30 Facts About Boise State

1. Boise State won the 2018 Mountain West Conference title by less than 100 points.

2. Boise State could very well make this a memorable 20th season for the Mountain West Conference.

3. Boise State was ranked No 25 in the final College Football Playoff rankings, while Fresno State jumped the Broncos with the win and came in at No 21.

4. Boise State defeated Oregon last year in the Las Vegas Bowl, and played Arizona State in the game in 2011.

5. Boise State is the largest university in Idaho with 19,664 students.

6. Boise State can operate without state authorization in California because it is a public accredited institution and in Massachusetts due to the nature of its activities within that state.

7. Boise State has taken steps to protect its students and operations through nationwide compliance and currently participates in a voluntary State Authorization Reciprocity Agreement encompassing all states except California and Massachusetts.

8. Boise State is regionally accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities.

9. Boise State has only been shut out twice in its history as a four-year school.

10. Boise State won the last two Big West Championships in 1999 and 2000 before moving to the WAC.

11. On June 11, 2010, Boise State accepted an invitation to join the Mountain West Conference, their third conference since becoming a Division 1A school.

12. Boise State has a total of 15 conference championships, 6 in the Big Sky, 2 in the Big West, and 7 in the WAC.

13. In 1996, the year Boise State moved up to Division 1-A, head coach Pokey Allen was forced to take a medical leave due to cancer.

14. Boise State had a brewing rivalry with TCU, but the teams have only ever met four times and there are not any future games scheduled, with TCU having joined the Big 12 Conference.

15. Boise State had a 40-year in-state rivalry with the University of Idaho, which began with a Bronco victory in the first meeting in 1971.

16. In 2012, Boise State granted special permission and an international trademark to Hosei University in Tokyo, Japan for use of the blue field turf for their football field, Tomahawks Field.

17. Boise State recently approved the proposal for a blue field at Luther College.

18. Boise State is one of 7 college football programs in the United States to have a non-green playing surface.

19. Boise State holds a trademark on any non-green field, not just blue.

20. Boise State finished the Season with a Las Vegas Bowl win over Oregon and finished the season ranked 22nd in the both the AP and coaches poll.

21. Boise State will name former Boise Hawks manager Gary Van Tol as baseball coach during a 3 pm news conference Tuesday, a source confirmed to the Idaho Press-Tribune and BlueTurfSports.

22. Boise State responded with a moderate run that reduced WSU's lead to nine points.

23. Boise State will get wide receiver John Hightower and safety Kekoa  Nawahine back for tonight's Mountain West title game.

24. Boise State arrives at Albertsons Stadium for the Mountain West title game.

25. Boise State finished with 448 total yards, a season-high allowed by Fresno State.

26. Boise State running back Alexander Mattison was named offensive MVP of the game with 40 carries for 200 yards and a TD.

27. Boise State recently broke ground on a new $40 million complex to house the Honors College and new student housing.

28. Boise State has seen a growing in Greek Community on campus, from less than a couple hundred in 2010 to over 1,400 today.

29. Boise State broke ground in May 2017 on a $42 million Center for the Fine Arts, which will house sculpture, metalwork, painting, graphic design and other visual arts, as well as gallery space and a digital "World Museum" devoted to high-tech arts experiences.

30. Boise State now awards associate, bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees, and is accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities.