Before this season started, CBSSports ranked all 120 FBS college football teams. Idaho University was ranked number 114 out of 120. Not terribly surprising as the Vandals have not had a winning season in forever. In 2008 they went 2 and 10.
But that was then.
With six games under their belt this year, the Vandals are 5-1 and lead the Western Athletic Conference with a 2-0 record—ahead of Boise State’s 1-0 record. The CBSSports 120 Poll currently lists them as #49.
They need just one more victory to ensure that they will NOT have another losing year. Two wins and it’s a winning year regardless of what the rest of the year is like. Can they get those wins? Hell yeah! Everyone remaining on their schedule has a losing record at the moment except Boise State (5-0). The Vandals could win their next four games and be 9-1 when they go down to Boise to play on the blue carpet against what should be a 9-0 Broncos team in a game that could determine the WAC champion.
Heady stuff for the Vandals, who have been flying beneath the radar so far. That won't last long if they keep winning.
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Moving in the opposite direction is Ball State. They ended last year ranked #30, which was down from #21 after a 45-13 loss to Tulsa in the GMAC Bowl. The Cardinals are currently 0-6 and going nowhere fast. CBSSPorts ranks them at #117 this week, ahead of only Miami (Ohio), Eastern Michigan, and Western Kentucky. This is a team that was 12-0 in the regular season in 2008. Then they lost the MAC Championship game and the bowl game and all six games they’ve played this year. Talk about imploding!
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