Boise State will likely be the favorite to win the Mountain Division of the Mountain West Conference and may even steal a few pre-season first place votes from last year’s champion; San Diego State.
Nonetheless, the Broncos will have to navigate some treacherous terrain to meet its expectation of a conference championship and possibly a spot in the College Football Playoffs.
Though the Broncos’ schedule is not a brutal as it could have been, due to not having to face SDSU during the regular season and facing off against BYU and Washington State on The Blue, there are some definite areas where the perennial Group of Five powerhouse could slip.