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College Football Week 8 Rankings: Boise State Slips To No. 7 Despite A Blowout Win

By Jeremy Mauss

The Boise St. Broncos can do nothing right. The Broncos go out and smoke the Colorado St. Rams 63-13 where Oklahoma State defeated then No. 22 Texas 36-28. This jus shows how tough it will be for Boise State to get into position to get to the No. 2 spot for a chance to play in the BCS title. There are two teams ahead that will for sure be losing this year when Oklahoma and Oklahoma State play each other and then LSU and Alabama play, so Boise will have a chance to move up two spots.

Stanford plays Oregon so that could be another loss. What Boise State needs is TCU to start moving up the rankings so when they play TCU will be considered a better team. This weeks poll, TCU is getting one vote from the coaches poll. Plus, it would help if Georgia were to shoot up the rankings.


Rank
 Team (first-place votes)
Record
Points
Last week's poll
1.
Oklahoma (31)
6-0
1,426
1
2.
LSU (15)
7-0
1,410
2
3.
Alabama (12)
7-0
1,403
3
4.
Wisconsin (1)
6-0
1,262
4
5.
Stanford
6-0
1,222
5
6.
 Oklahoma State
6-0
1,173
7
7.
Boise State
6-0
1,172
6
8. (tie)
Clemson
7-0
1,028
8
8. (tie)
Oregon
5-1
1,028
9
10.
 Arkansas
5-1
931
11
11.
Nebraska
5-1
775
14
12.
 South Carolina
6-1
765
13
13.
 Michigan State
5-1
690
19
14. (tie)
West Virginia
5-1
688
16
14. (tie)
 Virginia Tech
6-1
688
17
16.
 Kansas State
6-0
678
18
17.
Michigan
6-1
458
10
18.
 Texas A&M
4-2
415
23
19.
 Georgia Tech
6-1
396
12
20.
 Houston
6-0
359
22
21.
 Illinois
6-1
260
15
22.
 Penn State
6-1
253
25
23.
 Auburn
5-2
202
NR
24.
 Washington
5-1
174
NR
25.
 Arizona State
5-2
86
20
Dropped out
No. 21 Texas (4-2, lost to then-No. 7 Oklahoma State 38-26), No. 24 Baylor (4-2, lost to then-No. 23 Texas A&M 55-28).
Others receiving votes
Georgia (5-2) 60; Notre Dame (4-2) 36; Rutgers (5-1) 31; Southern Methodist (5-1) 27; Texas (4-2) 26; Cincinnati (5-1) 14; Southern Mississippi (5-1) 14; Baylor (4-2) 9; North Carolina (5-2) 9; Temple (5-2) 3; Virginia (4-2) 3; TCU (4-2) 1.

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