Final Oct 29
NMSU 13
FIU 34
Final Oct 29
ULL 23
TXST 17
Final Oct 29
LT 3
SHSU 9
Final Oct 30
JVST 31
LIB 21
Final Oct 30
KENN 14
WKU 31
Final Oct 31
TULN 34
CHAR 3
Final Nov 1
GSU 27 7.0 o48.0
CONN 34 -7.0 u48.0
Final Nov 1
USF 44 -1.5 o48.0
FAU 21 1.5 u48.0
Final Nov 1
SDSU 24 24.0 o55.5
BSU 56 -24.0 u55.5
Final Nov 2
AFA 3 18.0 o37.5
ARMY 20 -18.0 u37.5
Final Nov 2
ME 14 36.5 o49.0
OKLA 59 -36.5 u49.0
Final Nov 2
DUKE 31 21.0 o56.0
MIA 53 -21.0 u56.0
Final Nov 2
MISS 63 -8.0 o54.0
ARK 31 8.0 u54.0
Final Nov 2
MINN 25 -3.0 o47.0
ILL 17 3.0 u47.0
Final Nov 2
MEM 36 -7.0 o62.0
UTSA 44 7.0 u62.0
Final Nov 2
TOL 29 -10.0 o54.5
EMU 28 10.0 u54.5
Final Nov 2
BUFF 41 -1.0 o48.0
AKR 30 1.0 u48.0
Final Nov 2
STAN 28 9.5 o46.5
NCST 59 -9.5 u46.5
Final Nov 2
OSU 20 -3.0 o47.0
PSU 13 3.0 u47.0
Final OT Nov 2
NW 26 2.5 o44.0
PUR 20 -2.5 u44.0
Final OT Nov 2
VT 31 -3.0 o51.5
SYR 38 3.0 u51.5
Final Nov 2
VAN 17 8.5 o48.0
AUB 7 -8.5 u48.0
Final Nov 2
ODU 20 -3.0 o58.0
APP 28 3.0 u58.0
Final Nov 2
TLSA 21 2.5 o57.5
UAB 59 -2.5 u57.5
Final Nov 2
ARIZ 12 6.0 o55.0
UCF 56 -6.0 u55.0
Final Nov 2
MTU 20 1.5 o49.0
UTEP 13 -1.5 u49.0
Final Nov 2
ORE 38 -14.5 o45.0
MICH 17 14.5 u45.0
Final Nov 2
FLA 20 14.5 o52.5
UGA 34 -14.5 u52.5
Final Nov 2
UNC 35 -2.5 o50.5
FSU 11 2.5 u50.5
Final Nov 2
ULM 23 10.5 o48.0
MRSH 28 -10.5 u48.0
Final Nov 2
IU 47 -7.5 o53.5
MSU 10 7.5 u53.5
Final Nov 2
ASU 42 -5.0 o57.5
OKST 21 5.0 u57.5
Final Nov 2
KSU 19 -13.0 o45.5
HOU 24 13.0 u45.5
Final Nov 2
UCLA 27 7.5 o38.5
NEB 20 -7.5 u38.5
Final Nov 2
TTU 23 13.5 o56.0
ISU 22 -13.5 u56.0
Final Nov 2
NAVY 10 -13.0 o49.5
RICE 24 13.0 u49.5
Final Nov 2
WYO 49 9.0 o61.0
UNM 45 -9.0 u61.0
Final Nov 2
CCU 24 -4.0 o51.5
TROY 38 4.0 u51.5
Final Nov 2
MASS 20 19.0 o59.0
MSST 45 -19.0 u59.0
Final Nov 2
HAW 21 12.0 o45.5
FRES 20 -12.0 u45.5
Final Nov 2
USC 21 -2.5 o55.5
WASH 26 2.5 u55.5
Final Nov 2
WIS 10 2.5 o40.5
IOWA 42 -2.5 u40.5
Final Nov 2
LOU 33 10.5 o62.5
CLEM 21 -10.5 u62.5
Final Nov 2
GASO 34 6.0 o60.0
USA 30 -6.0 u60.0
Final Nov 2
UK 18 17.5 o45.5
TENN 28 -17.5 u45.5
Final Nov 2
TAM 20 -3.0 o44.0
SOCAR 44 3.0 u44.0
Final Nov 2
CSU 38 -2.5 o45.5
NEV 21 2.5 u45.5
Final Nov 2
PITT 25 7.0 o56.0
SMU 48 -7.0 u56.0
Final Nov 2
TCU 34 2.5 o64.0
BAY 37 -2.5 u64.0
UTSA 1st Conference USA12-2
San Diego State 1st Mountain West12-2

UTSA @ San Diego State preview

Toyota Stadium

Two of the top non-power conference teams in the nation square off Tuesday night when No. 24 San Diego State opposes UTSA in the Frisco Bowl at Frisco, Texas.

Both programs are enjoying big campaigns even though they operate outside the national spotlight.

UTSA (12-1) of Conference USA is in just its 10th season as an FBS program and is looking for its initial bowl victory. The San Antonio-based school could also notch a rare 13th victory.

San Diego State (11-2) of the Mountain West is looking to win 12 games for the first time in the school's Division I history. The school also won 11 games in 1969, 2015 and 2016.

The Aztecs, though, are limping their way to Texas after being clobbered 46-13 by Utah State in the Mountain West title game on Dec. 4.

That type of beating was a stunner as San Diego State allowed 16 or fewer points on seven occasions this season.

"We are 11-2, and many football teams would like to be 11-2, but we would rather be 12-1, but that is where we are right now," Aztecs coach Brady Hoke said. "We can also set the school record for wins. We have an opportunity to still play for that."

San Diego State received one break when Roadrunners star running back Sincere McCormick decided to skip Tuesday's game as he prepares to enter the NFL draft.

McCormick received multiple All-American honors after setting school records for rushing yards (1,479) and rushing touchdowns (15) and earning Conference USA Offensive Player of the Year honors. McCormick had eight 100-yard rushing efforts this season.

"To the city of San Antonio, UTSA and Meep Meep nation, I am so grateful for the support you have shown not just me, but the entire football program over the last three years," McCormick said in part during his announcement.

McCormick's exit is a blow to an offense that averages 37.9 points per game and scored 44 or more points on six occasions.

But the team's confidence is high after the stellar campaign under second-year coach Jeff Traylor. UTSA's lone blemish was a 45-23 road loss against North Texas on Nov. 27 but now the focus is on playing well in the school's third-ever bowl game.

"It's always fun to win. We don't like to talk about it very much, but we've experienced that other thing this year and we don't want to do that again," Traylor said. "That is what is most important, for our kids to leave on a good note. In the history of the program, we've never won a bowl game. ...

"Why not us? Some team is going to be the first to win a bowl game in the history of this school. Why not us?"

San Diego State features a star linebacker in Cameron Thomas (20.5 tackles for loss) but its most intriguing player is Matt Araiza, nicknamed "Punt God."

Araiza won the Ray Guy Award as the nation's top punter and his current 51.4 average would surpass Texas A&M's Braden Mann (50.98 in 2018) as the best in FBS history.

Araiza also is a unanimous first-team All-American. The only other San Diego State player to sweep the first-team honors was legendary runner Marshall Faulk, who did it in both 1992 and 1993.

Araiza placed 36 punts inside the opponents' 20-yard line, and has six punts of at least 70 yards -- including boots of 86 and 81 yards. The 86-yarder against San Jose State came with San Diego State backed up on its own 11-yard line and Araiza standing in his own end zone to field the snap.

"I think that one rolled about 20 yards," Araiza said. "Someone downed it at their 3."

The Frisco Bowl is San Diego State's 11th bowl berth since 2020. The Aztecs split the other 10.

UTSA lost 23-20 to New Mexico in the 2016 New Mexico Bowl and 31-24 to Louisiana in the 2020 First Responder Bowl in its previous two bowl opportunities.

--Field Level Media

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