Boise State projected as BCS No. 1

ESPN ^ | 10/11/10

[rhema]

Six weeks into the college football season and one week before the first Bowl Championship Series standings are released, there are 13 unbeaten teams in all three polls.

So who'd be the BCS' No. 1 if the standings came out today? Would it be consensus No. 1 Ohio State, the top team in The Associated Press, USA Today and Harris polls? Or maybe fellow unbeaten Oregon, ranked No. 2 and earning first-place votes in all three polls?

According to the projection of ESPN's Brad Edwards, it's consensus No. 3 Boise State.

According to the projections, the No. 1 Buckeyes would place fifth in the BCS standings, percentage points behind Oklahoma.

1. Boise State .913
2. Oregon .863
3. TCU .854
4. Oklahoma .8425
5. Ohio State .8421
6. LSU .782
7. Nebraska .777
8. Auburn .744
9. Michigan State .642
10. Alabama .634

Edwards projects the unbeaten Broncos, the highest-ranked team from a non-automatic qualifying conference, as the top team in the standings by a comfortable margin, followed by Oregon.

[MountainDad]

Yes.

[chimera]

Well, IA and WI will be tough road games. We'll see if the Bucks are for real if they can win those. MI is at home this year so that might be a bit easier (but still no gimme).

[nysuperdoodle]

All the whining about Boise State surprises me. If the heavyweights at schools like Ohio State, Texas, Florida, etc. weren’t refusing to schedule Boise State, maybe those who make the “Boise State’s schedule is so weak” argument might sound a little less like a bunch of whiny girls. Obviously, if Ohio State thought they could beat Boise so easily, they’d schedule them. Everyone knows Boise State has offered to play anyone, anywhere. Go Broncos! I hope they blow the lid off the BCS good old boys’ club.

[wagglebee]

I'm not an Ohio State fan, but it would be absurd to say that they aren't #1.

[muleskinner]

Boise would be 2nd in the Big 10, but I’d like to see them play some good teams instead of the palookas on their schedule.

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

After seeing that news why do I suddenly have the urge to go out and eat some cupcakes?

[IOWAfan]

if they played the entire B10 schedule I don’t think they would be 2nd.

Even if it’s required that BCS schools play BS - that still doesn’t make a season.

let them join a conference - someone should have to take them.

[Illuminatas]

That is what the big conference cry babies say all the time. What does Boise St do about it? Just win. Look at their bowl game record.

The real reason the BCF conferences dont want a true tournament is they can lock out the Boise St’s and TCU’s of the world, keep all the money and prestige for themselves. But, if, by some miracle because the big boys will do everything they can do to lock them out, Boise St does win the mythical national championship the outcry for a tourney (from the big school that gets locked out) may get to be too much and we may get a real national championship.

I will take Boise St and the points in the mythical national championship.

[piytar]

OSU, Nebraska, Texas, et al would gladly schedule Boise State, except Boise insists on a “home and away” two-fer. Sorry, big schools aren’t going to fly their team out to play on smurf field in front of 143 people. Not going to happen.

[Red Steel]

Boise would own the little ten this year.

[dfwgator]

I think TCU has been more impressive than Boise State.

I also think Nebraska, should they go unbeaten, should be in the BCS title game. You don’t go into Manhattan and put a licking on Kansas State like that, unless you’re damn good.

[Servant of the Cross]

What do you think of when you see 8 - 1?

[Luke21]

Why should Ohio State play the big time teams every week, when these little schools play high school schedules and then claim they should have the title? What a farce.

[dfwgator]

I don’t know if Boise State beats Nevada.

[Red Steel]

That is what the big conference cry babies say all the time.

Yup, all the time. And they always schedule division 2 cupcakes in the beginning and refuse to schedule teams like Boise St. And when they do, they will not travel to be a visitor in no uncertain terms.

[Buckeye Battle Cry]

Mountain Dad, put down that Mountain Dew. It’s affecting your thought processes. Go Bucks!!!!

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

I respect Auburn but dang, look at their record this year. Out of their six wins 4 were against good teams. Their victory margin in 3 of those was only by a field goal ( one in OT ) and the other was by 8 points. Plenty of teams are talked about how only a couple of plays separate them from greatness but by the same token Auburn is just a couple of plays from suckage in most of their games. I don't think we'll see them in the BCS in a few weeks.

[Buckeye Battle Cry]

The schedules are made three, four and sometimes five years in advance.

Unless, and until, Boise can get routinely onto the schedule of top twenty teams, they are S.O.L. As for this season, they have to sit and eat their cupcake schedule and hope against hope that Virginia Tech and Oregon State do not lose any more games (both have two losses already).

Boise State will fade from the top based on their schedule. They’ll have to content themselves with another BCS game, but no ticket to THE game.

[Servant of the Cross]

Gold Pants: Beat Michigan. Six in a row and counting.
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