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Texas Christian moved up 2 slots to #4 in the BCS Top 25 rankings and have their sites set on a National Championship appearance. The Horned Frogs dominated San Diego State 55-12 and will host #16 Utah on the 14th. The game not only will go along way in deciding the conference but has national implications as well. Utah fell 2 slots with their 45-14 victory over New Mexico. BYU reappeared at #22 with their dominating performance against Wyoming, 52-0. The Cougars should have an easy time of it when they travel to New Mexico on the 14th.

The Horned Frogs of TCU dominated UNLV 41-0, but despite their impressive resume TCU remains at #6. TCU will travel to San Diego State on November 7th. Utah moved up 2 slots to #14 with their 22-10 victory over Wyoming. The Utes will have an easy time when they host New Mexico on November 7th. With Utah poised for a Poinsettia Bowl berth, BYU seems headed to yet another Las Vegas Bowl in the latest 2009-2010 bowl predictions.

The TCU Horned Frogs look advantage of their opportunity to make a name for themselves in 2009 and proved they simply have one of the best defenses in the nation on Saturday as they destroyed BYU in Provo 38-7. The Horned Frogs moved from #8 to #6 in the BCS college football Top 25 with the victory. TCU deserves more credit and should be ranked higher. The Horned Frogs host UNLV on October 31st. Utah moved up two slots to #16 with a 23-16 overtime victory over Air Force. The Utes host Wyoming on October 31st. In the latest 2009 bowl projections from Football-Bowl.com, Utah appears headed to the Poinsettia Bowl and TCU to the Sugar Bowl.

The TCU Horned Frogs come in at #8 in the initial BCS standings. Behind a great defense TCU has rolled to a 6-0 record as they thumped Colorado State last weekend and will now face their stiffest test of the season when they travel to BYU on October 24th. The Cougars come in at #16 heading into the biggest game of the year in the Mountain West. The Mountain West Conference can also boast another Top 25 team as 5-1 Utah falls in at #18. The preseason conference favorite Utes hosts Air Force on October 24th as both teams are slated to go bowling this winter in the latest 2009 bowl projections.

The Horned Frogs of TCU defeated SMU 39-14 to keep their perfect record intact, but TCU will face a tough test as they travel to Air Force on October 10th. BYU moved up two slots to #18 with their 35-17 victory over Utah State. The Cougars will travel to UNLV on October 10th. The preseason Mountain West favorite Utah Utes also received votes in this week’s Top 25 rankings while 5 Mountain West Conference teams are listed in the latest college bowl predictions.

The Horned Frogs of TCU were not the favorites entering the 09 season but they may be now. TCU took the Tigers by their tail winning 14-10 at Clemson. The victory vaulted TCU from 15th to 11th in the college football Top 25 this week. The Horned Frogs will host SMU on October 3rd. BYU bounced back from the devastating loss to Florida State with a victory over Colorado State 42-23. Despite the victory, the Cougars fell from 19th to 20th. BYU will host Utah State on October 2nd. The Utah Utes also received votes as they look to work their way back into the Top 25.

A tough weekend for the Mountain West Conference as both BYU and Utah experienced losses. BYU was embarrassed by Florida State 54-28 on their home field. The loss dropped the Cougars from 7th to 19th. Utah lost at Oregon which dropped them out of the top 25. The Horned Frogs of TCU remained at #15 with a throttling of Texas State. TCU will have their hands full as they travel to Clemson on the 26th.

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#11 TCU vs #9 Boise State. It was billed as the best non-BCS bowl game of 2008-2009 and even better than the Orange Bowl match-up of Cincinnati vs Virginia Tech, and the 2008 Poinsettia Bowl game lived up to the hype. The Horned Frogs trailed 13-0 early and 13-7 at the half before taking a 17-13 lead in the 4th Quarter and later holding on for a 17-16 victory. It was the TCU defense that was hyped up after allowing more than 14 points just once all season, to #1 Oklahoma, and it was that same defense that made big plays in the 4th Quarter to ensure the TCU victory.

With the win, the Mountain West Conference can claim bragging rights on the WAC as Colorado State already defeated Fresno State in the New Mexico Bowl. Now 2-0 against the WAC, the Mountain West continues with Air Force against Houston of Conference USA in the Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl while Utah wraps up bowl season for the MWC when they face Alabama in the Allstate Sugar Bowl.

Just 4:04 remains in the San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl and the #11 TCU Horned Frogs lead the #9 Boise State Broncos by a score of 17-16. TCU has the ball with a 1st down and 10 on their own 38 yard line with a chance to hold onto the ball and run out the clock. The game has been everything it was billed to be with two BCS-caliber teams hooking up in a close one on ESPN.