It was another great weekend of college football, and our Group of 5 Ranked Matchup of the Week (very unofficial) turned out to be a great game. That, for those of you who missed last week's rankings (which you can read here), was the Ohio at Marshall game. There was plenty of other exciting football this... Continue Reading →
Group of 5 Power Rankings: Week Three
It was another wild weekend of college football. We saw a few teams on this list get throttled, a few excelled, and a lot of teams turned in performances that were just good enough. There were also two teams on the bubble last week for beating a Power 5 opponent who then struggled with an... Continue Reading →
Group of 5 Power Rankings: Week Two
Week one saw a mix of nothing-to-prove games and some Group of 5 teams knocking off Power 5 opponents. There were also some embarrassing losses and concerningly close wins in games that should have been easy wins for some teams, but through one week, not much has changed as far as our perception of most... Continue Reading →
Group of 5 Power Rankings: Week .5
Here we go. It's time for another season of college football, and while a lot of people focus on the teams vying for a National Championship, it's important to remember the smaller conferences and think about their division races and conference championship hunts and watch out for teams to take down a Power 5 conference... Continue Reading →
What if the Big East still played football?
Big East football was the biggest casualty of the 2010-2014 NCAA conference realignment period, as the conference that had been founded around basketball talent had worked their way to being a major football conference before some of their top programs had left when Miami, Virginia Tech and Boston College left for the ACC in 2004-2005.... Continue Reading →
Group of 5 Power Rankings: Final
We've hit the end of 2018. Bowl games are over, the early signings have been done, coaches have changed, and everyone's focused on recruiting and getting ready for 2019. So that leaves us with the final rankings for this season, just like the final AP Poll to summarize what teams were the best this year.... Continue Reading →
Group of 5 Power Rankings: Bowl Season
One last huge weekend in College Football is over. We now know who's going to the playoff, and the full bowl game layout. With the conference championships over, we'll briefly touch on one or two key figures for each team and look ahead at their bowl game. Below the rankings, we'll recap the group of... Continue Reading →
Group of 5 Power Rankings: Championship Week
Rivalry week has come and gone, and while the major conferences worry about what the playoff implications are with Washington beating Washington State and Ohio State beating Michigan and breaking records along the way, along with trying to figure out how to recap a 7-overtime game that tied the most overtimes in FBS history and... Continue Reading →
Group of 5 Power Rankings: Week 13
Finally, it's here. Week 13. Rivalry week. The last week for teams to earn a spot in their conference championship game. One last week for wild upsets and for teams to try to earn bowl eligibility. Last week saw some teams with resume boosting wins, while others saw their hopes for the season pushed further... Continue Reading →
Group of 5 Power Rankings: Week 12
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 →