I wanted to share some numbers with you guys of how the G5 teams have been ranked through the first 6 years of the CFP era now that the final CFP rankings are released for the 2019 season.

I think at this point everyone knows about the AAC's lead in NY6 bowls. The AAC has 4, MWC 1, MAC 1, and none so far for CUSA and SB. But a MWC pointed out the number of weeks, I hadn't even considered that.

Hopefully the formatting isn't terrible.

# of weeks in the CFP rankings
AAC - 62
MWC - 27
MAC - 8
SBC - 5
CUSA - 1

The AAC has been ranked more than the other 4 conferences combined.

Top 5 teams by weeks ranked
Boise - 20
Memphis - 15
UCF - 12
Navy - 12
Cincinnati - 7
Houston - 7

Boise is still the G5 king but it's clear the AAC is deeper.

# of different teams ranked at least once
AAC - 8
MWC - 3
MAC - 2
CUSA - 1
SBC - 1

Again, the AAC has more than half of all the G5 teams that have ever been ranked.

It's also wild to see that in one season, App is knocking on the door of top 5 weeks ranked and carried the SBC to blow past CUSA.

I'm not sure what the future holds but I'd love to see some combination of App/Boise/BYU further strengthen the AAC.

I dont think it's possible UCF was ranked for only 12 weeks. They were ranked all 12 weeks of 2018, 6-9 weeks of 2017 and 3 or 4 weeks this year.

Unrelated to your post in general, but I’d like to thank you, citroknight, for being a great contributor to this board. It’s nice to see an “outsider” add a diverse opinion without being condescending or a jerk. As far as I’m concerned, you’re always welcome here with these kinds of posts/threads.

AppSt12 wrote: ↑

Mon Dec 09, 2019 8:13 pm

I dont think it's possible UCF was ranked for only 12 weeks. They were ranked all 12 weeks of 2018, 6-9 weeks of 2017 and 3 or 4 weeks this year.

Ah I can see the confusion. I'm only counting the CFP rankings, not AP or Coaches Poll. The CFP only releases rankings the final 6 weeks of the year. So being ranked in all of the CFP rankings for one year equates to just 6 weeks. So UCF gets 6 for 17 and 6 for 18. We had too many losses this year by the time the first CFP rankings came out so we get 0 for 2019.

BeauFoster wrote: ↑

Mon Dec 09, 2019 8:15 pm

Unrelated to your post in general, but I’d like to thank you, citroknight, for being a great contributor to this board. It’s nice to see an “outsider” add a diverse opinion without being condescending or a jerk. As far as I’m concerned, you’re always welcome here with these kinds of posts/threads.

I appreciate how welcoming you all have been! This is a great fan base and you're all very open to discussion with me and I really enjoy that. I know our UCF Twitter mafia doesn't have the greatest reputation online lol but we've had to fight and claw against P5 trolls.

citroknight wrote: ↑

Mon Dec 09, 2019 8:19 pm

AppSt12 wrote: ↑

Mon Dec 09, 2019 8:13 pm

I dont think it's possible UCF was ranked for only 12 weeks. They were ranked all 12 weeks of 2018, 6-9 weeks of 2017 and 3 or 4 weeks this year.

Ah I can see the confusion. I'm only counting the CFP rankings, not AP or Coaches Poll. The CFP only releases rankings the final 6 weeks of the year. So being ranked in all of the CFP rankings for one year equates to just 6 weeks. So UCF gets 6 for 17 and 6 for 18. We had too many losses this year by the time the first CFP rankings came out so we get 0 for 2019.

Gotcha. Great info!