Contrary to my beliefs of a bias against the Mountain West, BYU has earned the respect of the sports media, jumping to No. 9 in the AP poll.

This is the highest ranking a team from a non-BCS conference has had after the first week of the season.

With BYU's upcoming schedule, which includes TCU (16), Utah (17), and Florida State (32); BYU has an opportunity to rise much higher.

If BYU runs the table, they will most likely have an opportunity to play in the title game. But what are the odds that it actually happens?

Here is a look at the rest of their schedule:

Sept. 12 at Tulane

This one should be easy. Tulane got blown out by Tulsa in the opening weekend, and was only 2-10 last y...

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