Where did Boise State finish in the final bcs standings 2010?”
Broncos move up in major college football polls BOISE — Now that the all the BCS bowl games have been played — we are finding out how teams across the country are ranking in the official polls. While you were sleeping, the standings were posted. In the AP Poll, the Boise State Broncos ranked fourth — their highest ranking ever to end a season. After winning the Fiesta Bowl in 2007, the Broncos ranked fifth in the final AP standings. The TCU Horned Frogs fell to number six after its loss to the Broncos Monday. At Tuesday’s homecoming celebration, NewsChannel 7 asked Coach Chris Petersen if the Broncos should be the national champions. “Well, the way the system’s set up, no. Because we’re not in the national championship game and that’s what that’s all about. And the winner of the Alabama-Texas game, they’re going to be crowned that,” said Petersen. “But maybe down the line they will tweak it. I know down the line we’re going to have a high ranking, probably higher then we ever have.”
When Thursday’s Citi BCS National Championship game is over, there will be two undefeated teams remaining. Boise State will be one of them and the controversy will begin. The Broncos defense shut down No. 4 TCU in the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl Monday to not only plant their flag atop of the non-automatic qualifying ranks, but also finish among the nation’s elite. But do the Broncos deserve to be No. 1 or split the national title? That won’t likely happen, but coach Chris Petersen said his team did everything it was asked to do. “It is a dream season because we can only beat the teams on our schedule,” Petersen said. “And so we don’t think about anything other than that. One of our goals is to go to a BCS game and then win the bowl game. So both of those things happened and we couldn’t ask for more.” Because Boise State was ranked sixth in the AP rankings and Florida, which defeated Cincinnati in its bowl game, was ranked fifth, the Broncos will probably finish third when the final polls com
