25th season of Mountain West Conference football in 2023
Sports season
The 2023 Mountain West Conference football season is the 25th season of College football for the Mountain West Conference . It is part of the 2023 NCAA Division I FBS football season . 12 teams competed in the conference during the season. The season began on August 26 and will conclude on December 2 with the Mountain West Conference Football Championship Game . The full schedule for the season was released on March 2, 2023.[1]
Previous season [ edit ] During the 2022 Mountain West Conference football season, Boise State won the Mountain Division, while Fresno State won the West Division. In the 2022 Mountain West Conference Football Championship Game , Fresno State defeated Boise State by a score of 28–16.
Conference changes [ edit ] Prior to the 2023 season, the Mountain West Conference announced that it would eliminate divisions, with the two teams with the best conference records now playing in the championship game instead of division winners.[2]
Preseason [ edit ] Preseason Poll [ edit ] The Preseason Media Poll was released July 19, 2023. Boise State has been selected as the preseason favorite to claim the 2023 Mountain West football regular-season title.[3]
Predicted finish Team Votes (for first) 1 Boise State 433 (28) 2 Air Force 364 (2) 3 Fresno State 351 (5) 4 San Diego State 338 (1) 5 San Jose State 293 6 Wyoming 281 7 Colorado State 201 8 Utah State 194 9 UNLV 177 (1) 10 Hawai'i 102 11 Nevada 92 12 New Mexico 60
Preseason All-Conference team [ edit ] Mountain West preseason awards and all-conference teams were announced on July 19.[4]
Position Player Class Position Team Award Offensive Player of the Year Chevan Cordeiro Sr. QB San Jose State Defensive Player of the Year Easton Gibbs Jr. LB Wyoming Special Teams Player of the Year Jack Browning Sr. PK /P San Diego State
All-conference team [ edit ] Position Player Class Team First Team Offense QB Chevan Cordeiro Sr. San Jose State RB John Lee Eldridge III Sr. Air Force George Holani Sr. Boise State WR Tory Horton Sr. Colorado State Justin Lockhart Jr. San Jose State TE Mark Redman Sr. San Diego State OL Thor Paglialong Sr. Air Force Cade Beresford Sr. Boise State Mose Vavao Sr. Fresno State Cade Bennett Jr. San Diego State Frank Crum Sr. Wyoming First Team Defense DL Payton Zdroik Jr. Air Force Mohamed Kamara Sr. Colorado State Devo Bridges Sr. Fresno State Jordan Bertagnole Jr. Wyoming DeVonne Harris Jr. Wyoming LB DJ Schramm Sr. Boise State Cody Moon Jr. San Diego State Easton Gibbs Jr. Wyoming DB Trey Taylor Sr. Air Force Jack Howell Jr. Air Force Cam Stone Sr. Hawai'i Ike Larsen So. Utah State First Team Special Teams PK John Hoyland Jr. Wyoming P Jack Browning Sr. San Diego State PR Tory Horton Sr. Colorado State KR Christian Washington So. New Mexico
Coaches [ edit ] Coaching changes [ edit ] On November 28, 2022, UNLV announced that they had fired head coach Marcus Arroyo . Arroyo posted a 7–23 record with the school over three years.[5] Barry Odom would become the new head coach for the 2023 season.[6] Head coaches [ edit ] Mid-season changes [ edit ] On November 12, Boise State announced that they had fired head coach Andy Avalos . Boise State's defensive coordinator Spencer Danielson was named as the interim head coach.[7] [8] Post-season changes [ edit ] On November 13, San Diego State head coach Brady Hoke announced that he would retire at the conclusion of the season.[9] Sean Lewis would become the head coach for the 2024 season. Lewis had previously been offensive coordinator at Colorado and the head coach of Kent State .[10] On November 25, New Mexico announced that they had fired head coach Danny Gonzales after four seasons as head coach.[11] Bronco Mendenhall as the new head coach for the 2024 season.[12] BYU and Virginia . On December 1, Nevada announced that they had fired head coach Ken Wilson .[13] Jeff Choate as the new head coach for 2024.[14] Texas and the head coach of Montana State . On December 6, Wyoming head coach Craig Bohl announced that we would retire following Wyoming's 2023 bowl game.[15] Jay Sawvel was promoted to head coach for 2024. Rankings [ edit ] Pre Wk Wk Wk Wk Wk Wk Wk Wk Wk Wk Wk Wk Wk Wk Final Air Force AP RV RV RV 22 19 17 RV C RV RV RV RV RV RV RV 22 19 17 RV RV RV CFP Not released 25 Boise State AP RV C RV RV CFP Not released Colorado State AP C CFP Not released Fresno State AP RV RV RV 25 24 RV RV RV RV RV RV RV C RV RV RV RV RV 24 RV RV RV RV 25 RV RV CFP Not released Hawaii AP C CFP Not released Nevada AP C CFP Not released New Mexico AP C CFP Not released San Diego State AP C CFP Not released San Jose State AP C RV RV CFP Not released UNLV AP RV RV RV C RV RV RV RV RV RV RV CFP Not released Utah State AP C CFP Not released Wyoming AP RV RV RV RV C RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV CFP Not released
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Schedule [ edit ] The schedule for the 2023 Mountain West football season was announced on March 2, 2023.[1]
Index to colors and formatting MW member won MW member lost MW teams in bold
All times Mountain time.
Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance September 1 9:00 p.m. Stanford Hawaii Clarence T. C. Ching Athletics Complex • Honolulu, HI CBSSN L 24–37 13,739 September 2 10:00 a.m. Fresno State Purdue Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN BTN W 39–35 54,898 September 2 10:00 a.m. Utah State No. 25 Iowa Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, IA FS1 L 14–24 69,250 September 2 11:00 a.m. Robert Morris Air Force Falcon Stadium • Colorado Springs, CO Altitude /MWN W 42–7 30,142 September 2 1:30 p.m. Boise State No. 10 Washington Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA ABC L 19–56 67,475 September 2 2:00 p.m. Bryant UNLV Allegiant Stadium • Paradise, NV W 44–14 20,347 September 2 4:30 p.m. Nevada No. 6 USC Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA P12N L 14–66 62,196 September 2 5:00 p.m. Washington State Colorado State Canvas Stadium • Fort Collins, CO CBSSN L 24–50 31,497 September 2 5:00 p.m. New Mexico No. 23 Texas A&M Kyle Field • College Station, TX ESPN L 10–52 97,560 September 2 5:30 p.m. Texas Tech Wyoming War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY CBS W 35–33 2OT 26,450 September 2 8:30 p.m. Idaho State San Diego State Snapdragon Stadium • San Diego, CA CBSSN W 36–28 22,345 September 3 1:30 p.m. No. 18 Oregon State San Jose State CEFCU Stadium • San Jose, CA CBS L 17–42 20,337 # Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time .
Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance September 9 1:30 p.m. UNLV No. 2 Michigan Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI CBS L 7–35 109,482 September 9 2:00 p.m. Portland State Wyoming War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY MWN W 31–17 22,121 September 9 2:00 p.m. Cal Poly San Jose State CEFCU Stadium • San Jose, CA NBCS Bay Area W 59–3 14,224 September 9 5:00 p.m. UCF Boise State Albertsons Stadium • Boise, ID FS1 L 16–18 36,447 September 9 5:00 p.m. No. 7 (FCS ) Idaho Nevada Mackay Stadium • Reno, NV NSN /MWN L 6–33 19,852 September 9 5:30 p.m. UCLA San Diego State Snapdragon Stadium • San Diego, CA CBS L 10–35 32,017 September 9 6:00 p.m. Air Force Sam Houston NRG Stadium • Houston, TX CBSSN W 13–3 25,121 September 9 6:00 p.m. Tennessee Tech New Mexico University Stadium • Albuquerque, NM MWN W 56–10 17,279 September 9 6:00 p.m. Idaho State Utah State Maverik Stadium • Logan, UT MWN W 78–28 20,034 September 9 7:00 p.m. Eastern Washington Fresno State Valley Children's Stadium • Fresno, CA MWN W 34–31 2OT 41,031 September 9 10:00 p.m. Albany Hawaii Clarence T. C. Ching Athletics Complex • Honolulu, HI Spectrum W 31–20 9,485 # Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time .
Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance September 15 6:00 p.m. Utah State Air Force Falcon Stadium • Colorado Springs, CO CBSSN AF 39–21 18,400 September 16 10:00 a.m. No. 14 (FCS ) North Dakota Boise State Albertsons Stadium • Boise, ID FS1 W 42–18 35,610 September 16 1:30 p.m. San Diego State No. 16 Oregon State Reser Stadium • Corvallis, OR FS1 L 9–26 35,591 September 16 5:00 p.m. San Jose State Toledo Glass Bowl • Toledo, OH ESPN+ L 17–21 20,039 September 16 5:00 p.m. Vanderbilt UNLV Allegiant Stadium • Paradise, NV CBSSN W 40–37 22,582 September 16 6:00 p.m. Hawaii No. 13 Oregon Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR P12N L 10–55 52,779 September 16 6:00 p.m. Wyoming No. 4 Texas Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX LHN L 10–31 101,777 September 16 6:00 p.m. New Mexico State New Mexico University Stadium • Albuquerque, NM (Rio Grande Rivalry ) L 17–27 27,414 September 16 8:00 p.m. Colorado State No. 18 Colorado Folsom Field • Boulder, CO (Rocky Mountain Showdown ) ESPN L 35–43 2OT 53,141 September 16 8:30 p.m. Fresno State Arizona State Mountain America Stadium • Tempe, AZ FS1 W 29–0 46,723 September 16 8:30 p.m. Kansas Nevada Mackay Stadium • Reno, NV CBSSN L 24–31 44,182 # Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time .
Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance September 22 8:30 p.m. Boise State San Diego State Snapdragon Stadium • San Diego, CA CBSSN BSU 34–31 23,374 September 22 8:30 p.m. Air Force San Jose State CEFCU Stadium • San Jose, CA FS1 AF 45–20 16,124 September 23 1:30 p.m. New Mexico UMass Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium • Hadley, MA ESPN+ W 34–31 OT 8,298 September 23 5:00 p.m. Colorado State Middle Tennessee Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium • Murfreesboro, TN ESPN+ W 31–23 19,806 September 23 5:00 p.m. Appalachian State Wyoming War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY CBSSN W 22–19 21,169 September 23 5:00 p.m. Nevada Texas State Bobcat Stadium • San Marcos, TX ESPN+ L 24–35 19,257 September 23 6:00 p.m. James Madison Utah State Maverik Stadium • Logan, UT L 38–45 19,994 September 23 7:00 p.m. UNLV UTEP Sun Bowl • El Paso, TX ESPN+ W 45–28 28,042 September 23 8:30 p.m. Kent State Fresno State Valley Children's Stadium • Fresno, CA CBSSN W 53–10 38,728 September 23 10:00 p.m. New Mexico State Hawaii Clarence T. C. Ching Athletics Complex • Honolulu, HI W 20–17 10,254 # Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time .
Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance September 30 10:00 a.m. Utah State UConn Rentschler Field • East Hartford, CT CBSSN W 34–33 21,227 September 30 2:00 p.m. Boise State Memphis Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium • Memphis, TN ESPN2 L 32–35 30,364 September 30 2:00 p.m. Hawaii UNLV Allegiant Stadium • Paradise, NV UNLV 44–20 25,328 September 30 2:00 p.m. New Mexico Wyoming War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY WYO 35–26 25,477 September 30 5:00 p.m. Utah Tech Colorado State Canvas Stadium • Fort Collins, CO W 41–20 27,932 September 30 6:00 p.m. San Diego State Air Force Falcon Stadium • Colorado Springs, CO CBSSN AF 49–10 24,869 September 30 8:30 p.m. Nevada No. 25 Fresno State Valley Children's Stadium • Fresno, CA FS1 FRES 27–9 39,246 # Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time .
Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance October 7 6:00 p.m. Colorado State Utah State Maverik Stadium • Logan, UT USU 44–24 22,864 October 7 6:00 p.m. No. 24 Fresno State Wyoming War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY FOX WYO 24–19 20,788 October 7 6:00 p.m. San Jose State Boise State Albertsons Stadium • Boise, ID CBSSN BSU 35–27 37,491 # Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time .
Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance October 13 6:00 p.m. Fresno State Utah State Maverik Stadium • Logan, UT CBSSN FRES 37–32 17,220 October 14 3:00 p.m. UNLV Nevada Mackay Stadium • Reno, NV (Fremont Cannon ) UNLV 45–27 24,578 October 14 4:00 p.m. San Jose State New Mexico University Stadium • Albuquerque, NM SJSU 52–24 13,027 October 14 6:00 p.m. Wyoming Air Force Falcon Stadium • Colorado Springs, CO CBSSN AF 34–27 28,311 October 14 7:45 p.m. Boise State Colorado State Canvas Stadium • Fort Collins, CO CSU 31–30 34,901 October 14 9:00 p.m. San Diego State Hawaii Clarence T. C. Ching Athletics Complex • Honolulu, HI CBSSN SDSU 41–34 10,039 # Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time .
Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance October 21 10:00 a.m. No. 22 Air Force Navy Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium • Annapolis, MD (Commander-in-Chief's Trophy ) CBS W 17–6 38,803 October 21 4:00 p.m. Hawaii New Mexico University Stadium • Albuquerque, NM UNM 42–21 13,723 October 21 5:00 p.m. Colorado State UNLV Allegiant Stadium • Paradise, NV UNLV 25–23 22,585 October 21 5:00 p.m. Utah State San Jose State CEFCU Stadium • San Jose, CA CBSSN SJSU 42–21 15,028 October 21 7:00 p.m. Nevada San Diego State Snapdragon Stadium • San Diego, CA FS2 NEV 6–0 27,122 # Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time .
Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance October 28 3:30 p.m. Wyoming Boise State Albertsons Stadium • Boise, ID FS2 BSU 32–7 35,189 October 28 5:00 p.m. No. 19 Air Force Colorado State Canvas Stadium • Fort Collins, CO (Ram–Falcon Trophy ) CBSSN AF 30–13 22,570 October 28 8:30 p.m. New Mexico Nevada Mackay Stadium • Reno, NV CBSSN NEV 34–24 13,083 October 28 8:30 p.m. UNLV Fresno State Valley Children's Stadium • Fresno, CA FS1 FRES 31–24 41,031 October 28 10:00 p.m. San Jose State Hawaii Clarence T. C. Ching Athletics Complex • Honolulu, HI (Dick Tomey Legacy Game ) SJSU 35–0 11,486 # Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time .
Week 10 [ edit ] Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance November 3 6:00 p.m. Colorado State Wyoming War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY (Border War ) CBSSN WYO 24–15 27,905 November 4 12:30 p.m. No. 25 Air Force Army Empower Field at Mile High • Denver, CO (Commander-in-Chief's Trophy ) CBSSN L 3–23 52,401 November 4 2:00 p.m. Hawaii Nevada Mackay Stadium • Reno, NV HAW 27–14 15,540 November 4 4:00 p.m. UNLV New Mexico University Stadium • Albuquerque, NM UNLV 56–14 12,353 November 4 5:00 p.m. Utah State San Diego State Snapdragon Stadium • San Diego, CA FS2 USU 32–24 2OT 23,096 November 4 8:00 p.m. Boise State Fresno State Valley Children's Stadium • Fresno, CA (rivalry ) CBSSN FRES 37–30 41,031 # Rankings from College Football Playoff . All times are in Mountain Time .
Week 11 [ edit ] Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance November 10 8:45 p.m. Wyoming UNLV Allegiant Stadium • Paradise, NV FS1 UNLV 34–14 25,568 November 11 1:00 p.m. Nevada Utah State Maverik Stadium • Logan, UT USU 41–24 17,760 November 11 5:00 p.m. San Diego State Colorado State Canvas Stadium • Fort Collins, CO CBSSN CSU 22–19 22,033 November 11 8:00 p.m. New Mexico Boise State Albertsons Stadium • Boise, ID FS1 BSU 42–14 34,076 November 11 8:30 p.m. Fresno State San Jose State CEFCU Stadium • San Jose, CA (rivalry ) CBSSN SJSU 42–18 18,886 November 11 9:00 p.m. Air Force Hawaii Clarence T. C. Ching Athletics Complex • Honolulu, HI (rivalry ) HAW 27–13 12,742 # Rankings from College Football Playoff . All times are in Mountain Time .
Week 12 [ edit ] Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance November 18 12:00 p.m. Hawaii Wyoming War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY (rivalry ) WYO 42–9 18,233 November 18 1:00 p.m. Nevada Colorado State Canvas Stadium • Fort Collins, CO CSU 30–20 20,121 November 18 1:30 p.m. UNLV Air Force Falcon Stadium • Colorado Springs, CO CBSSN UNLV 31–27 23,574 November 18 5:00 p.m. Boise State Utah State Maverik Stadium • Logan, UT CBSSN BSU 45–10 17,821 November 18 8:30 p.m. New Mexico Fresno State Valley Children's Stadium • Fresno, CA FS1 UNM 25–17 38,569 November 18 8:30 p.m. San Diego State San Jose State CEFCU Stadium • San Jose, CA CBSSN SJSU 24–13 16,224 # Rankings from College Football Playoff . All times are in Mountain Time .
Week 13 [ edit ] Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance November 24 1:30 p.m. Utah State New Mexico University Stadium • Albuquerque, NM CBSSN USU 44–41 2OT 12,094 November 24 2:00 p.m. Air Force Boise State Albertsons Stadium • Boise, ID FS1 BSU 27–19 36,390 November 25 1:00 p.m. San Jose State UNLV Allegiant Stadium • Paradise, NV SJSU 37–31 25,554 November 25 7:00 p.m. Wyoming Nevada Mackay Stadium • Reno, NV CBSSN WYO 42–6 12,044 November 25 8:30 p.m. Fresno State San Diego State Snapdragon Stadium • San Diego, CA (rivalry ) FS1 SDSU 33–18 22,000 November 25 9:00 p.m. Colorado State Hawaii Clarence T. C. Ching Athletics Complex • Honolulu, HI HAW 27–24 11,013 # Rankings from College Football Playoff . All times are in Mountain Time .
Championship Game [ edit ] Postseason [ edit ] Bowl Games [ edit ] Legend Mountain West win Mountain West loss
Bowl game Date Site Television Time (MST ) Mountain West team Opponent Score Attendance New Mexico Bowl December 16 University Stadium • Albuquerque, NM ESPN 3:45 p.m. Fresno State New Mexico State W 37–10 30,822 LA Bowl December 16 SoFi Stadium • Inglewood, CA ABC 5:30 p.m. Boise State UCLA L 22–35 32,780 Armed Forces Bowl December 23 Amon G. Carter Stadium • Fort Worth, TX ABC 1:30 p.m. Air Force James Madison W 31–21 30,828 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl December 23 Albertsons Stadium • Boise, ID ESPN 1:30 p.m. Utah State Georgia State L 22–45 12,168 Hawaii Bowl December 23 Clarence T. C. Ching Athletics Complex • Honolulu, HI ESPN 8:30 p.m. San Jose State Coastal Carolina L 14–24 7,089 Guaranteed Rate Bowl December 26 Chase Field • Phoenix, AZ ESPN 7:00 p.m. UNLV Kansas L 36–49 Arizona Bowl December 30 Arizona Stadium • Tucson, AZ Barstool / The CW 2:00 p.m. Wyoming Toledo W 16–15
Selection of teams [ edit ] Bowl eligible (7): Air Force, Boise State, Fresno State, San Jose State, UNLV, Utah State, WyomingBowl ineligible (5): Colorado State, Hawaii, Nevada, New Mexico, San Diego StateMountain West records vs other conferences [ edit ] 2023–2024 records against non-conference foes:
Postseason
Mountain West vs Power 5 matchups [ edit ] This is a list of games the Mountain West has scheduled versus power conference teams (ACC , Big 10 , Big 12 , Pac-12 , Notre Dame and SEC ). All rankings are from the current AP Poll at the time of the game.
Date Conference Visitor Home Site Score August 26 SEC Hawaii Vanderbilt FirstBank Stadium • Nashville, TN L 28–35 August 26 Pac-12 San Jose State No. 6 USC Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA L 28–56 September 1 Pac-12 Stanford Hawaii Clarence T. C. Ching Athletics Complex • Honolulu, HI L 24–37 September 2 Pac-12 Boise State No. 10 Washington Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA L 19–56 September 2 Pac-12 Washington State Colorado State Canvas Stadium • Fort Collins, CO L 24–50 September 2 Big Ten Fresno State Purdue Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN W 39–35 September 2 Pac-12 Nevada No. 6 USC Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA L 14–66 September 2 SEC New Mexico No. 23 Texas A&M Kyle Field • College Station, TX L 10–52 September 2 Big Ten Utah State No. 25 Iowa Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, IA L 14–24 September 2 Big 12 Texas Tech Wyoming War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY W 35–33 2OT September 3 Pac-12 No. 18 Oregon State San Jose State CEFCU Stadium • San Jose, CA L 17–42 September 9 Big 12 UCF Boise State Albertsons Stadium • Boise, ID L 16–18 September 9 Pac-12 UCLA San Diego State Snapdragon Stadium • San Diego, CA L 10–35 September 9 Big Ten UNLV No. 2 Michigan Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI L 7–35 September 16 Pac-12 Colorado State No. 18 Colorado Folsom Field • Boulder, CO L 35–43 2OT September 16 Pac-12 Fresno State Arizona State Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ W 29–0 September 16 Pac-12 Hawaii No. 13 Oregon Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR L 10–55 September 16 Big 12 Kansas Nevada Mackay Stadium • Reno, NV L 24–31 September 16 Pac-12 San Diego State No. 16 Oregon State Reser Stadium • Corvallis, OR L 9–26 September 16 SEC Vanderbilt UNLV Allegiant Stadium • Paradise, NV W 40–37 September 16 Big 12 Wyoming No. 4 Texas Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX L 10–31
Mountain West vs Group of Five matchups [ edit ] The following games include Mountain West teams competing against teams from the American , C-USA , MAC , or Sun Belt .
Date Conference Visitor Home Site Score August 26 MAC Ohio San Diego State Snapdragon Stadium • San Diego, CA W 20–13 September 9 C-USA Air Force Sam Houston NRG Stadium • Houston, TX W 13–3 September 16 C-USA New Mexico State New Mexico University Stadium • Albuquerque, NM L 17–27 September 16 MAC San Jose State Toledo Glass Bowl • Toledo, OH L 17–21 September 23 C-USA Colorado State Middle Tennessee Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium • Murfreesboro, TN W 31–23 September 23 MAC Kent State Fresno State Valley Children's Stadium • Fresno, CA W 53–10 September 23 C-USA New Mexico State Hawaii Clarence T. C. Ching Athletics Complex • Honolulu, HI W 20–17 September 23 Sun Belt Nevada Texas State Bobcat Stadium • San Marcos, TX L 24–35 September 23 C-USA UNLV UTEP Sun Bowl • El Paso, TX W 45–28 September 23 Sun Belt James Madison Utah State Maverik Stadium • Logan, UT L 38–45 September 23 Sun Belt Appalachian State Wyoming War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY W 22–19 September 30 American Boise State Memphis Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium • Memphis, TN L 32–35 October 21 American No. 22 Air Force Navy Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium • Annapolis, MD W 17–6
Mountain West vs FBS independents matchups [ edit ] The following games include Mountain West teams competing against FBS Independents , which includes Army , UConn , or UMass .
Date Visitor Home Site Score September 23 New Mexico UMass Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium • Hadley, MA W 34–31 OT September 30 Utah State UConn Rentschler Field • East Hartford, CT W 34–33 November 4 No. 25 Air Force Army Empower Field at Mile High • Denver, CO L 3–23
Mountain West vs FCS matchups [ edit ] Date Visitor Home Site Score September 2 Robert Morris Air Force Falcon Stadium • Colorado Springs, CO W 42–7 September 2 Idaho State San Diego State Snapdragon Stadium • San Diego, CA W 36–28 September 2 Bryant UNLV Allegiant Stadium • Paradise, NV W 44–14 September 9 Eastern Washington Fresno State Valley Children's Stadium • Fresno, CA W 34–31 2OT September 9 Albany Hawaii Clarence T. C. Ching Athletics Complex • Honolulu, HI W 31–20 September 9 No. 7 (FCS) Idaho Nevada Mackay Stadium • Reno, NV L 7–33 September 9 Tennessee Tech New Mexico University Stadium • Albuquerque, NM W 56–10 September 9 Cal Poly San Jose State CEFCU Stadium • San Jose, CA W 59–3 September 9 Idaho State Utah State Maverik Stadium • Logan, UT W 78–28 September 9 Portland State Wyoming War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY W 31–17 September 16 No. 14 (FCS) North Dakota Boise State Albertsons Stadium • Boise, ID W 42–18 September 30 Utah Tech Colorado State Canvas Stadium • Fort Collins, CO W 41–20
Awards and honors [ edit ] Player of the week honors [ edit ] Week Offensive Defensive Special Teams Freshman Player Team Position Player Team Position Player Team Position Player Team Position Week 0[16] Nick Nash San Jose State WR Cody Moon San Diego State LB Jack Browning San Diego State K/P Pofele Ashlock Hawaii WR Week 1[17] Mikey Keene Fresno State QB Levelle Bailey Fresno State LB John Hoyland Wyoming K Pofele Ashlock (2) Hawaii WR Week 2[18] Dylan Hopkins New Mexico QB Alec Mock Air Force LB Matthew Dapore Air Force K Matthew Coleman San Jose State WR Week 3[19] Emmanuel Michel Air Force FB Carlton Johnson Fresno State DB Jose Pizano UNLV K Jayden Maiava UNLV QB Week 4[20] Ashton Jeanty Boise State RB Wrook Brown Wyoming DB Jakorey Hawkins Wyoming CB Jai'Den Thomas UNLV RB Week 5[21] Zac Larrier Air Force QB Wyett Ekeler Wyoming S Ike Larsen Utah State S Brayden Fowler-Nicolosi Colorado State QB Week 6[22] Andrew Peasley Wyoming QB Ike Larsen Utah State S James Ferguson-Reynolds Boise State P Maddux Madsen Boise State QB Week 7[23] Kairee Robinson San Jose State RB Trey Taylor Air Force DB Jack Browning (2) San Diego State K/P Brayden Fowler-Nicolsi (2) Colorado State QB Week 8[24] Dylan Hopkins (2) New Mexico QB Jermarius Lewis New Mexico S Jose Pizano (2) UNLV K Jayden Maiava (2) UNLV QB Week 9[25] Eric McAlister Boise State WR Dean Clark Fresno State S Brandon Talton Nevada K Maddux Madsen (2) Boise State QB Week 10[26] Ricky White III UNLV WR Ike Larsen (2) Utah State S Malik Sherrod Fresno State RB Jayden Maiava (3) UNLV QB Week 11[27] Kairee Robinson (2) San Jose State RB Peter Manuma Hawaii DB Jose Pizano (3) UNLV K Jayden Maiava (4) UNLV QB Week 12[28] Jacory Croskey-Merritt New Mexico RB Marsel McDuffie UNLV LB Jordan Noyes Colorado State K Jayden Maiava (5) UNLV QB Week 13[29] Levi Williams Utah State QB Wyett Ekeler (2) Wyoming S Jack Browning (3) San Diego State K/P Marcus Ratcliffe San Diego State S
Mountain West Individual Awards [ edit ] The following individuals received postseason honors as voted by the Mountain West Conference football coaches at the end of the season.[30]
All-conference teams [ edit ] The following players were selected as part of the Mountain West's All-Conference Teams.[30]
Position Player Team First Team Offense WR Tory Horton Colorado State WR Ricky White III UNLV WR Jalen Royals Utah State OL Thor Paglialong Air Force OL Cade Beresford Boise State OL JC Davis New Mexico OL Tiger Shanks UNLV OL Frank Crum Wyoming TE Dallin Holker Colorado State QB Chevan Cordeiro San Jose State RB Ashton Jeanty Boise State RB Kairee Robinson San Jose State KR Jacob De Jesus UNLV PK Jose Pizano UNLV First Team Defense DL PJ Ramsey Air Force DL Ahmed Hassanein Boise State DL Mohamed Kamara Colorado State DL Tre Smith San Jose State LB Bo Richter Air Force LB Jackson Woodard UNLV LB MJ Tafisi Jr. Utah State LB Easton Gibbs Wyoming DB Trey Taylor Air Force DB Jack Howell Colorado State DB Emany Johnson Nevada DB Ike Larsen Utah State PR Jacob De Jesus UNLV P James Ferguson-Reynolds Boise State
Position Player Team Second Team Offense WR Steven McBride Hawaii WR Nick Nash San Jose State WR Terrell Vaughn Utah State OL Adam Karas Air Force OL Kage Casey Boise State OL Jacob Gardner Colorado State OL Mose Vavao Fresno State OL Cade Bennett San Diego State TE Mark Redman San Diego State QB Jayden Maiava UNLV RB Emmanuel Michel Air Force RB Jacory Croskey-Merritt New Mexico KR Terrell Vaughn Utah State PK Jonah Dalmas Boise State Second Team Defense DL Jalen Dixon UNLV DL Devo Bridges Fresno State DL Soane Toia San Jose State DL Jordan Bertagnole Wyoming LB Alec Mock Air Force LB Andrew Simpson Boise State LB Chase Wilson Colorado State LB Levelle Bailey Fresno State DB Carlton Johnson Fresno State DB Morice Norris Jr. Fresno State DB Noah Tumblin San Diego State DB Cameron Oliver UNLV PR Tory Horton Colorado State P Jack Browning San Diego State
National awards [ edit ] All-Americans [ edit ] Currently, the NCAA compiles consensus all-America teams in the sports of Division I-FBS football and Division I men's basketball using a point system computed from All-America teams named by coaches associations or media sources. The system consists of three points for a first-team honor, two points for second-team honor, and one point for third-team honor. Honorable mention and fourth team or lower recognitions are not accorded any points. College Football All-American consensus teams are compiled by position and the player accumulating the most points at each position is named first team consensus all-American. Currently, the NCAA recognizes All-Americans selected by the AP, AFCA, FWAA, TSN , and the WCFF to determine Consensus and Unanimous All-Americans. Any player named to the First Team by all five of the NCAA-recognized selectors is deemed a Unanimous All-American.
Position Player School Selector Unanimous Consensus First Team All-Americans S Trey Taylor Air Force AFCA K Jose Pizano UNLV FWAA AP Ashton Jeanty Boise State ESPN, USAT
Position Player School Selector Unanimous Consensus Second Team All-Americans TE Dallin Holker Colorado State AFCA , AP , FWAA , SI, TSN , USAT, WCFF DE Mohamed Kamara Colorado State FWAA S Trey Taylor Air Force FOX K Jose Pizano UNLV AFCA , AP , FOX, SI, WCFF P James Ferguson-Reynolds Boise State AFCA , FOX, SI KR Jacob De Jesus UNLV USAT AP Ashton Jeanty Boise State AP , USAT
Position Player School Selector Unanimous Consensus Third Team All-Americans WR Ricky White III UNLV AP S Trey Taylor Air Force AP P James Ferguson-Reynolds Boise State AP
Home game attendance [ edit ] Team Stadium Capacity Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5 Game 6 Game 7 Total Average % of Capacity Air Force Falcon Stadium 46,692 30,142 † 18,400 24,869 28,311 52,401 23,574 177,697 29,616 63.43% Boise State Albertsons Stadium 36,387 36,447 35,610 37,491 † 35,189 34,076 36,390 215,203 35,867 98.57% Colorado State Canvas Stadium 41,000 31,497 27,932 34,901 † 22,570 22,033 20,121 159,054 26,509 64.66% Fresno State Valley Children's Stadium 41,031 41,031 † 38,728 39,246 41,031 41,031 38,569 239,636 39,939 97.34% Hawaii Clarence T. C. Ching Athletics Complex 15,194 13,739 † 9,485 10,254 10,039 11,486 12,742 11,013 78,758 11,251 74.05% Nevada Mackay Stadium 27,000 19,852 16,890 24,578 † 13,083 15,540 12,044 101,987 16,998 62.95% New Mexico University Stadium 39,224 17,279 27,414 † 13,027 13,723 12,353 12,094 95,890 15,982 40.74% San Diego State Snapdragon Stadium 35,000 23,867 22,345 32,017 † 23,374 27,122 23,096 22,000 173,821 24,832 70.95% San Jose State CEFCU Stadium 21,520 20,337 † 14,224 16,124 15,028 18,886 16,224 100,823 16,804 78.08% UNLV Allegiant Stadium 65,000 20,347 22,582 25,328 † 22,585 25,568 25,554 141,964 23,661 36.40% Utah State Maverik Stadium 25,100 20,034 † 19,994 22,864 17,220 17,760 17,821 115,693 19,282 76.82% Wyoming War Memorial Stadium 30,181 26,450† 22,121 21,169 25,477 20,788 27,905 18,233 162,143 23,163 76.75%
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NFL draft [ edit ] The NFL draft will be held at Campus Martius Park in Detroit . The following list includes all Mountain West players in the draft.
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