BCS standings Week 9: Boise State projected to be No. 19

Mike Ehrmann

The Week 9 BCS standings will be released at 8:30 p.m. ET on ESPN, and we will see how much Boise State moves up in the polls. They are projected to be in the top 20.

Boise State's 32-7 win over UNLV propelled them up into the top 20 of both the Harris and USA Today Coaches poll. With the movement in the polls, Boise State should also make a jump in the latest BCS standings. Based on the two human polls, Boise State should still be ahead of Michigan, which is the most important thing. The one computer poll that is released early is Jeff Sagarin's ratings, and his formula dropped Boise State from No. 18 to No. 29. That is probably across the board since UNLV

As long as Boise State stays ahead of Michigan, and the Wolverines do not move above the No. 16 spot, they will earn a BCS bid. The BCS Guru does not have Boise State in his top 15, and that is to be expected since in last weeks initial BCS standings the Broncos were No. 22.

CBS Sports' Jerry Palm put out his BCS projections, and he has Boise State at No. 19, with Michigan at No. 22:

BCS Standings
BCS Rank	Team	BCS Avg	Harris Votes	Harris Pct	Coaches Votes	Coaches Pct	Sagarin	Colley	Anderson-Hester	Billingley	Massey	Wolfe	CPU Avg
1	Alabama	0.9659	2868	0.9976	1475	1	3	4	5	1	4	3	3.5
2	Florida	0.9377	2622	0.912	1329	0.901	1	1	1	5	1	1	1
3	Kansas State	0.9077	2571	0.8943	1326	0.899	2	5	2	4	3	2	2.75
4	Oregon	0.8966	2727	0.9485	1403	0.9512	7	6	6	3	6	7	6.25
5	Notre Dame	0.8612	2374	0.8257	1221	0.8278	5	2	3	2	2	4	2.75
6	LSU	0.7629	2270	0.7896	1164	0.7892	4	9	15	6	9	9	8.25
7	Oregon State	0.7321	2001	0.696	974	0.6603	6	3	4	7	5	5	5
8	Oklahoma	0.696	2021	0.703	1084	0.7349	8	13	14	11	7	6	9.75
9	Southern California	0.6101	1934	0.6727	1014	0.6875	15	17	10	9	15	17	14.25
10	Mississippi State	0.5599	1602	0.5572	800	0.5424	18	8	8	19	10	10	11.5
11	Georgia	0.5413	1603	0.5576	850	0.5763	12	16	11	12	16	15	13.75
12	Texas Tech	0.4902	1074	0.3736	571	0.3871	10	7	7	10	8	8	8.25
13	Rutgers	0.477	1205	0.4191	637	0.4319	11	11	9	18	13	11	11.5
14	South Carolina	0.473	1189	0.4136	598	0.4054	9	12	12	8	11	13	11
15	Florida State	0.4625	1911	0.6647	948	0.6427	23	15	25	27	40	22	24.25
16	Louisville	0.4429	1324	0.4605	720	0.4881	21	14	13	22	18	12	16.5
17	Clemson	0.3658	1562	0.5433	788	0.5342	27	24	32	20	45	35	29.5
18	Stanford	0.3583	929	0.3231	401	0.2719	13	10	17	14	12	18	14
19	Boise State	0.2737	762	0.265	407	0.2759	28	21	16	15	20	19	19
20	Texas A&M	0.209	465	0.1617	229	0.1553	14	20	18	26	19	16	18.25
21	West Virginia	0.2012	363	0.1263	173	0.1173	16	19	19	13	14	25	17
22	Michigan	0.1698	490	0.1704	264	0.179	19	25	35	16	21	23	22