When it involves rating faculty football groups, there’s restricted room to incorporate Group of Five groups. That’s secure to say for each top-25 projection from right here to … effectively, ceaselessly. You may chalk that as much as the lingering after results of realignment as the ability conferences have wolfed up some of the very best of the remainder.
In the final two years alone, Cincinnati, Houston, UCF (Big 12) and SMU (ACC) have matriculated to the Power Four, whereas BYU enters its second season within the Big 12 after 12 years as an impartial.
It’s referred to as consolidation, of us, and it has diminished the Group of Five.
Below we current the CBS Sports post-spring top 25 the place 24 of the 25 groups are members of what now has change into the Power Four within the wake of the Pac-12 dissolving. Independent Notre Dame is the one exception. Not surprisingly, 9 of the top 10 are from the dominant leagues of that consolidation: the Big Ten and SEC.
Thankfully for these Group of Five groups, the highest-ranked champion of these conferences (MAC, Mountain West, Conference USA, AAC and Sun Belt) will likely be assured a spot within the 12-team College Football Playoff as the sector expands this season.
No Group of Five staff made its manner into these rankings, however under the post-spring top 25 we’ve highlighted groups from these conferences to control as squads with an opportunity to affix the fold when the season will get going.
In phrases of upheaval in the course of the second portal window, effectively, there wasn’t a lot. Hence, the dearth of motion from the pre-spring top 25.
Georgia stays the way-too-early, pre-spring, post-spring and certain preseason No. 1 staff within the nation. As was the case with the pre-spring rankings, proper behind the Bulldogs is Ohio State after the Buckeyes loved a monstrous offseason. We do, nevertheless, have a brand new staff occupying the No. 3 slot within the rankings.
The greatest risers included Miami and Clemson. Texas A&M made it in after being beforehand unranked.
But for the powers that be, the wealthy get rating richer.
Dropped out: Virginia Tech
Group of Five groups to look at: Boise State, Liberty, Tulane, Memphis, Appalachian State
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