The No 10 Broncos made it easy for committee with Friday nights 21-7 win over No 19 UNLV for the Mountain West Conference championship.
The Broncos have 12 wins. They won conference championship. Their two wins against the Rebels are more wins against College Football Playoff Top 25 team than any of four team playing in Big 12 and ACC championship matches.
They have every moving metric of committee including best loss of anyone in field and they deserve one of four first round byes for highest ranked conference champions.
No matter what happens Saturday Boise State have more wins than Big 12 champion and only SMU can reach 12 win from ACC.
The super win among other four teams from ACC and Big 12 is a win over Brigham Young for Arizona State.
A win by the Sun Devils against Iowa State would equal Boise State two win ranked victories.
Boise State start the week five spots ahead of No 15 ASU and six spots ahead of No 16 Iowa State
SMU at No 8 is ahead of the Broncos SMU win over clemson would be its first.
The best win among other four teams from ACC and Big 12 is win over Brigham Young for Arizona State.