Fresno State has been given some scheduling challenges the past few years by the Mountain West, opening conference play with back-to-back road games in 2015 and '16 and last season ending with a cross-divisional game against Boise State.
When the Bulldogs won their way to a West Division title in the first season under coach Jeff Tedford, that set up a return match up against the Broncos for the Mountain West championship the following week. And the Bulldogs had to play that one on the road, even though they had won the head-to-head regular-season meeting.