Sports season
The 2021 Mountain West Conference football season , part of this year's NCAA Division I FBS football season was the 23rd season of college football for the Mountain West Conference (MW). Since 2012 , 12 teams have competed in the Mountain West Conference. The season began on August 28, 2021 and ended on December 28, 2021. The entire schedule was released on March 5, 2021.[1]
Previous season [ edit ] The San Jose State Spartans defeated the Boise State Broncos 34–20 in the 2020 Mountain West Conference Football Championship Game at Sam Boyd Stadium in Whitney, Nevada.
Preseason [ edit ] Mountain West Media [ edit ] The Mountain West Media days was held at the Cosmopolitan on July 27 and 28.
Preseason Poll [ edit ] The Preseason Media Poll was released July 21, 2021. Boise State was picked to win the Mountain division, while Nevada was picked to win the West division.[2]
Mountain Predicted finish Team Votes (for first) 1 Boise State 148 (23) 2 Wyoming 115 (2) 3 Air Force 104 4 Colorado State 72 5 Utah State 47 6 New Mexico 39
West Predicted finish Team Votes (for first) 1 Nevada 141 (19) 2 San Jose State 121 (5) 3 San Diego State 96 4 Fresno State 85 (1) 5 Hawaii 56 6 UNLV 26
Preseason awards [ edit ] The following list contains players included on preseason watch lists for national awards.
Preseason All-Conference Team [ edit ] The Preseason All-Conference Team was announced only July 22, 2021.[22]
Offensive player of the year: Carson Strong (Junior, Nevada quarterback) Defensive player of the year: Cade Hall (Senior, San Jose State defensive lineman) Special Teams Player of the Year: Savon Scarver (Senior, Utah State kick returner) Position Player Team Offense QB Carson Strong Nevada RB Xazavian Valladay Wyoming RB Ronnie Rivers Fresno State OL Keegan Cryder Wyoming OL John Ojukwu Boise State OL Jack Snyder San Jose State OL Zachary Thomas San Diego State OL Jake Stetz Boise State TE Cole Turner Nevada WR Romeo Doubs Nevada WR Khalil Shakir Boise State Defense DL Cade Hall San Jose State DL Cameron Thomas San Diego State DL Scott Patchan Colorado State DL Viliami Fehoko San Jose State LB Chad Muma Wyoming LB Caden McDonald San Diego State LB Darius Muasau Hawaii DB Kekaula Kaniho Boise State DB Jerrick Reed II New Mexico DB Cortez Davis Hawaii DB Tre Jenkins San Jose State Special teams K Brandon Talton Nevada P Ryan Stonehouse Colorado State PR Calvin Turner Hawaii KR Savon Scarver Utah State
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Legend Improvement in ranking Drop in ranking Not ranked previous week No change in ranking from previous week RV Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25 of poll т Tied with team above or below also with this symbol
Coaches [ edit ] Coaching Changes [ edit ] Bryan Harsin left Boise State after seven years at the school to take the head coach position at Auburn of the SEC . He was replaced by Andy Avalos .[23]
Gary Andersen was fired by Utah State in November 2020. He was replaced by Blake Anderson .[24]
Head Coaches [ edit ] Post-season changes [ edit ] Schedule [ edit ] The season began on August 28, 2021, and concluded on November 27, 2021.
Regular season [ edit ] Index to colors and formatting Mountain West Member won Mountain West Member lost Mountain West teams in bold
Week zero [ edit ] Week one [ edit ] Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance September 2 5:00 p.m. Boise State UCF Bounce House • Orlando, FL ESPN L 31–36 43,928 September 2 6:00 p.m. Houston Baptist New Mexico University Stadium • Albuquerque, NM KASY-TV W 27–17 15,908 September 2 8:00 p.m. No. 11 (FCS ) Eastern Washington UNLV Allegiant Stadium • Paradise, NV Stadium L 33–35 2OT 21,970 September 3 7:00 p.m. No. 3 (FCS ) South Dakota State Colorado State Canvas Stadium • Fort Collins, CO FS1 L 23–42 32,327 September 4 12:00 p.m. Fresno State No. 11 Oregon Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR P12N L 24–31 43,276 September 4 12:00 p.m. Lafayette Air Force Falcon Stadium • Colorado Springs, CO Stadium W 35–14 30,012 September 4 2:00 p.m. No. 12 (FCS ) Montana State Wyoming War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY W 19–16 27,007 September 4 3:00 p.m. San Jose State No. 15 USC Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA P12N L 7–30 54,398 September 4 8:30 p.m. Nevada California California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA FS1 W 22–17 35,117 September 4 8:30 p.m. New Mexico State San Diego State Dignity Health Sports Park • Carson, CA CBSSN W 28–10 10,116 September 4 9:00 p.m. Utah State Washington State Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA P12N W 26–23 24,944 September 4 10:00 p.m. Portland State Hawaii Clarence T. C. Ching Athletics Complex • Honolulu, HI Spectrum OC16 PPV W 49–35 0 # Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time .
Week two [ edit ] Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance September 10 7:00 p.m. No. 9 (FCS ) North Dakota Utah State Maverik Stadium • Logan, UT CBSSN W 48–24 18,124 September 10 7:30 p.m. UTEP Boise State Albertsons Stadium • Boise, ID FS1 W 54–13 35,518 September 11 11:30 a.m. Wyoming Northern Illinois Huskie Stadium • DeKalb, IL ESPN+ W 50–43 11,334 September 11 1:30 p.m. Air Force Navy Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium • Annapolis, MD (Commander-in-Chief's Trophy ) CBS W 23–3 36,997 September 11 5:00 p.m. New Mexico State New Mexico University Stadium • Albuquerque, NM (Rio Grande Rivalry ) Stadium W 34–25 28,470 September 11 8:00 p.m. San Diego State Arizona Arizona Stadium • Tucson, AZ P12N W 38–14 39,097 September 11 8:00 p.m. Vanderbilt Colorado State Canvas Stadium • Fort Collins, CO CBSSN L 21–24 September 11 8:00 p.m. Cal Poly Fresno State Bulldog Stadium • Fresno, CA KFRE-TV W 63–10 30,119 September 11 8:30 p.m. Idaho State Nevada Mackay Stadium • Reno, NV Stadium W 49–10 23.965 September 11 8:30 p.m. UNLV No. 23 Arizona State Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ ESPN2 L 10–37 42,918 September 11 9:00 p.m. Hawaii Oregon State Reser Stadium • Corvallis, OR FS1 L 27–45 27,701 # Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time .
Date Bye Week September 11 San Jose State
Week three [ edit ] Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance September 18 10:00 a.m. New Mexico No. 7 Texas A&M Kyle Field • College Station, TX SECN L 0–34 84,748 September 18 12:05 p.m. Nevada Kansas State Bill Snyder Family Football Stadium • Manhattan, KS ESPN+ L 17–38 48,768 September 18 2:00 p.m. Ball State Wyoming War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY Stadium W 45–12 23,467 September 18 2:00 p.m. Colorado State Toledo Glass Bowl • Toledo, OH ESPNU W 22–6 21,365 September 18 5:00 p.m. Utah San Diego State Dignity Health Sports Park • Carson, CA CBSSN W 33–31 3OT 11,090 September 18 5:30 p.m. Utah State Air Force Falcon Stadium • Colorado Springs, CO FS2 USU 49–45 20,264 September 18 7:00 p.m. Oklahoma State Boise State Albertsons Stadium • Boise, ID FS1 L 20–21 36,702 September 18 8:30 p.m. No. 14 Iowa State UNLV Allegiant Stadium • Paradise, NV CBSSN L 3–48 35,193 September 18 8:45 p.m. Fresno State No. 13 UCLA Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA P12N W 40–37 50,698 September 18 10:30 p.m. San Jose State Hawaii Clarence T. C. Ching Athletics Complex • Honolulu, HI FS1 SJSU 17–13 0 # Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time .
Week four [ edit ] Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance September 24 8:00 p.m. UNLV No. 22 Fresno State Bulldog Stadium • Fresno, CA CBSSN FRES 38–30 35,093 September 25 10:00 a.m. Boise State Utah State Maverik Stadium • Logan, UT CBS BSU 27–3 23,715 September 25 12:00 p.m San Jose State Western Michigan Waldo Stadium • Kalamazoo, MI ESPN+ L 3–23 12,317 September 25 1:30 p.m. Colorado State No. 5 Iowa Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, IA FS1 L 14–24 65,456 September 25 1:30 p.m. Towson San Diego State Dignity Health Sports Park • Carson, CA Stadium W 48–21 7,619 September 25 1:30 p.m. Wyoming UConn Rentschler Field • East Hartford, CT CBSSN W 24–22 12,538 September 25 6:00 p.m. Florida Atlantic Air Force Falcon Stadium • Colorado Springs, CO FS2 W 31–7 19,763 September 25 6:00 p.m. Hawaii New Mexico State Aggie Memorial Stadium • Las Cruces, NM KVIA-TV W 41–21 13.932 September 25 7:00 p.m. New Mexico UTEP Sun Bowl • El Paso, TX ESPN+ L 13–20 15,069 # Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time .
Date Bye Week September 25 Nevada
Week five [ edit ] Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance October 1 7:00 p.m. No. 13 BYU Utah State Maverik Stadium • Logan, UT (Rivalry ) CBSSN L 20–34 25,240 October 2 1:30 p.m. Nevada Boise State Albertsons Stadium • Boise, ID (Rivalry ) FS1 NEV 41–31 37,426 October 2 4:00 p.m. UNLV UTSA Alamodome • San Antonio, TX ESPN+ L 17–24 20,154 October 2 4:30 p.m. Air Force New Mexico University Stadium • Albuquerque, NM FS2 AF 38–10 13,158 October 2 8:30 p.m. New Mexico State San Jose State CEFCU Stadium • San Jose, CA NBCSBA W 37–31 15,803 October 2 9:00 p.m. No. 18 Fresno State Hawaii Clarence T. C. Ching Athletics Complex • Honolulu, HI (Rivalry ) CBSSN HAW 27–24 0 # Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time .
Date Bye Week October 2 Colorado State San Diego State Wyoming
Week six [ edit ] Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance October 9 1:30 p.m. Boise State No. 10 BYU Lavell Edwards Stadium • Provo, UT ABC W 26–17 63,470 October 9 1:30 p.m. San Jose State Colorado State Canvas Stadium • Fort Collins, CO FS1 CSU 32–14 34,780 October 9 5:00 p.m. Wyoming Air Force Falcon Stadium • Colorado Springs, CO CBSSN AF 24–14 24,832 October 9 7:00 p.m. New Mexico No. 25 San Diego State Dignity Sports Health Park • Carson, CA FS1 SDSU 31–7 8,387 October 9 8:30 p.m. New Mexico State Nevada Mackay Stadium • Reno, NV CBSSN W 55–28 21,448 # Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time .
Date Bye Week October 9 Fresno State Hawaii UNLV Utah State
Week seven [ edit ] Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance October 15 8:30 p.m. No. 24 San Diego State San Jose State CEFCU Stadium • San Jose, CA CBSSN SDSU 19–13 2OT 17,177 October 16 1:30 p.m. Fresno State Wyoming War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY FS2 FRES 17–0 20,002 October 16 5:00 p.m. Utah State UNLV Allegiant Stadium • Paradise, NV CBSSN USU 28–24 21,322 October 16 5:00 p.m. Colorado State New Mexico University Stadium • Albuquerque, NM Stadium CSU 36–7 15,403 October 16 7:00 p.m. Air Force Boise State Albertsons Stadium • Boise, ID FS1 AF 24–17 34,446 October 16 8:30 p.m. Hawaii Nevada Mackay Stadium • Reno, NV CBSSN NEV 34–17 22,098 # Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time .
Week eight [ edit ] Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance October 21 9:00 p.m. San Jose State UNLV Allegiant Stadium • Paradise, NV CBSSN SJSU 27–20 19,318 October 22 7:30 p.m. Colorado State Utah State Maverik Stadium • Logan, UT CBSSN USU 26–24 21,423 October 23 1:30 p.m. New Mexico Wyoming War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY Stadium UNM 14–3 20,133 October 23 5:00 p.m. No. 22 San Diego State Air Force Falcon Stadium • Colorado Springs, CO CBSSN SDSU 20–14 23,887 October 23 5:00 p.m. Nevada Fresno State Bulldog Stadium • Fresno, CA FS1 FRES 34–32 33,012 October 23 9:59 p.m. New Mexico State Hawaii Clarence T. C. Ching Athletics Complex • Honolulu, HI Spectrum OC16 ppv W 48–34 0 # Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time .
Date Bye Week October 23 Boise State
Week nine [ edit ] Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance October 29 8:00 p.m. UNLV Nevada Mackay Stadium • Reno, NV (Fremont Cannon ) CBSSN NEV 51–20 28,960 October 30 1:00 p.m. Hawaii Utah State Maverik Stadium • Logan, UT Spectrum OC16 PPV USU 51–31 19,219 October 30 2:00 p.m. Wyoming San Jose State CEFCU Stadium • San Jose, CA FS2 SJSU 27–21 13,042 October 30 5:00 p.m. Boise State Colorado State Canvas Stadium • Fort Collins, CO CBSSN BSU 28–19 25,221 October 30 8:30 p.m. Fresno State No. 21 San Diego State Dignity Health Sports Park • Carson, CA (Rivalry ) CBSSN FRES 30–20 11,034 # Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time .
Date Bye Week October 30 Air Force New Mexico
Week ten [ edit ] Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance November 6 9:30 a.m. Army Air Force Globe Life Field • Arlington, TX (Commander-in-Chief's Trophy) CBS L 14–21 OT November 6 1:30 p.m. Colorado State Wyoming War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY (Border War ) CBSSN WYO 31–17 November 6 2:00 p.m. Utah State New Mexico State Aggie Memorial Stadium • Las Cruces, NM KVIA-TV W 35–13 November 6 5:00 p.m. Boise State No. 25 Fresno State Bulldog Stadium • Fresno, CA CBSSN BSU 40–14 November 6 5:00 p.m. UNLV New Mexico University Stadium • Albuquerque, NM Stadium UNLV 31–17 November 6 8:00 p.m. San Jose State Nevada Mackay Stadium • Reno, NV FS2 NEV 27–24 November 6 9:00 p.m. San Diego State Hawaii Clarence T. C. Ching Athletics Complex • Honolulu, HI FS1 SDSU 17–10 # Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time .
Week eleven [ edit ] Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance November 12 7:00 p.m. Wyoming Boise State Albertsons Stadium • Boise, ID FS1 BSU 23–13 November 13 2:00 p.m. Hawaii UNLV Allegiant Stadium • Paradise, NV Spectrum OC16 PPV UNLV 27–13 November 13 5:00 p.m. New Mexico Fresno State Bulldog Stadium • Fresno, CA Stadium FRES 34–7 November 13 5:00 p.m. Air Force Colorado State Canvas Stadium • Fort Collins, CO (Rivalry ) CBSSN AF 35–21 November 13 8:30 p.m. Nevada San Diego State Dignity Health Sports Park • Carson, CA CBSSN SDSU 23–21 November 13 8:30 p.m. Utah State San Jose State CEFCU Stadium • San Jose, CA FS1 USU 48–17 # Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time .
Week twelve [ edit ] Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance November 19 7:00 p.m. Air Force Nevada Mackay Stadium • Reno, NV FS1 AF 41–39 3OT November 19 9:30 p.m. No. 23 San Diego State UNLV Allegiant Stadium • Paradise, NV CBSSN SDSU 28–20 November 20 6:00 p.m. Wyoming Utah State Maverik Stadium • Logan, UT (Rivalry ) CBSSN WYO 44–17 November 20 7:00 p.m. New Mexico Boise State Albertsons Stadium • Boise, ID FS1 BSU 37–0 November 20 9:00 p.m. Colorado State Hawaii Clarence T. C. Ching Athletics Complex • Honolulu, HI Spectrum OC16 PPV HAW 50–45 # Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time .
Date Bye Week November 20 Fresno State San Jose State
Week thirteen [ edit ] Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance November 25 1:30 p.m. Fresno State San Jose State CEFCU Stadium • San Jose, CA (Rivalry ) FS1 FRES 40–9 November 26 10:00 a.m. Boise State No. 22 San Diego State Dignity Health Sports Park • Carson, CA CBS SDSU 27–16 November 26 11:00 a.m. Utah State New Mexico University Stadium • Albuquerque, NM FS1 USU 35–10 November 26 1:30 p.m. UNLV Air Force Falcon Stadium • Colorado Springs, CO CBSSN AF 48–14 November 27 1:00 p.m. Hawaii Wyoming War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY (Rivalry ) Spectrum OC16 PPV HAW 38–14 November 27 7:00 p.m. Nevada Colorado State Canvas Stadium • Fort Collins, CO CBSSN NEV 52–10 # Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time .
Week fourteen [ edit ] Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance December 4 1:00 p.m. Utah State San Diego State Dignity Health Sports Park • San Diego, CA FOX USU 46–13 # Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time .
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 18 University Stadium • Albuquerque, NM ESPN 12:15 p.m. Fresno State UTEP W 31–24 16,422 LA Bowl December 18 SoFi Stadium • Inglewood, CA ABC 5:30 p.m. Utah State Oregon State W 24–13 29,896 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl December 21 Albertsons Stadium • Boise, ID ESPN 1:30 p.m. Wyoming Kent State W 52–38 10,217 Frisco Bowl December 21 Toyota Stadium • Frisco, TX ESPN 5:30 p.m. San Diego State UTSA W 38–24 15,801 Quick Lane Bowl December 27 Ford Field • Detroit, MI ESPN 9:00 a.m. Nevada Western Michigan L 24–52 22,321 First Responder Bowl December 28 Gerald J. Ford Stadium • University Park, TX ESPN 1:15 p.m. Air Force Louisville W 31–28 15,251
Hawaii was originally slated to play in the Hawaii Bowl against Memphis on December 24. The team was forced to withdraw from the bowl game due to a shortage of available players, stemming from a combination of a COVID-19 outbreak within the team, players already out with injury, and players who transferred away from the school at the conclusion of the regular season.[30] Boise State was originally slated to play in the Arizona Bowl against Central Michigan on December 31. The team was forced to withdraw from the bowl game due to a COVID-19 outbreak within the team. The Arizona Bowl was cancelled, and Central Michigan was instead invited to move to a vacated spot in the Sun Bowl .[31] Mountain West records vs Other Conferences [ edit ] 2021–2022 records against non-conference foes:
Regular season
Post Season
Mountain West vs Power Five matchups [ edit ] The following games include Pac-12 teams competing against Power Five conferences teams from the (ACC , Big Ten , Big 12 , Notre Dame , BYU and SEC ). All rankings are from the AP Poll at the time of the game.
Date Conference Visitor Home Site Score August 28 Pac-12 Hawaii UCLA Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA L 10–44 September 4 Pac-12 Fresno State No. 11 Oregon Autzen Stadium • Fresno, CA L 24–31 September 4 Pac-12 San Jose State No. 15 USC Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA L 7–30 September 4 Pac-12 Nevada California California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA W 22–17 September 4 Pac-12 Utah State Washington State Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA W 26–23 September 11 Pac-12 San Diego State Arizona Arizona Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 38–14 September 11 SEC Vanderbilt Colorado State Canvas Stadium • Fort Collins, CO L 21–24 September 11 Pac-12 UNLV No. 23 Arizona State Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ L 10–37 September 11 Pac-12 Hawaii Oregon State Reser Stadium • Corvallis, OR L 27–45 September 18 SEC New Mexico No. 7 Texas A&M Kyle Field • College Station, TX L 0–34 September 18 Big 12 Nevada Kansas State Bill Snyder Family Football Stadium • Manhattan, KS L 17–38 September 18 Pac-12 Utah San Diego State Dignity Health Sports Park • Carson, CA W 33–31 OT September 18 Big 12 Oklahoma State Boise State Albertsons Stadium • Boise, ID L 20–21 September 18 Big 12 No. 14 Iowa State UNLV Allegiant Stadium • Paradise, NV L 3–48 September 18 Pac-12 Fresno State No. 13 UCLA Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA W 40–37 September 25 Big Ten Colorado State No. 5 Iowa Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, IA L 14–24 October 1 Independent No. 13 BYU Utah State Maverik Stadium • Logan, UT L 20–34 October 9 Independent Boise State No. 10 BYU Lavell Edwards Stadium • Provo, UT W 26–17
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 September 4 American Boise State UCF Bounce House • Orlando, FL L 31–36 September 10 C-USA UTEP Boise State Albertsons Stadium • Boise, ID W 54–13 September 10 MAC Wyoming Northern Illinois Huskie Stadium • DeKalb, IL W 50–43 September 11 American Air Force Navy Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium • Annapolis, MD W 23–3 September 18 MAC Ball State Wyoming War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY W 45–12 September 18 MAC Colorado State Toledo Glass Bowl • Toledo, OH W 22–6 September 25 C-USA New Mexico UTEP Sun Bowl • El Paso, TX L 13–20 September 25 MAC San Jose State Western Michigan Waldo Stadium • Kalamazoo, MI L 3–23 September 25 C-USA Florida Atlantic Air Force Falcon Stadium • Colorado Springs, CO W 31–7 October 2 C-USA UNLV UTSA Alamodome • San Antonio, TX L 17–24
Mountain West vs FBS independents matchups [ edit ] The following games include Mountain West teams competing against FBS Independents , which includes Army , Liberty , New Mexico State , UConn or UMass .
Date Conference Visitor Home Site Score August 28 Independent UConn Fresno State Bulldog Stadium • Fresno, CA W 45–0 September 4 Independent New Mexico State San Diego State Dignity Health Sports Park • Carson, CA W 28–10 September 11 Independent New Mexico State New Mexico University Stadium • Albuquerque, NM W 34–25 September 25 Independent Wyoming UConn Rentschler Field • East Hartford, CT W 24–22 September 25 Independent Hawaii New Mexico State Aggie Memorial Stadium • Las Cruces, NM W 41–21 October 2 Independent New Mexico State San Jose State CEFCU Stadium • San Jose, CA W 37–31 October 9 Independent New Mexico State Nevada Mackay Stadium • Reno, NV W 55–28 October 23 Independent New Mexico State Hawaii Clarence T. C. Ching Athletics Complex • Honolulu, HI W 48–34 November 6 Independent Army Air Force Globe Life Field • Arlington, TX L 14–21OT
Mountain West vs FCS matchups [ edit ] The Football Championship Subdivision comprises 13 conferences and two independent programs.
Date Visitor Home Site Score August 28 Southern Utah San Jose State CEFCU Stadium • San Jose, CA W 45–14 September 2 Houston Baptist New Mexico University Stadium • Albuquerque, NM W 27–17 September 2 Eastern Washington UNLV Allegiant Stadium • Paradise, NV L 33–352OT September 3 South Dakota State Colorado State Canvas Stadium • Fort Collins, CO L 23–42 September 4 Lafayette Air Force Falcon Stadium • Colorado Springs, CO W 35–14 September 4 Montana State Wyoming War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY W 19–16 September 4 Portland State Hawaii Clarence T. C. Ching Athletics Complex • Honolulu, HI W 49–35 September 10 North Dakota Utah State Maverik Stadium • Logan, UT W 48–24 September 10 Idaho State Nevada Mackay Stadium • Reno, NV W 49–10 September 10 Cal Poly Fresno State Bulldog Stadium • Fresno, CA W 63–10 September 25 Towson San Diego State Dignity Health Sports Park • Carson, CA W 48–21
Awards and honors [ edit ] Player of the week honors [ edit ] 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.[46]
Award Player School Offensive Player of the Year Carson Strong , Jr., QB Nevada Defensive Player of the Year Cameron Thomas , Jr., DL San Diego State Special Teams Player of the Year Matt Araiza , K/P San Diego State Freshman Player of the Year Cameron Friel , QB UNLV Coach of the Year Brady Hoke San Diego State
All-conference teams [ edit ] The following players were selected as part of the Mountain West's All-Conference Teams.[46]
Position Player Team First Team Offense WR Khalil Shakir Boise State WR Romeo Doubs Nevada WR Deven Thompkins Utah State OL Hawk Wimmer Air Force OL John Ojukwu Boise State OL Alex Akingbulu Fresno State OL William Dunkle San Diego State OL Zachary Thomas San Diego State TE Trey McBride Colorado State QB Carson Strong Nevada RB Brad Roberts Air Force RB Charles Williams UNLV KR Jordan Byrd San Diego State PK Jonah Dalmas Boise State First Team Defense DL Scott Patchan Colorado State DL Tristan Nichols Nevada DL Cameron Thomas San Diego State DL Viliami Fehoko San Jose State LB Darius Muasau Hawaii LB Caden McDonald San Diego State LB Kyle Harmon San Jose State LB Chad Muma Wyoming DB Evan Williams Fresno State DB Khoury Bethley Hawaii DB Patrick McMorris San Diego State DB Trenton Thompson San Diego State PR Romeo Doubs Nevada P Matt Araiza San Diego State
All–Americans [ edit ] The 2021 College Football All-America Teams are composed of the following College Football All-American first teams chosen by the following selector organizations: Associated Press (AP), Football Writers Association of America (FWAA), American Football Coaches Association (AFCA), Walter Camp Foundation (WCFF), The Sporting News (TSN ), Sports Illustrated (SI ), USA Today (USAT) ESPN , CBS Sports (CBS), FOX Sports (FOX) College Football News (CFN ), Bleacher Report (BR), Scout.com , Phil Steele (PS), SB Nation (SB), Athlon Sports , Pro Football Focus (PFF) and Yahoo! Sports (Yahoo!).
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. Football 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 TE Trey McBride Colorado State AFCA , AP , FWAA , TSN , WCFF * * DE Cameron Thomas San Diego State ESPN, The Athletic P Matt Araiza San Diego State AFCA , AP , CBS, ESPN, FWAA , The Athletic, TSN , USAT, WCFF * *
Position Player School Selector Unanimous Consensus Third Team All-Americans AP Deven Thompkins Utah State AP LB Chad Muma Wyoming AP
National award winners [ edit ] NFL draft [ edit ] The following list includes all Mountain West players who were drafted in the 2022 NFL Draft .
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