The recent wave of major conference realignment — Texas and Oklahoma to the SEC, USC and UCLA to the Big Ten — has already altered the college football landscape significantly and those programs haven ...

The 2024 season brings unprecedented opportunity for the Group of Five. The new 12-team College Football Playoff format means that a team outside of the Power Four ranks will be guaranteed one of the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Giovanni Malloy, Ph.d, is a data scientist and sports analyst. South Florida’s early-season Cinderella surge came to a halt in ...

When we started tracking the Group of Five contenders weeks ago, we made the assumption that no two-loss team, outside a power conference, would be considered for the College Football Playoffs. The ...

A mere mention of the term "Group of Five" makes certain sects of the college football fandom flare up. There is a seemingly eternal debate -- especially around the College Football Playoff-- ...

The Group of 5 arrangement with the College Football Playoff became one of the most polarizing topics ahead of the weekend's first-round games. Nick Saban lit the fuse with an unflattering comparison ...