BOZEMAN — Few believed in the Cal Poly football team last week.

The Mustangs were 18.5-point underdogs entering Saturday’s game at then-No. 21 ranked Sacramento State. All four of 406 MT Sports’ Big Sky Conference picks panelists predicted Sac State to win by at least two scores.

Cal Poly didn’t just compete, it earned a 32-24 win in Sacramento, California. The Mustangs improved to 3-2 after going 3-8 in each of the last two seasons and haven’t won more than three games in a year since 2018.

Cal Poly’s upset was one of multiple surprising (to some extent) results in the first week of Big Sky play.

Another was Idaho State’s 26-18 win at Northern Colorado. ISU was a 3.5-point favorite , but UNC arguably had a better resume entering its league opener. The Bears, who went 1-22 the pr

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