Two of the best teams in the Group of Five will face off this week.
Boise State remained at No. 1 in the HERO Sports Group of Five Top 25 media poll going into Week 9, while UNLV is still at No. 2. Those two programs will play against each other on Friday in a much-anticipated Mountain West showdown.
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 9
1. Boise State
2. UNLV
3. Army
4. Navy
5. Memphis
6. Tulane
7. Liberty
8. Louisiana
9. Western Kentucky
10. ULM
11. Georgia Southern
12. JMU
13. North Texas
14. Toledo
15 (tie). San Jose State and Sam Houston
17. Texas State
18. NIU
19. Fresno State
20. Marshall
21. Eastern Michigan
22. Colorado State
23. UConn
24. Miami (Ohio)
25. Jacksonville State
RV: Coastal Carolina, Buffalo, Western Michigan, Bowling Green, Arkansas State, South Alabama, Old Dominion, USF, San Diego State, Ohio, Nevada
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
Luke Creasy, HD Media
The G5 Hive
Joe Londergan, Fan Nation/Sports Illustrated
Greg Luca, San Antonio Express-News
Colton McWilliams, San Marcos Record
Jeff Nations, Bowling Green Daily News
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
