Air Force
— 8 starters back on offense, 7 on defense
— 44 starts back on offensive line; senior QB has 18 starts
— Last three years, they’re 24-8 SU.
— Under Calhoun, they’re 35-26-2 ATS as an underdog.
— Since 2015, Air Force is 12-4-1 ATS as a road underdog.
— won four of last five bowls, scoring 36.2 ppg.
Boise State
— 8 starters back on offense, 9 on defense
— 86 starts back on offensive line; junior QB has 25 starts
— 7-5 SU last year, after going 88-26 the previous nine years.
— Since 2012, they’re 28-16 ATS as a road favorite.
— Since 2017, they’re 7-1 ATS as a road underdog.
— Last two years, they’re 3-8 ATS coming off a win.
Colorado State
— 6 starters back on offense, 6 on defense
— 70 starts back on offensive line; they’ll have a new QB this year
— Last four years, they’re 16-29 SU.
— Last five years, Rams are 4-9 ATS as a home favorite.
— Lost last four bowls; were favored in three of them.
— New head coach comes from MW rival Nevada.
Fresno State
— 8 starters back on offense, 7 on defense
— 80 starts back on offensive line; senior QB has 19 starts
— Jeff Tedford returns as coach (Aaron Rodgers’ college coach)
— Last five years, they’re 7-2 ATS as a road underdog.
— Last five years, they’re 13-5-1 ATS out of conference.
— won last three bowls, scoring 31.7 ppg.
Hawai’i
— 4 starters back on offense, 2 on defense
— 110 starts back on offensive line; unsure who QB is
— Since 2014, Hawai’i is 6-22-1 ATS as a home favorite.
— Last five years, they’re 7-14 ATS as a road underdog.
— won three of last four bowls (underdogs 4-0 SU)
— New coach is Hawai’i alum Chang, a former Rainbow QB
Nevada
— 2 starters back on offense, 4 on defense
— 44 starts back on offensive line; soph QB had 3 starts at Oklahoma State
— 30-18 SU last four years- their coach bolted to a conference rival
— were +16 in turnovers LY, but were only 8-5.
— Since 2013, they’re 11-7 as a home underdog.
— Nevada covered five of last seven games as a home favorite.
— 45 players from last year have departed.
UNLV
— 6 starters back on offense, 6 on defense
— 69 starts back on offensive line; QB started 3 games at Tennessee
— Last nine years, Rebels are 24-67 SU
— Since 2012, they’re 11-19 ATS as a favorite.
— Since 2012, they’re 32-18 ATS as a road underdog.
— Last bowl was in 2013; last bowl win was in 2000.
New Mexico
— 5 starters back on offense, 7 on defense
— 22 starts back on offensive line; unsure who QB will be
— Last five years, they’re 13-42 SU
— Since 2017, Lobos are 0-11 ATS as a home favorite.
— Since 2017, Lobos are 15-39 ATS overall
— underdogs covered four of last five bowls (last one was in 2016)
San Diego State
— 5 starters back on offense, 7 on defense
— 36 starts back on offensive line; senior QB had 16 starts at Virginia Tech
— won 10+ games five of last seven seasons
— Last five years, they’re 8-16 ATS as a home favorite, 5-2 as a home dog.
— Last four years, they’re 6-2-1 ATS as a road underdog.
— In his career, Hoke is 46-35-1 ATS at home.
— Aztecs start playing in brand-new Snap Dragon Stadium this year.
San Jose State
— 6 starters back on offense, 8 on defense
— have 59 starts back on offensive line.
— one junior QB started 23 games at Hawai’i; other junior QB started six games here LY
— Under Brennan, Spartans are 15-9-1 ATS at home.
— finished under .500 seven of last eight years.
— won four of last five bowl games.
Utah State
— 7 starters back on offense, 5 on defense
— 102 starts back on offensive line; senior QB has 29 starts
— 15-4-1 ATS in last 20 games as a home favorite.
— 3-11 ATS in last 14 games as a home underdog.
— In his career, Anderson is 38-25 ATS in conference games.
— underdog won four of their last five bowls SU
Wyoming
— 4 starters back on offense, 4 on defense
— 66 starts back on offensive line; new QB started twice at Utah State
— Last four years, they’re 5-8 ATS as a road underdog.
— covered seven of last ten non-conference games.
— covered last four games on a neutral field.
— won last three bowls, scoring 42.3 ppg.
