Colorado State is playing their 4th straight home game to open the season at Moby Arena, giving them a well-established home-court rhythm and altitude advantage over a traveling Loyola Chicago squad. Both teams are fully healthy, but the Rams' familiarity and comfort in their home environment makes covering 9.5 against a Missouri Valley mid-major a strong situational edge. Loyola has shown no recent form metrics to suggest they can keep this within single digits on the road.