Records: San Jose State 3-5, 2-2 MW; Air Force 2-6, 1-4 MW
Kickoff: Today, 3 p.m. at CEFCU Stadium, San Jose.
TV: FS1
Radio: 860 AM KTRB
Series history: Air Force leads 5-3; San Jose State won 17-7 last September at Falcon Stadium
SJSU storylines: SJSU is coming off a 45-38 win against Hawaii which improved its record to 3-5. … SJSU needs to go at least 3-1 over its next four to have a shot at a bowl game…. Wide receiver Danny Scudero is the fastest FBS receiver to reach 1,000 yards this season. … With 1,085 receiving yards through eight games, Scudero is the fastest receiver in SJSU history to reach the mark. … Scudero, Kyri Shoels and Leland Smith all topped 100 yards receiving last week against Hawaii, making San Jose State the only school to have three receivers top triple digits each in the same game twice this season. … Walker Eget leads the country with 325.9 passing yards per game and was the Mountain West offensive player of the week after his 458-yard output against Hawaii.
Air Force storylines: Air Force is coming off a 20-17 loss to Army. … Four of Air Force’s six losses have been within one score. … Air Force is 0-3 on the road so far this season and has three of its next four games on the road. … In his 19th season as head coach of the Falcons, Troy Calhoun hopes to lead them on a similar season turnaround as they had in 2024, when they started the season 1-7 before going on a four-game win streak to close.
Stats that matter: SJSU has the No. 1 passing offense in the Mountain West (313.43 yards per game) paired with the worst passing defense (298.14 yards allowed per game). … Air Force has the second-worst passing defense in the conference (281.50 yards allowed per game). … Spartans quarterback Walker Eget has not thrown an interception in 268 consecutive passing attempts, the third-longest streak in Mountain West history. … Air Force’s 93 consecutive games with 100 yards rushing is the longest active streak in all of FBS. … Falcons quarterback Liam Szarka is first in the conference in rushing touchdowns (11) and second in the conference in rushing yards (816). … The Spartans have only allowed eight sacks during the entire season, the lowest total in the Mountain West.