The Group of Five saw a shakeup this past weekend when South Florida decisively defeated Boise State, the favorite to make the College Football Playoff among G5 teams during the preseason. Now the race to make it to the CFP is wide open.
Tulane took the No. 1 spot in the HERO Sports Group of Five Top 25 media poll for this week. 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 Football Rankings
- Tulane (14 first-place votes)
- USF (three first-place votes)
- JMU (one first-place vote)
- Memphis
- Navy
- Liberty
- UNLV
- Toledo
- Boise State
- Western Kentucky
- Texas State
- UTSA
- Ohio
- UConn
- Fresno State
- Buffalo
- North Texas
- Appalachian State
- South Alabama
- Air Force
- Central Michigan
- East Carolina
- Rice
- Miami (Ohio)
- Arkansas State
RV: Temple, Louisiana, Old Dominion, Colorado State, Army, San Jose State, Troy, Georgia Southern, Jacksonville State, Southern Miss, Utah State, New Mexico, Louisiana Tech, Bowling Green, Hawaii, San Diego 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
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
Kyle Rowland, Toledo Blade
Ty Scheiner, Mike Farrell Sports
Brett Vito, Denton Record-Chronicle
