No. 10 Boise State defeated No. 20 UNLV 21-7 within the Mountain West Championship Game on Friday, presumably punching its ticket to the 12-team College Football Playoff. The Broncos held off a late rally from the Rebels to shore up their case to obtain a first-round bye within the CFP as one of many 4 highest-ranked convention champions heading into this weekend’s choice present.
Boise State star operating again Ashton Jeanty ran for 209 yards on 32 makes an attempt. The Heisman Trophy contender scored on a 75-yard landing run within the ultimate moments of the primary half to assist his staff take a 21-0 lead into the intermission. Jeanty handed former USC star operating again Marcus Allen for the fourth-most speeding yards in a single season on the play.
While Jeanty made spotlight performs on the bottom, Boise State’s protection stole the present. The Broncos sacked Hajj-Malik Williams six instances and held UNLV to a season-low seven factors to win this system’s fifth Mountain West title.
UNLV completed with 327 yards of offense, with 86 of these yards approaching a single run by Kylin James within the third quarter. Running again Greg Burrell scored a 31-yard landing with 9:06 remaining on fourth-and-short to get the Rebels on the board.
The Broncos entered the week ranked forward of each groups (Arizona State and Iowa State) taking part in for the Big 12 title. Boise State might be seeded as excessive as No. 3 behind the convention champions from the SEC and Big Ten relying on how the remainder of the weekend shakes out.
