Boise State is in position to accomplish a feat of amazing historic significance.

Only eleven times in the history of college football has a team won eight or more games each year of a decade.  With one more season of eight wins, Boise State can become the 12^th.  Oklahoma, Georgia, LSU, Texas and Virginia Tech are also in line to achieve eight wins each year of this decade.

The eight elite schools to accomplish this remarkable feat are Nebraska in the 70’s, 80’s and 90’s, Michigan in the 70’s and 90’s, Pennsylvania and Princeton in the 1890’s, BYU in the 1980’s, and Florida, Florida State and Tennessee in the 90’s.

Boise State finished the year 2000 with a 10-2 record, defeating UTEP in the Humanitarian Bowl and ended 2001 with an 8-4 mark.  They were 12-1 in 2002 (again winning the Humanitarian Bowl over Iowa State), 13-1 in 2003, defeating TCU in the Fort Worth Bowl and 11-1 in 2004.  The Broncos finished 9-4 in 2005, 13-0 in 2006 and 10-3 last season.  Boise State’s record of nine eight-win seasons in a decade has only been matched 25 times since college football began.

This feat that the Broncos are chasing has not been accomplished by USC, Oklahoma, Texas, Georgia, Ohio State, Penn State or Notre Dame.  As mentioned above, Texas, Oklahoma and Georgia all have a chance this decade.

The following is a list of all the teams in the history of college football that have matched or exceeded Boise State’s run of consecutive eight-win seasons.  Schools that have been successful this decade are also shown.

Alabama 70’s (9), 60’s (9), Arizona State 70’s (7), Arkansas 60’s (8), 80’s (7), Auburn 80’s (8), 00’s (7), Boise State 00’s (9), BYU 80’s (10), 90’s (7), California 00’s (4), Carlisle 1900’s (8), Clemson 80’s (7), 00’s (5), Colorado 90’s (8), Florida 90’s (10), 00’s (7),  Florida State 90’s (10), 00’s (6), Fresno State 00’s (6), Georgia 80’s (7), 00’s (8), Harvard 1890’s (9), 1900’s (8), Hawai’i 00’s (6), Houston 70’s (7), Iowa 80’s (7), Kansas State 90’s (7), Louisville 00’s (6),  LSU 00’s (8), Miami of Florida 80’s (9), 90’s (9), 00’s (6), Nebraska 60’s (8), 70’s (10), 80’s (10), 90’s (10), Michigan 70’s (10), 80’s (9), 90’s (10), 00’s (7), Notre Dame 20’s (7), 40’s (7), 70’s (9), 90’s (7), Ohio State 70’s (8), 80’s (8), 90’s (8), 00’s (7), Oklahoma 50’s (9), 70’s (9), 80’s (8), 00’s (8), Oregon 00’s (5), Penn State 70’s (8), 80’s (8), 90’s (9), Pennsylvania 1890’s (10), 1900’s (8), Pittsburgh 30’s (7), Princeton 1890’s (10), 1900’s (7), San Diego State 70’s (8), Tennessee 90’s (10), 00’s (7), Texas 70’s (9), 00’s (8), Texas A & M 90’s (9), TCU 30’s (8), 00’s (6), Texas Tech 00’s (6), UCLA 80’s (7), USC 20’s (7), 70’s (8), 00’s (6), Utah 00’s (5), Virginia Tech 00’s (8), Washington 80’s (7), West Virginia 00’s (6), Wisconsin 00’s (6), Yale 1880’s (7), 1890’s (9), 1900’s (9)