Rasean Jones Helps No. 17 Boise State Outlast Oregon State 46-41

Rasean Jones caught 11 passes for 230 yards and three touchdowns to help No. 17 Boise State outlast Oregon State 46-41 on Saturday night, wrapping up the host spot in the Pac-12 championship game on December 4.

The victory capped off a long day for Boise State fans who camped out overnight for a visit from ESPN’s College GameDay. It also cements the Broncos as the favorites for the Group of Six spot in the College Football Playoff.

“That’s one of the best performances I’ve seen from a receiver in the 10 years I’ve been here,” Boise State coach Spencer Danielson said. “Every catch was needed, every yard was needed.”

Maddux Madsen returned from an injury to complete 23 of 32 passes for a career-best 371 yards and four touchdowns, helping the Broncos improve to 9-1 overall and 6-0 in the Pac-12 while winning their ninth straight game.

Boise State vs. Oregon State: Rasean Jones post-game interview — KTVB

“It was great to have ‘Mad Dog’ back,” Jones said. “I think we were running on all cylinders with him out there.”

Registering his third straight game with at least 100 yards, Jones amassed 134 yards during the first half alone—a personal high—and posted the fifth-highest receiving yardage mark in the history of Boise State. “It kind of felt like a video game out there, like I was living in it, not just playing it,” Jones said.

Scoring on his final reception of the night—a 26-yard pass from Madsen on a fourth-down-and-2 situation with 6:25 left on the clock—Jones hauled in a quick out, shrugged off a defender while staying right along the sideline, leaped over another opponent, and powered through two more tackles as he pushed across the goal line. The play left Madsen holding his hands to his head on the sideline.

“His exact words were ‘what did I just see?’” Danielson said. “I don’t think I even answered the question … the young man has earned and deserved it. The sky’s the limit for him.”

Oregon State’s Jesse Legree, who entered the game leading the Football Bowl Subdivision in receiving yards and receiving touchdowns, finished with 12 catches for 140 yards and a touchdown for the Beavers, who dropped to 5-5 overall and 3-3 in conference play for their third straight loss.

“Big games usually come down to a couple plays,” Oregon State coach JaMarcus Shephard said. “Had a few of those plays been a little bit different, maybe we would have had a different outcome, but we didn’t.”

Rasean Jones Postgame Press Conference vs. Oregon State (Nov. 14, 2026) — Boise State Broncos

Operating in place of injured starter Braden Atkinson, Maalik Murphy completed 31 of 39 passes for 396 yards, three touchdowns, and an interception. With 1:47 remaining in the opening quarter, Travis Anderson took that intercepted pass and ran it back 58 yards for a score, untying the game at 7-7.

“I mean, that’s the dream, getting a pick-six,” said Anderson, who recorded his fourth interception of the season and first touchdown.

Dylan Riley, the nation’s leader in yards rushing entering the game, tied a season low with 50 yards on 14 carries.

“I felt like our team did a really good job of severely limiting one of the top rushing offenses in college football,” Shephard said. “We tried to force all the production down a funnel. Unfortunately, it was tough to really contain the funnel we tried to force it down.”

Boise State sealed the win when Jones ran for nine yards to pick up a first down with 1:48 remaining, allowing the Broncos to kneel out the clock.

Oregon State travels to play at Utah State on Saturday, while Boise State hosts San Diego State on Saturday.