The Boise State football team cracked the College Football Playoff Top 25 on Tuesday — landing at No. 25.
That, as I wrote last week, puts the Broncos (8-2) in position to contend for a New Year’s Six bowl berth despite two early-season losses. That’s the same scenario as 2014, when they won the Fiesta Bowl.
But the Broncos are going to need significant help to make a big bowl. The CFP guarantees a New Year’s Six bowl berth for the highest-ranked champion of a Group of Five conference — the American, Mountain West, Mid-American, Conference USA or Sun Belt.