The Toledo Rockets (11-2) and Wyoming Cowboys (8-4) meet in the Barstool Sports Arizona Bowl at Arizona Stadium on Saturday. Kickoff is scheduled for 4:30 p.m. ET (CW Network). Below, we analyze BetMGM Sportsbook’s lines around the Toledo vs. Wyoming odds, and make our expert college football picks and predictions.
This is the 3rd-ever meeting between these schools, and the 1st-ever in a bowl game. Wyoming won the 1st meeting in Toledo in 2010 by a 20-15 score, while the Rockets returned the favor in Laramie in 2012, winning 34-31 as the Over cashed.
Toledo finished the season with 11 regular-season victories, but it suffered a loss in the MAC Championship Game against Miami (Ohio). To make matters worse, star QB Dequan Finn left via the transfer portal, as did RB Peny Boone. Finn passed for 2,651 yards, 22 TD and 9 INT, while Boone gobbled up a team-best 1,400 yards, 7.2 yards per carry and 15 TD. Finn was also 2nd on the team in rushing with 563 yards and 7 TD.
For Wyoming, the biggest departure news is from the coaching ranks, as' coach Craig Bohl announced his retirement, and offensive coordinator Tim Polasek is leaving for North Dakota State. CB Kolbey Taylor, who had 22 total stops with 7 passes defensed across 9 games, was the only notable player to leave via the portal.