2021 Mountain West Conference football season

2021 Mountain West Conference football season
League	NCAA Division I FBS
Sport	Football
Duration	August 28, 2021 – December 28, 2021
Number of teams	12
TV partner(s)	CBS Sports Family (CBS, CBSSN) Fox Sports Family (Fox, FS1, FS2), Stadium
2022 NFL Draft
Top draft pick	TE Trey McBride, Colorado State
Picked by	Arizona Cardinals, 55th overall
Regular season
Mountain Division champions	Utah State
West Division champions	San Diego State
Championship Game
Champions	Utah State
Runners-up	San Diego State
Seasons
←  2020 2022  →

2021 Mountain West Conference football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Mountain Division
No. 24 Utah State xy$		6	–	2					11	–	3
Air Force x		6	–	2					10	–	3
Boise State		5	–	3					7	–	5
Wyoming		2	–	6					7	–	6
Colorado State		2	–	6					3	–	9
New Mexico		1	–	7					3	–	9
West Division
No. 25 San Diego State xy		7	–	1					12	–	2
Fresno State		6	–	2					10	–	3
Nevada		5	–	3					8	–	5
Hawaii		3	–	5					6	–	7
San Jose State		3	–	5					5	–	7
UNLV		2	–	6					2	–	10
Championship: Utah State 46, San Diego State 13
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant Rankings from AP Poll

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

Main article: 2020 Mountain West Conference football season

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

Mountain West Media

The Mountain West Media days was held at the Cosmopolitan on July 27 and 28.

Preseason Poll

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

The following list contains players included on preseason watch lists for national awards.

Award	Head coach/Player	School	Position	Link
Maxwell Award	Khalil Shakir	Boise State	WR	[3]
	Ronnie Rivers	Fresno State	RB
	Carson Strong	Nevada	QB
	Romeo Doubs	Nevada	WR
	Greg Bell	San Diego State	RB
	Nick Starkel	San Jose State	QB
	Xazavian Valladay	Wyoming	RB
Bednarik Award	Scott Patchan	Colorado State	DE	[4]
	Lawson Hall	Nevada	LB
	Cameron Thomas	San Diego State	DE
	Caden McDonald	San Diego State	LB
	Cade Hall	San Jose State	DE
	Justin Rice	Utah State	LB
	Chad Muma	Wyoming	LB
Davey O'Brien Award	Nick Starkel	San Jose State	QB	[5]
	Carson Strong	Nevada	QB
Doak Walker Award	George Holani	Boise State	RB	[6]
Fred Biletnikoff Award	Romeo Doubs	Nevada	WR	[7]
	Khalil Shakir	Boise State	WR
	Cole Turner	Nevada	TE
John Mackey Award	Cole Turner	Nevada	TE	[8]
	Trey McBride	Colorado State	TE
	Derrick Deese Jr.	San Jose State	TE
	Daniel Bellinger	San Diego State	TE
Rimington Trophy	Tyler Orsini	Nevada	C	[9]
Butkus Award	Chad Muma	Wyoming	LB	[10]
Outland Trophy	Keegan Cryder	Wyoming	C	[11]
	Jack Snyder	San Jose State	OT
	Jake Stetz	Boise State	G
	Zachary Thomas	San Diego State	OT
Bronko Nagurski Trophy	Cade Hall	San Jose State	DE	[12]
	Caden McDonald	San Diego State	LB
	Darius Muasau	Hawaii	LB
	Scott Patchan	Colorado State	DE
	Cameron Thomas	San Diego State	DE
Lou Groza Award	John Hoyland	Wyoming	K	[13]
	Brandon Talton	Nevada	K
Paul Hornung Award	Jordan Byrd	San Diego State	RB	[14]
	Tyleek Collins	UNLV	WR
	Romeo Doubs	Nevada	WR
	Ronnie Rivers	Fresno State	RB
	Calvin Turner	Hawaii	RB
Wuerffel Trophy	Kekaula Kaniho	Boise State	DB	[15]
	A'Jon Vivens	Colorado State	RB
	Hekili Keliiliki	Hawaii	RB/LB
	Tysyn Parker	San Jose State	LB
	Julio Garcia II	UNLV	OL
	Calvin Tyler Jr.	Utah State	RB
Walter Camp Award	Cade Hall	San Jose State	DE	[16]
Manning Award	Nick Starkel	San Jose State	QB	[17]
	Carson Strong	Nevada	QB
Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award	Nick Starkel	San Jose State	QB	[18]
	CT Thomas	Boise State	WR
	Keric Wheatfall	Fresno State	WR
Ray Guy Award	Ryan Stonehouse	Colorado State	P	[19]
Polynesian College Football Player Of The Year Award	Demytrick Ali'fua	Utah State	OL	[20]
	Falepule Alo	Utah State	OL
	Chevan Cordeiro	Hawaii	QB
	Leif Fautanu	UNLV	OL
	Viliami Fehoko	San Jose State	DL
	Kekaniokoa Holomalia-Gonzalez	Boise State	OL
	George Holani	Boise State	RB
	Kekaula Kaniho	Boise State	DB
	Kohl Levao	Hawaii	OL
	Tyson Maeva	Fresno State	LB
	Alii Matau	San Jose State	LB
	Darius Muasau	Hawaii	LB
	Ezekiel Noa	Boise State	LB
	Jonah Panoke	Hawaii	WR
	Khalil Shakir	Boise State	WR
	Toa Taua	Nevada	RB
	Alama Uluave	San Diego State	OL
	Solo Vaipulu	Hawaii	OL
Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award	Hank Bachmeier	Boise State	QB	[21]
	Sean Chambers	Wyoming	QB
	Nick Starkel	San Jose State	QB
	Carson Strong	Nevada	QB
	Terry Wilson	New Mexico	QB

Preseason All-Conference Team

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

Rankings

Main article: 2021 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings

		Pre	Wk 1	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 13	Wk 14	Final
Air Force	AP							RV	RV								RV
	C	RV	RV	RV				RV	RV	RV	RV			RV	RV		RV
	CFP	Not released
Boise State	AP	RV
	C	RV		RV
	CFP	Not released
Colorado State	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released
Fresno State	AP			RV	22	18	RV				25				RV		RV
	C		RV	RV	25	21	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV		RV	RV	RV
	CFP	Not released									23
Hawaii	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released
Nevada	AP	RV	RV	RV							RV
	C	RV	RV	RV	RV		RV	RV				RV
	CFP	Not released
New Mexico	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released
San Diego State	AP				RV	RV	25	24	22	21	RV	RV	23	22	19	RV	25
	C			RV	RV	RV	RV	24	21	20	RV	RV	23	22	19	RV	RV
	CFP	Not released									24	22	19	21	19	24
San Jose State	AP
	C	RV	RV	RV
	CFP	Not released
UNLV	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released
Utah State	AP												RV			RV	24
	C				RV								RV		RV	RV	24
	CFP	Not released
Wyoming	AP				RV
	C					RV
	CFP	Not released

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

Coaching Changes

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

Team	Head coach	Years at school	Overall record	Record at school	MW record
Air Force	Troy Calhoun	15	101–72	101–72	61–46
Boise State	Andy Avalos	1	0–0	0–0	0–0
Colorado State	Steve Addazio	2	58–58	1–3	1–3
Fresno State	Kalen DeBoer	2	3–3	3–3	3–3
Hawaii	Todd Graham	2	100–65	4–4	4–4
Nevada	Jay Norvell	5	25–22	18–14	18–14
New Mexico	Danny Gonzales	2	2–5	2–5	2–5
San Diego State	Brady Hoke	4	17–16	11–11	11–11
San Jose State	Brent Brennan	5	15–30	11–20	11–20
UNLV	Marcus Arroyo	2	0–6	0–6	0–6
Utah State	Blake Anderson	1	51–37	0–0	0–0
Wyoming	Craig Bohl	8	152–76	38–44	25–29

Post-season changes

• On November 29, Fresno State head coach Kalen DeBoer announced that he would become the new head coach of Washington in the PAC-12 Conference beginning in 2022. ^[25] Assistant head coach and running backs coach Lee Marks was named interim head coach for the team's bowl game. ^[26] On December 8, the school announced that Jeff Tedford had been rehired as head coach after taking two years off for health issues. ^[27]
• On December 2, Colorado State announced that they had fired head coach Steve Addazio after two seasons. ^[28]
• On December 6, Nevada head coach Jay Norvell left the school to take the vacant head coach position at Colorado State. ^[29]

Schedule

The season began on August 28, 2021, and concluded on November 27, 2021.

Regular season

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

Week zero

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
August 28	12:00 p.m.	UConn	Fresno State	Bulldog Stadium • Fresno, CA	CBSSN	W 45−0	26,043
August 28	1:30 p.m.	Hawaii	UCLA	Rose Bowl Stadium • Pasadena, CA	ESPN	L 10−44	32,982
August 28	8:00 p.m.	Southern Utah	San Jose State	CEFCU Stadium • San Jose, CA	CBSSN	W 45–14	16,204
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time.

Week one

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
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

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
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

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
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

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
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

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
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

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
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

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
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

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
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

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
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

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
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

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
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

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
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

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
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

Main article: 2021 Mountain West Conference Football Championship Game

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
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

Bowl Games

Main article: 2021–22 NCAA football bowl games

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

2021–2022 records against non-conference foes:

Regular season Power 5 Conferences Record ACC 0–0 Big Ten 0–1 Big 12 0–3 Pac-12 5–5 BYU/Notre Dame 1–1 SEC 0–2 Power 5 Total 6–12 Other FBS Conferences Record American 1–1 C–USA 1–2 Independents (Excluding BYU & Notre Dame) 8–1 MAC 3–1 Sun Belt 0–0 Other FBS Total 13–5 FCS Opponents Record Football Championship Subdivision 9–2 Total Non-Conference Record 28–19

Post Season Power 5 Conferences Record ACC 0–0 Big Ten 0–0 Big 12 0–0 Pac-12 0–0 BYU/Notre Dame 0–0 SEC 0–0 Power 5 Total 0–0 Other FBS Conferences Record American 0–0 C–USA 0–0 Independents (Excluding BYU & Notre Dame) 0–0 MAC 0–0 Sun Belt 0–0 Other FBS Total 0–0 Total Bowl Record 0–0

Mountain West vs Power Five matchups

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

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

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

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

Player of the week honors

Week		Offensive				Defensive				Special Teams				Freshman
		Player	Team	Position		Player	Team	Position		Player	Team	Position		Player	Team	Position
Week 0 (August 30) [32]		Nick Starkel	San Jose State	QB		Aaron Mosby	Fresno State	DE		Will Hart	San Jose State	P		Cale Sanders Jr.	Fresno State	DB
Week 1 (September 6) [33]		Carson Strong	Nevada	QB		Chad Muma	Wyoming	LB		Connor Coles	Utah State	K		Ralph Fawaz	Wyoming	P
Week 2 (September 13) [34]		Terry Wilson Jr.	New Mexico	QB		Justin Rice	Utah State	LB		Kaegun Williams	San Diego State	KR		Seyi Oladipo	Boise State	S
Week 3 (September 20) [35]		Jake Haener	Fresno State	QB		Justin Rice (2)	Utah State	LB		Cayden Camper	Colorado State	K		Jack Howell	Colorado State	DB
Week 4 (September 27) [36]		Jalen Cropper	Fresno State	WR		Cameron Lockridge	Hawaii	DB		Matt Araiza	San Diego State	K/P		Noah Avinger	San Diego State	CB
Week 5 (October 4) [37]		Toa Taua	Nevada	RB		Khoury Bethley	Hawaii	S		Brandon Talton	Nevada	K		Brayden Schager	Hawaii	QB
Week 6 (October 11) [38]		Carson Strong (2)	Nevada	QB		Vince Sanford	Air Force	LB		Cayden Camper (2)	Colorado State	K		Kaonohi Kaniho	Boise State	CB
Week 7 (October 18) [39]		Deven Thompkins	Utah State	WR		Shaq Bond	Utah State	S		Matt Araiza (2)	San Diego State	K/P		No selection
Week 8 (October 25) [40]		Jordan Mims	Fresno State	RB		Khoury Bethley (2)	Hawaii	S		Matt Araiza (3)	San Diego State	K/P		Isaiah Chavez	New Mexico	QB
Week 9 (November 1) [41]		Jordan Mims (2)	Fresno State	RB		Evan Williams	Fresno State	S		Brandon Talton (2)	Nevada	K		Ralph Fawaz (2)	Wyoming	P
Week 10 (November 8) [42]		Deven Thompkins (2)	Utah State	WR		Chad Muma (2)	Wyoming	LB		Jonah Dalmas	Boise State	K		Cameron Friel	UNLV	QB
Week 11 (November 15) [43]		Charles Williams	UNLV	RB		Cameron Thomas	San Diego State	DE		Matt Araiza (4)	San Diego State	K/P		Aaron Dumas	New Mexico	RB
Week 12 (November 22) [44]		DeAndre Hughes	Air Force	RB		Darius Muasau	Hawaii	LB		Cameron Stone	Wyoming	KR		Jack Howell (2)	Colorado State	DB
Week 13 (November 29) [45]		Chevan Cordeiro	Hawaii	QB		Patrick McMorris	San Diego State	S		Matthew Shipley	Hawaii	P/K		No selection

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. ^[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

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

Position Player Team Second Team Offense WR Jalen Cropper Fresno State WR Calvin Turner Hawaii WR Isaiah Neyor Wyoming OL Ben Dooley Boise State OL Jake Stetz Boise State OL Aaron Frost Nevada OL Jack Snyder San Jose State OL Keegan Cryder Wyoming TE Cole Turner Nevada QB Jake Haener Fresno State RB Greg Bell San Diego State RB Xazavian Valladay Wyoming KR Savon Scarver Utah State PK Matt Araiza San Diego State Second Team Defense DL Jordan Jackson Air Force DL Scott Matlock Boise State DL David Perales Fresno State DL Keshawn Banks San Diego State LB Vince Sanford Air Force LB Daiyan Henley Nevada LB Jacoby Windmon UNLV LB Justin Rice Utah State DB JL Skinner Boise State DB Cortez Davis Hawaii DB Tayler Hawkins San Diego State DB C.J. Coldon Wyoming PR Stefan Cobbs Boise State P Ryan Stonehouse Colorado State

All–Americans

For the complete All-America selections, see 2021 College Football All-America Team.

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
Second Team All-Americans
OL	William Dunkle	San Diego State	AP
TE	Trey McBride	Colorado State	CBS
DE	Cameron Thomas	San Diego State	AP, FWAA, TSN, USAT, WCFF
LB	Chad Muma	Wyoming	WCFF
P	Ryan Stonehouse	Colorado State	TSN

Position	Player	School	Selector	Unanimous	Consensus
Third Team All-Americans
AP	Deven Thompkins	Utah State	AP
LB	Chad Muma	Wyoming	AP

National award winners

• John Mackey Award: Trey McBride, Colorado State
• Ray Guy Award: Matt Araiza, San Diego State

NFL draft

The following list includes all Mountain West players who were drafted in the 2022 NFL draft.

Player	Position	School	Draft Round	Round Pick	Overall Pick	Team
Trey McBride	TE	Colorado State	2	23	55	Arizona Cardinals
Chad Muma	LB	Wyoming	3	6	70	Jacksonville Jaguars
Cameron Thomas	DE	San Diego State	3	23	87	Arizona Cardinals
Daniel Bellinger	TE	San Diego State	4	7	112	New York Giants
Romeo Doubs	WR	Nevada	4	27	132	Green Bay Packers
Khalil Shakir	WR	Boise State	5	5	148	Buffalo Bills
Cole Turner	TE	Nevada	5	6	149	Washington Commanders
DaRon Bland	CB	Fresno State	5	24	167	Dallas Cowboys
Matt Araiza	P	San Diego State	6	1	180	Buffalo Bills
Zachary Thomas	OT	San Diego State	6	7	186	Chicago Bears
Jordan Jackson	DT	Air Force	6	15	194	New Orleans Saints

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