Group of Five playoff picks: Predictions for the Tigers
“I think Coach (Ryan) Silverfield has done an incredible job,” says Tony Barnhart before speaking to the Memphis Touchdown Club. Barnhart is currently a columnist for TMG Sports on SI.com and was previously a longtime sports columnist for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. (Benjamin Naylor/The Daily Memphian file)
Tony Barnhart is high on the Memphis Tigers.
He is not alone.
Barnhart, currently a columnist for TMG Sports on SI.com, has made his pick for which FBS program will finish the 2024 college football season as the country’s highest-ranked Group of Five program.
With that distinction for the actual highest-ranked team at season’s end comes an automatic ticket into the new 12-team College Football Playoff.
“I’ve got Memphis as that team,” Barnhart said before speaking to the Memphis Touchdown Club on Monday. “I’ve got them in the playoffs.”
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Tim Buckley
Tim is a veteran sportswriter who graduated from CBHS in Memphis and the University of Missouri. He previously covered LSU sports in Baton Rouge, and the University of Louisiana football and basketball for The Daily Advertiser/USA TODAY Network in Lafayette, the NBA’s Utah Jazz for the Deseret News in Salt Lake City, the NHL’s Tampa Bay Lightning for the St. Petersburg Times in Florida, and West Texas State basketball for the Amarillo Globe News in Texas.
Frank Bonner II
Frank Bonner is the Memphis Tigers football beat writer. He is originally from Indiana but arrived in Memphis after spending two years in Tulsa, covering Oklahoma State football and basketball. He covered high school sports in Columbus, Indiana for two years before getting his Master’s degree in Sports Journalism at IUPUI. He earned his Bachelor’s degree in journalism from Indiana University.
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