Group of Five College Football Playoff, New Year’s Six hopefuls
Ranking the Group of Five programs still alive – sort of – in the College Football Playoff chase, but more realistically, the teams in the hunt for the Group of Five’s New Year’s Six bowl slot are …
American Athletic Conference
Ranked in order of most possible to least
1. Cincinnati
New Year’s Six Bowl
2. SMU
3. Tulsa
Conference USA
1. Marshall
New Year’s Six Bowl
2. Florida Atlantic
3. Rice
Independents
1. BYU
2. Liberty
MAC
1. Buffalo
2. Western Michigan
3. Toledo
4. Miami University
5. Central Michigan
6. Kent State
New Year’s Six Bowl
7. Ohio
8. Ball State
9. Eastern Michigan
10. Northern Illinois
11. Bowling Green
12. Akron
Mountain West
1. Nevada
2. San Jose State
New Year’s Six Bowl
3. Boise State
4. San Diego State
5. Hawaii
6, Fresno State
7. Colorado State
Sun Belt
1. Coastal Carolina
New Year’s Six Bowl
2. Appalachian State
3. Louisiana
– Finished. Done. Let’s go take a steam
– One-loss teams still alive
– Unbeaten College Football Playoff contenders