2025 Mountain West Conference football season

2025 Mountain West Conference football season
League	NCAA Division I FBS
Sport	Football
Duration	August 23, 2025 – December 5, 2025
Number of teams	12
TV partner(s)	CBS Sports (CBS, CBSSN) Fox Sports (Fox, FS1, FS2) TNT Sports (TruTV, Max)
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2025 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 5, 2025
As of March 11, 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]

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

• On December 4, 2024, Fresno State announced that Matt Entz would become the new permanent head coach beginning in 2025. Entz had previously been the associated head coach at USC ^[8]
• On December 6, 2024, Utah State announced that they had hired Bronco Mendenhall away from New Mexico to become their head coach for 2025. ^[9] On December 14, 2024, New Mexico announced Jason Eck as their new head coach for 2025. Eck had previously been head coach at Idaho. ^[10]
• On December 8, 2024, UNLV head coach Barry Odom was announced as the new head coach of Purdue in the Big Ten Conference. ^[11] On December 12, 2024, UNLV announced that Dan Mullen would be the new head coach for the 2025 season. Mullen had previously been head coach of Florida in the SEC. ^[12]

Head coaches

Team	Head coach	Years at school	Overall record	Record at school	MW record
Air Force	Troy Calhoun	19	135–89	135–89	80–58
Boise State	Spencer Danielson	3	15–3	15–3	10–0
Colorado State	Jay Norvell	4	49–47	16–21	35–29
Fresno State	Matt Entz	1	60–11	0–0	0–0
Hawaii	Timmy Chang	4	13–25	13–25	8–15
Nevada	Jeff Choate	2	31–32	3–10	0–7
New Mexico	Jason Eck	1	26–13	0–0	0–0
San Diego State	Sean Lewis	2	27–40	3–9	2–5
San Jose State	Ken Niumatalolo	2	116–89	7–6	3–4
UNLV	Dan Mullen	1	103–61	0–0	0–0
Utah State	Bronco Mendenhall	1	140–88	0–0	3–4
Wyoming	Jay Sawvel	2	3–9	3–9	2–5

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	Wk 15	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 20, 2025. ^[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 23		Fresno State	Kansas	David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium • Lawrence, KS
August 23		Stanford	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 28		Boise State	South Florida	Raymond James Stadium • Tampa, FL
August 28		Stony Brook	San Diego State	Snapdragon Stadium • San Diego, CA
August 28		Central Michigan	San Jose State	CEFCU Stadium • San Jose, CA
August 30		Bucknell	Air Force	Falcon Stadium • Colorado Springs, CO
August 30		Colorado State	Washington	Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA
August 30		Georgia Southern	Frenso State	Valley Children's Stadium • Fresno, CA
August 30		Hawaii	Arizona	Arizona Stadium • Tucson, AZ
August 30		Nevada	Penn State	Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA
August 30		New Mexico	Michigan	Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI
August 30		UNLV	Sam Houston	Bowers Stadium • Huntsville, TX
August 30		UTEP	Utah State	Maverik Stadium • Logan, UT
August 30		Wyoming	Akron	InfoCision Stadium–Summa Field • Akron, OH
#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 6		Eastern Washington	Boise State	Albertsons Stadium • Boise, ID
September 6		Northern Colorado	Colorado State	Canvas Stadium • Fort Collins, CO
September 6		Fresno State	Oregon State	Reser Stadium • Corvallis, OR
September 6		Sam Houston	Hawaii	Clarence T. C. Ching Athletics Complex • Honolulu, HI
September 6		Sacramento State	Nevada	Mackay Stadium • Reno, NV
September 6		Idaho State	New Mexico	University Stadium • Albuquerque, NM
September 6		San Diego State	Washington State	Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA
September 6		San Jose State	Texas	Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX
September 6		UCLA	UNLV	Allegiant Stadium • Paradise, NV
September 6		Utah State	Texas A&M	Kyle Field • College Station, TX
September 6		Northern Iowa	Wyoming	War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY
#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		Air Force	Utah State	Maverik Stadium • Logan, UT
September 13		Southern	Fresno State	Valley Children's Stadium • Fresno, CA
September 13		Portland State	Hawaii	Clarence T. C. Ching Athletics Complex • Honolulu, HI
September 13		Middle Tennessee	Nevada	Mackay Stadium • Reno, NV
September 13		New Mexico	UCLA	Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA
September 13		Idaho State	UNLV	Allegiant Stadium • Paradise, NV
September 13		Utah	Wyoming	War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY
#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		Boise State	Air Force	Falcon Stadium • Colorado Springs, CO
September 20		UTSA	Colorado State	Canvas Stadium • Fort Collins, CO
September 20		Fresno State	Hawaii	Clarence T. C. Ching Athletics Complex • Honolulu, HI (rivlary)
September 20		Nevada	Western Kentucky	Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium • Bowling Green, KY
September 20		California	San Diego State	Snapdragon Stadium • San Diego, CA
September 20		Idaho	San Jose State	CEFCU Stadium • San Jose, CA
September 20		UNLV	Miami (OH)	Yager Stadium • Oxford, OH
September 20		McNeese	Utah State	Maverik Stadium • Logan, UT
September 20		Wyoming	Colorado	Folsom Field • Boulder, CO
#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 27		Hawaii	Air Force	Falcon Stadium • Colorado Springs, CO (rivalry)
September 27		Appalachian State	Boise State	Albertsons Stadium • Boise, ID
September 27		Washington State	Colorado State	Canvas Stadium • Fort Collins, CO
September 27		New Mexico State	New Mexico	University Stadium • Albquerque, NM (Rio Grande Rivalry)
September 27		San Diego State	Northern Illinois	Huskie Stadium • DeKalb, IL
September 27		San Jose State	Stanford	Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA (Bill Walsh Legacy Game)
September 27		Utah State	Vanderbilt	FirstBank Stadium • Nashville, TN
#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		Air Force	Navy	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium • Annapolis, MD (Commander-in-Chief's Trophy)
October 4		Boise State	Notre Dame	Notre Dame Stadium • Notre Dame, IN
October 4		Colorado State	San Diego State	Snapdragon Stadium • San Diego, CA
October 4		Nevada	Fresno State	Valley Children's Stadium • Fresno, CA
October 4		New Mexico	San Jose State	CEFCU Stadium • San Jose, CA
October 4		UNLV	Wyoming	War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY
#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		Air Force	UNLV	Allegiant Stadium • Paradise, NV
October 11		New Mexico	Boise State	Albertsons Stadium • Boise, ID
October 11		Fresno State	Colorado State	Canvas Stadium • Fort Collins, CO
October 11		Utah State	Hawaii	Clarence T. C. Ching Athletics Complex • Honolulu, HI
October 11		San Diego State	Nevada	Mackay Stadium • Reno, NV
October 11		San Jose State	Wyoming	War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY
#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		Wyoming	Air Force	Falcon Stadium • Colorado Springs, CO
October 18		UNLV	Boise State	Albertsons Stadium • Boise, ID
October 18		Hawaii	Colorado State	Canvas Stadium • Fort Collins, CO
October 18		Nevada	New Mexico	University Stadium • Albquerque, NM
October 18		San Jose State	Utah State	Maverik Stadium • Logan, UT
#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		Boise State	Nevada	Mackay Stadium • Reno, NV (rivalry)
October 25		Colorado State	Wyoming	War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY (Border War)
October 25		San Diego State	Frenso State	Valley Children's Stadium • Fresno, CA (rivalry)
October 25		Utah State	New Mexico	University Stadium • Albuquerque, NM
#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		Army	Air Force	Falcon Stadium • Colorado Springs, CO (Commander-in-Chief's Trophy)
November 1		Fresno State	Boise State	Albertsons Stadium • Boise, ID (rivalry)
November 1		Hawaii	San Jose State	CEFCU Stadium • San Jose, CA (Dick Tomey Legacy Game)
November 1		New Mexico	UNLV	Allegiant Stadium • Paradise, NV
November 1		Wyoming	San Diego State	Snapdragon Stadium • San Diego, CA
#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		Air Force	San Jose State	CEFCU Stadium • San Jose, CA
November 8		UNLV	Colorado State	Canvas Stadium • Fort Collins, CO
November 8		San Diego State	Hawaii	Clarence T. C. Ching Athletics Complex • Honolulu, HI
November 8		Nevada	Utah State	Maverik Stadium • Logan, UT
#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		Air Force	UConn	Pratt & Whitney Stadium at Rentschler Field • East Hartford, CT
November 15		Boise State	San Diego State	Snapdragon Stadium • San Diego, CA
November 15		Colorado State	New Mexico	University Stadium • Albuquerque, NM
November 15		Wyoming	Fresno State	Valley Children's Stadium • Fresno, CA
November 15		San Jose State	Nevada	Mackay Stadium • Reno, NV
November 15		Utah State	UNLV	Allegiant Stadium • Paradise, NV
#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		New Mexico	Air Force	Falcon Stadium • Colorado Springs, CO
November 22		Colorado State	Boise State	Albertsons Stadium • Boise, ID
November 22		Utah State	Fresno State	Valley Children's Stadium • Fresno, CA
November 22		Hawaii	UNLV	Allegiant Stadium • Paradise, NV
November 22		Nevada	Wyoming	War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY
November 22		San Jose State	San Diego State	Snapdragon Stadium • San Diego, CA
#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		Air Force	Colorado State	Canvas Stadium • Fort Collins, CO (rivalry)
November 29		Boise State	Utah State	Maverik Stadium • Logan, UT
November 29		Fresno State	San Jose State	CEFCU Stadium • San Jose, CA (Battle for the Valley)
November 29		Wyoming	Hawaii	Clarence T. C. Ching Athletics Complex • Honolulu, HI (rivalry)
November 29		UNLV	Nevada	Mackay Stadium • Reno, NV (Fremont Cannon)
November 29		San Diego State	New Mexico	University Stadium • Albquerque, NM
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time.

Championship game

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
December 5				TBD • TBD
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time.

References

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