UCF moved up to ranked No. 18 in the latest Associated Press and Amway Coaches' polls released Sunday.
The Knights are coming off a 38-0 win over South Carolina State, extending the nation's longest win streak to 15 games.
While it was a move up from the No. 19 spot in the previous AP poll and No. 20 in the previous coaches' poll, Boise State jumped ahead of UCF and claimed the No. 17 spot in both polls.
If the College Football Playoff selection committee ranked the teams the same way at the end of the year, Boise State would get the Group of 5 bid to an Access Bowl and UCF would be shut out a year after beating Auburn in the Peach Bowl.
Boise State earned a 56-20 win at Troy in the season opener and rolled to a 62-7 win over UConn this past Saturday.
UCF, meanwhile, thrashed UConn 56-17 in the opener and was a bit sloppy during the 38-0 rout of Samford.
Both teams will take on Power 5 opponents this weekend, with UCF playing at struggling North Carolina and Boise State playing at No. 24 Oklahoma State.
Besides three uncharacteristic interceptions by McKenzie Milton against South Carolina State and relatively poor tackling by the Knights against UConn, UCF's biggest concern so far this season has been the performance of other teams on the schedule.
Strength of schedule is used to help determine playoff committee rankings. The Knights' weaker strength of schedule was the argument used to block the team from the playoff semifinals last year despite finishing the regular season as the only undefeated team in the country.
The teams that were supposed to be among the strongest on UCF's schedule this season have already hit some speed bumps: UNC is 0-2, FAU was routed by Oklahoma in the opener, Pitt was thrashed by Penn State and Navy lost at Hawaii.
Weaker American Athletic Conference teams East Carolina and Temple lost to Football Championship Subdivision teams during opening weekend.
FAU rebounded with a win over Air Force, USF scored a win over Georgia Tech, fellow AAC team Houston rolled past Arizona and ECU upset UNC.
UCF was the highest ranked team in the state of Florida in the latest top 25 polls, with Miami ranked No. 21 in the AP poll and No. 20 in the coaches' poll. No other in-state team is ranked.
Week 3 Associated Press Top 25 Poll
1. Alabama (54)
2. Clemson (6)
3. Georgia
4. Ohio State
5. Oklahoma
6. Wisconsin (1)
7. Auburn
8. Notre Dame
9. Stanford
10. Washington
11. Penn State
12. LSU
13. Virginia Tech
14. West Virginia
15. TCU
16. Mississippi State
17. Boise State
18. UCF
19. Michigan
20. Oregon
21. Miami
22. USC
23. Arizona State
24. Oklahoma State
25. Michigan State
Dropped from rankings: South Carolina 24, Florida 25
