Boise State Voted #5 In USA Today Coaches Pre Season Poll

2010 preseason poll                                       2009 record   Points    Final 09 rank 1.   Alabama (55)        14-0                 1,469            1 2.   Ohio State (4)        11-2                 1,392            5 3.   Florida                    13-1                 1,245            3 4.   Texas                       13-1                 1,240            2  5.   Boise State             14-0                 1,215            4 6.   Virginia Tech         10-3                 1,052            10 7.   TCU                          12-1                 1,051            6 8.   Oklahoma              8-5                   1,035             NR 9.   Nebraska               10-4                 1,001             14 10.  Iowa                      11-2                 952                 7 11.  Oregon                  10-3                 940                 11 12.  Wisconsin            10-3                 778                 16  13.  Miami (FL)            9-4                   728                  19 14.  Penn State             11-2                 508                  8 15.  Pittsburgh             10-3                 492                 15 16.  LSU                         9-4                   476                  17 17.  Georgia Tech        11-3                 455                 13 18.  North Carolina     8-5                   445                 NR 19.  Arkansas                8-5                   438                NR 20.  Florida State          7-6                   374                NR 21.  Georgia                   8-5                   312                NR 22.  Oregon State          8-5                   263                NR 23.  Auburn                    8-5                   260                NR 24t. Utah                        10-3                 169                18 24t.  West Virginia       9-4                   169                22 Six coaches voted the Broncos No. 2. But an equal number, all but one from BCS conferences, voted Boise State No. 10 or lower. One put the Broncos, who finished last year 14-0 and No. 4 in the poll, at No. 13.

Here's an article by USA Today titled: BCS not enough: Petersen has Boise State in national title hunt.  A good read!