Tag: FBS Independents

Here are the Top 25 FBS Group of Five (G5) rankings based on the Sagarin rankings for the week ending Nov. 28th, 2020. BYU stays...

This was the week that the first College Football Playoff rankings came out and to say the least, I was surprised with the rankings.  Below...

Here are the Top 25 FBS Group of Five (G5) rankings based on the Sagarin rankings for the week ending Nov. 21st, 2020. BYU stays...

One is down but did not go down with out a fight.  That one team is Liberty, who looked as if it would again pull...

Here are the Top 25 FBS Group of Five (G5) rankings based on the Sagarin rankings for the week ending Nov. 14th, 2020. BYU stays...

The undefeated teams just stay that way in the Group of Five this week.  Cincinnati, Liberty, and Marshall all picked up easy victories this week. ...

Here are the Top 25 FBS Group of Five (G5) rankings based on the Sagarin rankings for the week ending Nov. 7th, 2020. BYU stays...

The Group of Five undefeated teams just stay undefeated.  The five schools (that have played four games or more) coming into this week stayed that...

BYU at Boise StateWhen: Friday, Nov. 6th, 9:45 PM ESTWhere: Albertson Stadium, Boise, IdahoTV/Streaming: FS1/Fox Sports App (subscription req’d) A couple of weeks ago, we saw two American...

Here are the Top 25 FBS Group of Five (G5) rankings based on the Sagarin rankings for the week ending Oct. 31st, 2020. BYU stays...

Cincinnati has made two statements in a row. Last week, the Bearcats blew out SMU on the road and followed that up with another...

Here are the Top 25 FBS Group of Five (G5) rankings based on the Sagarin rankings for the week ending Oct. 24th, 2020. BYU stays...

Six players including Brady White from Memphis, Zach Wilson from BYU, Johathan Adams, Jr. from Arkansas State, Jason Bean from North Texas, Arnold Ebiketie from...

Here are the Top 25 FBS Group of Five (G5) rankings based on the Sagarin rankings for the week ending Oct. 17th, 2020. BYU stays...

Wow, what a game in Memphis even if both American Athletic Conference teams were coming off of losses coming into this game.  This is not...

With two big games within the Group of Five ranks this Friday, I thought I would put together a quick preview together for each of...

Five players including Marquez Stevenson from Houston, Aaron McAllister from Charlotte, Gunnar Watson from Troy, Tavante Beckett from Marshall, and Demario Douglas from Liberty have...

Here are the Top 25 FBS Group of Five (G5) rankings based on the Sagarin rankings for the week ending Oct. 10th, 2020. BYU stays...

Five players including Shane Buechele from SMU, Zach Wilson from BYU, Grayson McCall from Coastal Carolina, Zaven Collins from Tulsa, and Chris Naggar from SMU...

Here are the Top 25 FBS Group of Five (G5) rankings based on the Sagarin rankings for the week ending Oct. 3, 2020. BYU takes...

Louisiana Tech at BYUWhen: Friday, Oct. 2nd, 9:00 PM EDTWhere: LaVell Edwards Stadium, Provo, Utah TV/Streaming: ESPN2/WatchESPN (subscription req’d) Louisiana Tech and BYU meet for the first time...

Here are the Top 25 FBS Group of Five (G5) rankings based on the Sagarin rankings for the week ending Sept. 26, 2020. UCF remains...

Army at CincinnatiWhen: Saturday, Sept. 26th, 3:30 PM EDTWhere: Nippert Stadium, Cincinnati, OHTV/Streaming: ESPN/WatchESPN (subscription req’d) Army and Cincinnati used to be Conference USA rivals but the two...

Here are the Top 25 FBS Group of Five (G5) rankings based on the Sagarin rankings for the week ending Sept. 19, 2020. Despite UCF...

Here are the Top 25 FBS Group of Five (G5) rankings based on the Sagarin rankings for the week ending Sept. 12, 2020. Despite UCF...

Here are the Top 25 FBS Group of Five (G5) rankings based on the Sagarin rankings for the week ending Nov. 30th, 2019. BYU with...

BYU at NavyWhen: Monday, Sept. 7th 8:00 PM EDTWhere: Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium, Annapolis, MDTV/Streaming: ESPN/WatchESPN (subscription req’d) The Labor Day tradition of a a night game...

The G5 Independents had a rocky August to say the least. Many of the Power Five conferences moved to conference only or possibly just...

Middle Tennessee State at ArmyWhen: Saturday, Sept. 5th 1:30 PM EDTWhere: Michie Stadium, West Point, N.Y.TV/Streaming: CBS Sports Network/Watch CBS Sports Network The Blue Raiders and Black...

Below are the Top 25 Group of Five (G5) preseason rankings based on the Sagarin rankings for the 2020 season.  CSJ will show weekly rankings...

1920 saw the game regain some of its stronghold across the nation as the game continued making its way back on college campuses across the...

Its been a rollercoaster ride in the past three-to-four months when thinking about a college football season for the Group of Five and really all...

College Sports Journal announces the preseason Top 25 rankings in the Group of Five schools for the 2020 season....

College Sports Journal 2020 NFL Draft Preview of Group of FIve Schools...

Notre Dame turned two early miscues into 10 points that fueled a 33-9 win over the Cyclones on Dec. 28 in the Camping World Bowl...

This year’s Camping World Bowl features a pair of teams with bowl resumes on opposite sides of the spectrum with Iowa State appearing in a...

BYU vs. Hawai’i (New Orleans Bowl) When: Tuesday, December 24th, 8:00 PM EST/3:00 PM HST Where: Aloha Stadium, Honolulu, Hawai’i TV/Streaming: ESPN, WatchESPN (subscription req’d) Hawai’i Bowl...

A history-making season at Liberty was capped in the most perfect of ways as the Flames shut down Georgia Southern’s vaunted rushing attack and defeated...

Georgia Southern, winners of six Football Championship Subdivision national titles before making the transition to the FBS in 2014, is appearing in a bowl game...

Four of the five Group of Five teams ranked teams won in Week 12.  Cincinnati, who is currently is ranked as the highest ranked G5...

Wow, what a Week 11 we had in the Group of Five.  Two late season Power 5 wins over the Southeastern Conference highlighted the week...

And then there was none.  We came into Week 10 with two undefeated teams in Appalachian State and SMU and after Week 10 there are...

After several weeks of at least one of the undefeated teams going down, Week 9 saw a little more normalcy in the Group of Five....

Down goes #1.  Just one week after capturing the top spot in the Sagarin rankings amongst the Group of Five teams, Boise State fell this...

For the first time in over two years, UCF is not the top ranked team in the Group of Five.  Boise State now sits in...

And we are down to three.  Three undefeated teams in the Group of Five that is.  That number is down from the four we had...

Wow, what a game in Dallas!!  SMU came back from a three touchdown deficite to win in three overtimes over Tulsa.  The Mustangs remain undefeated...

This Saturday slate has many great contests again but I have two games that will be taking most of my attention.  These two games are...

The FBS Group of Five starts with a couple of heavy weights playing some Power Five squads that will go a long way towards which...

Army lost two of its first four games but the Black Knights rolled off eight straight wins, including the third straight in its long-standing rivalry...