Boise State’s game this week against the New Mexico Lobos will be one of the 19th-ranked Broncos’ toughest games thus far this season. It’s not because New Mexico is an elite football team, but rather because Boise State has yet to play anyone of note outside of Washington State through four games.
Washington State looks like a playoff contender in comparison to the rest of the Boise calendar heading into early October. In fact, the Cougars are the only team Boise has played that has a Football Power Index rating in positive integers, including the coming Lobos.