
College football is back with a thrilling opening weekend, because of course it was. As conferences and rules change, the product on the field stays wild, unpredictable and often downright ridiculous. Here is where the top 15 teams in the Group of 5 stand after the opening week (plus a few games a week early).... Continue Reading →
After correctly picking four of the five Group of 5 conference championship games, it's time to rank the top Group of 5 teams headed into bowl games. The obvious history made in this year's bowl selections was Cincinnati being the first Group of 5 team in the College Football Playoff, but some other history was... Continue Reading →
The regular season is over (except for Army-Navy and a USC-Cal matchup that got delayed earlier in the year). It's time to get ready for conference championship games and let the coaching carousel start spinning madly. With apologies for missing last week, we still updated the rankings but did not have a chance to post... Continue Reading →
The FBS is down to three undefeated teams this year, and two of them reside within the Group of 5. Those schools rank at No. 42 (Georgia), 101 (Cincinnati) and 128 (UTSA) in strength of schedule according to ESPN's Football Power Index. By strength of record, Georgia is No. 1, Cincy is 5, and UTSA... Continue Reading →
Louisiana became the first Group of 5 team in 2021 to clinch a spot in its conference championship game with its win over Georgia State this week. The Ragin' Cajuns joined Georgia as teams to secure a spot in a championship game early, with more to come in the next few weeks. Houston will have... Continue Reading →
I was filling out my rankings for the Student Media Poll this week and realized I have nine (9) Group of 5 teams in my current top 25. That's partly because I took every zero- or one-loss G5 team in my rankings and 7-2 Fresno State over any three-loss Power 5 team and several with... Continue Reading →
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