2024 Mountain West Conference football season

2024 Mountain West Conference football season
League	NCAA Division I FBS
Sport	Football
Duration	August 24, 2024 – December 2024
Number of teams	12
TV partner(s)	CBS Sports Family (CBS, CBSSN) Fox Sports Family (Fox, FS1, FS2) TNT Sports family (truTV, Max)
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2024 Mountain West Conference football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Air Force		0	–	0					0	–	0
Boise State		0	–	0					0	–	0
Colorado State		0	–	0					0	–	0
Fresno State		0	–	0					0	–	0
Hawaii		0	–	0					0	–	0
Nevada		0	–	0					0	–	0
New Mexico		0	–	0					0	–	0
San Diego State		0	–	0					0	–	0
San Jose State		0	–	0					0	–	0
UNLV		0	–	0					0	–	0
Utah State		0	–	0					0	–	0
Wyoming		0	–	0					0	–	0
Championship: December 6, 2024
$ – Conference champion y – Championship game participant As of July 16, 2024 Rankings from AP Poll

The 2024 Mountain West Conference football season will be the 26th season of college football for the Mountain West Conference. It is part of the 2024 NCAA Division I FBS football season. 12 teams will compete in the conference during the season. The season will begin on August 24, 2024, and conclude with the Mountain West Conference Football Championship Game in December 2024. The full season schedule was released on February 29, 2024. ^[1]

Conference news

For the 2024 season, the Mountain West Conference signed a scheduling agreement with Oregon State and Washington State - the only remaining members of the Pac-12 Conference. All Mountain West teams will play a game against either Oregon State or Washington State. The games will not count toward conference standings, and neither Pac-12 school is eligible for the Mountain West Conference championship game. ^[2]

On July 1, the Mountain West Conference announced a new broadcasting deal with TNT Sports, with several games to be broadcast on TNT's truTV channel as well as their streaming service Max. ^[3]

Preseason

Preseason Poll

The Preseason Media Poll was released July 10, 2024. Boise State was selected as the preseason favorite to claim the 2024 Mountain West football regular-season title. ^[4]

Predicted finish	Team	Votes (for first)
1	Boise State	543 (38)
2	UNLV	471 (4)
3	Fresno State	460 (4)
4	Air Force	384
5	Colorado State	337
6	Wyoming	296
7	Utah State	285
8	San Diego State	251
9	Hawaii	214
10	San Jose State	185
11	New Mexico	85
12	Nevada	77

Preseason All-Conference team

Mountain West preseason awards and all-conference teams were announced on July 10. ^[5]

Awards

Position	Player	Class	Position	Team
Award
Offensive Player of the Year	Ashton Jeanty	Jr.	RB	Boise State
Co-Defensive Player of the Year	Ahmed Hassanein	Sr.	DL	Boise State
Co-Defensive Player of the Year	Jackson Woodard	Sr.	LB	UNLV
Special Teams Player of the Year	Jacob De Jesus	Sr.	KR/PR	UNLV

All-conference team

Position	Player	Class	Team
First Team Offense
QB	Mikey Keene	Jr.	Fresno State
RB	Ashton Jeanty	Jr.	Boise State
	Malik Sherrod	Sr.	Fresno State
WR	Tory Horton	Gr.	Colorado State
	Ricky White III	Sr.	UNLV
	Jalen Royals	Sr.	Utah State
TE	John Michael Gyllenborg	Jr.	Wyoming
OL	Kage Casey	So.	Boise State
	Jacob Gardner	Gr.	Colorado State
	Mose Vavao	Sr.	Fresno State
	Tiger Shanks	Sr.	UNLV
	Jack Walsh	Jr.	Wyoming
First Team Defense
DL	Ahmed Hassanein	Sr.	Boise State
	Devo Bridges	Sr.	Fresno State
	Soane Toia	Sr.	San Jose State
	Jordan Bertagnole	Gr.	Wyoming
LB	Andrew Simpson	Jr.	Boise State
	Chase Wilson	Sr.	Colorado State
	Jordan Pollard	Jr.	San Jose State
	Jackson Woodard	Sr.	UNLV
DB	A’Marion McCoy	Sr.	Boise State
	Jack Howell	Sr.	Colorado State
	Cameron Oliver	Sr.	UNLV
	Ike Larsen	Jr.	Utah State
First Team Special Teams
PK	Jonah Dalmas	Gr.	Boise State
P	James Ferguson-Reynolds	Jr.	Boise State
PR	Jacob De Jesus	Sr.	UNLV
KR	Jacob De Jesus	Sr.	UNLV

Coaches

Coaching changes

• On November 13, 2023, San Diego State head coach Brady Hoke announced that he would retire at the conclusion of the season. ^[6] On November 29, the school announced that 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. ^[7]
• On November 25, 2023, New Mexico announced that they had fired head coach Danny Gonzales after four seasons as head coach. ^[8] Gonzales had posted a 11–32 record during his time at the school. On December 6, New Mexico announced Bronco Mendenhall as the new head coach for the 2024 season. ^[9] Mendenhall had previously been head coach at BYU and Virginia.
• On December 1, 2023, Nevada announced that they had fired head coach Ken Wilson. ^[10] Wilson had gone 4–20 in his two seasons with the school. On December 4, Nevada announced Jeff Choate as the new head coach for 2024. ^[11] Choate had previously been the co-defensive coordinator and inside linebackers coach at Texas and the head coach of Montana State.
• On December 6, 2023, Wyoming head coach Craig Bohl announced that we would retire following Wyoming's 2023 bowl game. ^[12] Wyoming's defensive coordinator Jay Sawvel was promoted to head coach for 2024.
• On January 16, San Jose State head coach Brent Brennan was announced the new head coach of Arizona of the Big 12 Conference for the 2024 season. ^[13] On January 21, San Jose State announced Ken Niumatalolo as the school's new head coach. ^[14] Niaumatalolo had previously been head coach at Navy.
• On July 2, Utah State announced their intention to fire Blake Anderson due to non-compliance with Title IX policies regarding the reporting of disclosures of sexual misconduct. Defensive coordinator Nate Dreiling was named the school's interim head coach. ^[15]
• On July 15, Fresno State head coach Jeff Tedford announced he would step down as head coach due to health concerns. Current assistant head coach and linebackers coach Tim Skipper was announced as the interim head coach for the 2024 season. ^[16]

Head coaches

Team	Head coach	Years at school	Overall record	Record at school	MW record
Air Force	Troy Calhoun	18	130–82	130–82	77–54
Boise State	Spencer Danielson	2	3–1	3–1	2–0
Colorado State	Jay Norvell	3	41–42	8–16	29–27
Fresno State	Tim Skipper (interim)	1	0–0	0–0	0–0
Hawaii	Timmy Chang	3	8–18	8–18	5–11
Nevada	Jeff Choate	1	28–22	0–0	0–0
New Mexico	Bronco Mendenhall	1	135–81	0–0	0–0
San Diego State	Sean Lewis	1	24–31	0–0	0–0
San Jose State	Ken Niumatalolo	1	109–83	0–0	0–0
UNLV	Barry Odom	2	34–30	9–5	6–2
Utah State	Nate Dreiling	1	0–0	0–0	0–0
Wyoming	Jay Sawvel	1	0–0	0–0	0–0

Rankings

See also: 2024 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
	C
	CFP	Not released
Boise State	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released
Colorado State	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released
Fresno State	AP
	C
	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
	CFP	Not released
UNLV	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released
Utah State	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released
Wyoming	AP
	C
	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

Schedule

The schedule was released on February 29, 2024. ^[1]

Index to colors and formatting
MW member won
MW member lost
MW teams in bold

All times Mountain time.

Week 0

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
August 24	2:00 p.m.	Montana State	New Mexico	University Stadium • Albuquerque, NM	FS1
August 24	6:00 p.m.	SMU	Nevada	Mackay Stadium • Reno, NV	CBSSN
August 24		Delaware State	Hawaii	Clarence T. C. Ching Athletics Complex • Honolulu, HI
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time.

Week 1

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
August 29	8:00 p.m.	Sacramento State	San Jose State	CEFCU Stadium • San Jose, CA	truTV / Max
August 31	1:30 p.m.	Colorado State	Texas	Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX	ESPN
August 31	1:30 p.m.	Merrimack	Air Force	Falcon Stadium • Colorado Springs, CO	CBSSN
August 31	2:00 p.m.	Boise State	Georgia Southern	Paulson Stadium • Statesboro, GA	ESPNU
August 31	5:00 p.m.	UNLV	Houston	TDECU Stadium • Houston, TX	FS1
August 31	5:00 p.m.	Nevada	Troy	Veterans Memorial Stadium • Troy, AL	ESPN+
August 31	5:30 p.m.	Fresno State	Michigan	Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI	NBC
August 31	5:30 p.m.	UCLA	Hawaii	Clarence T. C. Ching Athletics Complex • Honolulu, HI	CBS
August 31	6:00 p.m.	Texas A&M-Commerce	San Diego State	Snapdragon Stadium • San Diego, CA	truTV / Max
August 31	8:30 p.m.	Wyoming	Arizona State	Mountain America Stadium • Tempe, AZ	FS1
August 31	8:30 p.m.	New Mexico	Arizona	Arizona Stadium • Tucson, AZ (rivalry)	ESPN
August 31		Robert Morris	Utah State	Maverik Stadium • Logan, UT
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time.

Week 2

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
September 7	1:30 p.m.	Idaho	Wyoming	War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY	truTV / Max
September 7	5:00 p.m.	Georgia Southern	Nevada	Mackay Stadium • Reno, NV	truTV / Max
September 7	5:00 p.m.	San Jose State	Air Force	Falcon Stadium • Colorado Springs, CO	CBSSN
September 7	8:00 p.m.	Boise State	Oregon	Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR	Peacock
September 7	8:30 p.m.	Oregon State	San Diego State	Snapdragon Stadium • San Diego, CA	CBSSN
September 7	9:00 p.m.	Utah State	USC	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	BTN
September 7		Northern Colorado	Colorado State	Canvas Stadium • Fort Collins, CO
September 7		Utah Tech	UNLV	Allegiant Stadium • Paradise, NV
September 7		Sacramento State	Fresno State	Valley Children's Stadium • Fresno, CA
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time.

Week 3

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
September 13	5:00 p.m.	UNLV	Kansas	Children's Mercy Park • Kansas City, KS	ESPN
September 14	1:30 p.m.	Nevada	Minnesota	Huntington Bank Stadium • Minneapolis, MN	BTN
September 14	2:30 p.m.	Utah	Utah State	Maverik Stadium • Logan, UT (Battle of the Brothers, Beehive Boot)	CBSSN
September 14	5:00 p.m.	Hawaii	Sam Houston	Bowers Stadium • Huntsville, TX	ESPN+
September 14	5:00 p.m.	Kennesaw State	San Jose State	CEFCU Stadium • San Jose, CA	truTV / Max
September 14	5:30 p.m.	Colorado	Colorado State	Canvas Stadium • Fort Collins, CO (Rocky Mountain Showdown)	CBS
September 14	5:30 p.m.	New Mexico	Auburn	Jordan–Hare Stadium • Auburn, AL	ESPN2 or ESPNU
September 14	5:30 p.m.	Air Force	Baylor	McLane Stadium • Waco, TX	FS1
September 14	7:00 p.m.	BYU	Wyoming	War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY	CBSSN
September 14	8:30 p.m.	San Diego State	California	California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA	ESPN
September 14	8:30 p.m.	New Mexico State	Fresno State	Valley Children's Stadium • Fresno, CA	truTV / Max
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time.

Week 4

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
September 20	8:00 p.m.	San Jose State	Washington State	Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA	The CW
September 21	1:00 p.m.	Eastern Washington	Nevada	Mackay Stadium • Reno, NV
September 21	3:00 p.m.	UTEP	Colorado State	Canvas Stadium • Fort Collins, CO	truTV / Max
September 21	6:30 p.m.	Fresno State	New Mexico	University Stadium • Albuquerque, NM	truTV / Max
September 21	7:45 p.m.	Portland State	Boise State	Albertsons Stadium • Boise, ID	FS1
September 21		Northern Iowa	Hawaii	Clarence T. C. Ching Athletics Complex • Honolulu, HI
September 21		Utah State	Temple	Lincoln Financial Field • Philadelphia, PA
September 21		Wyoming	North Texas	DATCU Stadium • Denton, TX
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time.

Week 5

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
September 28	1:30 p.m.	Fresno State	UNLV	Allegiant Stadium • Paradise, NV	FS1
September 28	6:00 p.m.	New Mexico	New Mexico State	Aggie Memorial Stadium • Las Cruces, NM (Rio Grande Rivalry)	ESPN Network
September 28	6:00 p.m.	Air Force	Wyoming	War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY	CBSSN
September 28		San Diego State	Central Michigan	Kelly/Shorts Stadium • Mount Pleasant, MI
September 28		Washington State	Boise State	Albertsons Stadium • Boise, ID	FOX Network
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time.

Week 6

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
October 4	7:00 p.m.	Syracuse	UNLV	Allegiant Stadium • Paradise, NV	FS1
October 5	10:00 a.m.	Navy	Air Force	Falcon Stadium • Colorado Springs, CO (Commander-in-Chief's Trophy)	CBS
October 5	4:30 p.m.	Colorado State	Oregon State	Reser Stadium • Corvallis, OR	The CW
October 5	5:30 p.m.	Nevada	San Jose State	CEFCU Stadium • San Jose, CA	truTV / Max
October 5	6:00 p.m.	Hawaii	San Diego State	Snapdragon Stadium • San Diego, CA	CBSSN
October 5		Utah State	Boise State	Albertsons Stadium • Boise, ID	FOX Network
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time.

Week 7

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
October 11	7:00 p.m.	UNLV	Utah State	Maverik Stadium • Logan, UT	CBSSN
October 12	1:30 p.m.	San Diego State	Wyoming	War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY	CBSSN
October 12	1:30 p.m.	San Jose State	Colorado State	Canvas Stadium • Fort Collins, CO	truTV / Max
October 12	5:00 p.m.	Air Force	New Mexico	University Stadium • Albquerque, NM	truTV / Max
October 12	5:30 p.m.	Oregon State	Nevada	Mackay Stadium • Reno, NV	CBSSN
October 12	9:00 p.m.	Boise State	Hawaii	Clarence T. C. Ching Athletics Complex • Honolulu, HI	CBSSN
October 12		Washington State	Fresno State	Valley Children's Stadium • Fresno, CA	FOX Network
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time.

Week 8

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
October 18	8:30 p.m.	Fresno State	Nevada	Mackay Stadium • Reno, NV	CBSSN
October 19	1:30 p.m. or 8:00 p.m.	Hawaii	Washington State	Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA	The CW
October 19	1:30 p.m. or 8:00 p.m.	UNLV	Oregon State	Reser Stadium • Corvallis, OR	The CW
October 19	4:00 p.m.	New Mexico	Utah State	Maverik Stadium • Logan, UT	truTV / Max
October 19	6:00 p.m.	Colorado State	Air Force	Falcon Stadium • Colorado Springs, CO (rivalry)	CBSSN
October 19		Wyoming	San Jose State	CEFCU Stadium • San Jose, CA
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time.

Week 9

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
October 25	8:30 p.m.	Boise State	UNLV	Allegiant Stadium • Paradise, NV	CBSSN
October 26	5:00 p.m.	Utah State	Wyoming	War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY (rivalry)	CBSSN
October 26	6:00 p.m.	San Jose State	Fresno State	Valley Children's Stadium • Fresno, CA (Battle for the Valley)	truTV / Max
October 26	8:30 p.m.	Washington State	San Diego State	Snapdragon Stadium • San Diego, CA	CBSSN
October 26		Nevada	Hawaii	Clarence T. C. Ching Athletics Complex • Honolulu, HI
October 26		New Mexico	Colorado State	Canvas Stadium • Fort Collins, CO
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time.

Week 10

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
November 1	6:00 p.m.	San Diego State	Boise State	Albertsons Stadium • Boise, ID	FS1
November 2	10:00 a.m.	Air Force	Army	Michie Stadium • West Point, NY (Commander-in-Chief's Trophy)	CBS
November 2	2:00 p.m.	Wyoming	New Mexico	University Stadium • Albuquerque, NM	truTV / Max
November 2	6:00 p.m.	Colorado State	Nevada	Mackay Stadium • Reno, NV	CBSSN
November 2		Hawaii	Fresno State	Valley Children's Stadium • Fresno, CA (rivalry)
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time.

Week 11

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
November 8	8:30 p.m.	New Mexico	San Diego State	Snapdragon Stadium • San Diego, CA	FS1
November 9	1:30 p.m. or 8:30 p.m.	San Jose State	Oregon State	Reser Stadium • Corvallis, OR	The CW
November 9	1:30 p.m. or 8:30 p.m.	Utah State	Washington State	Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA	The CW
November 9	7:00 p.m.	UNLV	Hawaii	Clarence T. C. Ching Athletics Complex • Honolulu, HI	CBSSN
November 9		Fresno State	Air Force	Falcon Stadium • Colorado Springs, CO	FOX Network
November 9		Nevada	Boise State	Albertsons Stadium • Boise, ID (rivalry)	FOX Network
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time.

Week 12

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
November 15	6:00 p.m.	Wyoming	Colorado State	Canvas Stadium • Fort Collins, CO (Border War)	CBSSN
November 16	1:30 p.m.	Oregon State	Air Force	Falcon Stadium • Colorado Springs, CO	CBSSN
November 16	5:00 p.m.	Boise State	San Jose State	CEFCU Stadium • San Jose, CA	CBSSN
November 16	8:30 p.m.	San Diego State	UNLV	Allegiant Stadium • Paradise, NV	CBSSN
November 16		Hawaii	Utah State	Maverik Stradium • Logan, UT
November 16		Washington State	New Mexico	University Stadium • Albuquerque, NM	FOX Network
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time.

Week 13

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
November 22		UNLV	San Jose State	CEFCU Stadium • San Jose, CA	FS1
November 23	1:30 p.m.	San Diego State	Utah State	Maverik Stadium • Logan, UT	CBSSN
November 23	5:00 p.m.	Boise State	Wyoming	War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY	CBSSN
November 23	8:30 p.m.	Colorado State	Fresno State	Valley Children's Stadium • Fresno, CA	CBSSN
November 23		Air Force	Nevada	Mackay Stadium • Reno, NV	FOX Network
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time.

Week 14

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
November 29	10:00 a.m.	Oregon State	Boise State	Albertsons Stadium • Boise, ID	FOX
November 29	2:00 p.m.	Stanford	San Jose State	CEFCU Stadium • San Jose, CA (Bill Walsh Legacy Game)	CBS
November 29		Utah State	Colorado State	Canvas Stadium • Fort Collins, CO	FS1
November 30	4:30 p.m.	Wyoming	Washington State	Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA	The CW
November 30	6:00 p.m.	Nevada	UNLV	Allegiant Stadium • Paradise, NV (Fremont Cannon)	CBSSN
November 30		Fresno State	UCLA	Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA
November 30		Air Force	San Diego State	Snapdragon Stadium • San Diego, CA	FOX Network
November 30		New Mexico	Hawaii	Clarence T. C. Ching Athletics Complex • Honolulu, HI
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time.

Week 15

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
December 6	6:00 p.m.			TBD • TBD (Mountain West Conference championship game)	FOX
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time.

Mountain West records vs other conferences

2024–2025 records against non-conference foes:

Power Five Conferences	Record
ACC	0–0
Big Ten	0–0
Big 12	0–0
Pac-12	0–0
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 Notre Dame)	0–0
MAC	0–0
Sun Belt	0–0
Other FBS Total	0–0
FCS Opponents	Record
Football Championship Subdivision	0–0
Total Non-Conference Record	0–0

Mountain West vs Power 5 matchups

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 24	ACC	SMU	Nevada	Mackay Stadium • Reno, NV
August 31	SEC	Colorado State	Texas	Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX
August 31	Big 12	UNLV	Houston	TDECU Stadium • Houston, TX
August 31	Big Ten	Fresno State	Michigan	Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI
August 31	Big Ten	UCLA	Hawaii	Clarence T. C. Ching Athletics Complex • Honolulu, HI
August 31	Big 12	Wyoming	Arizona State	Mountain America Stadium • Tempe, AZ
August 31	Big 12	New Mexico	Arizona	Arizona Stadium • Tucson, AZ
September 7	Big Ten	Boise State	Oregon	Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR
September 7	Pac-12	Oregon State	San Diego State	Snapdragon Stadium • San Diego, CA
September 7	Big Ten	Utah State	USC	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA
September 13	Big 12	UNLV	Kansas	Children's Mercy Park • Kansas City, KS
September 14	Big Ten	Nevada	Minnesota	Huntington Bank Stadium • Minneapolis, MN
September 14	Big 12	Utah	Utah State	Maverik Stadium • Logan, UT
September 14	Big 12	Colorado	Colorado State	Canvas Stadium • Fort Collins, CO
September 14	SEC	New Mexico	Auburn	Jordan–Hare Stadium • Auburn, AL
September 14	Big 12	Air Force	Baylor	McLane Stadium • Waco, TX
September 14	Big 12	BYU	Wyoming	War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY
September 14	ACC	San Diego State	California	California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA
September 20	Pac-12	San Jose State	Washington State	Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA
September 28	Pac-12	Washington State	Boise State	Albertsons Stadium • Boise, ID
October 4	ACC	Syracuse	UNLV	Allegiant Stadium • Paradise, NV
October 5	Pac-12	Colorado State	Oregon State	Reser Stadium • Corvallis, OR
October 12	Pac-12	Oregon State	Nevada	Mackay Stadium • Reno, NV
October 12	Pac-12	Washington State	Fresno State	Valley Children's Stadium • Fresno, CA
October 19	Pac-12	Hawaii	Washington State	Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA
October 19	Pac-12	UNLV	Oregon State	Reser Stadium • Corvallis, OR
October 26	Pac-12	Washington State	San Diego State	Snapdragon Stadium • San Diego, CA
November 9	Pac-12	San Jose State	Oregon State	Reser Stadium • Corvallis, OR
November 9	Pac-12	Utah State	Washington State	Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA
November 16	Pac-12	Oregon State	Air Force	Falcon Stadium • Colorado Springs, CO
November 16	Pac-12	Washington State	New Mexico	University Stadium • Albuquerque, NM
November 29	Pac-12	Oregon State	Boise State	Albertsons Stadium • Boise, ID
November 29	ACC	Stanford	San Jose State	CEFCU Stadium • San Jose, CA
November 30	Pac-12	Wyoming	Washington State	Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA
November 30	Big Ten	Fresno State	UCLA	Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA

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
August 31	Sun Belt	Boise State	Georgia Southern	Paulson Stadium • Statesboro, GA
August 31	Sun Belt	Nevada	Troy	Veterans Memorial Stadium • Troy, AL
September 7	Sun Belt	Georgia Southern	Nevada	Mackay Stadium • Reno, NV
September 14	C-USA	Hawaii	Sam Houston	Bowers Stadium • Huntsville, TX
September 14	C-USA	Kennesaw State	San Jose State	CEFCU Stadium • San Jose, CA
September 14	C-USA	New Mexico State	Fresno State	Valley Children's Stadium • Fresno, CA
September 21	C-USA	UTEP	Colorado State	Canvas Stadium • Fort Collins, CO
September 21	American	Utah State	Temple	Lincoln Financial Field • Philadelphia, PA
September 21	American	Wyoming	North Texas	DATCU Stadium • Denton, TX
September 28	C-USA	New Mexico	New Mexico State	Aggie Memorial Stadium • Las Cruces, NM
September 28	MAC	San Diego State	Central Michigan	Kelly/Shorts Stadium • Mount Pleasant, MI
October 5	American	Navy	Air Force	Falcon Stadium • Colorado Springs, CO
November 2	American	Air Force	Army	Michie Stadium • West Point, NY

Mountain West vs FCS matchups

Date	Visitor	Home	Site	Score
August 24	Montana State	New Mexico	University Stadium • Albuquerque, NM
August 24	Delaware State	Hawaii	Clarence T. C. Ching Athletics Complex • Honolulu, HI
August 29	Sacramento State	San Jose State	CEFCU Stadium • San Jose, CA
August 31	Merrimack	Air Force	Falcon Stadium • Colorado Springs, CO
August 31	Texas A&M-Commerce	San Diego State	Snapdragon Stadium • San Diego, CA
August 31	Robert Morris	Utah State	Maverik Stadium • Logan, UT
September 7	Idaho	Wyoming	War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY
September 7	Northern Colorado	Colorado State	Canvas Stadium • Fort Collins, CO
September 7	Utah Tech	UNLV	Allegiant Stadium • Paradise, NV
September 7	Sacramento State	Fresno State	Valley Children's Stadium • Fresno, CA
September 21	Eastern Washington	Nevada	Mackay Stadium • Reno, NV
September 21	Portland State	Boise State	Albertsons Stadium • Boise, ID
September 21	Northern Iowa	Hawaii	Clarence T. C. Ching Athletics Complex • Honolulu, HI

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