Treynor Cleeland threw for two touchdowns and Jordan Fisher ran for a two scores and UC Davis overcame a 21-point deficit to beat Portland State 21-0 in a season-opening, Big Sky Conference opening contestByThe Associated PressAugust 29, 2026, 6:50 PMHILLSBORO, Ore. -- Treynor Cleeland threw two touchdown passes and Jordan Fisher ran for two scores, and UC Davis overcame a 21-point deficit to beat Portland State 34-21 in a season and Big Sky Conference opener on Saturday.Cleeland threw a 22-yard, catch-and-run touchdown to Laviel Picket with 27 seconds left. The Vikings' Tyrese Smith threw incomplete in the end zone to end it.The Aggies tied it at 24 on Cleeland's 15-yard touchdown pass to Samuel Gbatu Jr. with 4:35 left. Cleeland threw to Picket for the two-point conversion.UC Davis entered as a 24-point favorite and ranked sixth in the Stats Perform FCS Top 25 poll.Smith's 1-yard scoring run ended a nine-play, 70-yard drive with 59 seconds left before the end of the first quarter for a 7-0 Vikings lead.After a three-and-out, the Vikings' Cru Newman returned a punt 78 yards for a touchdown and made it 14-0.Later, Smith led a 16-play, 87-yard drive with eight seconds left before halftime when he carried it in from the 1.Popular ReadsUC Davis recorded a safety for its first points of the game. Fisher ran it in from the 1 with 6:01 left in the third quarter to make it 21-9.Fisher ran it in from the 4 to end a six-play, 50-yard drive at the end of the third.—-Sign up for Top 25 poll alerts here, visit the Top 25 here and see AP’s full college football coverage here