BCS Busters

Which non-BCS conference team will be the team this year to crash the party?

BYU (#9)- The Cougars got thier biggest game of the season out of the way by knocking off then ranked #3 Oklahoma on the road. That enabled BYU to jump to #9 in the rankings early in the season. The rest of Fighting Mormon's schedule is no cake walk but all the games are winnable. They have three more big games all of them are at home. FSU comes to town on Sept. 19. While the Seminoles are not ranked beating Bowden and the boys will go along way in the minds of pollsters. The other two big games are against fellow ranked Mountain West Conference foes, TCU #16 (Oct. 24) and Utah #17 (Nov. 28).

TCU (#16)- The Horned Frogs come in at the current time ranked #16. They do not have a marquee game other than playing BYU on the road and facing Utah at home both within the conference. One game that does jump out though is the Sept. 26 visit to Clemson. Death Valley is a tough place to play for any team. Winning that game will carry some weight with those that vote but it is an uphill climb from #16.

Utah (#17)- Again as with TCU and BYU, Utah's toughest competition comes from within the conference with games against ranked conference opponents BYU and TCU. Both of those games will see Utah as the visiting team. The only other game that will go along way for the Utes is the Sept. 19 showdown against Oregon at home. The Ducks will be anxious to face a ranked team and avenge the loss to Boise State.

Boise State (#12) - After dropping then #16 ranked Oregon in the first game of the season the rest of the schedule is a who's who of cuppies. No one game sticks out for the Broncos. The strength of schedule will hurt. One thing that will work in favor of the Bronc's is having five games televised on ESPN the rest of the season. Voters and the nation will get to see a lot of boys in blue.

The leader right now would be BYU. If they win out they can punch there own ticket. But those Mountain West Conference teams will be beating up on each other and in the long run hurt their chances of doing some BCS busting.