Are the Boise State Broncos that good this season?
The AP preseason poll was released and the Boise State football team landed at No. 3 – the highest ranking in school history.
You read it, the Boise State Broncos received the highest ranking ever for a non-BCS team, and high enough to please pretty much every Bronco fan this 2010 NCAA college football season.
After the jump, view the full AP poll along with some additional notes and feedback. Then celebrate in the comments. The Boise State Broncos were No. 3 already and that’s even before any games have been played.
The Alabama Crimson Tide took the No. 1 
spot followed by the Ohio State Buckeyes. Rounding up the top five are Florida and Texas.
The Boise State football program opened fall camp before the season and learned what every expert has been predicting since the Broncos’ season-ending victory over TCU in the Fiesta Bowl last January — the Broncos will start the season ranked in the top five.
Boise State head coach Chris Petersen addressed the media after practice, but he was characteristically non-descript when the line of questioning turned toward the polls.
“We knew we would be ranked high, but if we’re ranked high at the end of the year, that’s a good thing,” Petersen said. “Right now, I don’t know if the bull’s-eye can get bigger. It’s been big for a while and there’s been a lot of talk and a lot of hype. That’s how we think of it.”
“That doesn’t really help our situation. Now, we’ve just got to go out and prove some people right.”
Petersen, who has a vote in the coaches poll, admitted that there’s very little science to it and he would prefer to wait until the middle of the season to start the voting process.
“I vote and I say this all the time that I put very little credence into these votes early for ourselves and for others,” he said. “I think when you get halfway through the season, it starts meaning something. … But we all do it I guess for the spectacle of the game.”
The Broncos will open the season in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 6 against Virginia Tech, which starts ranked just behind the Broncos at No. 6.
Which team will win the 2011 BCS National Championship? Bodog sportsbook has the odds.
Alabama Crimson Tide 4.00
Texas Longhorns 16.00
Florida Gators 19.00
USC Trojans 13.00
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