College Sports Journal Sagarin FBS G5 Top 25–Sept. 21

Here are the Top 25 G5 rankings based on the Sagarin rankings for the week ending Sept. 21st, 2024 following the Week 4 games. We will will have a final ranking after all bowl games and the national championship game in January.

Sagarin rankings provide the only rankings that actually ranks all Division I schools but our rankings will show just the G5 side of things and have been used for several years with his own computer ranking system to distinguish strength of schedule and strength of team when comparing teams.

You can see the full Division I Sagarin rankings at Jeff’s site itself.

Boise State stays as the top team after the Broncos defeated FCS Portland State at home. UNLV moves up a spot to the #2 spot after the Rebels had a bye week.

Memphis moves down a spot to the #3 position this week after the Tigers lost to Navy on the road. Tulane stays in the #4 position after the Green Wave defeated Louisiana on the road.

Fresno State moves up a spot to get into the Top 5 at the fifth position. The Bulldogs defeated New Mexico on the road this past week.

The FBS is moving this year to a 12-team playoff with the top five conferences getting an automatic bid so that means at least one G5 team will be represented in the new playoff structure.

See the remaining Top 25 in the chart below.

In the rankings, you will see the the G5 rankings first and the overall Division I ranking to the right of the the G5 ranking.

The numbers show the ranking in the Group of Five Top 25 as well as the overall Division I ranking.

The Top 10 and Top 30 are the overall Division I Sagarin rankings.

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Just click on “Predictions_with_Totals_and_Moneylines” and it will take you to the daily predictions at Jeff’s site file where you’ll also see the additional set of predictions which are the basic predictions that are adjusted to take into account each team’s tendencies of performance at home and away along with the extra picks column of STRONG RECENT.

The following are the individual G5 conference rankings highlighted in yellow and the overall rankings within overall ranking in Division I FBS with dedicated divisions in conferences shown separately.

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