G5 Top 25 Poll Coming in 2024

[Drew]

 

[Drew]

And yes, us and UMass are eligible for it

 

[billybud]

They will have the FCS Top 25, the G5 Top 25...and the AP Top 25 and Coaches Poll

Looks like a split of Division one....P4, G5, FCS

If the G5 Top 25 is exclusive...look for a likewise move from the P4.

One man's "carving space" may be another man's self relegation.

 

[Patman]

oh goodie, another bad idea

 

[CashewCrew]

And yes, us and UMass are eligible for it View attachment 100479

Can we decline to be involved with this?

 

[RioDog]

Great- another reason for fans to stop caring...

 

[LoyalFanCT]

if our transfers work out we can be ranked

 

[JMick]

I'm not sure how anyone thinks this is a good idea.

 

[nelsonmuntz]

No one is stopping any of you from rooting for Georgia if rooting for a non-P2 school turns into an intolerable blow to your self-esteem.

 

[Hoophound]

This is a weird idea. There’s always 15-20 G5 teams that are better than half the P5. That makes this a ridiculous premise that does nothing but make it appear that P4 schools are better than G5 schools, even if they aren’t.

 

[JMick]

No one is stopping any of you from rooting for Georgia if rooting for a non-P2 school turns into an intolerable blow to your self-esteem.

Nah that's what they want to happen. And it's not going to. The only thing that's going to keep cfb going if it keeps heading in this direction is gambling.

 

[FfldCntyFan]

This is a weird idea. There’s always 15-20 G5 teams that are better than half the P5. That makes this a ridiculous premise that does nothing but make it appear that P4 schools are better than G5 schools, even if they aren’t.

Do you believe for a second this idea came from a competitive G-5 school?

It's purpose is to further stigmatize members of the group of five, making easier down the road to cut the G-5 completely out of the CFP.

 

[JMick]

Do you believe for a second this idea came from a competitive G-5 school?

It's purpose is to further stigmatize members of the group of five, making easier down the road to cut the G-5 completely out of the CFP.

Which is why the G5 coaches involved in voting are basically traitors. Any one of them with sense would just make crazy protest votes or abstain

 

[Kolumbo]

And yes, us and UMass are eligible for it View attachment 100479

65 with Notre Dame

Jim Mora better let them know what we think of this stupidity

 

[nelsonmuntz]

Do you believe for a second this idea came from a competitive G-5 school?

It's purpose is to further stigmatize members of the group of five, making easier down the road to cut the G-5 completely out of the CFP.

Has anyone on this board taken a class with Game Theory. I forget what it was called in the 90’s, but the advanced Management class at UConn had a lot of Game Theory.

Why would the G5 propose this? It sounds like a threat to me. If the G5, which is mostly losing money hand over fist before NIL, pulls out of D1, the addressable market for the P4 and CFP takes a big hit, which hurts the major schools.

There is also probably a legal angle which I haven’t nailed down.

 

[huskymedic]

Let’s not forget while this is being actively kicked around - this was also floated recently:

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[Hoophound]

Has anyone on this board taken a class with Game Theory. I forget what it was called in the 90’s, but the advanced Management class at UConn had a lot of Game Theory.

Why would the G5 propose this? It sounds like a threat to me. If the G5, which is mostly losing money hand over fist before NIL, pulls out of D1, the addressable market for the P4 and CFP takes a big hit, which hurts the major schools.

There is also probably a legal angle which I haven’t nailed down.

Hopefully, you’re right. However, things always seem to be just as bad as they look when it comes to this stuff.

 

[billybud]

In the 2023 AP Final Top 25, Liberty was the school, not in this year's P4, to make the Poll...at #25

In the 2022 AP Final...there was Tulane, Troy, and Fresno State

2021...Louisiana, Utah State, San Diego State

 

[ZooCougar]

It’s over. Why fight this? The G5 only had 18 players taken in the draft this year.

 

[CL82]

It’s over. Why fight this?

"Rage, rage against the dying of the light..."

Agree, though that they clearly are preparing the way for of what is currently FBS football.

 

[billybud]

It was bad enough to espouse a G5 Only Playoff...and now a G5 Top 25....it is a definite split off.

If the programs go that way...it will create a class structure of groups independent of each other...like boxing's Heavyweight, Middleweight, Welterweight

 

[nelsonmuntz]

It’s over. Why fight this? The G5 only had 18 players taken in the draft this year.

So? Are you arguing they should shut down their programs? Game out what happens to the sport if the G5 and below do that.

 

[CJasmer]

So? Are you arguing they should shut down their programs? Game out what happens to the sport if the G5 and below do that.

What is wrong going back to more regional approach for football?

 

[Kolumbo]

If they want to self-relegate, at least come up with a name not as derogatory as Group of 5. How about FBS Classic.

 

[BlueHen]

If they want to self-relegate, at least come up with a name not as derogatory as Group of 5. How about FBS Classic.

Too bad College Football doesn't have a relegation system in place like they do in the English Soccer system.

Start out with 6 tiers: P2 schools (SEC, Big 10), P3 & 4 schools (ACC, Big 12), G5, FCS, Div II and Div III

Let them play it out and move up/down accordingly. It will never happen, but it would be fun to watch.