The School: The University of Nevada
Record: 1-0 (0-0 in the Mountain West). Nevada was 3-9 in 2017, when they also lost to a 4-7 Idaho State team. Rather than deal with the challenge of a below-average FCS team this fall, they scheduled their season opener against a Portland State team that hasn’t won a game since November 2016. That worked out pretty well.
Ranking: Unranked in the AP Top 25 and Coaches’ Poll. The formulas have Nevada rated 78th in the Real Time RPI (Vanderbilt is 61st).