Is undefeated UNLV in a position to capitalize on conference realignment?

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Posted on September 20, 2024

By Brandon Marcello, CBS Sports: Las Vegas’ footprint is everywhere in sports and entertainment, and UNLV, a program with a handful of winning seasons since the Randall Cunningham days of the early 1980s, is having a run in the middle of it all.

How it reversed its fortune is not simply a big gamble gone right. The Rebels, ranked in a major poll for the first time, have quickly become a case study of finding immediate success with an open-minded veteran coach who can balance recruiting and the transfer portal.

Barry Odom is doing historic things just 17 games in. At No. 25, UNLV appeared in the Coaches Poll for the first time in its 46-year history. The 3-0 start is anchored by a blowout over Houston and a comeback at Kansas, which is (theoretically) good enough for No. 1 (2-0) in the Big 12 standings.

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UNLV stands as a focal point in Las Vegas sports footprint amid undefeated start, conference expansion hopes

UNLV has been experiencing its best stretch of success since the 1980s; is the school in a position to capitalize on conference realignment?

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