College Football Rankings: HERO Sports 2025 Group of Five Top 25 Media Poll For Week 8

For the first time, we have a tie for the No. 1 ranking in the HERO Sports Group of Five Top 25 media poll. 

South Florida and Memphis are tied for the top spot in this week’s poll. Members of nationally-focused media outlets as well as at least one team beat reporter from every G5 conference is involved in this ranking.

Here’s how they collectively voted:

Group of Five College Football Rankings

1. (tie) South Florida (10 first-place votes) and Memphis (seven first-place votes)

3. Tulane

4. Navy

5. UNLV

6. James Madison

7. Boise State

8. San Diego State

9. Western Kentucky

10. North Texas

11. Old Dominion

12. Hawaii

13. UConn

14. East Carolina

15. Fresno State

16. Southern Miss

17. Troy

18. Louisiana Tech

19. Ohio

20. Western Michigan

21. Toledo

22. Delaware

23. Texas State

24. UTSA

25. Kennesaw State

RV: App State, Marshall, Utah State, New Mexico, Miami (Ohio), Temple, Buffalo, Army, Bowling Green, Coastal Carolina, Colorado 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

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, NIL Wire

Brett Vito, Denton Record-Chronicle