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Group of Five New Year’s Six Watch, Week 4: BYU owns the Pac-12

By Dante Pryor

Sep 18, 2021; Provo, Utah, USA; BYU Cougars players celebrate after the game against the Arizona State Sun Devils at LaVell Edwards Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports
Sep 18, 2021; Provo, Utah, USA; BYU Cougars players celebrate after the game against the Arizona State Sun Devils at LaVell Edwards Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports /
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Sep 18, 2021; Buffalo, New York, USA; Coastal Carolina Chanticleers running back Shermari Jones (5) dives into the end zone against the Buffalo Bulls to give the Chanticleers a 28-17 lead in the 4th quarter of play at UB Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Nicholas LoVerde-USA TODAY Sports
Sep 18, 2021; Buffalo, New York, USA; Coastal Carolina Chanticleers running back Shermari Jones (5) dives into the end zone against the Buffalo Bulls to give the Chanticleers a 28-17 lead in the 4th quarter of play at UB Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Nicholas LoVerde-USA TODAY Sports /

3. Coastal Carolina Chanticleers (3-0)

The Chanticleers continue their winning ways with a win against the Buffalo Bulls. The usual suspects are playing well for the Chants. Quarterback Grayson McCall is off to a great start this season. McCall is playing from the pocket more and running a bit less.

Who could blame him? Isaiah Likely and Jaivon Heiligh are one of the best receiver duos in the country. With CJ Marable gone, Shermari Jones and Reese White is quite the one-two punch in the backfield. The issue for Coastal is the schedule.

Kansas is hardly a quality win, and the Jayhawks are the only Power Five opponent on the schedule. The Chanticleers should come away with the Sun Belt but would need chaos with other Group of Five teams to have a New Year’s Six chance.

2. Cincinnati Bearcats (3-0)

Let’s get this out of the way now; the Bearcats have no chance at the Playoff until they join the Big 12. For better or worse, that is the way things are right now. The Bearcats are a tough, physical, talented team in the driver’s seat for the New Year’s Six.

If both the Bearcats and BYU Cougars run the table, maybe there is an argument for two Group of Five teams to play in the New Year’s Six.

This reason s why Cincy has no shot at the Playoff. The Indiana win is going to lose value as the season wears on. The same might be said of Notre Dame if they lose a game or two. Dillon Gabriel might be out when they play UCF, and they don’t draw Memphis, the only other AAC team with a Power Five win right now.

“Of course, I feel like  the bearer of bad news, don’t want to be it, but it’s needed, so what have you.” ~ Andre 3000 Aquemini

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