Conference play will begin early for Utah State as its Week 3 opponent, Air Force, will kick things off for its Mountain West slate of games. Both the Aggies and Falcons are coming off rare seasons in which they didn't make a bowl game. In fact, 2024 was the first (non-COVID) season in which neither Utah State or Air Force made a bowl game since 2006.

An early-season matchup between two rebuilding teams could help define which team manages to have a bounce-back year, or whether one stays in the cellar of the conference for another year (or, the third option of it being a matchup against contenders that no one is paying attention to yet).

This is the in-depth preseason preview of Utah State's third opponent of the season, the Air Force Falcons.

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