BCS Watch: Nevada Helping the Broncos

This season is not turning out exactly how Boise State may have dreamed it would. Their big wins do not look as powerful as they may have before the season, but one game coming down the pipe could help out.

Currently the Broncos sit on top of the projected BCS rankings, but they should start to tumble down because the big games don't look as big. The Oregon State game starts to look better after the Beavers beat Arizona, and if Virginia Tech keeps winning that helps too. Those wins would look great most years, but the one game that is still down the road that will help them is Nevada.

The Broncos will head to Reno, Nev. in November to battle the Wolfpack of Nevada. A game that looks more and more impressive by the week. Just like the Broncos the Wolfpack are undefeated, and have not just done that against inferior opponents.

Nevada's win over Cal earlier in the season is a big win for that program, but it also is a big win for Boise State. With the Wolfpack defeating a BCS conference team this year they become a legitimate threat to be BCS eligible. That is unless Boise State can go into Mackay Stadium and end Nevada's hopes of playing in a big bowl game.

The game between Nevada and Boise State will prove to be important not just to those two schools, but should be important to everybody with hopes of playing for a national championship. A Nevada victory will take Boise State completely out of the picture, but a Boise State win could put them right back in.

With the BCS rankings officially coming out this week there is still a lot of football left to be played. And dont' knock out Boise just yet...there is plenty left to play for this season.