Utah State will kick off its season at home with a game against a future Mountain West team, one it hasn’t seen on the field in more than 10 years and hasn’t faced in the regular season since the 1960s. Both teams are in fairly similar boats this offseason. Not a whole lot is expected of either team as USU was picked to finish ninth in its conference with UTEP being projected similarly (there’s no official media poll this year as Conference USA ditched theirs, but both ESPN and SI.com have predicted the Miners to be in the 8-9 range). This is the in-depth preseason preview of Utah State’s first opponent of the season. Game Info Game Day: Aug. 30 Location: Merlin Olsen Field (Logan, UT) Kickoff Time: 5:30 p.m. TV Broadcast: CBS Sports Network Radio Broadcast: KVNU 102.1 FM / 610 AM Quick-Hit Info on UTEP Head Coach: Scotty Walden (2nd season at UTEP, 3-9 record) 2024 Record: 3-9 2024 Offense Rank: 122nd (19.5 points per game) 2024 Defense Rank: 113th (32.3 points allowed per game) Returning Production Rank — 73rd Returning Starters — (6 offense, 5 defense) 2025 Preseason Average Ranking — 123.5 History of Utah State vs this