While most teams within the BCS conferences have the luxury of lining their out-of-conference schedules with cream puffs from the lower conferences (or even divisions), those in conferences without an automatic BCS berth have no such luxuries.

In order to have even an outside chance at a prestigious bowl berth, teams in the WAC, Mountain West, Conference USA, etc., have to not only schedule ranked teams outside of their conference, but also hope the rest of their inter-league foes can reach a respectable record so their own might seem at least slightly impressive.

This can present a problem for teams like Boise State and Utah, perennial BCS contenders that many traditional powers can afford to avoid while the...

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