SportsUSA: Football: Boise State U dogs heels of #1 Albama, #2 Ohio State U

The meteoric rise of Boise State's Broncos to popular acclaim is a new phenom that so far hasn't  registered in a major change to the rankings on AP's Top 25 list.

"The Broncos remained third after a thrilling 33-30 victory against Virginia Tech on Monday night, receiving eight first-place votes and 1,399 points from the media panel, 13 points behind Ohio's Buckeyes.

"Ohio State received four first-place votes and 1,412 points.

"[University of] Alabama [Crimson Tide] had 47 first-place votes, down seven from the preseason poll, and 1,484 points in the rankings released Tuesday.

"[Texas Christian University -- Horned Frogs, can you believe that name? -- here's the Frogs schedule] : "TCU from the Mountain West Conference moved up two spots to No. 4, marking the first time since the Bowl Championship Series was implemented in 1998 that two teams from conferences without automatic BCS bids have been in the top five. Boise State is the defending Western Athletic Conference champion.

"[University of] Texas remained No. 5 and received one first-place vote."

The game to which I'm especially looking forward is the Frogs against Southern Methodist University -- Friday, Sept 24.


-- Sportikos