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Week 5 Football Tiers

NDSU and San Jose State were on bye, so no movement for them.

New Mexico dominated little brother NMSU, so they stay at the top of the tiers.

Air Force won a real dog fight with Nevada, so remain at contender. While Nevada perfectly fit the tier they are currently in "Feisty Underdog", but will need to actually win some games to get into the bowl bubble.

Wyoming beat Hawaii pretty convincingly and moved them out of the basement. While Hawaii's offense continues to struggle with anything past a 5 yard pass. So Hawaii has dropped to the feisty tier and if not much improves soon, they could be heading to the basement of the conference.

NIU and UTEP both got smashed and are both back in the basement again, and not looking to leave any time soon.

UNLV cruised past Akron, but beating up Akron (one of the worst MAC teams) isn't enough for me to move them back up to contender tier yet.

UC Davis got beat badly by Montana, still probably in the 2nd tier of the Big Sky but the gap from 1st tier and 2nd tier looks to be widening.

u/Crunchymau5 — 18 days ago
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Week 2 Football Tiers

New Mexico, Air Force, and NDSU took care of business against weak opponents so no movement.

UTEP and NIU looked terrible against some P4 teams, so stay near or at the bottom.

Hawaii's offense is growing more concerning and no longer like contenders, but a team fighting to get to a bowl game. Moved down a tier.

San Jose State proved they're more than just feisty and may just make a bowl, moved up a tier.

Nevada looked great week 1, but think I'll need to see more than one good week before I feel good moving them up.

Wyoming looked okay the first half, but not great overall. Left them in the fighting for a bowl for now but on watch for a potential drop.

UNLV showed they're a step above Hawaii this season, but I'm not feeling great about their passing game and defense still. Hawaii's poor offense saved UNLV from this being a much closer game.

UC Davis looked impressive and probably a real threat for the Montana schools and would make my contender tier for the Big Sky conference, just below the Montana schools.

u/Crunchymau5 — 1 month ago
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Week 1 Football Tiers

Was debating about bringing back a weekly poll, but felt making a weekly tier list would be easier to keep up with. Do you feel like the teams are in the right tier? If not, then who would move and where to?

u/Crunchymau5 — 1 month ago
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Week 0 Impressions

With week 0 over with, how are you feeling about the teams that played and the conference in general?

For me:

San Jose State: More life in the offense than I expected, but still only see them as a step above the bottom of the conference.

UNLV: Same as last year, high potential offense with a limited defense(but better than last year).

NDSU: A legitimate conference contender out of the gate, and one of the few conference hopefuls to contend for a play off spot. Also looked good in every part of the game (offense, defense, etc..)

Hawaii: Looked rough and still rusty from the off season. Offense looks to have some potential, but the QB really needs to get more consistent and in sync with the receivers. May have overestimated them as potential conference dark horse contender, and could be just an above average team in conference.

UC Davis: Look a bit sloppy and careless (nearly choked to Portland State), but should improve and potentially fight for a playoff spot.

MWC: Playoff hopes took a big hit with UNLV and Hawii's loses, but New Mexico and NDSU still have a good shot if things fall our way.

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u/Crunchymau5 — 2 months ago
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Pro Players Returning to College

It looks like the P4 conferences are going to all agree to ban pro players from returning to play in their conference. If the MWC decides to accept this players in their absence, how would feel about it? These borderline NFL talented players would greatly elevate the rosters across the conference, but is it something ethically acceptable to do?

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u/Crunchymau5 — 2 months ago
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Comparing Total Revenue Among The G6 Conferences

I saw a post on r/cfb about the total revenue of all FBS programs for the 2025 year (excluding military schools Navy, Air Force, and Army). Which made me wonder how the G6 conferences stack up against each other. So in order from highest average to lowest.

PAC: $73,293,281

PAC/MWC if merged: $67,140,869

American: $65,352,931

MWC: $48,918,743 (avg. without new members: $56,453,990)

C-USA: $41,540,902

Sun Belt: $41,008,367

MAC: $40,400,555

Some interesting things to note:

  • C-USA, MAC, and Sun Belt are nearly identical in revenue despite some difference on on-field success and impressions.
  • The three new members drag the average down significantly (NDSU will likely jump a bit being in FBS now)
  • Utah State surprisingly was the lowest for the PAC and would be the second lowest among the original MWC (roughly $48 million) with Texas State not to far ahead (only more than USU, Wyoming, and SJSU)

I did find a separate source for Air Force, but numbers weren't identical (a little lower in general) to the first source on schools but I figured it would give us a ballpark idea of their revenue. Air Force est: $76 million which would raise the avg for the MWC to $51 million for new $59 million with original and the merger of the PAC/MWC to $68 million, but likely even more if more accurate numbers were available.

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u/Crunchymau5 — 5 months ago