Fresno State visits San Jose State on Saturday, September 19 at 11 p.m. ET on FS1, a California rivalry and one of the last games of the night anywhere in the country.
Odds and Spread
Betting lines for this game are not posted yet. This table fills in automatically once books release them.
San Jose State has the better record and home field, though rivalry games between teams this evenly matched rarely honor a spread. Both have one loss to a Power Four opponent and neither has faced the other’s level of competition since. Check your book before kickoff.
Start Time, TV Channel and How to Watch
| Date | Saturday, September 19, 2026 |
| Kickoff | 11:00 p.m. ET / 8:00 p.m. PT |
| TV | FS1 |
| Streaming | Fox One and the FOX Sports app with a TV provider login, or Fubo, YouTube TV, Hulu + Live TV, DirecTV Stream and Sling Blue |
| Rankings | Both teams unranked |
| Stadium | CEFCU Stadium, San Jose, California |
How Both Teams Got Here
San Jose State is 2-1. The Spartans lost 42-26 at No. 12 USC in Week 0, then won on the road at Eastern Michigan 27-21 and again at home. Two of their three games have been away from San Jose.
Fresno State is 1-1, with a 39-0 loss at USC in Week 1 and a home win since. The Bulldogs and Spartans share USC as a common opponent, and San Jose State was far more competitive in Los Angeles.
The Common Opponent
Both teams played USC and both lost, but the margins differ sharply. San Jose State lost by 16 and scored 26 points; Fresno State was shut out 39-0. That gap is the clearest evidence available on these two teams and it favors the home side.
What to Watch
Fresno State’s offense. Being shut out by a ranked team is not damning on its own, but zero points in a Power Four game means the Bulldogs have something to prove against a defense that held USC to 42 rather than 60.
An 8 p.m. Pacific kickoff on a Saturday in September makes this the last meaningful game on the board for most of the country, and rivalry games in that slot tend to be sloppy and close.
Related
Mountain West standings · Fresno State football score · College football scores · College football TV schedule · AP Top 25
The Bottom Line
Fresno State at San Jose State kicks off Saturday, September 19 at 11 p.m. ET on FS1 from CEFCU Stadium. San Jose State is 2-1, Fresno State is 1-1, and both lost to USC by very different margins. The odds table above updates automatically.