A quick trip around the Pac-12:<\/p>\n
Boise State (1-1)<\/p>\n
Last week: Won 38-20 vs. Memphis.<\/p>\n
This week: Saturday vs. South Dakota (3-), 7 p.m. PT (CBS Sports Network).<\/p>\n
Odds: Boise State by 24 1\/2.<\/p>\n
Three things: Boise State trailed Memphis 20-17 at halftime, then pitched a shutout during a 21-point second-half comeback. The Broncos defense forced three punts and two turnovers on downs over the final two periods. \u2026 Broncos running back Dylan Riley was the Doak Walker National Running Back of the Week and Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week after rushing for a career-high 206 yards against Memphis. Riley had a 71-yard carry that was the Broncos\u2019 longest play from scrimmage this season \u2026 Boise State has the nation\u2019s best winning percentage (76.2%, 294-92) since moving to FBS 30 years ago. The next best marks over the three decades are by Ohio State (75.5%), Alabama (74%), Michigan (73.2%) and Notre Dame (72.7%).<\/p>\n
Colorado State (2-0)<\/p>\n
Last week: Won 58-24 vs. Southern Utah.<\/p>\n
This week: Saturday vs. No. 11 BYU (2-0), 4:30 p.m. PT (CBS).<\/p>\n
Odds: BYU by 17 1\/2.<\/p>\n
Three things: Colorado State running back Mel Brown had 171 yards rushing against Southern Utah, most of it coming on 73- and 80-yard runs. The 73-yarder went for a touchdown. The 80-yarder was the longest in program history without going for a TD. \u2026 The Rams are tied with Memphis for the most explosive plays over 70 yards (three) and over 50 yards (five) this season. \u2026 Colorado State\u2019s eight turnovers gained (five interceptions, three fumble recoveries) are tied with New Mexico for first in the nation.<\/p>\n
Fresno State (1-1)<\/p>\n
Last week: Won 49-3 vs. Sacramento State.<\/p>\n
This week: Saturday at San Jose State (2-1), 8 p.m. PT (Fox Sports 1).<\/p>\n
Odds: Fresno State by 6 1\/2.<\/p>\n
Three things: Fresno State\u2019s win was keyed by a 32-point second quarter, the first time since 2012 the Bulldogs produced that many points in the second quarter against an FBS opponent. They had 35 in a 69-14 win against Colorado. \u2026 For only the third time in 40 years, the Bulldogs had a 300-yard passer (Jayden Mandal), a 100-yard rusher (Bryson Donelson) and two 100-yard receivers (Ezekiel Avit and Josiah Freeman) in the same game. \u2026 Fresno State defensive back Simeon Harris\u2019 interception against Sacramento State was the seventh of his career, ranking third among active FBS players.<\/p>\n
Oregon State (0-2)<\/p>\n
Last week: Lost 35-24 vs. No. 13 Texas Tech<\/p>\n
This week: Saturday vs. Montana (3-0), 8 p.m. PT (USA Network).<\/p>\n
Odds: Oregon State by 17 1\/2.<\/p>\n
Three things: Oregon State leads the series against Montana 12-2-2, although the Grizzlies have won the past two meetings (1990, 1996). \u2026 Oregon State quarterback Braden Atkinson leads the nation with 394.5 passing yards a game, and wide receiver Jesse Legree leads the nation in receiving yards with 188 yards a game. .\u2026 The Oregon State roster includes players from 26 states, led by California (31), Oregon (16) and Washington (10).<\/p>\n
San Diego State (1-1)<\/p>\n
Last week: Lost 28-10 at UCLA.<\/p>\n
This week: Saturday vs. James Madison (2-0), 7 p.m. PT (The CW).<\/p>\n
Odds: SDSU by 2 1\/2.<\/p>\n
Three things: The SDSU-UCLA game was 0-0 at halftime, marking the first time the Bruins were held scoreless in the first half since 1989 against Tennessee. \u2026 The Aztecs\u2019 seven-game active home winning streak is tied for seventh in the nation. Indiana leads the way with a 17-game home winning streak. \u2026 SDSU running back Lucky Sutton has not fumbled the ball in 333 career touches (328 carries, five receptions).<\/p>\n
Texas State (0-2)<\/p>\n
Last week: Lost 31-26 vs. UTSA.<\/p>\n
This week: Saturday vs. North Texas (1-1), 9 a.m. PT (USA Network).<\/p>\n
Odds: Texas State by 3.<\/p>\n
Three things: Texas State and North Texas have played 40 times over the years. North Texas leads the series 29-8-2, although Texas State won the last meeting in the 2024 First Responders Bowl. \u2026 It seems odd for Texas State to be favored by a field goal with North Texas coming off a 44-6 win over UNLV. \u2026 Texas State rushed for 289 yards against UTSA, including a career-high 149 yards from Torrance Burgess Jr. The run game is quite a complement to quarterback Brad Jackson, the Pac-12\u2019s top-rated QB coming into the season.<\/p>\n
Utah State (0-2)<\/p>\n
Last week: Lost 16-14 at No. 19 Washington.<\/p>\n
This week: Saturday at No. 17 Utah (2-0), 12:30 p.m. PT (Fox).<\/p>\n
Odds: Utah by 28 1\/2.<\/p>\n
Three things: This is the 114th meeting between Utah State and Utah, which leads the series 80-29-4. The Aggies have lost eight straight road games against Utah since a 21-14 win in 1997. \u2026 Utah State has turned the ball over seven times in two games, but the Aggies\u2019 defense has allowed only 13 points off those giveaways. \u2026 Utah\u2019s roster includes wide receiver Braden Pegan, who had 60 receptions for 926 yards and five touchdowns last season \u2014 for Utah State.<\/p>\n
Washington State (0-2)<\/p>\n
Last week: Lost 34-7 at Kansas State<\/p>\n
This week: Saturday vs. Duquesne (0-2), 12:30 p.m. PT (USA Network).<\/p>\n
Odds: Washington State by 37 1\/2.<\/p>\n
Three things: Washington State is favored this week by more points than any other Pac-12 team, but the 37 1\/2-point spread does not rank in the top 10 this week. It\u2019s 11th. Tops is Oregon by 57 1\/2 points over Portland State. \u2026 The spread is more than twice as many points as the Cougars have scored this season. Their 17 points have come on a rushing touchdown, an interception returned for a touchdown and a field goal \u2026 This is the 15th game against an FBS opponent in Duquesne history. It is 1-13, the lone win a 28-26 victory over Ohio in 2021.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A quick trip around the Pac-12: Boise State (1-1) Last week: Won 38-20 vs. Memphis. This week: Saturday…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":466128,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[1327,181,74,76,75,305,127],"class_list":["post-466127","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-diego","tag-college-sports","tag-latest-headlines","tag-san-diego","tag-san-diego-headlines","tag-san-diego-news","tag-sdsu-aztecs","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/466127","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=466127"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/466127\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/466128"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=466127"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=466127"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=466127"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}