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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 →
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 →
Week eight got started with a big upset from Appalachian State over Coastal Carolina, and continued with more top 25 teams falling as five were taken down by unranked teams including a pair of top 10 teams tumbling. In what has been a chaotic season, six Group of 5 teams currently sit in the AP... Continue Reading →
When the Broncos welcomed the Huskies of Northern Illinois to Robert J Bobb stadium this afternoon, they and Seton Hall played the latest home openers in division 1 this year. The win put the Broncos record at 10-20 on the year, with a MAC record of 3-5. Chris Modrzynski struggled through 3 1/3 innings, giving... Continue Reading →
Last week saw a few major games between teams vying for places among the top of the group of 5 conferences, the biggest probably being the Friday night game between Fresno State and Boise State. Between that game, Troy winning at Georgia Southern, Cincinnati taking down USF, and some upsets, we have some adjustments to... Continue Reading →
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