With 7-5 Duke playing in the ACC Championship this week, there’s a chance that not one but two Group of Five teams make the College Football Playoff in a few weeks. And more than two teams in the G5 could put themselves in a position to do that.
James Madison remained at No. 1 spot in the HERO Sports Group of Five Top 25 media poll for this week, but the winner of the American Conference Championship between North Texas and Tulane seems to have a good chance of making the CFP. Members of nationally-focused media outlets as well as at least one team beat reporter from every G5 conference is involved.
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Here’s how they collectively voted:
Group of Five College Football Rankings
- James Madison (11 first-place votes)
- North Texas (two first-place votes)
- Tulane (one first-place vote)
- Navy
- South Florida
- UNLV
- Old Dominion
- New Mexico
- UConn
- East Carolina
- Memphis
- San Diego State
- Western Michigan
- Boise State
- Toledo
- Jacksonville State
- Hawaii
- Kennesaw State
- Ohio
- Fresno State
- Western Kentucky
- Troy
- Miami (Ohio)
- Army
- FIU
RV: Utah State, UTSA, Louisiana Tech, Southern Miss, Texas State, Central Michigan, Arkansas State
HERO Sports Group of Five Top 25 Media Poll Voters
Josh Boutwell, Troy Messenger
Ron Counts, HERO Sports
The G5 Hive
Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman
The Herd Bros
Greg Luca, San Antonio Express-News
Robert Munoz, HERO Sports
Jeff Nations, Bowling Green Daily News
Marc Narducci, HERO Sports
Colton Pool, HERO Sports
Cam Robertson, Athens Messenger
Ty Scheiner, Mike Farrell Sports
Brett Vito, Denton Record-Chronicle
Seth Woolcock, BettingPros/In-Between Media
