2025 Mountain West Conference football season

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2025 Mountain West Conference football season
Mountain West Conference logo.svg
League NCAA Division I FBS
Sport Football
DurationAugust 23, 2025 – December 5, 2025
Number of teams12
TV partner(s) CBS Sports (CBS, CBSSN)
Fox Sports (Fox, FS1, FS2)
2026 NFL draft
Regular season
DateDecember 5, 2025
Seasons
  2024
2026  
2025 Mountain West Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
Team W L  W L 
UNLV  0 0   3 0  
Wyoming  0 0   2 0  
Air Force  0 0   1 0  
Fresno State  0 0   2 1  
Hawaii  0 0   2 1  
Boise State  0 0   1 1  
Colorado State  0 0   1 1  
Nevada  0 0   1 1  
New Mexico  0 0   1 1  
San Diego State  0 0   1 1  
Utah State  0 0   1 1  
San Jose State  0 0   0 2  
Championship: December 5, 2025
As of September 7, 2025
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2025 Mountain West Conference football season will be the 27th season of college football for the Mountain West Conference. It will be part of the 2025 NCAA Division I FBS football season. 12 teams will compete in the conference during the season. The season will begin on August 23, 2025, and conclude with the Mountain West Conference Football Championship Game on December 5, 2025. The full season schedule was released on February 20, 2025. [1]

Contents

Conference realignment

The 2025 will be the final season before major realignment for the Mountain West Conference. Five schools – Boise State, Colorado State, Fresno State, San Diego State, and Utah State – will all depart the Mountain West after 2025 to join the Pac-12 Conference. [2] [3] [4] Two schools will join the Mountain West in 2026 as football members to replace the departing schools. UTEP will join as a full member of the Mountain West, [5] while Northern Illinois will join as a football-only associate member. [6] Additionally, Hawaii will become a full-member of the Mountain West beginning in 2026. [7] Hawaii had been a football-only member of the conference since joining in 2012, with the Western Athletic Conference being the previous primary conference.

Coaches

Coaching changes

Head coaches

TeamHead coachYears at schoolOverall recordRecord at schoolMW record
Air Force Troy Calhoun 19135–89135–8980–58
Boise State Spencer Danielson 315–315–310–0
Colorado State Jay Norvell 449–4716–2135–29
Fresno State Matt Entz 160–110–00–0
Hawaii Timmy Chang 413–2513–258–15
Nevada Jeff Choate 231–323–100–7
New Mexico Jason Eck 126–130–00–0
San Diego State Sean Lewis 227–403–92–5
San Jose State Ken Niumatalolo 2116–897–63–4
UNLV Dan Mullen 1103–610–00–0
Utah State Bronco Mendenhall 1140–880–03–4
Wyoming Jay Sawvel 23–93–92–5

Preseason

Preseason Poll

The Preseason Media Poll was released July 16, 2025. Boise State was selected as the preseason favorite to claim the 2025 Mountain West football regular-season title. [13]

Predicted finishTeamVotes (for first)
1Boise State464 (35)
2UNLV415 (4)
3San Jose State359
4Colorado State326
5Fresno State301
6Air Force280
7Hawaii213
8San Diego State202
9Utah State165
10Wyoming150
11New Mexico84
12Nevada83

Preseason All-Conference team

Mountain West preseason awards and all-conference teams were announced on July 16. [14]

Awards

PositionPlayerClassPositionTeam
Award
Offensive Player of the Year Maddux Madsen Jr. QB Boise State
Defensive Player of the Year Trey White Jr. EDGE San Diego State
Special Teams Player of the YearGabe PlascenciaSr.PKSan Diego State

All-conference team

PositionPlayerClassTeam
First Team Offense
QB Maddux Madsen Jr.Boise State
RB Scottre HumphreyJr.New Mexico
Jai'Den Thomas Jr.UNLV
WR Latrell Caples Gr.Boise State
Pofele Ashlock Jr.Hawaii
Nick CenacleSr.Hawaii
TE Matt Lauter Sr.Boise State
OL Kage Casey Jr.Boise State
Mason RandolphSr.Boise State
Peseti LapuahoSr.San Jose State
Caden BarnettSr.Wyoming
Jack WalshSr.Wyoming
First Team Defense
DL Braxton FelySr.Boise State
Jayden Virgin-Morgan Jr.Boise State
Trey White Jr.San Diego State
Gafa FagaSr.San Jose State
LB Marco Notarainni Sr.Boise State
Tano LetuliJr.San Diego State
Jordan PollardSr.San Jose State
Marsel McDuffieSr.UNLV
DB Ty BenefieldJr.Boise State
A’Marion McCoyGr.Boise State
Al’zillion HamiltonSr.Fresno State
Ike Larsen Sr.Utah State
First Team Special Teams
PK Gabe PlascenciaSr.San Diego State
P Luke FreerSr.Air Force
PRMarcus BellonSr.Nevada
KRAbraham WilliamsSr.New Mexico

Rankings

 PreWk
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Final
Air ForceAP
C
CFPNot released
Boise StateAP25NR
C25NR
CFPNot released
Colorado StateAP
C
CFPNot released
Fresno StateAP
C
CFPNot released
HawaiiAP
C
CFPNot released
NevadaAP
C
CFPNot released
New MexicoAP
C
CFPNot released
San Diego StateAP
C
CFPNot released
San Jose StateAP
C
CFPNot released
UNLVAPRVRV
CRVNR
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

Schedule

The schedule was released on February 20, 2025. [1]

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

All times Mountain time.

Week 0

DateTimeVisiting teamHome teamSiteTVResultAttendanceRef.
August 232:00 p.m. Idaho State UNLV Allegiant StadiumParadise, NV KVVU W 38–31  25,723
August 234:30 p.m. Fresno State Kansas David Booth Kansas Memorial StadiumLawrence, KS FOX L 7–31  41,525
August 235:30 p.m. Stanford Hawaii Clarence T. C. Ching Athletics ComplexHonolulu, HI CBS W 23–20  15,194
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time.

Week 1

DateTimeVisiting teamHome teamSiteTVResultAttendanceRef.
August 283:30 p.m.No. 25  Boise State South Florida Raymond James StadiumTampa, FL ESPN L 7–34  34,707
August 285:00 p.m. Wyoming Akron InfoCision Stadium–Summa FieldAkron, OH ESPN+ W 10–0  9,138
August 288:00 p.m.No. 24 (FCS)  Stony Brook San Diego State Snapdragon StadiumSan Diego, CA KUSI W 42–0  20,624
August 297:30 p.m.UNLV Sam Houston Shell Energy StadiumHouston, TX CBSSN W 38–21  5,837
August 298:30 p.m. Central Michigan San Jose State CEFCU StadiumSan Jose, CA FS1 L 14–16  14,877
August 301:30 p.m. Bucknell Air Force Falcon StadiumUSAF Academy, CO CBSSNW 49–13  30,207
August 301:30 p.m. Nevada No. 2  Penn State Beaver StadiumUniversity Park, PA CBSL 11–46  106,915
August 305:30 p.m. New Mexico No. 14  Michigan Michigan StadiumAnn Arbor, MI NBC L 17–34  110,648
August 305:30 p.m. UTEP Utah State Maverik StadiumLogan, UT CBSSNW 28–16  16,448
August 307:30 p.m. Georgia Southern Fresno State Valley Children's StadiumFresno, CA FS1W 42–14  36,801
August 308:30 p.m.Hawaii Arizona Arizona StadiumTucson, AZ TNT L 6–40  42,423
August 309:00 p.m. Colorado State Washington Husky StadiumSeattle, WA BTN L 21–38  67,778
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time.

Week 2

DateTimeVisiting teamHome teamSiteTVResultAttendanceRef.
September 57:00 p.m. Eastern Washington Boise State Albertsons StadiumBoise, ID FS1W 51–14  32,887
September 610:00 a.m.San Jose StateNo. 7  Texas Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial StadiumAustin, TX ABC L 7–38  100,841
September 610:45 a.m.Utah StateNo. 19  Texas A&M Kyle FieldCollege Station, TX SECN L 22–44  100,026
September 61:00 p.m. Idaho State New Mexico University StadiumAlbuquerque, NM Altitude W 32–22  17,639
September 61:30 p.m.Fresno State Oregon State Reser StadiumCorvallis, OR The CW W 36–27  28,068
September 62:00 p.m. Northern Iowa Wyoming War Memorial StadiumLaramie, WY Altitude2 W 31–7  25,009
September 63:00 p.m. Sacramento State Nevada Mackay StadiumReno, NV KNSN-TV W 20–17  20,535
September 65:00 p.m. Northern Colorado Colorado State Canvas StadiumFort Collins, CO Altitude W 21–17  37,023
September 66:00 p.m. UCLA UNLV Allegiant StadiumParadise, NV CBSSNW 30–23  36,117
September 68:15 p.m.San Diego State Washington State Martin StadiumPullman, WA The CWL 13–36  24,330
September 69:59 p.m.Sam HoustonHawaiiClarence T. C. Ching Athletics Complex • Honolulu, HI Spectrum Sports W 37–20  11,625
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time.

Week 3

DateTimeVisiting teamHome teamSiteTVResultAttendanceRef.
September 137:45 p.m.Air ForceUtah StateMaverik Stadium • Logan, UTFS1   
September 138:00 p.m. Southern Fresno StateValley Children's Stadium • Fresno, CA KGPE    
September 139:59 p.m. Portland State HawaiiClarence T. C. Ching Athletics Complex • Honolulu, HISpectrum Sports   
September 133:00 p.m. Middle Tennessee NevadaMackay Stadium • Reno, NVKNSN-TV   
September 128:00 p.m.New MexicoUCLA Rose BowlPasadena, CA BTN   
September 136:00 p.m. Utah WyomingWar Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WYCBSSN   
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time.

Week 4

DateTimeVisiting teamHome teamSiteTVResultAttendanceRef.
September 205:00 p.m.Boise StateAir ForceFalcon Stadium • USAF Academy, COCBSSN   
September 20 UTSA Colorado StateCanvas Stadium • Fort Collins, CO   
September 209:59 p.m.Fresno StateHawaiiClarence T. C. Ching Athletics Complex • Honolulu, HI (rivlary)Spectrum Sports   
September 20Nevada Western Kentucky Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith StadiumBowling Green, KY    
September 208:30 p.m. California San Diego StateSnapdragon Stadium • San Diego, CACBSSN   
September 203:00 p.m. Idaho San Jose StateCEFCU Stadium • San Jose, CA NBCSBA    
September 20UNLV Miami (OH) Yager StadiumOxford, OH    
September 206:00 p.m. McNeese Utah StateMaverik Stadium • Logan, UT KMYU    
September 20Wyoming Colorado Folsom FieldBoulder, CO    
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time.

Week 5

DateTimeVisiting teamHome teamSiteTVResultAttendanceRef.
September 27HawaiiAir ForceFalcon Stadium • USAF Academy, CO (rivalry)   
September 27 Appalachian State Boise StateAlbertsons Stadium • Boise, ID   
September 275:30 p.m.Washington StateColorado StateCanvas Stadium • Fort Collins, COCBSSN   
September 272:00 p.m. New Mexico State New MexicoUniversity Stadium • Albuquerque, NM (Rio Grande Rivalry)Altitude   
September 27San Diego State Northern Illinois Huskie StadiumDeKalb, IL    
September 27San Jose StateStanford Stanford StadiumStanford, CA (Bill Walsh Legacy Game)   
September 2710:45 a.m.Utah State Vanderbilt FirstBank StadiumNashville, TN SECN   
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time.

Week 6

DateTimeVisiting teamHome teamSiteTVResultAttendanceRef.
October 410:00 a.m.Air Force Navy Navy–Marine Corps Memorial StadiumAnnapolis, MD (Commander-in-Chief's Trophy)CBS   
October 41:30 p.m.Boise State Notre Dame Notre Dame StadiumNotre Dame, IN NBC   
October 38:30 p.m.Colorado StateSan Diego StateSnapdragon Stadium • San Diego, CACBSSN   
October 48:30 p.m.NevadaFresno StateValley Children's Stadium • Fresno, CACBSSN   
October 38:00 p.m.New MexicoSan Jose StateCEFCU Stadium • San Jose, CAFS1   
October 45:00 p.m.UNLVWyomingWar Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WYCBSSN   
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time.

Week 7

DateTimeVisiting teamHome teamSiteTVResultAttendanceRef.
October 111:30 p.m.Air ForceUNLVAllegiant Stadium • Paradise, NVCBSSN   
October 11New MexicoBoise StateAlbertsons Stadium • Boise, ID   
October 107:00 p.m.Fresno StateColorado StateCanvas Stadium • Fort Collins, COCBSSN   
October 119:59 p.m.Utah StateHawaiiClarence T. C. Ching Athletics Complex • Honolulu, HISpectrum Sports   
October 118:30 p.m.San Diego StateNevadaMackay Stadium • Reno, NVCBSSN   
October 115:00 p.m.San Jose StateWyomingWar Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WYCBSSN   
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time.

Week 8

DateTimeVisiting teamHome teamSiteTVResultAttendanceRef.
October 181:30 p.m.WyomingAir ForceFalcon Stadium • USAF Academy, COCBSSN   
October 18UNLVBoise StateAlbertsons Stadium • Boise, ID   
October 185:00 p.m.HawaiiColorado StateCanvas Stadium • Fort Collins, COSpectrum Sports   
October 18NevadaNew MexicoUniversity Stadium • Albuquerque, NM   
October 177:00 p.m.San Jose StateUtah StateMaverik Stadium • Logan, UTCBSSN   
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time.

Week 9

DateTimeVisiting teamHome teamSiteTVResultAttendanceRef.
October 248:00 p.m.Boise StateNevadaMackay Stadium • Reno, NV (rivalry)CBSSN   
October 255:30 p.m.Colorado StateWyomingWar Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY (Border War)CBSSN   
October 25San Diego StateFresno StateValley Children's Stadium • Fresno, CA (rivalry)   
October 251:00 p.m.Utah StateNew MexicoUniversity Stadium • Albuquerque, NMAltitude   
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time.

Week 10

DateTimeVisiting teamHome teamSiteTVResultAttendanceRef.
November 110:00 a.m. Army Air ForceFalcon Stadium • USAF Academy, CO (Commander-in-Chief's Trophy)CBS   
November 1Fresno StateBoise StateAlbertsons Stadium • Boise, ID (rivalry)   
November 18:30 p.m.HawaiiSan Jose StateCEFCU Stadium • San Jose, CA (Dick Tomey Legacy Game)CBSSN   
November 11:00 p.m.New MexicoUNLVAllegiant Stadium • Paradise, NVKVVU   
November 15:00 p.m.WyomingSan Diego StateSnapdragon Stadium • San Diego, CACBSSN   
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time.

Week 11

DateTimeVisiting teamHome teamSiteTVResultAttendanceRef.
November 8Air ForceSan Jose StateCEFCU Stadium • San Jose, CA   
November 8UNLVColorado StateCanvas Stadium • Fort Collins, CO   
November 89:00 p.m.San Diego StateHawaiiClarence T. C. Ching Athletics Complex • Honolulu, HISpectrum Sports   
November 85:30 p.m.NevadaUtah StateMaverik Stadium • Logan, UTCBSSN   
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time.

Week 12

DateTimeVisiting teamHome teamSiteTVResultAttendanceRef.
November 1510:00 a.m.Air Force UConn Pratt & Whitney Stadium at Rentschler FieldEast Hartford, CT CBSSN   
November 158:30 p.m.Boise StateSan Diego StateSnapdragon Stadium • San Diego, CACBSSN   
November 151:00 p.m.Colorado StateNew MexicoUniversity Stadium • Albuquerque, NMAltitude   
November 15WyomingFresno StateValley Children's Stadium • Fresno, CA   
November 151:30 p.m.San Jose StateNevadaMackay Stadium • Reno, NVCBSSN   
November 155:00 p.m.Utah StateUNLVAllegiant Stadium • Paradise, NVCBSSN   
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time.

Week 13

DateTimeVisiting teamHome teamSiteTVResultAttendanceRef.
November 225:00 p.m.New MexicoAir ForceFalcon Stadium • USAF Academy, COCBSSN   
November 22Colorado StateBoise StateAlbertsons Stadium • Boise, ID   
November 228:30 p.m.Utah StateFresno StateValley Children's Stadium • Fresno, CACBSSN   
November 218:30 p.m.HawaiiUNLVAllegiant Stadium • Paradise, NVFS1   
November 2212:00 p.m.NevadaWyomingWar Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WYAltitude   
November 22San Jose StateSan Diego StateSnapdragon Stadium • San Diego, CA   
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time.

Week 14

DateTimeVisiting teamHome teamSiteTVResultAttendanceRef.
November 28Air ForceColorado StateCanvas Stadium • Fort Collins, CO (rivalry)FS1   
November 282:00 p.m.Boise StateUtah StateMaverik Stadium • Logan, UTCBS   
November 29Fresno StateSan Jose StateCEFCU Stadium • San Jose, CA (Battle for the Valley)   
November 299:00 p.m.WyomingHawaiiClarence T. C. Ching Athletics Complex • Honolulu, HI (rivalry)Spectrum Sports   
November 297:00 p.m.UNLVNevadaMackay Stadium • Reno, NV (Fremont Cannon)CBSSN   
November 281:30 p.m.San Diego StateNew MexicoUniversity Stadium • Albquerque, NMCBSSN   
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time.

Championship game

DateTimeVisiting teamHome teamSiteTVResultAttendanceRef.
December 5TBD • TBDFOX   
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time.

Mountain West records vs. other conferences

2025–2026 records against non-conference foes:

Regular season

Power Four ConferencesRecord
ACC 1–0
Big 12 0–1
Big Ten 0–0
Notre Dame 0–0
SEC 0–0
Power 4 Total1–1
Other FBS ConferencesRecord
American 0–0
CUSA 0–0
Independents (Excluding Notre Dame) 0–0
MAC 0–0
Pac-12 0–0
Sun Belt 0–0
Other FBS Total0–0
FCS OpponentsRecord
Football Championship Subdivision 1–0
Total Non-Conference Record2–1

Mountain West vs Power 4 matchups

This is a list of games the Mountain West has scheduled versus power conference teams (ACC, Big Ten, Big 12, Notre Dame and SEC). All rankings are from the current AP Poll at the time of the game.


DateConferenceVisitorHomeSiteScore
August 23Big 12Fresno StateKansasDavid Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium • Lawrence, KSL 7–31
August 23ACCStanfordHawaiiClarence T. C. Ching Athletics Complex • Honolulu, HIW 23–20
August 30Big TenColorado StateWashingtonHusky Stadium • Seattle, WAL 21–38
August 30Big 12HawaiiArizonaArizona Stadium • Tucson, AZL 6–40
August 30Big TenNevadaNo. 2 Penn StateBeaver Stadium • University Park, PAL 11–46
August 30Big TenNew MexicoNo. 14 MichiganMichigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MIL 17–34
September 6SECSan Jose StateNo. 7 TexasDarrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX 
September 6Big TenUCLAUNLVAllegiant Stadium • Paradise, NV 
September 6SECUtah StateNo. 19 Texas A&MKyle Field • College Station, TX 
September 12Big TenNew MexicoUCLARose Bowl • Pasadena, CA 
September 13Big 12UtahWyomingWar Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY 
September 20ACCCaliforniaSan Diego StateSnapdragon Stadium • San Diego, CA 
September 20Big 12WyomingColoradoFolsom Field • Boulder, CO 
September 27ACCSan Jose StateStanfordStanford Stadium • Stanford, CA 
September 27SECUtah StateVanderbiltFirstBank Stadium • Nashville, TN 
October 4IndependentBoise StateNotre DameNotre Dame Stadium • Notre Dame, IN 

Mountain West vs other FBS matchups

The following games include Mountain West teams competing against teams from the American, C-USA, MAC, Pac-12 or Sun Belt.


DateConferenceVisitorHomeSiteScore
August 28AmericanNo. 25 Boise StateSouth FloridaRaymond James Stadium • Tampa, FLL 7–34
August 29MACCentral MichiganSan Jose StateCEFCU Stadium • San Jose, CAL 14–16
August 30Sun BeltGeorgia SouthernFresno StateValley Children's Stadium • Fresno, CAW 42–14
August 30C-USAUNLVSam HoustonShell Energy Stadium • Houston, TXW 38–21
August 30C-USAUTEPUtah StateMaverik Stadium • Logan, UTW 28–16
August 30MACWyomingAkronInfoCision Stadium–Summa Field • Akron, OHW 10–0
September 6Pac-12Fresno StateOregon StateReser Stadium • Corvallis, OR 
September 6C-USASam HoustonHawaiiClarence T. C. Ching Athletics Complex • Honolulu, HI 
September 6Pac-12San Diego StateWashington StateMartin Stadium • Pullman, WA 
September 13C-USAMiddle TennesseeNevadaMackay Stadium • Reno, NV 
September 20AmericanUTSAColorado StateCanvas Stadium • Fort Collins, CO 
September 20C-USANevadaWestern KentuckyHouchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium • Bowling Green, KY 
September 20MACUNLVMiami (OH)Yager Stadium • Oxford, OH 
September 27Sun BeltAppalachian StateBoise StateAlbertsons Stadium • Boise, ID 
September 27Pac-12Washington StateColorado StateCanvas Stadium • Fort Collins, CO 
September 27C-USANew Mexico StateNew MexicoUniversity Stadium • Albquerque, NM 
September 27MACSan Diego StateNorthern IllinoisHuskie Stadium • DeKalb, IL 
October 4AmericanAir ForceNavyNavy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium • Annapolis, MD 
November 1AmericanArmyAir ForceFalcon Stadium • USAF Academy, CO 

Mountain West vs FBS independents matchups

The following games include Mountain West teams competing against FBS Independents, which only includes UConn for 2025.


DateVisitorHomeSiteScore
November 15Air ForceUConnPratt & Whitney Stadium at Rentschler Field • East Hartford, CT 

Mountain West vs. FCS matchups

The following games include Mountain West teams competing against FCS schools.


DateVisitorHomeSiteScore
August 23Idaho StateUNLVAllegiant Stadium • Paradise, NVW 38–31
August 28Stony BrookSan Diego StateSnapdragon Stadium • San Diego, CAW 42–0
August 30BucknellAir ForceFalcon Stadium • USAF Academy, COW 49–13
September 6Eastern WashingtonBoise StateAlbertsons Stadium • Boise, ID 
September 6Northern ColoradoColorado StateCanvas Stadium • Fort Collins, CO 
September 6Sacramento StateNevadaMackay Stadium • Reno, NV 
September 6Idaho StateNew MexicoUniversity Stadium • Albuquerque, NM 
September 6Northern IowaWyomingWar Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY 
September 13SouthernFresno StateValley Children's Stadium • Fresno, CA 
September 13Portland StateHawaiiClarence T. C. Ching Athletics Complex • Honolulu, HI 
September 20IdahoSan Jose StateCEFCU Stadium • San Jose, CA 
September 20McNeeseUtah StateMaverik Stadium • Logan, UT 

Awards and honors

Player of the week honors

WeekOffensiveDefensiveSpecial TeamsFreshman
PlayerTeamPositionPlayerTeamPositionPlayerTeamPositionPlayerTeamPosition
Week 0 [15] Micah Alejado HawaiiQBKilinahe Mendiola-JensenHawaiiSKansei MatsuzawaHawaiiK Micah Alejado HawaiiQB
Week 1 [16] Anthony Colandrea UNLVQBAamaris BrownUNLVDBTanner RinkerUtah StateKJalen DupreeColorado StateRB

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