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We've reached the end of college football's 150th season (151st? It was branded as "College Football 150" but starting in 1869 would make this year 151). The game has changed a lot since 1869, and "Group of 5" has only become a term in the past ten years. The conference that put six teams in... Continue Reading →
Congratulations to Memphis for earning the Group of 5's spot in the Cotton Bowl this year, and congratulations to Florida Atlantic, Miami (OH), Boise State, and Appalachian State on their conference championships as well. There's a lot more to a season than a conference championship, though, and we still have a top 15 that reflects... Continue Reading →
It was a wild final week of the regular season, with a few conference races taking unexpected final turns. For some teams, this week brought jubilation from a berth in their conference championship game, a win over a rival, bowl eligibility secured, or multiple of those things. For others, this week brought heartbreak and/or questions... Continue Reading →
We went from one clinched division in the Group of 5 to six this week and the MAC West went from five potential champs to two as the conference races cleared up in a hurry. Well, that's except for the Conference USA that decided to have some 4-2 teams beat 5-1 teams to form a... Continue Reading →
It was a big weekend in college football, but for many of the top Group of 5 teams, it was kind of a snoozefest. The UCF-Temple and Utah State-Air Force matchups ended up being disappointing, and though the Tulane-Navy game ended up a thriller and Memphis got all they could handle from Tulsa, it wasn't... Continue Reading →
The AAC is really trying to prove their point in calling themselves a "Power 6" conference as their top teams dominate these rankings. Though Boise State seems to control their own destiny to get to a New Years Six bowl game, if they went undefeated and SMU or Cincinnati won out you could make an... Continue Reading →
As it turns out, UCF really is vulnerable. They finally suffered a regular-season loss, and in their next tough game, they lost again. That allowed Boise State to stretch their lead atop the Group of 5, though perhaps Cincinnati off that win over the Knights is their next challenger. For the foreseeable future, the AAC... Continue Reading →
It was another fun weekend of college football, even if things were a bit more tame this week than last. We saw some standout performances in conference openers, with teams trying to announce early that they're here for the conference title. To view last week's rankings that followed the commotion of week four, click here. To... Continue Reading →
Wow. What a week of college football. For the second time in the last five years, we've seen a team from Michigan basically win a game on a blocked punt, this time it was Eastern Michigan returning a blocked punt for a touchdown to beat Central Connecticut State, not quite as impressive as their win... Continue Reading →
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 →
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