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What a season it's been for college football. This year has had many who follow the sport wondering if this was the wildest year the FBS has seen since 2007, when things went so off the rails that the Kansas-Missouri game was a top-3 matchup in the final week of the regular season. This week's... Continue Reading →
It's here. Conference titles are on the line this weekend as coaching changes and bowl game announcements swirl around to ensure attention stays on college football outside the championship fights. Oh, and Buffalo-Akron and New Mexico State-Valparaiso, just for fun. With the big battles staring us in the face, here's this week's Group of 5... Continue Reading →
Another weekend of college football, and more head-scratching upsets to shake up rankings. With one week left in the regular season, we have possible tiebreakers that could put a 5-2 team in a conference championship over 6-2 teams, and another where what was thought by many to possibly come down to the CFP rankings corrected... 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 →
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