While much of the focus this week (and for several before) has been on the Broncos’ Bowl Championship Series hopes, there is a game to play.

The Broncos (6-0, 1-0 in the WAC) visit Hawaii on Saturday. The game kicks off at 9 p.m. MDT.

Let’s take a closer look at the Warriors (2-4, 0-3). Hawaii has lost four straight since opening the season with victories against Central Arkansas and Washington State.

UPDATED 1:47 p.m. — ESPN.com blogger Graham Watson has posted her first-half recaps and second-half outlooks for Boise State and Idaho. Click here to read them.

One disagreement with Watson: Boise State's defensive MVP for the first half should be defensive tackle Billy Winn.

Postgame

• Boise State improves to 6-0 with the victory.

• The Broncos were credited with four sacks and 13 tackles for loss.

Fourth quarter

Boise State 28, Tulsa 21
Slick Shelley 55 pass from G.J. Kinne (Fitzpatrick kick)
Key play: Shelley caught a 36-yard pass from Kinne on third-and-12 to set up the touchdown play.

Third quarter

Boise State 28, Tulsa 14
Kyle Brotzman 18 field goal, 2:54
Key play: Doug Martin had eight carries for 55 yards on the drive.

Boise State 25, Tulsa 14

UPDATED 12:01 p.m. — Idaho announced this morning that its Nov. 7 home game against Fresno State has been picked up by ESPNU. As a result, kickoff has been moved from 3 p.m. Mountain time to 8:30 p.m. Mountain time. (That'd be 7:30 p.m. in Moscow).

Also, the Tulsa World newspaper reported in Wednesday's editions that Mark May will not be part of the ESPN broadcast team for tonight's Boise State game against Tulsa. The paper reported that he has a prior commitment.

UDPATE 4:32 p.m. — ESPN.com has Boise State at No. 5 in its mock BCS standings. Both human polls and five of the six computer polls that go into the BCS formula are out, so these mock standings are probably pretty close to the actual BCS Standings.

The BSC Standings are released for the first time this season on Sunday.

Here is the link.

Even better news for BSU fans: TCU is not in the top 10.

UPDATE 3:47 p.m. — Release from the WAC:

Los Angeles Daily News writer Scott Wolf voted Idaho No. 25 on his ballot this week. That placement gives Idaho one point in this week's poll.

Wolf, interestingly, has Boise State No. 11, the lowest among AP voters.

Click here to see Wolf's unique ballot.

Idaho is getting eight points in the Harris poll and currently ranks No. 29 in Jerry Palm's projected BCS Standings.

Boise State has received a commitment from Vista (Calif.) High WR Troy Ware, Vista High coach Dan Williams confirmed Friday night. Williams told the North County Times that Ware, a 6-foot-2, 164-pound senior, has committed to the Broncos.

Here is the short story from the North County Times.

After seeing the reaction to yesterday’s ”What if” blog post, I’ll do my best to stay within the boundaries of the actual today.

That means no hypothetical discussion of Boise State moving to the Mountain West Conference.

Instead — and spurred by Idaho coach Robb Akey’s comments that the Vandals are leading the Mountain West Conference — let’s look at the two leagues this season.

UPDATE 2:43 p.m. — Boise is ranked No. 69 in the Sporting News' annual Best Sports Cities rankings. The city was 85th last year.

Pittsburgh is No. 1 this year. Boston, No. 1 last season, is No. 3.

Other Idaho cities: Moscow (128), Pocatello (181) and Idaho Falls (375).

Other WAC cities: San Jose (24), Reno, Nev. (93), Logan, Utah (101), Ruston, La. (108), Fresno, Calif. (110), Honolulu (116) and Las Cruces, N.M. (125).

This year's list includes 399 cities and towns in the U.S. and Canada.

From the Sporting News:

1:52 p.m. — Boise State cornerback Jamar Taylor will redshirt this season after missing the first five games, Broncos' coach Chris Petersen said Monday.

Taylor had knee surgery to repair a tear in his meniscus earlier this year, Petersen said. Taylor, a sophomore, played in all 13 games as a true freshman in 2008. He had 24 tackles and one interception.

Petersen said Taylor might have been able to play against UC Davis on Saturday, but the emergence of Jerrell Gavins gave the Broncos enough depth at cornerback to redshirt Taylor.