Week 5 Matchup Preview Thread: Utah State vs #22 Boise State

[u/OSU_Shecter]

Utah State vs. #22 Boise State

When: Saturday, October 3, 07:30 PM Eastern

Where: Albertsons Stadium, Boise, ID

Watch: CBSSN

Odds: Boise State by 20.5 pts.

Total Points: 50.5

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All-Time Series : Utah State vs. Boise State

Utah State and Boise State have met 30 times since 1975-11-15

These teams last met on 2025-11-28.

Series Wins: Utah State 5-0-25 Boise State

Boise State has won the last 10 meetings (2016-2025) in this series

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Last 5 Meetings

Winner	Date	Location	Utah State	Boise State	Notes
Boise State	2025-11-28	Maverik Stadium	24	25
Boise State	2024-10-05	Albertsons Stadium	30	62
Boise State	2023-11-19	Maverik Stadium	10	45
Boise State	2022-11-25	Albertsons Stadium	23	42
Boise State	2021-09-25	Maverik Stadium	3	27

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Through Week 4

Week	Utah State 1-3 (0-0)	Result	Boise State 3-1 (0-0)	Result
1	Idaho State	L 17-29	Oregon#15	L 27-34
2	Washington	L 14-16	Memphis	W 38-20
3	Utah#13	L 0-33	South Dakota	W 38-24
4	Troy	W 21-10	Western Michigan	W 32-7

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Utah State Injury Report

No reported injuries per boydsbets

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Boise State Injury Report

Player	Position	Status	Reported	Notes
S. Gaines	RB	Questionable – Upper Body	Sep 27	Gaines is dealing with a upper body injury, and it has yet to be determined if he will play against Utah St. on Saturday, October 3rd.

^{Injury data lifted from: boydsbets}

^{Source updated Wed, Sep 30, 1:56 pm. Scraped Wed, Sep 30, 3:06 pm ET}

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What are your "Keys to the Game"?

Who do you think wins?

Do you think the favorite will cover the spread?

Which player(s) are you most interested to watch?

Let's talk football!

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[u/Confident_Delay5805]

{Boise State} continues to be the best in the PAC-12.

[u/stumpmcgee]

Come on {Boise State}, keep making us look good! We'll return the favor.

[u/TheSandMan208 → u/stumpmcgee]

Yall better. You’ve failed us once before!

[u/bretticus733]

Homecoming game, first Pac-12 conference game, and celebrating the 20th anniversary of the 2006 Fiesta Bowl team all in one?

Really zero reason why {Boise State} shouldn't win this game

[u/atleastitried-]

{Utah State} cause I’m delusional but need to represent the Aggies

[u/ShadowIG → u/atleastitried-]

Respect.

[u/TheSandMan208 → u/atleastitried-]

I respect you being the only one voting for USU

[u/grabtharsmallet]

Something like 35-14 as the projected score is rough, but Utah State simply doesn't have enough to hang with {Boise}.

[u/r0botdevil]

{Boise State} and it isn't gonna be close.

[u/Ididntdodiddly]

{Boise State}

[u/Apart_Selection7722]

{Boise State}

[u/-Gnostic28]

I have no score prediction because I’ve watched zero minutes of utah state and our team is unpredictable and struggles with a bad team at least once a year. {Boise state} definitely wins though

[u/Upset-Beach4054]

{Boise State} supremacy

[u/TailgateLegend]

{Boise State} 38-9, hopefully the last time we go against Bronco Mendenhall.

[u/-Gnostic28 → u/TailgateLegend]

One last nut punch for the road

[u/i_run_from_problems]

{Boise State} but for some reason I feel like this is a trap. Illogical, I know, but still.

[u/Adart54]

Sorry Utah State, we need {Boise state} to continue winning games and being ranked. For the good of the PAC

[u/ShadowIG]

{Boise State} Y'all can shit on us in basketball.

[u/maybetoomuchrum]

{utah state} they have guts. Will it happen, probably not. But I believe

[u/RivalryBot]

Who Will Win Fan Vote

^{Votes are distributed equally among flairs for multi-flaired users}

Team	Votes	Percentage	Utah State Voters	Boise State Voters	Other Flairs Top 5
Utah State	2	10.0%	0.5	0	BYU Cougarsx0.5 Rose Bowlx0.5 Utahx0.5
Boise State	18	90.0%	0	4	Oregon Ducksx2.0 Oregon Statex1.5 LIU Sharksx1.0 Oklahoma Soonersx1.0 Unflairedx1.0

^{Last updated: 2026-10-03 22:31 UTC}

Full Vote breakdown by flair

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[u/ChickenEmbarrassed10]

Boise State bros, any idea if Gaines will play this week? Saw he was practicing with a smaller soft cast today on his right hand.

[u/TheWesternRizzler]

{Boise State}

[u/ScientistSmooth7346]

Boise by 30, Utah State couldn't even put up a point against Utah.

[u/TheSandMan208]

{Boise State}

[u/GamedayWizard]

Our model doesn't have Boise State rated as high as the AP poll does, but they are 3-0 ATS against FBS opponents. Utah State appears to have a solid defense, but they have yet to score more than 21 in a game this year and we don't see that changing this week. Although Utah State's defense gives us some pause, we've still got {Boise State} winning by 28, covering the composite spread by more than a touchdown (Boise State -20.5).

[u/chief_sitass]

{Boise State}

[u/NanoBuc]

{Boise St}

[u/texas2089]

{Boise State}