Nevada is hardly alone when it comes to Mountain West football teams entering the 2025 season with tons of question marks. Exhibit A might be Utah State, which will open the season with its third head coach in three years, an offense that’s almost entirely made up of new faces, and a defense that needs to vastly improve from its matador effort in 2024.

This is the ninth in a series of 12 previews of the teams on Nevada’s 2025 football schedule. Here’s a look at Utah State:

GAME FACTS

Who : Nevada at Utah State

When : Nov. 8, 4:30 p.m.

Where : Maverik Stadium (25,513)

TV : CBS Sports Network

Series : Nevada leads, 19-8

Last meeting : Utah State 41, Nevada 24 (2023)

LAST SEASON

A six-game losing streak — and virtually no defense to speak of — doomed Utah State’s chances of pu

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