2016 Mountain West Conference football season

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LeagueNCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision
SportFootball
DurationAugust 2016–January 2017
Teams12
2016 Mountain West Conference football season
LeagueNCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision
SportFootball
DurationAugust 2016–January 2017
Teams12
TV partner(s)CBS Sports Network, ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, CBS
2017 NFL Draft
Top draft pickOG Nico Siragusa, San Diego State
Picked byBaltimore Ravens, 122nd overall
Regular season
Mountain Division championsWyoming Cowboys
  Mountain Division runners-upBoise State Broncos
West Division championsSan Diego State Aztecs
  West Division runners-upHawaii Rainbow Warriors
Championship Game
ChampionsSan Diego State
  Runners-upWyoming
Football seasons
2016 Mountain West Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
Team W L  W L 
Mountain Division
Wyoming xy 6–2  8–6 
Boise State x 6–2  10–3 
New Mexico x 6–2  9–4 
Air Force 5–3  10–3 
Colorado State 5–3  7–6 
Utah State 1–7  3–9 
West Division
No. 25 San Diego State xy$ 6–2  11–3 
Hawaii 4–4  7–7 
Nevada 3–5  5–7 
San Jose State 3–5  4–8 
UNLV 3–5  4–8 
Fresno State 0–8  1–11 
Championship: San Diego State 27, Wyoming 24
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2016 Mountain West Conference football season was the 18th season of college football for the Mountain West Conference (MW). In the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season, the MW had 12 football members: Air Force, Boise State, Colorado State, Fresno State, Hawaii, Nevada, New Mexico, San Diego State, San Jose State, UNLV, Utah State, and Wyoming.

Mountain West Media

2016 Mountain West Football Media Days were held on July 26 and 27 at the Cosmopolitan on the Las Vegas Strip.[1]

Preseason polls

Reference:[2]

PlaceMountain DivisionWest Division
1Boise State (27) 172San Diego State (29) 174
2Air Force (2) 126Nevada 129
3Utah State 111San Jose State 122
4Colorado State 95Fresno State 76
5New Mexico 74UNLV 73
6Wyoming 31Hawai'i 35
  • First place votes in parentheses

Preseason All-Mountain West Teams

Reference:[3]

Offense
Position Player Class Team
QB Brett Rypien* SO. Boise State
WR Thomas Sperbeck* SR. Boise State
WR Devonte Boyd** JR. UNLV
RB Donnel Pumphrey* SR. San Diego State
RB Brian Hill** JR. Wyoming
OL Fred Zerblis** SR. Colorado State
OL Nico Siragusa* SR. San Diego State
OL Jake Simonich SR. Utah State
OL Austin Stephens SR. Utah State
OL Chase Roullier** SR. Wyoming
TE Billy Freeman* SR. San Jose State
Defense
Position Player Class Team
DL Nik D'Avanzo SR. New Mexico
DL Alex Barrett** SR. San Diego State
DL Travis Seefeldt GR. Utah State
DL Ricky Ali'ifua SR. Utah State
LB Christian Tago** SR. San Jose State
LB Calvin Munson* SR. San Diego State
LB Dakota Cox SR. New Mexico
DB Weston Steelhammer* SR. Air Force
DB Damontae Kazee* SR. San Diego State
DB Dameon Baber** SO. Nevada
DB Andrew Wingard** SO. Wyoming
Specialists
Position Player Class Team
P Hayden Hunt** SR. Colorado State
P Michael Carrizosa* JR. San Jose State
PK Tyler Rausa* SR. Boise State
KR Rashaad Penny* JR. San Diego State
  • Preseason Offensive Player of the Year:
Donnel Pumphrey, SR., RB, San Diego State
  • Preseason Defensive Player of the Year:
Damontae Kazee, SR., DB, San Diego State
  • Preseason Special Teams Player of the Year:
Rashaad Penny, JR., KR, San Diego State

(* - member of the 2015 All-Mountain West first team)

(** - member of the 2015 All-Mountain West second team)

Award watch lists

The following Mountain West players were named to preseason award watch lists.

Coaches

NOTE: Stats shown are before the beginning of the season

Team Head coach Years at school Overall record Record at school MW record
Air Force Troy Calhoun 10 67–50 67–50 40–32
Boise State Bryan Harsin 3 28–11 21–6 12–4
Colorado State Mike Bobo 2 7–6 7–6 5–3
Fresno State Tim DeRuyter 5 30–23 29–23 21–11
Hawaiʻi Nick Rolovich 1 0–0 0–0 0–0
Nevada Brian Polian 4 18–20 18–20 11–13
New Mexico Bob Davie 5 53–57 18–32 9–23
San Diego State Rocky Long 8 108–92 43–23 30–9
San José State Ron Caragher 4 59–44 15–22 11–13
UNLV Tony Sanchez 2 3–9 3–9 2–6
Utah State Matt Wells 4 25–16 25–16 18–6
Wyoming Craig Bohl 3 110–50 6–18 4–12

Rankings

Legend
  Increase in ranking
  Decrease in ranking
  Unranked the previous week
RV Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25 of poll
 PreWk
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 RV RV RV RV RV
C RV RV RV RV
CFP Not released
Boise State AP RV RV RV RV 24 19 15 14 13 24 24 22 20 RV RV RV
C RV RV RV RV RV 19 15 14 13 24 24 23 19 RV RV RV
CFP Not released 24 22 20 19
Colorado State AP
C
CFP Not released
Fresno State AP
C
CFP Not released
Hawaiʻi AP
C
CFP Not released
Nevada AP
C
CFP Not released
New Mexico AP
C
CFP Not released
San Diego State AP RV RV RV 22 19 RV RV RV RV RV RV 24 RV RV 25
C RV RV RV RV 24 RV RV RV RV RV RV 25 RV RV RV 25
CFP Not released
San José State AP
C
CFP Not released
UNLV AP
C
CFP Not released
Utah State AP
C
CFP Not released
Wyoming AP RV RV RV
C RV RV RV RV RV
CFP Not released

Championship game

The Championship Game was played between the San Diego State Aztecs, champions of the West Division, and the Wyoming Cowboys, champions of the Mountain Division, on December 3, 2016, at War Memorial Stadium in Laramie, Wyoming. The Aztecs won 27–24, repeating as champions. Running back Rashaad Penny of San Diego State was the offensive MVP, and defensive back Damontae Kazee of San Diego State was the defensive MVP.

Bowl games

Bowl Game Date Stadium City Television Team Matchups Winning team Score Losing team Score
New Mexico Bowl December 17 University Stadium Albuquerque, NM ESPN New Mexico vs. UTSA New Mexico 23 UTSA 20
Las Vegas Bowl December 17 Sam Boyd Stadium Whitney, NV ABC Houston vs. San Diego State San Diego State 34 Houston 10
Poinsettia Bowl December 21 Qualcomm Stadium San Diego, CA ESPN BYU vs. Wyoming BYU 24 Wyoming 21
Famous Idaho Potato Bowl December 22 Albertsons Stadium Boise, ID ESPN Idaho vs. Colorado State Idaho 61 Colorado State 50
Hawai'i Bowl December 24 Aloha Stadium Honolulu, HI ESPN Hawai'i vs. Middle Tennessee Hawai'i 52 Middle Tennessee 35
Cactus Bowl December 27 Chase Field Phoenix, AZ ESPN Boise State vs. Baylor Baylor 31 Boise State 12
Arizona Bowl December 30 Arizona Stadium Tucson, AZ ASN South Alabama vs. Air Force Air Force 45 South Alabama 21

Mountain West vs Power Conference matchups

Records against other conferences

2016 records against non-conference foes:

Awards and honors

Home game attendance

References

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