Northern Illinois pulled off a stunning upset over Notre Dame last weekend and was the only Group of Five team to earn an upset over a Power Four opponent in Week 2.
Now the Huskies are sixth in the HERO Sports Group of Five Top 25 media poll going into Week 3. Here’s a look at the full poll, which features several members of nationally-focused media outlets as well as at least one team beat reporter for every G5 conference.
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HERO Sports Group of Five Top 25 For Week 3
1. Boise State (seven first-place votes)
2. Memphis (eight first-place votes)
3. Tulane
4. Texas State
5. UNLV
6. Northern Illinois (two first-place votes)
7. Liberty
8. USF
9. App State
10. Toledo
11. Fresno State
12. JMU
13. Miami (Ohio)
14. Louisiana
15. Coastal Carolina
16. Bowling Green
17. North Texas
18. Army
19. UTSA
20. San Jose State
21. Georgia Southern
22. East Carolina
23. Western Kentucky
24. Arkansas State
25. Sam Houston
RV: Colorado State, Navy, Ohio, Nevada, Air Force, Marshall, Troy, San Diego State, Jacksonville State, Western Michigan, Hawaii, Rice, South Alabama, ULM, Old Dominion, New Mexico State, Tulsa, FIU
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
Bryson Gordon, The News & Advance
Joe Londergan, Fan Nation/Sports Illustrated
Greg Luca, San Antonio Express-News
Colton McWilliams, San Marcos Record
Robert Munoz, HERO Sports
Marc Narducci, HERO Sports
Colton Pool, HERO Sports
Kyle Rowland, Toledo Blade
Ty Scheiner, Mike Farrell Sports
Chris Vannini, The Athletic
Brett Vito, Denton Record-Chronicle
