, New Mexico coach Bob Davie has already lobbied for a berth in the hometown New Mexico Bowl.Id probably like to

(STATS) -- South Carolina State coach Buddy Pough and his players are going into their MEAC opener hoping the worst is behind them.Most of the other conference teams have similar feelings.Only one of the 11 teams has a winning record and seven of them are winless after an opening three weeks of the season in which the MEAC posted a 4-23 record in out-of-conference games.South Carolina State, a perennial title contender in the conference, has had the worst of it, losing to three FBS opponents, including shutouts against UCF and Clemson.North Carolina A&T, ranked 21st in the STATS FCS Top 25, has come out looking the best at 2-1, having beaten FBS (Kent State) and Division II (St. Augustines) opponents. Overall, the MEAC is 1-14 against FBS opponents, 0-8 versus FCS teams and 3-1 against D-II programs.I think weve scheduled in a lot of ways heavily against the teams that were probably better than us, South Carolina State coach Buddy Pough said. The league as a whole, I think is pretty representative of what they were last year. I think we have a lot of young teams.The sorting out process in the conference starts to take shape on Saturday. There are four conference matchups, including South Carolina State at Florida A&M, in addition to Delaware State playing an impossible game at Missouri -- one of only four out-of-conference games remaining for MEAC teams.FAMU is very similar to us, Pough said. Theyve played three games and hadnt gotten a win yet. I guess the big talk sounds like to me is everybody talking about the guarantee deal (against FBS teams) and theyve played a game or two that way, too. Of course, we both need a win at this point. Its imperative that we move into our conference race now on a positive note.A tough start to the season is not new to the MEAC. September is usually reserved for playing FBS opponents, and wins over them are few and far between. But the paydays with such games, which generally go into the hundreds of thousands, are viewed as necessary for the athletic budgets.All 11 MEAC programs except Norfolk State are playing at least one FBS program. South Carolina State went to the extreme with three FBS opponents (Louisiana Tech was the other). UT Martin from the Ohio Valley Conference is the only other FCS team playing three FBS opponents, but one is Hawaii, so its doing so in a 12-game schedule.I like the idea of playing some of those guys and I think our guys need the exposure to those type games, and I enjoy all that, N.C. A&T coach Rod Broadway said. But I dont like the idea of why we play em. I think thats a different story.Guarantee games that everybody is playing now, Norfolk State coach Latrell Scott said, were doing it because we have to, not necessarily because we want to. When youre given a challenge, you have to embrace those challenges.The challenge now is in the conference race. 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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Teriyon Gipson ran for a career-best 217 yards and two touchdowns and Richard McQuarley had three touchdowns and 121 yards, leading a New Mexico rushing onslaught Saturday for a 56-35 win over Wyoming.Lobos quarterback Lamar Jordan also had a career-best with 176 yards on the ground, and threw for 122 yards.Brian Hill ran for 126 yards and three touchdowns for Wyoming (8-4, 6-2 Mountain West).But New Mexico (8-4, 6-2) could not be stopped on the ground with 568 yards rushing, the most Wyoming has ever permitted.Against a team representing our division in the championship game next week, a team that is very well coached on defense, without a doubt, you cant play much better than that, Lobos coach Bob Davie said.The Lobos scored their first three possessions, taking just 12 total plays in building a 21-0 lead, a deficit from which Wyoming never recovered.It was a rough night, said Wyoming coach Craig Bohl. I think we really need to give credit to New Mexico. They finished off on a high note. In particular, their offense was more troublesome than what we anticipated. Their numbers were true (Saturday). The speed of the game, we could never get caught up to that. Obviously it was something we need to prepare better for and we will.The Lobos didnt attempt their first pass until three minutes into the second quarter. They had already rolled up 262 rushing yards by that point.THE TAKEAWAY: New Mexico entered the game leading the country in rushing with 342 yards a game, but what it did to the Cowboys was downright ridiculous, reeling off 428 yards -- in the first half. The Lobos had 10 rushing plays of 20 or more yards -- in the first half.It was a ton of big plays, Bohl said. It was an abysmal defensive performance; Im not going to sugar coat it.New Mexico finished with 568 rushing yards and 690 yards of tootal offense.dddddddddddd dont think you can ask for much more offensively, Davie said. As we continue to go, weve got a pretty good answer for certain things.The Cowboys lost two of their final three games, sandwiching a win over then-No. 24 San Diego State between road losses to UNLV and the Lobos. Wyoming, New Mexico and Boise State tied for the lead of the conferences Mountain Division, but the Cowboys get the championship berth based on tiebreakers.STATS: With three touchdowns, McQuarley has 16 on the season, second most in school history.New Mexicos eight regular-season wins are its most since winning eight in 2007.Its a lot better waiting when you have eight wins, being 8-4, waiting to hear where were going to go, Davie said.UP NEXT: Although the Lobos have the possibility of going to one of several different bowl games, New Mexico coach Bob Davie has already lobbied for a berth in the hometown New Mexico Bowl.Id probably like to play in the New Mexico Bowl, he said at his weekly news conference. The thought of, if were bowl-eligible, somebody else playing in our stadium, somebody else using our locker room. ... I think the chance to play at home and win a game here, win a bowl game here (is preferable to going elsewhere).The Cowboys next play San Diego State in Saturdays conference championship game at a site still to be determined. Wyoming just beat the Aztecs 34-33 on Nov. 19.We didnt get it done and we need to get ready to play San Diego State in a short amount of time, Bohl said. What we have to do is get ready for an offense that is 180 degrees different and lick our wounds, well learn from this and move forward. Were playing for a championship and thats why we have to bounce back. ' ' '