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Boise State Athletics
Broncos Debut in Top Five in ESPN Preseason Rankings
4/22/2011 12:00:00 AM | Football
BOISE, Idaho – The Boise State football team was ranked No. 5 in the ESPN College Football Live Preseason Top 25, announced Friday on ESPN College Football Live.
The Broncos trailed Oklahoma (No. 1), Alabama (No. 2), Oregon (No. 3) and LSU (No. 4) in the poll.
Boise State entered the 2010 season ranked No. 3 in the Associated Press Poll and No. 5 in the USA Today Coaches’ Poll, reaching as high as No. 2 in each.
Boise State is slated to open the 2011 season against Georgia in the Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game, Sept. 3. Kickoff is scheduled for 6 p.m. (MT) at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, Ga., and the game will be televised by ESPN.
Following is the complete preseason top-25 as selected by a 38-person panel of ESPN analysts, studio hosts, play-by-play announcers, bloggers, researchers and production team members.
1. Oklahoma
2. Alabama
3. Oregon
4. LSU
5. Boise State
6. Florida State
7. Stanford
8. South Carolina
9. Oklahoma State
10. Ohio State
11. Texas A&M
12. Arkansas
13. Nebraska
14. Wisconsin
15. TCU
16. Michigan State
17. Notre Dame
18. Florida
19. Virginia Tech
20. Texas
21. Mississippi State
22. Auburn
23. Missouri
24. West Virginia
25. Arizona State
--broncosports.com--
