Despite a 1-4 start to the season, there are plenty of reasons to still save hope in the 49ers. Through four games they have faced one of the best teams in the nation in Louisville, as well as Elon, Eastern Michigan, Temple, and Old Dominion.
None of their five opponents have losing records and possess a combined record of 14-7, a pretty tough schedule to begin their season.
The rest of their schedule however contains just two teams with winning records in Southern Mississippi and Middle Tennessee, and the seven teams they have yet to play in the regular season have a combed record of 12-21.