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
Realistically alive for the New Year’s Six Bowl
2. SMU
3. Tulsa
Conference USA
1. Marshall
Realistically alive for the New Year’s Six Bowl
2. Florida Atlantic
3. Rice
Independents
1. BYU
2. Liberty
Mountain West
1. Boise State
2. San Diego State
3. Nevada
4. San Jose State
Realistically alive for the New Year’s Six Bowl
5. Wyoming
6. Hawaii
7, Fresno State
8, Colorado State
9. New Mexico
Sun Belt
1. Coastal Carolina
Alive for the 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