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Nevada football Week 2 preview and prediction: Incarnate Word

The Nevada Wolf Pack looked to build off its 2-0 start with one of the best FCS teams in the country, the No. 8-ranked Incarnate Word Cardinals, on Saturday at Mackay Stadium at 2:30 p.m. PST.

Incarnate Word won the Southland Conference last year, reaching the Round of 16 FCS playoffs where the fell to top-ranked Sam Houston State, 49-42.

The Cardinals, who began the season at No. 14 in the Stats Perform FCS Top-25 preseason poll, picked up a convincing 64-29 over then-No. 9 Southern Illinois 64-29, racking up over 500 yards of offense and scoring on nine of their 12 drives.