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Six undefeated teams lost in week 7, including the final two Group of 5 unbeatens in James Madison and Coastal Carolina. The flurry of upsets over the weekend led to a major shakeup in the AP Poll and produced major change in these rankings as well. The biggest notes for a Group of 5 team... 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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
The Mountain West has returned, giving us a chance to start gushing over how good Boise State looked in its season-opening win over Utah State. Cincinnati and SMU played what will likely be the biggest Group of 5 game this year, leaving us with a clear impression of how the top of the AAC looks.... Continue Reading →
Here in 2020, the ACC, Big 12, SEC, Conference-USA, AAC, and Sun Belt are in Week seven while the Big Ten, Pac-12, Mountain West, and MAC have yet to start play. So what week is it? I don't know, so for the purposes of future scheduling of these rankings, we'll call this week 1. It's... Continue Reading →
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