Boise State was the team from the Group of Five to make the College Football Playoff a season ago. And the Broncos appear poised to be in contention for another CFP berth this year.
Boise State is unanimously ranked No. 1 in the HERO Sports Preseason Group of Five Top 25 media poll for this season. Members of nationally-focused media outlets as well as at least one team beat reporter from every G5 conference is involved.
Here’s how they collectively voted:
Group of Five College Rankings
- Boise State
- Tulane
- James Madison
- Memphis
- Navy
- UNLV
- Toledo
- UTSA
- Liberty
- Army
- USF
- San Jose State
- Louisiana
- Texas State
- Ohio
- Georgia Southern
- Western Kentucky
- Buffalo
- Miami (Ohio)
- Fresno State
- UConn
- Colorado State
- South Alabama
- East Carolina
- North Texas
RV: Air Force, Southern Miss, Old Dominion, Appalachian State, Arkansas State, Troy, Louisiana Tech, Jacksonville State, FAU, Northern Illinois, UTEP, Coastal Carolina, Utah State, Bowling Green, Hawaii, Charlotte, Central Michigan.
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
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
Ty Scheiner, Mike Farrell Sports
Brett Vito, Denton Record-Chronicle
