More Group of Five teams pulled off upsets over Power Four programs last weekend, including the new No. 1 team in the HERO Sports Group of Five Top 25 media poll.
Memphis has the top spot this week after defeating Arkansas. Three teams received first-place votes, all of them being from the American.
Members of nationally-focused media outlets as well as at least one team beat reporter from every G5 conference is involved in the poll.
Here’s how they collectively voted:
Group of Five College Football Rankings
1. Memphis (12 first-place votes)
2. South Florida (six first-place votes)
3. Tulane (one first-place vote)
4. Navy
5. UNLV
6. James Madison
7. North Texas
8. Boise State
9. (tie) Fresno State and Texas State
11. Ohio
12. Old Dominion
13. Toledo
14. Western Kentucky
15. Louisiana Tech
16. Utah State
17. UTSA
18. Rice
19. East Carolina
20. New Mexico
21. Delaware
22. Army
23. Hawaii
24. UConn
25. San Diego State
RV: Jacksonville State, Georgia Southern, Buffalo, Troy, Southern Miss, Appalachian State, Tulsa, Bowling Green, Air Force, South Alabama, Coastal Carolina, Central Michigan, Temple, Arkansas State.
HERO Sports Group of Five Top 25 Media Poll Voters
Josh Boutwell, Troy Messenger
Michael Calabrese, Action Network
Bennett Conlin, Baltimore Sun/JMU Sports News
Ron Counts, HERO Sports
The G5 Hive
Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman
Bryson Gordon, The News & Advance
Catie Harper, Daily News-Record
The Herd Bros
Greg Luca, San Antonio Express-News
Colton McWilliams, San Marcos Record
Robert Munoz, HERO Sports
Jeff Nations, Bowling Green Daily News
Marc Narducci, HERO Sports
Colton Pool, HERO Sports
Cam Robertson, Athens Messenger
Kyle Rowland, Toledo Blade
Ty Scheiner, Mike Farrell Sports
Brett Vito, Denton Record-Chronicle
