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WEEK 6 · 2026

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Sacramento State finally gets a road game it can win

The Hornets' trip to Bowling Green is their second true MAC road game since Carson Conklin's wrist injury, and it comes against a 1-4 team picked just above them.

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The model sees Sacramento State as an extreme playoff long shot.

Fred Anderson Field at Hornet Stadium is a 21,195-seat college football and track stadium on the campus of California State University, Sacramento.
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Sacramento State at Bowling Green

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Sacramento State

Sacramento State 41%Bowling Green 59%

Bowling Green

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the rest is background football

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