Overview
- Kickoff is 7 p.m. PT (10 p.m. ET) at CEFCU Stadium, with TV coverage on FS1.
- New Mexico enters 3-1 after a 38-20 rivalry win in which Jack Layne went 23-for-30 for 303 yards and four touchdowns and the defense tied a school record with nine sacks.
- San José State is 1-3 with narrow defeats, features a pass‑heavy attack led by Walker Eget (1,187 yards, six TDs) and FBS receiving leader Danny Scudero (128.5 yards per game).
- The Spartans named Mathias Brown the starting kicker, while RB Jabari Bates is out for the season and S Jalen Apalit-Williams and DE Vili Taufatofua are unavailable for this game.
- Series history favors SJSU (15-5-1 overall, 8-2-1 at home), sportsbooks list the Spartans as slight favorites (around -2.5) with a total near 58.5, and UNM has not won in San Jose since 1969.