Baylor @ UTSA preview

Last Meeting ( Sep 9, 2017 ) Texas-San Antonio 17, Baylor 10

Baylor already matched its 2017 win total before Labor Day with a feel-good 55-27 victory over FCS member Abilene Christian on Saturday. The Bears, coming off a dreadful 1-11 campaign that started off with a loss to FCS Liberty and was shadowed by an ugly sexual assault scandal, are more than two-touchdown favorites to double that win total by Week 2 when they travel to UTSA on Saturday night.

The Roadrunners, who opened the season with a 49-7 loss at Arizona State, handed Baylor a 17-10 loss in the only previous meeting between the two schools last year in Waco. It was the school's first win over a team from a Power Five conference. Still, second-year Bears coach Matt Rhule said he wanted his team, which rolled up 606 yards in total offense and bolted to a 24-7 lead last week, to celebrate their opening win before moving on to UTSA. "It wasn't a perfect game," Rhule told the Waco Tribune. "We have a lot we have to correct. But I saw a lot of flashes, and for one night our guys can go out there and enjoy a win. ... They can walk out and see their family and friends and hopefully go tailgate and hug their moms, hug their dads, hug their grandparents."

TV: 7 p.m. ET, CBS Sports Network on Facebook. LINE: Baylor -15

ABOUT BAYLOR (1-0): Rhule, who said he would like to eventually settle on one quarterback, will continue to rotate between returning starter Charlie Brewer and North Carolina State graduate-transfer Jalan McClendon this week. McClendon completed 10-of-13 passes for 173 yards and two TDs while Brewer, who left the game in the third quarter with a minor back injury but will be able to play Saturday, completed 8-of-15 passes for 138 yards and one interception that deflected off his receiver. The Bears rushed for 295 yards and an 8.2 yards per carry average in the opener with John Lovett, who finished with a career-high 115 yards and scored three TDs on 12 carries, and JaMycal Hasty, who had 102 yards and two touchdowns on 10 carries, both topping the century mark.

ABOUT UTSA (0-1): The Roadrunners, picked to finish fifth in the West Division in the Conference USA preseason poll, managed just 221 total yards in their loss to the Sun Devils including just a net three yards rushing on 33 attempts as Arizona State finished with 10 sacks and 15 tackles for loss. Junior quarterback Cordale Grundy completed 16-of-33 passes for 187 yards and was intercepted once while sophomore B.J. Daniels led the ground game with 24 yards on nine carries including a four-yard TD run with a little over six minutes remaining. Junior linebacker Josiah Tauaefa led the defense with a game-high 10 tackles, including eight solo stops.

EXTRA POINTS

1. Baylor starting LT Josh Malin suffered an MCL injury in the opener and will miss at least four weeks according to Rhule.

2. Lovett and Hasty gave Baylor its first pair of 100-yards rushers in a game since Oct. 29, 2016 against Texas.

3. Baylor hasn't won back-to-back games since winning at Iowa State (45-42) and defeating Kansas (49-7) at homeduring the middle of the 2016 season.

PREDICTION: Baylor 38, UTSA 20