Boise State·Mountain West

2024 — The Top-10 Year

Boise State finished 2024 inside the final AP top-10. The top-10 is the tier the program calibrates annual expectation against.

Record 12-2
Final result 12-win season Lost the Fiesta Bowl
AP final #8 post-bowls
SP+ +5.5 last-week
Era —
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
W @ Geor Sou 56-45 L @ Oregon 34-37 W vs Port Sta 56-14 W vs Wash St 45-24 W vs Utah Sta 62-30 W @ Hawai'i 28-7 W @ UNLV 29-24 W vs San Sta 56-24 W vs Nevada 28-21 W @ San Sta 42-21 W @ Wyoming 17-13 W vs Oreg Sta 34-18 W vs UNLV 21-7 L vs Penn St 14-31 Bowl

Who carried it

Season leaders, 2024.

Defining moments
The statement

The 2024 season's largest margin: Boise State 56, Portland State 14. A 42-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The setback

The season's deepest loss: Boise State 14, Penn State 31. A 17-point margin the season is remembered by.

The postseason

The season's last act: Boise State fell to Penn State 14-31 in the postseason.

"Be the smurf"
— Boise State fanbase voice · 2024· synthesized
What it meant

2024 is a middle chapter for Boise State — neither a crown year nor a crisis. It is the kind of season that fills the ledger between the named ones and gives the arc its shape.