No. 12 Boise State survived another tough test from the Mountain West Conference on Saturday evening in Wyoming.

Trailing 13-10 midway through the fourth quarter, the Broncos (10-1, 7-0) put together their best drive of the game and regained the lead with 5:02 left on a Breezy Dubar two-yard touchdown run. A fourth-down sack by Ahmed Hassanein on the Cowboys’ ensuing possession (2-9, 2-5) all but ended the game.

Jeanty played through the pain and finished with 19 carries for 169 yards and a touchdown. He recorded his 2,000th rushing yards of the season during the third quarter, becoming the first FBS player to reach 2,000 yards since Oklahoma State’s Chuba Hubbard in 2019.

Here are three takeaways from Boise State’s 17-13 win over Wyoming.

Boise State has clinched a spot in the Mountain West Football Championship with a perfect 7-0 conference record, but the Broncos have been pushed in four of their last five MWC games.

In an October 26 game with UNLV, the Broncos trailed in the fourth quarter before coming back for a 29–24 win. Jeanty suffered a left elbow injury during the game, but played through it.

Two weeks later, Boise State had to hang on for dear life to defeat Nevada 28-21. The Broncos trailed San Jose State 14-0 in the second quarter before storming back for a 42-21 victory.

More setbacks came Saturday as Boise State again fell behind early and needed a fourth-quarter comeback to extend its winning streak to nine. Jeanty took himself out of the game twice after hits to his injured left arm and lower body.

But Jeanty stuck with it. The Heisman Trophy candidate had four carries for 53 yards on the Broncos’ game-winning drive, giving him 2,062 yards and 27 touchdowns for the season.

It was another rough performance by Jeanty and Boise State.

It wasn’t a bad day for Boise State’s defense, which held Wyoming to 319 yards and 13 points. But it wasn’t a great day either.

After being torched for 446 passing yards by San Jose State’s Walker Eget last week, the Broncos once again struggled to defend the deep ball against Wyoming.

Jaylen Sargent got behind the Boise State defense for long gains of 31 and 41 yards in the first half. On a third-and-8 early in the fourth quarter, Justin Stevenson hauled in a 63-yard pass on a full-coverage miss.

The Broncos also missed a 49-yard field goal and again muffed a kickoff, resulting in poor field position to start the third quarter.

Eleven games into the season, the defensive secondary and special teams remain Boise State’s biggest shortcomings.

In terms of College Football Playoff seeding, Saturday couldn’t have gone much better for Boise State.

The top four ranked conference champions will receive a first-round bye in the new 12-team playoff.

No. No. 1 Oregon (Big Ten), No. 3 Texas (SEC) and No. 8 Miami (ACC) are all in good shape to receive byes. After Saturday, Boise State has a clear path to the fourth bye as No. 14 BYU and No. 16 Colorado, the Big 12’s top contenders, both lost.

If the Broncos knock off Oregon State next week and secure the Mountain West Football Championship, it’s hard to imagine the committee choosing a two-loss Big 12 champion over Boise State.

The Broncos could be in the top 10 when the next CFP rankings are released Tuesday. No. No. 7 Alabama and No. 9 Ole Miss both lost Saturday.

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