The Roadrunners have dropped eight straight conference football road games, but a win against the 49ers on Saturday would boost UTSA's bowl odds.

Preview the Week 12 NCAA football matchup between the UTSA Roadrunners and Charlotte 49ers with a prediction, pick, odds and more.

Those two results showed the good and bad for UTSA this season. The Roadrunners can light up a scoreboard with the best teams in the Group of 5, but the defense has been a mess all season. According to SP+, the Roadrunners boast the 37th-best offense in the country, but the defense ranks 98th.

After swinging between blowout wins and devastating losses the past four weeks, the Roadrunners are aiming to snap a road skid this weekend at Charlotte.

BOTTOM LINE: Texas State and UTSA meet in non-conference action. Texas State went 10-4 at home last season while going 16-16 overall. The Bobcats averaged 76.2 points per game while shooting 46.4% from the field and 36.5% from 3-point range last season.

At least seven SEC teams are very much in the College Football Playoff hunt entering Week 12, and four of them play each other during the Week 12 college football schedule. No. 5 Georgia hosts No. 10 Texas,

With McCown and his top targets, Devin McCuin and David Amador, growing healthier, the Roadrunners racked up a season-high 370 yards in a rout of Tulane.

Ohio State has suffered losses to the Wolverines for four consecutive seasons. Yet, Bill Bender, a writer for the Sporting News, doesn’t list Michigan among the three teams that could potentially challenge Ohio State.