(02-14-2017 01:16 PM)MplsBison Wrote:  Balderdash.

There are several G5 that are not a step up from NDSU and James Madison, to name two.

I can think of a couple in the Big 10 who are not a step up from NDSU and James Madison either.

There are 70 schools in the G5. There are about 10-15 of them that would be better on a year to basis than 1/3 of the schools in a power conference. There are another 10-20 that would do just as well as that bottom 1/3. However, as is often mentioned by fans of P5 programs on this board that is meaningless, just as is your comparison.