Sunday, October 30, 2011

Boise State #5 in AP Poll, Week 9


AP Top 25
No.SchoolRecordPointsPrev
1LSU (47)8-014391
2Alabama (10)8-014012
3Oklahoma State8-013053
4Stanford8-012784
5Boise State (1)7-012415
6Oregon7-111487
7Oklahoma7-1109611
8Arkansas7-110358
9Nebraska7-197613
10South Carolina7-186114
11Clemson8-18516
12Virginia Tech8-175515
13Michigan7-171817
14Houston8-061118
15Michigan State6-25869
16Penn State8-155321
17Kansas State7-153610
18Georgia6-244622
19Wisconsin6-242012
20Arizona State6-238423
21Southern California6-232320
22Georgia Tech7-223030
23Cincinnati6-112824
24West Virginia6-211125
25Auburn6-310726
Others Receiving Votes: Texas(5-2) 99; Southern Mississippi(7-1) 67; Washington(6-2) 52; Ohio State(5-3) 37; TCU(6-2) 26; Texas A&M(5-3) 25; Florida State(5-3) 4; Notre Dame(5-3) 1

Coaches Poll Percentages, Week 9

1.    LSU 98.78%
2.    Alabama 97.22%
3.    Stanford 89.97%
4.    Oklahoma State 89.08%
5.    Boise State 83.86%
6.    Oregon 79.66%
7.    Oklahoma 75.73%
8.    Arkansas 70.92%
9.    Nebraska 65.97%
10.  South Carolina 62.31%
11.  Virginia Tech 59.05%
12.  Clemson 52.81%
13.  Michigan 49.76%
14.  Houston 46.03%
15.  Penn State 43.80%
16.  Michigan State 35.80%
17.  Wisconsin 31.39%
18.  Arizona State 30.17%
19.  Kansas State 29.83%
20.  Georgia 27.80%
21.  West Virginia 18.31%
22.  Cincinnati 15.73%
23.  Georgia Tech 13.08%
24.  Southern Mississippi 10.85%
25.  Texas 8.27%


26.  TCU 3.73%
27.  Auburn 2.78%
28.  Washington 2.58%
29.  Texas A&M 2.03%
30.  Ohio State 1.42%
31.  Florida State .75%
32.  Notre Dame .61%

Boise State Remains #5 in Coaches' Poll


Coaches Poll
No.SchoolRecordPointsPrev
1LSU (41)8-014571
2Alabama (18)8-014342
3Stanford8-013233
4Oklahoma State8-013144
5Boise State7-012375
6Oregon7-111757
7Oklahoma7-111179
8Arkansas7-110468
9Nebraska7-197313
10South Carolina7-191914
11Virginia Tech8-187115
12Clemson8-17796
13Michigan7-173417
14Houston8-067918
15Penn State8-164619
16Michigan State6-252810
17Wisconsin6-246311
18Arizona State6-244520
19Kansas State7-144012
20Georgia6-241021
21West Virginia6-227024
22Cincinnati6-123223
23Georgia Tech7-219327
24Southern Mississippi7-116025
25Texas5-212226
Others Receiving Votes: TCU(6-2) 55; Auburn(6-3) 41; Washington(6-2) 38; Texas A&M(5-3) 30; Ohio State(5-3) 21; Florida State(5-3) 11; Notre Dame(5-3) 9; North Carolina(6-3) 2; Missouri(4-4) 1

Boise State #6 in Official Sagarin Ratings, Week Nine

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/sagarin/fbt11.htm


1.    Oklahoma State
2.    Alabama
3.    LSU
4.    Arkansas
5.    Oklahoma
6.    Boise State
7.    Kansas State
8.    Stanford
9.    Clemson
10.  South Carolina
11.  Auburn
12.  Texas
13.  Oregon
14.  Texas A&M
15.  Georgia
16.  Missouri
17.  Virginia Tech
18.  Nebraska
19.  Penn State
20.  Tulsa
21.  Arizona State
22.  Baylor
23.  USC
24.  Houston
25.  Michigan State


39.  TCU
43.  Toledo
44.  Nevada
68.  Wyoming
70.  San Diego State
90.  Air Force

Boise State #4 in Projected Computer Composite, Week Nine

1.    Oklahoma State 24 + 25 + 25 + 25 + 25 + 25 = 100.00
2.    Alabama 23 +  24 + 24 + 24 + 24 + 23 = 95.00
3.    LSU 25 + 23 + 22 + 23 + 23 + 24 = 93.00
4.    Boise State 21 + 22 + 20 + 22 + 22 + 21 = 86.00
5.    Oklahoma 20 + 21 + 21 + 18 + 20 + 22 = 82.00
6.    Stanford 22 +  20 + 18 + 20 + 21 + 16 = 79.00
7.    Arkansas 17 + 10 + 22 + 21 + 15 + 21 = 74.00
8.    Virginia Tech 16 + 15 + 9 + 19 + 17 + 19 = 67.00
9.    South Carolina 14 + 16 + 16 + 8 + 19 + 18 = 64.00
9.    Kansas State 15 + 18 + 19 + 14 + 16 + 15 = 64.00
11.  Oregon 19 + 11 + 13 + 16 + 13 + 17 = 59.00
12.  Clemson 10 + 17 + 17 + 13 + 12 + 14 = 56.00
13.  Houston 0 + 19 + 2 + 17 + 18 + 11 = 48.00
13   Nebraska 18 + 12 + 8 + 15 + 11 + 10 = 48.00
15.  Auburn 13 + 1 + 15 + 11 + 7 + 13 = 44.00
16.  Michigan 12 + 13 + 0 + 10 + 14 + 6 = 42.00
17.  Penn State 7 + 14 + 7 + 12 + 0 + 12 = 38.00    
18.  Georgia 5 + 8 + 11 + 9 + 9 + 9 = 35.00
19.  Texas 1 +  7 + 14 + 6 + 10 + 8 = 31.00
20.  USC 8 + 9 + 3 + 7 + 8 + 5 = 28.00
21.  Arizona State 11 + 3 + 5 + 5 + 6 + 4 = 20.00
22.  Texas A&M 2 + 0 +12 + 0 + 0 + 7 = 9.00
23.  Georgia Tech 4 + 5 + 0 + 0 + 3 + 1 = 8.00
24.  Michigan State 9 + 2 + 1 + 4 + 0 + 0 = 7.00
24.  West Virginia 0 + 4 + 0 + 3 + 1 + 3 = 7.00




26.  Southern Mississippi 0 + 6 + 0 + 1 + 4 + 0 = 5.00    
27.  Washington 0 + 0 + 0 + 2 + 2 + 0 = 2.00
28.  Ohio State 0 + 0 + 1 + 0 + 5 + 0 = 1.00


Tulsa 0 + 0 + 6 + 0 + 0 + 0 = 0.00
Notre Dame 6 +  0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 = 0.00
Missouri 0 + 0 + 10 + 0 + 0 + 0 = 0.00
Baylor 0 + 0 + 4 + 0 + 0 + 0 = 0.00
Wisconsin 3 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 = 0.00

Saturday, October 29, 2011

Boise State Women Finish Third at Mountain West Cross Country Championships

Blue Through and Through is first in the State of Idaho to report this news.

The Boise State women's cross country team finished a surprising third place today at the Mountain West Conference Championship in Fort Collins, Colorado.

New Mexico won the title with 30 points, followed by host Colorado State with 53, Boise State with 88, Air Force (122), Wyoming (133), TCU with 149 points, UNLV in 7th with 179 and San Diego State with 218.

Marisa VanderMalle finished 8th place for Boise State with a time of 21:20.4 in the 6-K event.  Emma Bates was close behind in 11th (21:33.1) and Tessa Murray finished 13th with a time of 21:46.8. 

Congratulations to the Broncos for their fine finish!


8. 151    Marisa VanderMalle21:20.48.00:32.6Spread between the scoring runners01:20.1
11. 152    Emma Bates21:33.111.00:45.3
13. 153    Tessa Murray21:46.813.00:59.0
28. 158    Lauren Lucas22:38.727.01:50.9
30. 154    Erin Mclaughlin22:40.529.01:52.7
33. 156    Taryn Treadway22:45.4(32.)01:57.6
37. 155    Kate Jette23:05.6(36.)02:17.8
47. 157    Shea Hanson23:40.3NS 02:52.5

Boise State Men Finish 4th in the Mountain West

The Boise State men's cross country team got off to a great start in its first season in the Mountain West, finish fourth at the MWC Championships today in Fort Collins, Colorado.  Drew O'Donoghue McDonald led the team with a 10th-place finish, covering the 8-k course in 25:35.5.  Vince Hamilton finished 11th (25:36.3) while Allan Schroeder was 15th wth a time of 25:46.9.

Favored New Mexico won the event with 51 points, followed by Air Force with 54, Colorado State with 68, Boise State 75, Wyoming 85 and last-place TCU with 190.



10. 51    Drew O'Donoghue McDonald25:35.510.00:40.6Spread between the scoring runners00:38.2
11. 52    Vince Hamilton25:36.311.00:41.4
15. 53    Allan Schroeder25:46.915.00:52.0
16. 54    John Robinson25:48.216.00:53.3
23. 58    Kyle Merritt26:13.723.01:18.8
28. 57    Dakota Parker26:21.5(28.)01:26.6
37. 55    Andrew Booth26:56.6(34.)02:01.7
38. 56    David Elliott26:57.9NS 02:03.0

Boise State Moves Up to 18th All-Time for Consecutive Seven-Win Seasons