 The following Friday, Boise State would avenge their only loss of the previous season, defeating the Beavers 53–34; OSU was the first team from a BCS conference to ever fall to the Broncos.After a 17–7 win over New Mexico, the Beavers would drop back-to-back games to ranked opponents, dropping a road game 27–14 to Arizona State, and falling at home 49–7 to #10 California.At 1–4, a winning season looked unlikely.