FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) Colorado State athletic director Jack Graham basked in the glow of the Rams' 58-13 shellacking of Air Force on Saturday and proclaimed, "I am confident we'll get a bowl bid."

Although the Rams (7-6, 5-3 Mountain West) are bowl eligible for the first time in five years, they're one of seven teams in their conference that have qualified for postseason play and the league has six bowl tie-ins, so somebody's going to be left out in the cold.

Graham's confident it won't be his school, which has so much to offer: marquee players, an exciting, high-octane offense, a dominant defense, a team that's peaking at the right time, a big-time coach who's turned around a downtrodden program in short order, fresh faces, a buzz.