Conference USA has largely devolved into Sun Belt 2.0, with five of its 12 members formerly hailing from that league and another two having participated as non-football members of the Sun Belt. It has watched as most of its best members have been poached away by the AAC, restocking through the Sun Belt and directly from the FCS ranks in...
Connecticut v. Marshall
Tropicana Field -- St. Petersburg, FL
December 26, 2015 -- 11:00 am Eastern (ESPN)
Why You Should Watch
If nothing else, this quirky bowl game that has been shoehorned into a domed ballpark in Florida for the past eight years will provide you with a reason to stay home on...
For every contender left in the Access Bowl race in 2015, just one plot point remains for each of them as they all strive to present the strongest possible resume for the College Football Playoff selection committee to parse through. Four of the Group of Five conferences have winnowed down to their final two hopefuls in the race for the...
We are getting to a point in the 2015 season where determining which teams will win their respective Group of Five conferences is oddly becoming more difficult. What we are seeing, however, is a clear hierarchy emerging between the mid-major conferences.
Not all conference championships are created equal. Even as undefeated teams have...
With a couple of upsets and a wild comeback keeping things interesting within the Group of Five over Week 11, there is a lot more clarity in some divisions and a lot more confusion as to what might happen in others. This week we winnow down the rankings by one team to 14, as we focus exclusively on those teams that still have a...
In the lead-up to the upcoming college football season, Sports Unbiassed is taking a look at the top 20 teams with a chance to win the Access Bowl bid in 2015. You can find the full list of the Top 20, links to other team previews, and read more about the methodology behind the rankings here.
Marshall Thundering...
Last year provided the first glimpse of what a new future of increased access for mid-major programs might look like. No longer was an undefeated season and praying for a high ranking a prerequisite for selection to a major bowl game for the schools of the Mountain West, AAC, Sun Belt, Conference USA, and MAC.
The hierarchy still...
The pinnacle of success for any football team is to win a national championship. But, for the 667 football teams that participate at the NCAA levels of the sport, there are just four national championships to go around.
For the rest of the hundreds of schools that don't go on to claim the ultimate prize in their...
Marshall v. Northern Illinois
FAU Stadium -- Boca Raton, FL
December 23, 2014 -- 6:00 pm Eastern (ESPN)
Why You Should Watch
College football is about more than just the powerhouses. This matchup directly features 20 percent of the conference champions at the FBS level, and...
Championship weekend provided plenty of opportunities for the half-dozen hopefuls for the four bids into the inaugural College Football Playoff at the FBS level. Oregon atoned for its only loss of the season, trouncing Arizona in the rematch at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara 51-13 to capture its first Pac-12 championship since 2011....
