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Down the stretch we go. Just two weeks remain before conference championship games, and Toledo became the first team to clinch a spot in one last week. Over the weekend, the SEC title game and ACC title games were finalized, and Coastal Carolina wrapped up a spot in the Sun Belt title fight. Teams that... Continue Reading →
While Clemson and Alabama losing on the same day for the first time since 2013 had much of the college football world shaken up, we had a mostly straightforward week up top at the Group of 5, with our ranked teams last week going 10-3. One of the losses was far from a surprise, with... Continue Reading →
The first College Football Playoff rankings came out this week, and while those have typically undervalued Group of 5 teams, we only value the Group of 5. It was a quiet week, with seven of our 15 ranked teams from a week ago on byes, but UCF and Cincinnati played a thriller to make up... Continue Reading →
We had three ranked matchups from these rankings last week, all with different conference affiliations. Independents BYU and Liberty ended in a blowout, Troy and South Alabama played a defensive slugfest on Thursday night in Sun Belt action, and Air Force and Boise State of the Mountain West dragged out a 19-14 contest in 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 →
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