The American continues to stand out in the Group of Five, and it appears right now that whichever team wins the conference could make it to the College Football Playoff.
Four American teams still have the top four spots while Memphis remained at No. 1 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.
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Here’s how they collectively voted:
Group of Five College Football Rankings
- Memphis (16 first-place votes)
- South Florida (three first-place votes)
- Tulane
- Navy
- UNLV
- North Texas
- James Madison
- Old Dominion
- Fresno State
- Boise State
- Western Kentucky
- Louisiana Tech
- Toledo
- East Carolina
- San Diego State
- Texas State
- UConn
- Ohio
- Utah State
- Hawaii
- Southern Miss
- Troy
- Delaware
- New Mexico
- Temple
RV: Western Michigan, UTSA, Miami (Ohio), Buffalo, Rice, Army, App State, New Mexico State, Tulsa, Coastal Carolina, Ball State, Air Force, ULM, San Jose State, Kennesaw 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
The Herd Bros
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, NIL Wire
Ty Scheiner, Mike Farrell Sports
Brett Vito, Denton Record-Chronicle
