After 36-point win, Boise State football team moves into top 20 in AP, coaches polls

The Boise State football team, coming off a 56-20 win at Troy to open the season, is moving up in the polls.

The Broncos are No. 20 in the latest Associated Press Top 25, up two spots from last week. In the USA Today coaches’ poll, the Broncos moved up three spots to No. 19.

Only two Group of Five teams are ranked. UCF is ahead of Boise State in the AP poll at No. 19, and one spot behind in the coaches’ poll at No. 20. Boise State’s opponent Saturday, UConn, opened the season with a 56-17 loss to UCF.

AP TOP 25

1. Alabama

2. Clemson

3. Georgia

4. Ohio State

5. Wisconsin

6. Oklahoma

7. Auburn

8. Notre Dame

9. Washington

10. Stanford

11. LSU

12. Virginia Tech

13. Penn State

14. West Virginia

15. Michigan State

16. TCU

17. USC

18. Mississippi State

19. UCF

20. Boise State

21. Michigan

22. Miami (Fla.)

23. Oregon

24. South Carolina

25. Florida

HERE’S HOW I VOTED

1. Clemson

2. Alabama

3. Georgia

4. Ohio State

5. Auburn

6. Oklahoma

7. Wisconsin

8. Notre Dame

9. Penn State

10. Stanford

11. LSU

12. Virginia Tech

13. Mississippi State

14. Michigan State

15. TCU

16. Washington

17. USC

18. Michigan

19. Boise State

20. West Virginia

21. UCF

22. Oregon

23. Oklahoma State

24. South Carolina

25. Miami (Fla.)

This story was originally published September 4, 2018 at 12:12 PM.