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Where Boise State stands in this week's polls

By Kevan Lee

After its 7-6 win against BYU, Boise State stayed right where it was in the two major polls, probably because people would just like to assume the game never happened in the first place. Take a number, America. Bronco Nation has the market currently cornered on revisionist history.

Here now are the polls that matter or are interesting or both.

Poll Rank Prev UP/DWN
BCS Available October 21
Coaches 28 27 ▼ 1
Harris Available October 14
AP 24 24 ---
Chadd Cripe 22 22 ---
BlogPoll 29 32 ▲ 3
Sagarin 18 22 ▲ 4
Billingsley 10 11 ▲ 1
Kenneth Massey 38 84 ▲ 46
Colley Matrix 40 74 ▲ 34
Anderson Hester Available October 14
Wolfe Available October 14
Simulated BCS 23 26 ▲ 3

This is what the polls are: BCS rankings (two humans and a compendium of computers), USA Today Coaches' Poll (college football coaches and interns of coaches), Harris Poll (somewhat important people somewhat associated with college football), AP Top 25 (media), Chadd Cripe (Idaho Statesman reporter), SB Nation Blogpoll (bloggers), Sagarin Ratings w/ ELO_CHESS (computer), Billingsley (computer), Kenneth Massey (computer), Colley Matrix (computer), Anderson and Hester (computer), Peter Wolfe (computer), and simulated BCS (via SB Nation's Samuel Chi).

Poll notes

Last week's biggest Bronco fan in the AP poll, Seth Emerson, dropped Boise State five spots from No. 17 to No. 22. He has Louisiana Tech at No. 23, the highest of any of his fellow AP voters. Conclusion: Emerson likes offense; LaTech has offense; Boise State doesn't.

The new top Bronco voter is Lexington, Kentucky, newspaper columnist John Clay who has the Broncos at No. 18.

Boise State is the second team on deck in the Coaches' Poll but 28th overall since there is a tie at No. 25.

The teams in Boise State's immediate vicinity include Northwestern, Baylor, Rutgers, Michigan, and Nebraska. Virginia Tech is above the Broncos in the Coaches poll and waaaay behind BSU in the AP.

Louisiana Tech and San Jose State are both receiving votes. Oh, to be in the WAC again!

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College Football Rankings 2011

Results for Week 4

# School Points/blog SD Delta
1 Alabama Crimson Tide (85) 24.81 0.74 --
2 Oregon Ducks (2) 22.94 2.50 Arrow_up 1
3 Florida St. Seminoles (1) 21.85 2.93 Arrow_up 2
4 LSU Tigers 21.53 2.44 Arrow_down -2
5 Georgia Bulldogs 20.34 2.40 Arrow_down -1
6 Kansas St. Wildcats (1) 18.80 2.56 Arrow_up 8
7 South Carolina Gamecocks 18.37 2.36 Arrow_up 2
8 Stanford Cardinal (2) 17.65 3.11 --
9 Notre Dame Fighting Irish (1) 16.55 3.20 Arrow_up 2
10 West Virginia Mountaineers 16.49 4.46 Arrow_down -3
11 Florida Gators (1) 14.82 3.46 Arrow_up 2
12 Texas Longhorns 14.20 2.73 --
13 USC Trojans 11.43 4.49 Arrow_up 3
14 Ohio St. Buckeyes 11.17 4.09 Arrow_up 1
15 TCU Horned Frogs 10.45 3.86 Arrow_up 2
16 Clemson Tigers 9.14 4.54 Arrow_down -6
17 Oklahoma Sooners 7.92 4.65 Arrow_down -11
18 Louisville Cardinals 7.83 3.15 Arrow_up 1
19 Oregon St. Beavers 7.16 4.63 Arrow_up 10
20 Michigan St. Spartans 4.65 3.11 Arrow_up 2
21 Mississippi St. Bulldogs 4.51 3.57 Arrow_up 3
22 Northwestern Wildcats 3.74 4.30 Arrow_up 1
23 Rutgers Scarlet Knights 3.10 2.95 Arrow_up 10
24 Nebraska Cornhuskers 2.51 2.69 Arrow_up 2
25 Ohio Bobcats 2.49 3.11 --
Others Receiving Votes: Baylor Bears | Iowa St. Cyclones | UCLA Bruins | Boise St. Broncos | Louisiana Tech Bulldogs | Oklahoma St. Cowboys | Michigan Wolverines | Texas Tech Red Raiders | Arizona Wildcats | Arizona St. Sun Devils | Virginia Tech Hokies | Cincinnati Bearcats | Minnesota Golden Gophers | Texas A&M Aggies | Wisconsin Badgers | Tennessee Volunteers | Central Florida Knights | Purdue Boilermakers | Ball St. Cardinals | Miami Hurricanes | Utah State Aggies | Tulsa Golden Hurricane | Nevada Wolf Pack | Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
Updated: Sep 26, 2012 7:45 AM MDT

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