BOISE — The Boise State football team is ranked No. 22 in the 2018 Amway Preseason Coaches Poll, which was released on Thursday.
Coincidentally, the Broncos finished last season ranked 22nd in the coaches poll. Boise State did not appear in the top 25 until the final week of the regular season in 2017. The Broncos dropped out of the ranking after a late-November loss at Fresno State.
But after winning the Mountain West Championship, then knocking off Oregon 38-28 in the Las Vegas Bowl, the Broncos finished the season at No. 22.
This is the first time since 2015 that Boise State has been ranked in the preseason coaches poll. They started 5-1 that year and climbed as high as No. 20, however, following a mid-October, 52-26, upset loss at Utah State, the Broncos fell out of the top 25 and never returned.
Boise State is currently the highest-ranked Group of 5 team, edging No. 23 UFC by two points. Florida Atlantic is the next closest non-Power 5 team. The Owls received 35 points, which puts them eight spots outside the top 25.
At the moment, No. 25 Oklahoma State is the only opponent on Boise State's 2018 schedule that is ranked in the coaches poll. However, Troy, San Diego State and Fresno State were all in the receiving votes column.
Boise State has been ranked for at least one week in either the Associated Press Top 25 or the Coaches Poll in every season since 2002. They are also 101-16 all-time when ranked in the top 25 of one of the three major polls.
Amway Preseason Coaches Poll
1. Alabama (61) - 1,621 points
2. Clemson (3) - 1,547
3. Ohio State (1) - 1,458
4. Georgia - 1,452
5. Oklahoma - 1,288
6. Washington - 1,245
7. Wisconsin - 1,243
8. Miami - 1,091
9. Penn State - 1,050
10. Auburn - 1,004
11. Notre Dame - 982
12. Michigan State - 870
13. Stanford - 768
14. Michigan - 752
15. USC - 691
16. TCU - 530
17. Virginia Tech - 524
18. Mississippi State - 407
19. Florida State - 328
20. West Virginia - 310
21. Texas - 265
22. Boise State - 261
23. UFC - 259
24. LSU - 254
25. Oklahoma State - 168
Receiving Votes
South Carolina, 138; Florida, 135; Oregon, 105; Utah, 81; Northwestern, 67; Texas A&M, 67; Kansas State, 35; Florida Atlantic, 27; Boston College, 23; Memphis, 23; North Carolina State, 22; Arkansas State, 19; Troy,, 19; Appalachian State, 16; San Diego State, 15; Iowa, 8; Iowa State, 8; Kentucky, 8; Washington State, 7; South Florida, 6; Duke, 5; Fresno State, 4; Louisville, 3; Arizona, 2; Houston, 2; Army, 1; Northern Illinois, 1
Coaches Poll Voters
Blake Anderson, Arkansas State
Major Applewhite, Houston
Dino Babers, Syracuse
Mike Bloomgren, Rice
John Bonamego, Central Michigan
Terry Bowden, Akron
Jeff Brohm, Purdue
Neal Brown, Troy
Troy Calhoun, Air Force
Rod Carey, Northern Illinois
Bill Clark, Alabama-Birmingham
Dave Clawson, Wake Forest
Geoff Collins, Temple
David Cutcliffe, Duke
Mark Dantonio, Michigan State
Bob Davie, New Mexico
Butch Davis, Florida International
Dana Dimel, Texas-El Paso
DJ Durkin, Maryland
Herm Edwards, Arizona State
Luke Fickell, Cincinnati
Jimbo Fisher, Texas A&M
P.J. Fleck, Minnesota
James Franklin, Penn State
Willie Fritz, Tulane
Scott Frost, Nebraska
Justin Fuente, Virginia Tech
Turner Gill, Liberty
Mike Gundy, Oklahoma State
Bryan Harsin, Boise State
Clay Helton, Southern California
Tom Herman, Texas
Dana Holgorsen, West Virginia
Mike Jinks, Bowling Green
Kliff Kingsbury, Texas Tech
Brad Lambert, Charlotte
Mike Leach, Washington State
Lance Leipold, Buffalo
Tim Lester, Western Michigan
Seth Littrell, North Texas
Rocky Long, San Diego State
Chad Lunsford, Georgia Southern
Mike MacIntyre, Colorado
Gus Malzahn, Auburn
Doug Martin, New Mexico State
Urban Meyer, Ohio State
Jeff Monken, Army
Dan Mullen, Florida
Pat Narduzzi, Pittsburgh
Ken Niumatalolo, Navy
Jay Norvell, Nevada
Barry Odom, Missouri
Ed Orgeron, LSU
Gary Patterson, TCU
Chris Petersen, Washington
Bobby Petrino, Louisville
Nick Saban, Alabama
Scott Satterfield, Appalachian State
Kirby Smart, Georgia
Rick Stockstill, Middle Tennessee
Charlie Strong, South Florida
Dabo Swinney, Clemson
Jeff Tedford, Fresno State
Kyle Whittingham, Utah
Everett Withers, Texas State
