{"id":118454,"date":"2024-09-03T15:13:49","date_gmt":"2024-09-03T22:13:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/herosports.com\/?p=118454"},"modified":"2024-09-04T11:21:12","modified_gmt":"2024-09-04T18:21:12","slug":"fbs-2024-g5-top-25-media-poll-college-rankings-week-2-cpcp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/herosports.com\/fbs-2024-g5-top-25-media-poll-college-rankings-week-2-cpcp\/","title":{"rendered":"HERO Sports 2024 Group of Five Top 25 Media Poll For Week 2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>UNLV was the lone <a href=\"https:\/\/herosports.com\/college-football\/fbs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Group of Five<\/a> team to earn an upset over a Power Four opponent in Week 1, as the Rebels defeated Houston.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That helped them climb into the top five of the HERO Sports Group of Five Top 25 media poll going into Week 2. Here\u2019s a look at the full poll, which features several members of nationally-focused media outlets as well as at least one team beat reporter for every G5 conference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-black-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-black-background-color has-background\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-b673653d gb-headline-text\"><strong>New Customer Offers at BetMGM<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-1 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-vivid-green-cyan-background-color has-text-color has-background has-text-align-center wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.betmgm.com\/en\/mobileportal\/register?utm_source=herosports&amp;utm_medium=green_button&amp;utm_campaign=registration_page\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>New Customers: Up to $1,500 in Bonus Bets<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-0cebdcd1 gb-headline-text\"><em>Bonus Bets Expire in 7 Days. 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Tulsa, South Alabama, Wyoming, Navy, San Jose State, UAB, Utah State, Jacksonville State, UTEP, Rice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-hero-sports-group-of-five-top-25-media-poll-voters\">HERO Sports Group of Five Top 25 Media Poll Voters<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Josh Boutwell, Troy Messenger<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Michael Calabrese, Action Network<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bennett Conlin, Baltimore Sun\/JMU Sports News<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ron Counts, HERO Sports<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Group of Five Guys<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The G5 Hive<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bryson Gordon, The News &amp; Advance<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Joe Londergan, Fan Nation\/Sports Illustrated<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Greg Luca, San Antonio Express-News<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Colton McWilliams, San Marcos Record<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Robert Munoz, HERO Sports<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jeff Nations, Bowling Green Daily News<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Marc Narducci, HERO Sports<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Colton Pool, HERO Sports<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kyle Rowland, Toledo Blade<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ty Scheiner, Mike Farrell Sports<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chris Vannini, The Athletic<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Brett Vito, Denton Record-Chronicle<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UNLV was the lone Group of Five team to earn an upset over a Power Four opponent in Week 1, as the Rebels defeated Houston.&nbsp; That helped them climb into the top five of the HERO Sports Group of Five Top 25 media poll going into Week 2. 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