What a week of college football. Six Group of 5 teams beat Power 5 teams, even with UCF and Boise State both losing as favorites. Two of those wins were against top 25 teams, with Fresno State showing they belong and BYU making a bid to be the Pac-12 champion holding a 3-0 record against... Continue Reading →
Group of 5 Power Rankings: Week 2
Two (plus a few week 0 games) weeks into the 2021 college football season, and it's at least time for the first Group of 5 power ranking of the year. Cincinnati entered the season as a heavy favorite to take the Group of 5 spot in a New Year's Six bowl and with a slim... Continue Reading →
Group of 5 Power Rankings: Week 9
It was a week full of upsets, blowouts, and disappointments in college football this weekend, and we're here to try to look past that mess and see where the Group of 5's top teams stand heading into week nine. To view last week's rankings, that are very different than the list we have now, click here.... 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 →
Group of 5 Power Rankings: Week 11
In the week 11 rankings for the 2018 college football season, the AP Poll had UCF ranked #11, Utah State was #14, Fresno State was #16 and Cincinnati was #25. The AP Poll also had small conference teams UAB, San Diego State, Army, Buffalo, Boise State and Houston in others receiving votes. There is no... Continue Reading →