(10-31-2018 09:37 PM)Jjoey52 Wrote: To get the respect UCF has to play some big guns and win. Boise had to do it, TCU had to do it. Boise has a strong history of knocking off teams like Georgia, Va. Tech and Oregon.
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Or they could just join the SEC. Thats just about as easily done as getting home and homes with ranked powers 4 years out. Lets take a real factual look at exactly how many "big guns" Boise was playing during the seasons they finished in the top 10.
Boise Top 10 seasons since 2000
2006 Boise finishes #5 AP/#6 Coaches
OOC was Oregon St, Sacramento St, Utah (MW-finished 8-5), Wyoming (MW). Not one team they played was ranked when they played them other than Oklahoma in thier bowl game.
2009 Boise finishes #4
OOC was Oregon #14, Miami OH, Bowling Green, UC Davis
2010 Boise finishes #9 AP, #7 Coaches
OOC was Virginia Tech (13), Wyoming, Toledo, Oregon St
2011 Boise finishes #6 Coaches/#8 AP
OOC was Georgia #22, Toledo, Tulsa, Fresno
So of those 4 top 10 finishes---they did play a single ranked team in OOC in 3 of the seasons. One of the 4 seasons they finished in the top 10----they did NOT play a ranked team in OOC play. They only played 2 P5's in one of the 4 seasons they finished in the top ten. It should be noted that 2 P5's in OOC play is the current UCF OOC model.
Boise had 1 loss in the 2010 and 2011 top ten finishes. They were undefeated in the 2006 and 2009 top ten finishes. UCF is undefeated. Its fairly likely that UCF will end up with a couple of games vs AAC teams that are ranked in the AP/Coaches polls before the season is over. If that happens, their schedule would be little different than Boise's schedules back in the day.