We would pass Boise on SOS. I haven't done the math on their SOS or our SOS this year, but over the past decade their toughest SOS was 25 spots behind our most embarrassingly easy SOS. Our easiest season was something like 54th in the nation while their most difficult was 79th, and those weren't the same season.
Boise is hampered significantly by their conference. Even when the Big 12 is a dog, even when the North is a bunch of crap, we're still facing tougher competition week in and week out. The pollsters may not care, but the computer does, and that's reflected in SOS.
Not only that, but the Harris Poll cares mightily about SOS, and they'll have us up there as well. Last year Harris had us ranked 20th and Boise 6th, and we had four losses to their none. That's two components of the BCS where we'll have the advantage.
HOWEVER, we still have to go undefeated and earn our spot in the big show. That's a HUGE "if" right now. We are so far ahead of ourselves we can almost see ourselves in the rearview mirror again.
This.
An undefeated Nebraska team will oust an undefeated Boise State team, simply because of the S.O.S. Boise State would complain about it, as they have a right to, but they are a product of their own conference. They enjoy immense success because their conference is weak as a collective whole.
Obviously, they were good enough to beat Oklahoma in 2007, but I would like to see them compete in a conference that is an AQ and a consistent top 5 or top 10 teams every year. You replace a team like Baylor with Boise State, and I say Boise State wins 10 games a year.