The UNLV Rebels volition unfastened their 2026 shot play connected Saturday erstwhile they big the Memphis Tigers astatine Allegiant Stadium.
The Week 0 matchup volition springiness some teams an contiguous test, with UNLV and Memphis entering the twelvemonth with aspirations of competing for a league title and a spot successful the College Football Playoff.
Here’s however Las Vegas-area fans tin ticker and perceive to the game.
UNLV vs Memphis
Records:
UNLV 0-0, 0-0 (MW), UNLV 0-0, 0-0 (AAC)
When:
Saturday
Time:
7 p.m. PT
Where:
Allegiant Stadium
TV:
Fox, KVVU-TV (Channel 5) Las Vegas
Radio:
ESPN 1100 AM & 100.9 FM
Tickets:
Available
What’s astatine involvement for UNLV?
A connection win: The Rebels volition unfastened their play against 1 of the strongest Group of Six opponents they volition look this season, providing an contiguous trial successful Year 2 of the Dan Mullen era.
With the matchup receiving nationalist attraction arsenic a primetime crippled connected Fox, UNLV volition besides person an aboriginal accidental to enactment its programme successful the nationalist spotlight.
CFP implications: Since the College Football Playoff expanded to 12 teams successful 2024, UNLV has positioned itself arsenic a contender to gain the Group of Six’s automatic playoff berth.
The Rebels participate 2026 erstwhile again among the teams expected to vie for that spot, but a nonaccomplishment to Memphis would instantly enactment a dent successful their playoff résumé and enactment the Rebels successful a spread hard to escape.
Conference title hopes: The Rebels are coming disconnected 3 consecutive runner-up finishes successful the Mountain West title game.
Mullen has made his title aspirations clear, and a triumph implicit Memphis would springiness the Rebels a beardown commencement earlier opening a agelong of 3 consecutive games distant from home.
What’s astatine involvement for Memphis?
A caller Memphis epoch begins: Following the departure of erstwhile Tigers manager Ryan Silverfield, Memphis has a caller antheral astatine the helm successful Charles Huff, who arrives aft spending the erstwhile 2 seasons astatine Southern Miss.
Huff volition person an accidental to marque an contiguous content connected a instrumentality basal accustomed to regular-season success.
CFP résumé: Like the Rebels, Memphis has its ain playoff aspirations and is viewed arsenic 1 of the AAC programs susceptible of competing for a league title portion pushing for a spot successful the nationalist postseason picture.
A nonaccomplishment to UNLV, however, which already ranks up of Memphis successful full votes successful the archetypal AP poll, could importantly weaken the Tigers’ playoff chances earlier they adjacent play their archetypal location game.
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