2025 West Virginia Mountaineers football team

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2025 West Virginia Mountaineers football
West Virginia Mountaineers logo.svg
Conference Big 12 Conference
Record0–0 (0–0 Big 12)
Head coach
Home stadium Mountaineer Field
Seasons
  2024
2026 
2025 Big 12 Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Arizona  0 0   0 0  
Arizona State  0 0   0 0  
BYU  0 0   0 0  
Baylor  0 0   0 0  
Cincinnati  0 0   0 0  
Colorado  0 0   0 0  
Houston  0 0   0 0  
Iowa State  0 0   0 0  
Kansas  0 0   0 0  
Kansas State  0 0   0 0  
Oklahoma State  0 0   0 0  
TCU  0 0   0 0  
Texas Tech  0 0   0 0  
UCF  0 0   0 0  
Utah  0 0   0 0  
West Virginia  0 0   0 0  
Championship: 2025 Big 12 Championship Game
  • ^ College Football Playoff participant
  • $ Conference champion
  • y Championship game participant
As of December 23, 2024
Rankings from CFP Rankings

The 2025 West Virginia Mountaineers football team will represent West Virginia University as a member of the Big 12 Conference during the 2025 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Mountaineers will play their home games at Mountaineer Field located in Morgantown, West Virginia. This will be the first season under new head coach Rich Rodriguez since 2012. [1] [2]

Contents

Transfers

Incoming

NamePos.HeightWeightHometownPrev. school

Outgoing

NamePos.HeightWeightHometownNew school
Tomas RimacOL6'6"305 lbs Brunswick, OH TBA
Josiah Trotter LB6'2"225 lbs Philadelphia, PA Missouri
Jaylen AndersonRB6'0"205 lbs Perry, OH TBA
Trey LathanLB6'2"220 lbs Miami, FL TBA
CJ Donaldson RB6'1"240 lbs Miami, FL TBA

[3] [4] [5] [6]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResult
August 30 Robert Morris *
Septemeber 6at Ohio *
September 13 Pittsburgh *
  • Mountaineer Field
  • Morgantown, WV
TBAat Arizona State
TBAat BYU
TBAat Houston
TBAat Kansas
TBAat UCF
TBA Utah
  • Mountaineer Field
  • Morgantown, WV
TBA Colorado
  • Mountaineer Field
  • Morgantown, WV
TBA Texas Tech
  • Mountaineer Field
  • Morgantown, WV
TBA TCU
  • Mountaineer Field
  • Morgantown, WV
  • *Non-conference game

[7] [8]

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