Boise State Men, Women Finish 17th at Roy Griak Invitational

When J.W. Hardy, who had made Northern Arizona a perennial national cross country power, took over at Boise State, you knew the goal was to do the same for the Broncos.


Hardy signed Boise State's teams up to participate in one of the top competitions in the nation--the Roy Griak Invitational in St. Paul, Minnesota.  While both Bronco teams finished 17th, they weren't the worst in the field and the experience will be invaluable as they bumped elbows with the best in the country.


Freshman Vince Hamilton led the Boise State men's team with an 8-kilometer time of 24:53.  Boise State defeated seven teams, including Iowa, Arizona and Kansas State.  North Carolina State won the men's competition.


Marisa VanderMalle paced the Bronco women, covering the 5-k course in 21:41.  The Boise State women finished ahead of nine teams, including Oklahoma, South Carolina and Kansas State.  California won the title with 128 points with fellow Mountain West team Colorado State 13th.

Boise State Suffers First Mountain West Volleyball Loss

 Boise State's volleyball team suffered its first conference loss last night to #20 Colorado State.


Colorado State jumped out early with an easy 25-13 first set win.  The second set included three tied and two lead changes, but CSU won going away 25-17.  There were 11 ties and five lead changes in the final set that the Rams won 25-20.


Fiona Jones had seven kills and 12 digs to lead the Bronco attack.  Breann Nesselhuf had 13 assists.


Katelyn Steffan had 14 kills and 3 solo blocks for Colorado State, while Deedra Foss had 32 assists.


After 14 road games, the 9-5 Broncos finally play a home match tomorrow night against Weber State.  Boise State hosts TCU Thursday and New Mexico Saturday.  Those matches will all start at 7 p.m. in Bronco Gym.

Boise State #4 In Unofficial BCS Standings--Week 4

1.    LSU 95.19% + 98.07% + 98.00 = 291.26
2.    Alabama 95.19% + 94.20% + 94.00 = 283.39
3.    Oklahoma 97.22% + 94.80% + 86.00 = 278.02
4.    Boise State 82.92% + 85.33% + 88.00 = 256.25
5.    Oklahoma State 79.46% + 80.60% + 90.00 = 250.06
6.    Stanford 83.05% + 80.33% + 60.00 = 223.38
7.    Nebraska 70.51% + 66.07% + 76.00 = 212.58
8    Wisconsin 78.37% + 78.47% + 52.00 = 208.84
9.    South Carolina 66.17% + 63.33% + 68.00 = 197.50
10.  Oregon 61.97% + 65.67% + 58.00 = 185.64
11.  Virginia Tech 63.39% + 58.87% + 58.00 = 180.26  
12.  Florida 55.39% + 54.67% + 64.00 = 174.06
13.  Clemson 40.54% + 49.60% + 58.00 = 148.14
14.  South Florida 42.78% + 39.00% + 34.00 = 115.78
15.  Baylor 35.80% + 43.93% + 32.00 = 111.73
16.  Texas A&M 46.17% + 48.93% + 10.00 = 105.10
17.  Michigan 28.07% + 27.80% + 38.00 = 93.87
18.  Texas 35.59% + 31.07% + 24.00 = 90.66
19.  Arkansas 29.29% + 28.93% + 28.00 = 86.22
20.  Georgia Tech 22.58% + 19.87% + 26.00 = 68.45
21.  Illinois 12.27% + 11.93% + 40.00 = 64.20
22.  TCU 24.68% + 22.53% + 16.00 = 63.21
23.  West Virginia 10.71% + 18.67% + 2.00 = 31.38
24.  Texas Tech .88% + 0.00 + 26.00 = 26.88
25.  Florida State 10.64% + 15.93% + 0.00 = 26.57






26.  Arizona State 3.86% + 7.47% + 14.00 = 25.33
27.  Washington .20% + .27% + 20.00 = 20.47
28.  Penn State 2.31% + .60% + 14.00 = 16.91

29.  Mississippi State 0.00 + .10% + 14.00 = 14.10
30.  Michigan State 10.37% + 3.40% + 0.00 = 13.77

31.  Texas A&M 0.00 + 0.00 + 10.00 = 10.00

32.  Houston 4.75% + 2.53% + 0.00 = 7.28
33.  Ohio State 4.14% + 1.00% + 0.00 = 5.14
34.  Nevada 0.00 + 0.00 + 4.00 = 4.00
35.  Iowa State 2.24% + 1.40% + 0.00 = 3.64
36.  Kansas State .88% + .93% + 0.00 = 1.81
37.  Utah .75% + .80% + 0.00 = 1.55
38.  North Carolina .88% + 0.00 + 0.00 = .88

Boise State #4 in Computer Composite, Week Four

Note: This still includes just Billingsley and Sagarin. Massey and Colley are still irrelevant to make sense. I will probably start including both next week to "downgrade Boise State". For those not familiar with my system, I always try to make any errors on the downside so as to avoid having Boise State rank too high. In other words, I try to make surprises be on the upside.


1. LSU 24 + 25 (=49 *2) = 98
2. Alabama 25 + 22 = (47 *2) = 94
3. Oklahoma State 22 + 23 = (45 * 2) = 90
4. Boise State 23 + 21 = (44 *2) = 88
5. Oklahoma 19 + 24 = (43 *2) = 86
6. Nebraska 21 + 17 = (38 * 2) = 76
7. South Carolina 18 + 16 = (34 * 2) = 68
8. Florida 20 + 12 = (32 * 2) = 64
9. Stanford 11 + 19 = (30 *2) = 60
10. Clemson 14 + 15 = (29 *2) = 58
10. Oregon 9 + 20 = (29 * 2) = 58
10. Virginia Tech 15 + 14 = (29 *2) = 58
13. Clemson 12 + 15 = (27 * 2) = 54
14. Wisconsin 8 + 18 = (26 * 2) = 52
15. Illinois 16 + 4 = (20 * 2) = 40
16. Michigan 10 + 9 = (19 * 2) = 38
17. South Florida 17 + 0 = (17 * 2) = 34
18. Baylor 5 + 11 = (16 * 2) = 32
19. Arkansas 0 + 14 = (14 * 2) = 28
20. Georgia Tech 13 + 0 = (13 * 2) = 26
20. Texas Tech 6 + 7 = (13 * 2) = 26
22. Texas 12 + 0 = (12 * 2) = 24
23. Washington 0 + 10 = (10 * 2) = 20
24. TCU 2 + 6 = (8 * 2) = 16
25. Arizona State 4 + 3 = (7 * 2) = 14
25. Mississippi State 0 + 7 = (7 * 2) = 14
25. Penn State 7 + 0 = (7 * 2) = 14




28. Texas A&M 0 + 5 = (5 * 2) = 10
29. USC 3 + 0 = (3 * 2) = 6
30. Nevada 0 + 2 = (2 * 2) = 4
31. West Virginia 1 + 1 = (2 * 2) = 2

AP Poll Percentages, Week 4

1.    LSU 98.07%
2.    Oklahoma 94.80%
3.    Alabama 94.20%
4.    Boise State 85.33%
5.    Oklahoma State 80.60%
6.    Stanford 80.33%
7.    Wisconsin 78.47%
8.    Nebraska 66.07%
9.    Oregon 65.67%
10.  South Carolina 63.33%
11.  Virginia Tech 58.87%
12.  Florida 54.67%
13.  Clemson 49.60%
14.  Texas A&M 48.93%
15.  Baylor 43.93%
16.  South Florida 39.00%
17.  Texas 31.07%
18.  Arkansas 28.93%
19.  Michigan 27.80%
20.  TCU 22.53%
21.  Georgia Tech 19.87%
22.  West Virginia 18.67%
23.  Florida State 15.93%
24.  Illinois 11.93%
25.  Arizona State 7.47%


26.  Michigan State 3.40%
27.  Houston 2.53%
28.  Auburn 1.67%
29.  Iowa State 1.40%
30.  Ohio State 1.00%
31.  Kansas State .93%
32.  Utah .80%
33.  Penn State .60%
34.  Georgia .53%
35.  Washington .27%
36.  Tennessee .20%
36.  Notre Dame .20%

Boise State #4 in AP, Week Four

1	LSU (42)	4-0	1471	2
2	Oklahoma (12)	3-0	1422	1
3	Alabama (5)	4-0	1413	3
4	Boise State (1)	3-0	1280	4
5	Oklahoma State	4-0	1209	7
6	Stanford	3-0	1205	5
7	Wisconsin	4-0	1177	6
8	Nebraska	4-0	991	9
9	Oregon	3-1	985	10
10	South Carolina	4-0	950	12
11	Virginia Tech	4-0	883	13
12	Florida	4-0	820	15
13	Clemson	4-0	744	21
14	Texas A&M	2-1	734	8
15	Baylor	3-0	659	17
16	South Florida	4-0	585	18
17	Texas	3-0	466	19
18	Arkansas	3-1	434	14
19	Michigan	4-0	417	22
20	TCU	3-1	338	20
21	Georgia Tech	4-0	298	25
22	West Virginia	3-1	280	16
23	Florida State	2-2	239	11
24	Illinois	4-0	179	24
25	Arizona State	3-1	112	36
Others Receiving Votes: Michigan State(3-1) 51; Houston(4-0) 38; Auburn(3-1) 25; Iowa State(3-0) 21; Ohio State(3-1) 15; Kansas State(3-0) 14; Utah(2-1) 12; Penn State(3-1) 9; Georgia(2-2) 8; Washington(3-1) 4; Tennessee(2-1) 3; Notre Dame(2-2) 3; Southern California(3-1) 2; Navy(2-1) 2; Missouri(2-2) 1; Mississippi State(2-2) 1

Coaches Poll Percentages, Week 4

1.    Oklahoma 97.22%
2.    Alabama 95.19%
2.    LSU 95.19%
4.    Stanford 83.05%
5.    Boise State 82.92%
6.    Oklahoma State 79.46%
7.    Wisconsin 78.37%
8.    Nebraska 70.51%
9.    South Carolina 66.17%
10.  Virginia Tech 63.39%
11.  Oregon 61.97%
12.  Florida 55.39%
13.  Texas A&M 46.17%
14.  South Florida 42.78%
15.  Clemson 40.54%
16.  Baylor 35.80%
17.  Texas 35.59%
18.  Arkansas 29.29%
19.  Michigan 28.07%
20.  TCU 24.68%
21.  Georgia Tech 22.58%
22.  Illinois 12.27%
23.  West Virginia 10.71%
24.  Florida State 10.64%
25.  Michigan State 10.37%


26.  Houston 4.75%
27.  Ohio State 4.14%
28.  Arizona State 3.86%
29.  Penn State 2.31%
30.  Iowa State 2.24%
31.  North Carolina .88%
31.  Kansas State .88%
31.  Texas Tech .88%
34.  Utah .75%
35.  Northwestern .34%
36.  Washington .20%
36.  Tennessee .20%