2020 Mountain West Conference football season

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2020 Mountain West Conference football season
Mountain West Conference logo.svg
League NCAA Division I FBS
Sport Football
DurationOctober 24-December 19
Number of teams12
TV partner(s) CBS Sports Family (CBS, CBSSN, CBS All Access), Fox Sports Family (Fox, FS1, FS2), Stadium, ATTSN
2021 NFL Draft
Top draft pickCB Darren Hall, San Diego State
Picked by Atlanta Falcons, 108th overall
Regular season
Season champions San Jose State
  Runners-up Boise State
Championship Game
ChampionsSan Jose State
Seasons
  2019
2021  
2020 Mountain West Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 24 San Jose State y$ 7 0   7 1  
Boise State y  5 0   5 2  
Nevada  6 2   7 2  
San Diego State  4 2   4 4  
Hawaii  4 4   5 4  
Fresno State  3 3   3 3  
Air Force  2 2   3 3  
Wyoming  2 4   2 4  
New Mexico  2 5   2 5  
Colorado State  1 3   1 3  
Utah State  1 5   1 5  
UNLV  0 6   0 6  
Championship: San Jose State 34, Boise State 20
  • $ Conference champion
  • y Championship game participant
  • Note: Due to COVID-19, the Mountain West suspended the season, but later decided to begin play on October 24. [1]
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2020 Mountain West Conference football season, part of that year's NCAA Division I FBS football season, is the 22nd season of college football for the Mountain West Conference (MW). Since 2012, 12 teams have competed in the MW football conference.

Contents

On August 10, 2020, the conference suspended all fall sports competitions due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [2]

The season was scheduled to begin on September 3, 2020 and end on November 28, 2020. The Mountain West football Conference Championship Game was to be played on December 5, 2020. The entire schedule was released on February 27, 2020. [3]

On September 24, 2020, the conference resumed Football, [4] and is working on resuming other fall sports competitions. [5] The Conference's amended regular-season schedule will begin on Saturday, Oct. 24, with the intent to play eight games. The MW Football Championship Game is slated for Saturday, Dec. 19. The new Mountain West schedule was released October 1. [6]

Previous season

In 2019 Boise State won the Mountain Division with perfect a 8–0 Conference record conference record while Hawaii won the West Division with a 5–3 Conference record. Boise State defeated Hawaii 31–10 in the 2019 Mountain West Conference Football Championship Game which was held At Albertson's Stadium in Boise, Idaho

Preseason

Potential COVID-19 disruption

On May 12, 2020, California State University system chancellor Timothy White announced that all of its 23 campuses would hold essentially all classes in the 2020 fall term online. This in turn raised serious questions whether its member campuses—three of which (Fresno State, San Diego State, and San Jose State) are MW members—would be able to field teams in fall sports, including football, in light of statements by NCAA president Mark Emmert made on that organization's Twitter account on May 8: [7]

All of the [conference] commissioners and every [school] president that I've talked to is in clear agreement: If you don't have students on campus, you don't have student-athletes on campus. That doesn't mean [the school] has to be up and running in the full normal model, but you have to treat the health and well-being of the athletes at least as much as the regular students. ... If a school doesn't reopen, then they're not going to be playing sports. It's really that simple.

No decision on football at any of the CSU institutions has been made. However, on the same day that the CSU chancellor made his remarks, the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA), an NCAA Division II non-football league whose members are all CSU campuses, publicly announced that it had canceled its 2020 fall sports season. [7] [lower-alpha 1]

Mountain West Media

The Mountain West Media days will be held at the Cosmopolitan July 28 and 29.

Preseason Poll

The Preseason Poll will be released in August 2020.

Rankings

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Final
Air ForceAPRVRVRVRVRV
CRVRVRVRVRV
CFPNot released
Boise StateAPRV2521RVRVRVRVRVRV
CRVRVRVRVRV23RVRVRVRVRVRVRV
CFPNot released
Colorado StateAP
C
CFPNot released
Fresno StateAP
C
CFPNot released
HawaiiAP
C
CFPNot released
NevadaAPRVRVRVRV
CRVRVRVRVRVRVRVRV
CFPNot released
New MexicoAP
C
CFPNot released
San Diego StateAPRVRV
CRV
CFPNot released
San Jose StateAPRVRVRVRV2519
CRVRVRVRVRV2520
CFPNot released2422
UNLVAP
C
CFPNot released
Utah StateAP
C
CFPNot released
WyomingAP
C
CFPNot released
Legend
  Improvement in ranking
 Drop in ranking
 Not ranked previous week
 No change in ranking from previous week
RVReceived votes but were not ranked in Top 25 of poll
тTied with team above or below also with this symbol

Coaches

Coaching changes

There were six coaching changes for Mountain West football programs for the 2020 season. New Mexico head coach Bob Davie resigned on November 25 and was replaced by Arizona State defensive coordinator Danny Gonzales on December 17. Later that same day UNLV head coach Tony Sanchez also resigned and he was replaced by Oregon offensive coordinator Marcus Arroyo On December 11. Colorado State's Mike Bobo resigned on December 4 and was replaced by former Boston College head coach Steve Addazio. Fresno State head coach Jeff Tedford resigned on December 5 and was replaced on December 17 by Indiana offensive coordinator and former Fresno State assistant Kalen DeBoer. On January 8, San Diego State head coach Rocky Long announced his retirement from coaching and was replaced that same day by Aztecs defensive line coach and former head coach Brady Hoke. The final coaching change took place on January 14, when Hawaii head coach Nick Rolovich resigned to accept the head coaching position at Washington State and was replaced by ex-Arizona State head coach Todd Graham On January 21.

Head coaches

TeamHead coachYears At SchoolOverall recordRecord at schoolMW record
Air Force Troy Calhoun 1498–6998–6959–45
Boise State Bryan Harsin 769–2261–1540–8
Colorado State Steve Addazio 157–550–00–0
Fresno State Kalen DeBoer 10–00–00–0
Hawaii Todd Graham 195–610–00–0
Nevada Jay Norvell 415–2115–2112–12
New Mexico Danny Gonzales 10–00–00–0
San Diego State Brady Hoke 378–7213–137–9
San Jose State Brent Brennan 48–298–294–21
UNLV Marcus Arroyo 10–00–00–0
Utah State Gary Andersen 663–6738–3141–25
Wyoming Craig Bohl 7140–7236–3923–25

Schedule

The season began on October 3, 2020 and will end on December 19, 2020.

Regular season

Index to colors and formatting
Mountain West Member won
Mountain West Member lost
Mountain West teams in bold

Week One

DateTimeVisiting teamHome teamSiteTVResultAttendanceRef.
October 34:00 p.m. Navy Air Force Falcon StadiumColorado Springs, CO (Commander-in-Chief's Trophy) CBSSN W 40–7  5,000
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time.

Week Two

DateTimeVisiting teamHome teamSiteTVResultAttendanceRef.
October 245:00 p.m.Utah StateBoise State Albertsons StadiumBoise, ID FS1  BSU 42–13  0
October 245:00 p.m.WyomingNevada Mackay StadiumRevo, NV CBSSN  NEV 37–34 OT 250
October 245:30 p.m.HawaiiFresno State Bulldog StadiumFresno, CA (rivalry) KSEE/Spectrum OC16  HAW 34–19  0
October 247:00 p.m.New MexicoColorado State Canvas StadiumFort Collins, CO FS2  cancelled  n/a
October 248:30 p.m.UNLVSan Diego State Dignity Health Sports ParkCarson, CA CBSSN  SDSU 34–6  0
October 248:30 p.m.Air ForceSan Jose State CEFCU StadiumSan Jose, CA FS1  SJSU 17–6  0
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time.

Week Three

DateTimeVisiting teamHome teamSiteTVResultAttendanceRef.
October 298:00 p.m.Colorado StateFresno StateBulldog Stadium • Fresno, CA CBSSN  FRES 38–17  0
October 307:45 p.m.HawaiiWyoming War Memorial StadiumLaramie, WY FS1  WYO 31–7  6,232
October 314:00 p.m.No. 25 Boise StateAir ForceFalcon Stadium • Colorado Springs, CO CBSSN  BSU 49–30  500
October 315:00 p.m.New MexicoSan Jose StateCEFCU Stadium • San Jose, CA FS1  SJSU 38–21  0
October 317:30 p.m.San Diego StateUtah State Maverik StadiumLogan, UT CBSSN  SDSU 38–7  5,116
October 318:30 p.m.NevadaUNLV Allegiant StadiumLas Vegas, NV (Fremont Cannon) FS1  NEV 37–19  2,000
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time.

Week Four

DateTimeVisiting teamHome teamSiteTVResultAttendanceRef.
November 55:00 p.m.Utah StateNevadaMackay Stadium • Reno, NV FS1  NEV 34–9  250
November 57:00 p.m.WyomingColorado StateCanvas Stadium • Fort Collins, CO (Border War) CBSSN  CSU 34–24  0
November 67:00 p.m.San Jose StateSan Diego State Dignity Health Sports ParkCarson, CA CBSSN  SJSU 28–17  0
November 67:45 p.m.No. 9  BYU No. 21 Boise StateAlbertsons Stadium • Boise, ID FS1 L 17–51  1,100
November 79:30 a.m.Air Force Army Mitchie StadiumWest Point, NY (Commander-in-Chief's Trophy) CBS  postponed  n/a
November 71:30 p.m.Fresno StateUNLVAllegiant Stadium • Las Vegas, NV CBSSN  FRES 40–27  2,000
November 79:00 p.m.New MexicoHawaii Aloha StadiumHonolulu, HI Spectrum OC16 HAW 39–33  0
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time.

Week Five

DateTimeVisiting teamHome teamSiteTVResultAttendanceRef.
November 126:00 p.m.Colorado StateBoise StateAlbertsons Stadium • Boise, ID FS1  BSU 52–21  1,100
November 1412:30 p.m.Fresno StateUtah StateMaverik Stadium • Logan, UT FS2  FRES 35–16  0
November 142:00 p.m.HawaiiSan Diego StateDignity Health Sports Park • Carson, CASpectrum OC16 SDSU 34–10  0
November 144:30 p.m.NevadaNew Mexico Sam Boyd StadiumWhitney, NV FS2  NEV 27–20  250
November 148:00 p.m.Air ForceWyomingWar Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY CBSSN  cancelled  n/a
November 148:30 p.m.UNLVSan Jose StateCEFCU Stadium • San Jose, CA FS2  SJSU 34–17  0
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time.

Week Six

DateTimeVisiting teamHome teamSiteTVResultAttendanceRef.
November 197:00 p.m.Utah StateWyomingWar Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY (Bridger's Battle) CBSSN  cancelled  n/a
November 207:30 p.m.New MexicoAir ForceFalcon Stadium • Colorado Springs, CO FS1  AF 28–0  100
November 211:30 p.m.San Diego StateNevadaMackay Stadium • Reno, NV CBS  NEV 26–21  50
November 213:30 p.m.UNLVColorado StateCanvas Stadium • Fort Collins, CO FS2  cancelled  n/a
November 215:00 p.m.San Jose StateFresno StateBulldog Stadium • Fresno, CA (Valley Trophy) CBSSN  cancelled  n/a
November 219:00 p.m.Boise StateHawaiiAloha Stadium • Honolulu, HI CBSSN  BSU 40–32  0
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time.

Week Seven

DateTimeVisiting teamHome teamSiteTVResultAttendanceRef.
November 2612:00 p.m.Colorado StateAir ForceFalcon Stadium • Colorado Springs, CO (Ram-Falcon Trophy) CBSSN  cancelled  n/a
November 265:00 p.m.New MexicoUtah StateMaverik Stadium • Logan, UT FS1  USU 41–27  198
November 272:00 p.m.WyomingUNLVAllegiant Stadium • Las Vegas, NV FS1  WYO 45–14  0
November 277:00 p.m.San Diego StateFresno StateBulldog Stadium • Fresno, CA (Battle for the Oil Can) FS1  cancelled  n/a
November 282:00 p.m.San Jose StateBoise StateAlbertsons Stadium • Boise, ID FOX  cancelled  n/a
November 283:37 p.m.San Diego State Colorado Folsom FieldBoulder, CO PAC-12 L 10–20  0
November 289:00 p.m.NevadaHawaiiAloha Stadium • Honolulu, HISpectrum OC16 HAW 24–21  0
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time.

Week Eight

DateTimeVisiting teamHome teamSiteTVResultAttendanceRef.
December 37:30 p.m.Air ForceUtah StateMaverik Stadium • Logan, UT CBSSN  AF 35–7  3,025
December 47:30 p.m.Boise StateUNLVAllegiant Stadium • Las Vegas, NV CBSSN  cancelled  n/a
December 54:00 p.m.San Jose StateHawaiiAloha Stadium • Honolulu, HISpectrum OC16 SJSU 35–24  0
December 55:00 p.m.Colorado StateSan Diego StateDignity Health Sports Park • Carson, CA CBSSN  SDSU 29–17  0
December 58:30 p.m.Fresno StateNevadaMackay Stadium • Reno, NV FS1  NEV 37–26  0
December 58:30 p.m.WyomingNew MexicoSam Boyd Stadium • Whitney, NV CBSSN  UNM 17–16  0
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time.

Week Nine

DateTimeVisiting teamHome teamSiteTVResultAttendanceRef.
December 118:00 p.m.NevadaSan Jose StateSam Boyd Stadium • Whitney, NV CBSSN  SJSU 30–20  0
December 124:00 p.m.Boise StateWyomingWar Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY CBSSN  BSU 17–9  2,978
December 127:30 p.m.Utah StateColorado StateCanvas Stadium • Fort Collins, CO CBSSN  cancelled  n/a
December 128:00 p.m.San Diego StateNo. 14  BYU LaVell Edwards StadiumProvo, UT ESPN2 L 14–28  1,099
December 128:30 p.m.Fresno StateNew MexicoSam Boyd Stadium • Whitney, NV FS1  UNM 49–39  0
December 129:00 p.m.UNLVHawaiiAloha Stadium • Honolulu, HISpectrum OC16 HAW 38–21  0
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time.

Week Ten

DateTimeVisiting teamHome teamSiteTVResultAttendanceRef.
December 191:00 p.m.Air ForceArmy Michie StadiumWest Point, NY (Commander-in-Chief's Trophy) CBSSN L 7–10   
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time.

Championship Game

DateTimeVisiting teamHome teamSiteTVResultAttendanceRef.
December 192:15 p.m.Boise StateNo. 25 San Jose StateSam Boyd Stadium • Whitney, NV FOX  SJSU 34–20  0
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time.

Canceled regular season games

The following non-conference games were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic:

Aug. 29

Sep. 3

  • Washington State at Utah State

Sept. 5

Sept. 12

Sept. 19

Sep. 26

Oct. 2

  • Utah State at BYU

Oct. 3

  • UMass at New Mexico

Oct. 10

Oct. 17

  • New Mexico State at Fresno State

Nov. 14

  • UConn at San Jose State

Postseason

Bowl Games

Legend
 Mountain West win
 Mountain West loss
Bowl gameDateSiteTelevisionTime (MST)Mountain West teamOpponentScoreAttendance
Famous Idaho Potato Bowl December 22Albertsons Stadium • Boise, ID ESPN 1:30 p.m.Nevada Tulane W 38–270
New Mexico Bowl December 24 Toyota StadiumFrisco, TX ESPN 1:30 p.m.Hawaii Houston W 28–142,060
Arizona Bowl December 31 Arizona StadiumTucson, AZ CBS 12:00 p.m.San Jose State Ball State L 13–340

Rankings are from AP rankings. All times Mountain Time Zone. Mountain West teams shown in bold.

Awards and honors

Player of the week Honors

WeekOffensiveDefensiveSpecial Teams
PlayerTeamPositionPlayerTeamPositionPlayerTeamPosition
Week 1 (October 26) Carson Strong Nevada QBCaden McDonald San Diego State LBJohn Hoyland Wyoming K
Week 2 (November 2) Nick Starkel San Jose State QBCharles Hicks Wyoming LB Avery Williams Boise State KR
Week 3 (November 9)Ronnie Rivers Fresno State RBTre Jenkins San Jose State SBrandon Talton Nevada K
Week 4 (November 16)Jalen Cropper Fresno State WRCade Hall San Jose State DLAvery Williams Boise State KR
Week 5 (November 23)Brad Roberts Air Force FBDom Peterson Nevada DTJulian Diaz Nevada P
Week 6 (November 30)Andrew Peasley Utah State QBNick Heninger Utah State LBConnor Coles Utah State K
Week 7 (December 7)Carson Strong Nevada QBBrandon Shook New Mexico LBJordan Byrd San Diego State KR
Week 8 (December 14)Isaiah Chavez New Mexico QB Darius Muasau Hawaii LBShamar Garrett San Jose State KR

Mountain West Individual Awards

The following individuals received postseason honors as voted by the Mountain West Conference football coaches at the end of the season

AwardPlayerSchool
Offensive Player of the Year Carson Strong, QBNevada
Defensive Player of the YearCade Hall Jr., DLSan Jose State
Special Teams Player of the Year Avery Williams, Ret.Boise State
Freshman of the YearKyle Williams, WRUNLV
Coach of the Year Brent Brennan San Jose State

All-conference teams

Ref: [9]

All-Americans

The 2020 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.

PositionPlayerSchoolSelectorUnanimousConsensus
First Team All-Americans
DLCade HallSan Jose StateTSN
AP/RS Avery Williams Boise StateAFCA, FWAA, TSN, USAT*
PositionPlayerSchoolSelectorUnanimousConsensus
Second Team All-Americans
DLCade HallSan Jose StateUSAT
RS Avery Williams Boise StateCBS
PositionPlayerSchoolSelectorUnanimousConsensus
Third Team All-Americans
AP Avery Williams Boise StateAP

Home game attendance

TBA

NFL Draft

The following list includes all Mountain West players who were drafted in the 2021 NFL draft.

PlayerPositionSchoolDraft
Round
Round
Pick
Overall
Pick
Team
Darren Hall CB San Diego State 43108 Atlanta Falcons
John Bates TE Boise State 419124 Washington Football Team
Avery Williams CB Boise State 539183 Atlanta Falcons

Footnotes

  1. While the cited story states that the CCAA has 13 schools, only 12 will be members in the 2020–21 school year. The only CCAA member in 2019–20 that was not a CSU campus, UC San Diego, joins the Division I Big West Conference on July 1, 2020. [8]

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