2025 Mountain West Conference football season

DurationAugust 23, 2025 – December 5, 2025

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2025 Mountain West Conference football season

League	NCAA Division I FBS
Sport	Football
Duration	August 23, 2025 – December 5, 2025
Teams	12
TV partner(s)	CBS Sports (CBS, CBSSN) Fox Sports (Fox, FS1, FS2)
2026 NFL draft
Regular season
Season champions	Boise State
Runners-up	UNLV New Mexico San Diego State
Championship Game
Date	December 5, 2025
Venue	Albertsons Stadium, Boise, Idaho
Champions	Boise State
Runners-up	UNLV
Seasons
2024 2026

2025 Mountain West Conference football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
Boise State y$	6	–	2	9	–	5
UNLV y	6	–	2	10	–	4
San Diego State	6	–	2	9	–	4
New Mexico	6	–	2	9	–	4
Fresno State	5	–	3	9	–	4
Hawaii	5	–	3	9	–	4
Utah State	4	–	4	6	–	7
Air Force	3	–	5	4	–	8
Nevada	2	–	6	3	–	9
Wyoming	2	–	6	4	–	8
San Jose State	2	–	6	3	–	9
Colorado State	1	–	7	2	–	10
Championship: Boise State 38, UNLV 21
$ – Conference champion y – Championship game participant Rankings from CFP Rankings

The 2025 Mountain West Conference football season is the 27th season of college football for the Mountain West Conference. It is part of the 2025 NCAA Division I FBS football season. 12 teams are competing in the conference during the season. The season began 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]

The 2025 is 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 And North Dakota State will join as football-only associate members.^[6]^[7] Additionally, Hawaii will become a full-member of the Mountain West beginning in 2026.^[8] 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^[9]
On December 6, 2024, Utah State announced that they had hired Bronco Mendenhall away from New Mexico to become their head coach for 2025.^[10] On December 14, 2024, New Mexico announced Jason Eck as their new head coach for 2025. Eck had previously been head coach at Idaho.^[11]
On December 8, 2024, UNLV head coach Barry Odom was announced as the new head coach of Purdue in the Big Ten Conference.^[12] 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.^[13]

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

Mid-season changes

On October 19, Colorado State announced that they had fired head coach Jay Norvell.^[14] Norvell had posted an 18–26 record during his time at the school. Defensive coordinator Tyson Summers was named interim head coach for the remainder of the season.

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.^[15]

Predicted finish	Team	Votes (for first)
1	Boise State	464 (35)
2	UNLV	415 (4)
3	San Jose State	359
4	Colorado State	326
5	Fresno State	301
6	Air Force	280
7	Hawaii	213
8	San Diego State	202
9	Utah State	165
10	Wyoming	150
11	New Mexico	84
12	Nevada	83

Preseason All-Conference team

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

Awards

Position	Player	Class	Position	Team
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 Year	Gabe Plascencia	Sr.	PK	San Diego State

All-conference team

Position	Player	Class	Team
First Team Offense
QB	Maddux Madsen	Jr.	Boise State
RB	Scottre Humphrey	Jr.	New Mexico
RB	Jai'Den Thomas	Jr.	UNLV
WR	Latrell Caples	Gr.	Boise State
	Pofele Ashlock	Jr.	Hawaii
	Nick Cenacle	Sr.	Hawaii
TE	Matt Lauter	Sr.	Boise State
OL	Kage Casey	Jr.	Boise State
	Mason Randolph	Sr.	Boise State
	Peseti Lapuaho	Sr.	San Jose State
	Caden Barnett	Sr.	Wyoming
	Jack Walsh	Sr.	Wyoming
First Team Defense
DL	Braxton Fely	Sr.	Boise State
	Jayden Virgin-Morgan	Jr.	Boise State
	Trey White	Jr.	San Diego State
	Gafa Faga	Sr.	San Jose State
LB	Marco Notarainni	Sr.	Boise State
	Tano Letuli	Jr.	San Diego State
	Jordan Pollard	Sr.	San Jose State
	Marsel McDuffie	Sr.	UNLV
DB	Ty Benefield	Jr.	Boise State
	A'Marion McCoy	Gr.	Boise State
	Al'zillion Hamilton	Sr.	Fresno State
	Ike Larsen	Sr.	Utah State
First Team Special Teams
PK	Gabe Plascencia	Sr.	San Diego State
P	Luke Freer	Sr.	Air Force
PR	Marcus Bellon	Sr.	Nevada
KR	Abraham Williams	Sr.	New Mexico

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
Air Force	AP	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
	C	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
	CFP	Not released										—	—	—	—	—	—
Boise State	AP	25	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	RV	—	—	—	—	—	—	RV
	C	25	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	RV	RV	—	—	—	—	—	RV
	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	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	RV	RV
	C	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	RV	—
	CFP	Not released										—	—	—	—	—	—
San Diego State	AP	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	—
	C	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV
	CFP	Not released										—	—	—	—	—	—
San Jose State	AP	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
	C	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
	CFP	Not released										—	—	—	—	—	—
UNLV	AP	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	—	—	—	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV
	C	RV	—	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	—	—	—	RV	RV	RV
	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
August 23	2:00 p.m.	Idaho State	UNLV	Allegiant Stadium • Paradise, NV	KVVU	W 38–31	25,723
August 23	4:30 p.m.	Fresno State	Kansas	David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium • Lawrence, KS	FOX	L 7–31	41,525
August 23	5:30 p.m.	Stanford	Hawaii	Clarence T. C. Ching Athletics Complex • Honolulu, HI	CBS	W 23–20	15,194
^#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
August 28	3:30 p.m.	No. 25 Boise State	South Florida	Raymond James Stadium • Tampa, FL	ESPN	L 7–34	34,707
August 28	5:00 p.m.	Wyoming	Akron	InfoCision Stadium–Summa Field • Akron, OH	ESPN+	W 10–0	9,138
August 28	8:00 p.m.	No. 24 (FCS) Stony Brook	San Diego State	Snapdragon Stadium • San Diego, CA	KUSI	W 42–0	20,624
August 29	7:30 p.m.	UNLV	Sam Houston	Shell Energy Stadium • Houston, TX	CBSSN	W 38–21	5,837
August 29	8:30 p.m.	Central Michigan	San Jose State	CEFCU Stadium • San Jose, CA	FS1	L 14–16	14,877
August 30	1:30 p.m.	Bucknell	Air Force	Falcon Stadium • USAF Academy, CO	CBSSN	W 49–13	30,207
August 30	1:30 p.m.	Nevada	No. 2 Penn State	Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA	CBS	L 11–46	106,915
August 30	5:30 p.m.	New Mexico	No. 14 Michigan	Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI	NBC	L 17–34	110,648
August 30	5:30 p.m.	UTEP	Utah State	Maverik Stadium • Logan, UT	CBSSN	W 28–16	16,448
August 30	7:30 p.m.	Georgia Southern	Fresno State	Valley Children's Stadium • Fresno, CA	FS1	W 42–14	36,801
August 30	8:30 p.m.	Hawaii	Arizona	Arizona Stadium • Tucson, AZ	TNT	L 6–40	42,423
August 30	9:00 p.m.	Colorado State	Washington	Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA	BTN	L 21–38	67,778
^#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
September 5	7:00 p.m.	Eastern Washington	Boise State	Albertsons Stadium • Boise, ID	FS1	W 51–14	32,887
September 6	10:00 a.m.	San Jose State	No. 7 Texas	Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX	ABC	L 7–38	100,841
September 6	10:45 a.m.	Utah State	No. 19 Texas A&M	Kyle Field • College Station, TX	SECN	L 22–44	100,026
September 6	1:00 p.m.	Idaho State	New Mexico	University Stadium • Albuquerque, NM	Altitude	W 32–22	17,639
September 6	1:30 p.m.	Fresno State	Oregon State	Reser Stadium • Corvallis, OR	The CW	W 36–27	28,068
September 6	2:00 p.m.	Northern Iowa	Wyoming	War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY	Altitude2	W 31–7	25,009
September 6	3:00 p.m.	No. 18 (FCS) Sacramento State	Nevada	Mackay Stadium • Reno, NV	KNSN-TV	W 20–17	20,535
September 6	5:00 p.m.	Northern Colorado	Colorado State	Canvas Stadium • Fort Collins, CO	Altitude	W 21–17	37,023
September 6	6:00 p.m.	UCLA	UNLV	Allegiant Stadium • Paradise, NV	CBSSN	W 30–23	36,117
September 6	8:15 p.m.	San Diego State	Washington State	Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA	The CW	L 13–36	24,330
September 6	9:59 p.m.	Sam Houston	Hawaii	Clarence 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

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 12	8:00 p.m.	New Mexico	UCLA	Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA	BTN	W 35–10	31,163
September 13	3:00 p.m.	Middle Tennessee	Nevada	Mackay Stadium • Reno, NV	KNSN-TV	L 13–14	16,808
September 13	6:00 p.m.	No. 20 Utah	Wyoming	War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY	CBSSN	L 6–31	23,500
September 13	7:45 p.m.	Air Force	Utah State	Maverik Stadium • Logan, UT	FS1	USU 49–30	17,124
September 13	8:00 p.m.	Southern	Fresno State	Valley Children's Stadium • Fresno, CA	KGPE	W 56–7	37,210
September 13	9:59 p.m.	Portland State	Hawaii	Clarence T. C. Ching Athletics Complex • Honolulu, HI	Spectrum Sports	W 23–3	11,936
^#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
September 20	10:00 a.m.	UNLV	Miami (OH)	Yager Stadium • Oxford, OH	ESPNU	W 41–38	12,625
September 20	3:00 p.m.	No. 8 (FCS) Idaho	San Jose State	CEFCU Stadium • San Jose, CA	NBCSBA	W 30–27	13,155
September 20	5:00 p.m.	Nevada	Western Kentucky	Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium • Bowling Green, KY	ESPN+	L 16–31	17,247
September 20	5:00 p.m.	Boise State	Air Force	Falcon Stadium • USAF Academy, CO	CBSSN	BSU 49–37	24,046
September 20	6:00 p.m.	McNeese	Utah State	Maverik Stadium • Logan, UT	KMYU	W 48–7	16,273
September 20	7:30 p.m.	UTSA	Colorado State	Canvas Stadium • Fort Collins, CO	FS1	L 16–17	32,061
September 20	8:15 p.m.	Wyoming	Colorado	Folsom Field • Boulder, CO	ESPN	L 20–37	53,442
September 20	8:30 p.m.	California	San Diego State	Snapdragon Stadium • San Diego, CA	CBSSN	W 34–0	31,369
September 20	9:59 p.m.	Fresno State	Hawaii	Clarence T. C. Ching Athletics Complex • Honolulu, HI (rivlary)	Spectrum Sports	FRES 23–21	13,789
^#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
September 27	10:45 a.m.	Utah State	No. 18 Vanderbilt	FirstBank Stadium • Nashville, TN	SECN	L 35–55	33,688
September 27	1:30 p.m.	San Diego State	Northern Illinois	Huskie Stadium • DeKalb, IL	ESPN+	W 6–3	13,512
September 27	2:00 p.m.	Hawaii	Air Force	Falcon Stadium • USAF Academy, CO (rivalry)	FS1	HAW 44–35	22,677
September 27	2:00 p.m.	New Mexico State	New Mexico	University Stadium • Albuquerque, NM (Rio Grande Rivalry)	Altitude	W 38–20	37,440
September 27	5:30 p.m.	Appalachian State	Boise State	Albertsons Stadium • Boise, ID	FS1	W 47–14	32,904
September 27	5:30 p.m.	Washington State	Colorado State	Canvas Stadium • Fort Collins, CO	CBSSN	L 3–20	29,019
September 27	5:30 p.m.	San Jose State	Stanford	Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA (Bill Walsh Legacy Game)	ACCN	L 29–30	26,357
^#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
October 3	8:00 p.m.	New Mexico	San Jose State	CEFCU Stadium • San Jose, CA	FS1	SJSU 35–28	12,109
October 3	8:30 p.m.	Colorado State	San Diego State	Snapdragon Stadium • San Diego, CA	CBSSN	SDSU 45–24	29,019
October 4	10:00 a.m.	Air Force	Navy	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium • Annapolis, MD (Commander-in-Chief's Trophy)	CBS	L 31–34	37,517
October 4	1:30 p.m.	Boise State	No. 21 Notre Dame	Notre Dame Stadium • Notre Dame, IN	NBC	L 7–28	77,622
October 4	5:00 p.m.	UNLV	Wyoming	War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY	CBSSN	UNLV 31–17	19,861
October 4	8:30 p.m.	Nevada	Fresno State	Valley Children's Stadium • Fresno, CA	CBSSN	FRES 20–17	40,005
^#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
October 11	1:30 p.m.	Air Force	UNLV	Allegiant Stadium • Paradise, NV	CBSSN	UNLV 51–48	32,932
October 11	7:45 p.m.	New Mexico	Boise State	Albertsons Stadium • Boise, ID	FS1	BSU 41–25	32,982
October 10	7:00 p.m.	Fresno State	Colorado State	Canvas Stadium • Fort Collins, CO	CBSSN	CSU 49–21	27,874
October 11	9:59 p.m.	Utah State	Hawaii	Clarence T. C. Ching Athletics Complex • Honolulu, HI	Spectrum Sports	HAW 44–26	13,023
October 11	8:30 p.m.	San Diego State	Nevada	Mackay Stadium • Reno, NV	CBSSN	SDSU 44–10	19,473
October 11	5:00 p.m.	San Jose State	Wyoming	War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY	CBSSN	WYO 35–28	20,970
^#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
October 17	7:00 p.m.	San Jose State	Utah State	Maverik Stadium • Logan, UT	CBSSN	USU 30–25	22,710
October 18	1:30 p.m.	Wyoming	Air Force	Falcon Stadium • USAF Academy, CO	CBSSN	AF 24–21	23,401
October 18	1:30 p.m.	UNLV	Boise State	Albertsons Stadium • Boise, ID	FS1	BSU 56–31	32,927
October 18	5:00 p.m.	Hawaii	Colorado State	Canvas Stadium • Fort Collins, CO	Spectrum Sports	HAW 31–19	40,416
October 18	7:45 p.m.	Nevada	New Mexico	University Stadium • Albuquerque, NM	FS1	UNM 24–22	18,233
^#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
October 24	8:00 p.m.	Boise State	Nevada	Mackay Stadium • Reno, NV (rivalry)	CBSSN	BSU 24–3	18,029
October 25	1:00 p.m.	Utah State	New Mexico	University Stadium • Albuquerque, NM	Altitude	UNM 33–14	20,097
October 25	1:30 p.m.	San Diego State	Fresno State	Valley Children's Stadium • Fresno, CA (rivalry)	FS1	SDSU 23–0	41,535
October 25	5:30 p.m.	Colorado State	Wyoming	War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY (Border War)	CBSSN	WYO 28–0	25,609
^#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
November 1	10:00 a.m.	Army	Air Force	Falcon Stadium • USAF Academy, CO (Commander-in-Chief's Trophy)	CBS	L 17–20	39,441
November 1	1:00 p.m.	New Mexico	UNLV	Allegiant Stadium • Paradise, NV	KVVU	UNM 40–35	25,972
November 1	1:30 p.m.	Fresno State	Boise State	Albertsons Stadium • Boise, ID (rivalry)	FS1	FRES 30–7	32,826
November 1	5:00 p.m.	Wyoming	San Diego State	Snapdragon Stadium • San Diego, CA	CBSSN	SDSU 24–7	24,325
November 1	8:30 p.m.	Hawaii	San Jose State	CEFCU Stadium • San Jose, CA (Dick Tomey Legacy Game)	CBSSN	SJSU 45–38	16,012
^#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
November 8	4:00 p.m.	Air Force	San Jose State	CEFCU Stadium • San Jose, CA	FS1	AF 26–16	13,637
November 8	5:30 p.m.	Nevada	Utah State	Maverik Stadium • Logan, UT	CBSSN	USU 51–14	19,418
November 8	7:30 p.m.	UNLV	Colorado State	Canvas Stadium • Fort Collins, CO	FS1	UNLV 42–10	27,970
November 8	9:00 p.m.	San Diego State	Hawaii	Clarence T. C. Ching Athletics Complex • Honolulu, HI	Spectrum Sports	HAW 38–6	15,194
^#Rankings from College Football Playoff. All times are in Mountain Time.

Week 12

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result
November 15	10:00 a.m.	Air Force	UConn	Pratt & Whitney Stadium at Rentschler Field • East Hartford, CT	CBSSN	L 16–26
November 15	1:00 p.m.	Colorado State	New Mexico	University Stadium • Albuquerque, NM	Altitude	UNM 20–17
November 15	1:30 p.m.	San Jose State	Nevada	Mackay Stadium • Reno, NV	CBSSN	NEV 55–10
November 15	5:00 p.m.	Utah State	UNLV	Allegiant Stadium • Paradise, NV	CBSSN	UNLV 29–26 ^2OT
November 15	8:30 p.m.	Boise State	San Diego State	Snapdragon Stadium • San Diego, CA	CBSSN	SDSU 17–7
November 15	8:30 p.m.	Wyoming	Fresno State	Valley Children's Stadium • Fresno, CA	FS1	FRES 24–3
^#Rankings from College Football Playoff. All times are in Mountain Time.

Week 13

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result
November 21	8:30 p.m.	Hawaii	UNLV	Allegiant Stadium • Paradise, NV	FS1	UNLV 38–10
November 22	12:00 p.m.	Nevada	Wyoming	War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY	Altitude	NEV 13–7
November 22	5:00 p.m.	New Mexico	Air Force	Falcon Stadium • USAF Academy, CO	CBSSN	UNM 20–3
November 22	5:00 p.m.	Colorado State	Boise State	Albertsons Stadium • Boise, ID	FS1	BSU 49–21
November 22	8:30 p.m.	Utah State	Fresno State	Valley Children's Stadium • Fresno, CA	CBSSN	USU 28–17
November 22	8:30 p.m.	San Jose State	San Diego State	Snapdragon Stadium • San Diego, CA	FS1	SDSU 25–3
^#Rankings from College Football Playoff. All times are in Mountain Time.

Week 14

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result
November 28	1:00 p.m.	Air Force	Colorado State	Canvas Stadium • Fort Collins, CO (rivalry)	FS1	AF 42–21
November 28	1:30 p.m.	San Diego State	New Mexico	University Stadium • Albquerque, NM	CBSSN	UNM 23–17 ^2OT
November 28	2:00 p.m.	Boise State	Utah State	Maverik Stadium • Logan, UT	CBS	BSU 25–24
November 29	7:00 p.m.	UNLV	Nevada	Mackay Stadium • Reno, NV (Fremont Cannon)	CBSSN	UNLV 42–17
November 29	8:30 p.m.	Fresno State	San Jose State	CEFCU Stadium • San Jose, CA (Battle for the Valley)	FS1	FRES 41–14
November 29	9:00 p.m.	Wyoming	Hawaii	Clarence T. C. Ching Athletics Complex • Honolulu, HI (rivalry)	Spectrum Sports	HAW 27–7
^#Rankings from College Football Playoff. All times are in Mountain Time.

Championship game

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
December 5	6:00 p.m.	UNLV	Boise State	Alberstons Stadium • Boise, ID (Mountain West Conference Championship Game)	FOX	BSU 38–21	27,152
^#Rankings from College Football Playoff. All times are in Mountain Time.

Postseason

Bowl Games

Legend
	Mountain West win
	Mountain West loss

Bowl game	Date	Site	Television	Time (MST)	Mountain West team	Opponent	Score	Attendance
LA Bowl	December 13	SoFi Stadium • Inglewood, CA	ABC	6:00 p.m.	Boise State	Washington	L 10–38	23,269
Famous Idaho Potato Bowl	December 22	Albertsons Stadium • Boise, ID	ESPN	12:00 p.m.	Utah State	Washington State	L 21–34	17,031
Frisco Bowl	December 23	Ford Center at The Star • Frisco, TX	ESPN	7:00 p.m.	UNLV	Ohio	L 10–17	6,521
Hawaii Bowl	December 24	Clarence T. C. Ching Athletics Complex • Honolulu, HI	ESPN	6:00 p.m.	Hawaii	California	W 35–31	15,194
Rate Bowl	December 26	Chase Field • Phoenix, AZ	ESPN	2:30 p.m.	New Mexico	Minnesota	L 17–20 ^OT	27,439
Arizona Bowl	December 27	Casino Del Sol Stadium • Tucson, AZ	The CW	2:30 p.m.	Fresno State	Miami (OH)	W 18–3
New Mexico Bowl	December 27	University Stadium • Albuquerque, NM	ESPN	3:45 p.m.	San Diego State	North Texas	L 47–49

Mountain West records vs. other conferences

2025–2026 records against non-conference foes:

Regular season

Power Four Conferences	Record
ACC	2–1
Big 12	0–4
Big Ten	2–3
Notre Dame	0–1
SEC	0–3
Power 4 Total	4–12

Other FBS Conferences	Record
American	0–4
CUSA	3–2
Independents (Excluding Notre Dame)	0–1
MAC	3–1
Pac-12	1–2
Sun Belt	2–0
Other FBS Total	9–10

FCS Opponents	Record
Football Championship Subdivision	12–0

Total Non-Conference Record	25–22

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.

Date	Conference	Visitor	Home	Site	Score
August 23	Big 12	Fresno State	Kansas	David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium • Lawrence, KS	L 7–31
August 23	ACC	Stanford	Hawaii	Clarence T. C. Ching Athletics Complex • Honolulu, HI	W 23–20
August 30	Big Ten	Colorado State	Washington	Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA	L 21–38
August 30	Big 12	Hawaii	Arizona	Arizona Stadium • Tucson, AZ	L 6–40
August 30	Big Ten	Nevada	No. 2 Penn State	Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA	L 11–46
August 30	Big Ten	New Mexico	No. 14 Michigan	Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI	L 17–34
September 6	SEC	San Jose State	No. 7 Texas	Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX	L 7–38
September 6	Big Ten	UCLA	UNLV	Allegiant Stadium • Paradise, NV	W 30–23
September 6	SEC	Utah State	No. 19 Texas A&M	Kyle Field • College Station, TX	L 22–42
September 12	Big Ten	New Mexico	UCLA	Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA	W 35–10
September 13	Big 12	No. 20 Utah	Wyoming	War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY	L 6–31
September 20	ACC	California	San Diego State	Snapdragon Stadium • San Diego, CA	W 34–0
September 20	Big 12	Wyoming	Colorado	Folsom Field • Boulder, CO	L 20–37
September 27	ACC	San Jose State	Stanford	Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA	L 29–30
September 27	SEC	Utah State	Vanderbilt	FirstBank Stadium • Nashville, TN	L 35–55
October 4	Independent	Boise State	Notre Dame	Notre Dame Stadium • Notre Dame, IN	L 7–28

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.

Date	Conference	Visitor	Home	Site	Score
August 28	American	No. 25 Boise State	South Florida	Raymond James Stadium • Tampa, FL	L 7–34
August 29	MAC	Central Michigan	San Jose State	CEFCU Stadium • San Jose, CA	L 14–16
August 30	Sun Belt	Georgia Southern	Fresno State	Valley Children's Stadium • Fresno, CA	W 42–14
August 30	C-USA	UNLV	Sam Houston	Shell Energy Stadium • Houston, TX	W 38–21
August 30	C-USA	UTEP	Utah State	Maverik Stadium • Logan, UT	W 28–16
August 30	MAC	Wyoming	Akron	InfoCision Stadium–Summa Field • Akron, OH	W 10–0
September 6	Pac-12	Fresno State	Oregon State	Reser Stadium • Corvallis, OR	W 36–27
September 6	C-USA	Sam Houston	Hawaii	Clarence T. C. Ching Athletics Complex • Honolulu, HI	W 37–20
September 6	Pac-12	San Diego State	Washington State	Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA	L 13–36
September 13	C-USA	Middle Tennessee	Nevada	Mackay Stadium • Reno, NV	L 13–14
September 20	American	UTSA	Colorado State	Canvas Stadium • Fort Collins, CO	L 16–17
September 20	C-USA	Nevada	Western Kentucky	Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium • Bowling Green, KY	L 16–31
September 20	MAC	UNLV	Miami (OH)	Yager Stadium • Oxford, OH	W 41–38
September 27	Sun Belt	Appalachian State	Boise State	Albertsons Stadium • Boise, ID	W 47–14
September 27	Pac-12	Washington State	Colorado State	Canvas Stadium • Fort Collins, CO	L 3–20
September 27	C-USA	New Mexico State	New Mexico	University Stadium • Albquerque, NM	W 38–20
September 27	MAC	San Diego State	Northern Illinois	Huskie Stadium • DeKalb, IL	W 6–3
October 4	American	Air Force	Navy	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium • Annapolis, MD	L 31–34
November 1	American	Army	Air Force	Falcon Stadium • USAF Academy, CO	L 17–20

Mountain West vs FBS independents matchups

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

Date	Visitor	Home	Site	Score
November 15	Air Force	UConn	Pratt & Whitney Stadium at Rentschler Field • East Hartford, CT	L 16–26

Mountain West vs. FCS matchups

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

Date	Visitor	Home	Site	Score
August 23	Idaho State	UNLV	Allegiant Stadium • Paradise, NV	W 38–31
August 28	No. 24 (FCS) Stony Brook	San Diego State	Snapdragon Stadium • San Diego, CA	W 42–0
August 30	Bucknell	Air Force	Falcon Stadium • USAF Academy, CO	W 49–13
September 6	Eastern Washington	Boise State	Albertsons Stadium • Boise, ID	W 51–14
September 6	Northern Colorado	Colorado State	Canvas Stadium • Fort Collins, CO	W 21–17
September 6	No. 18 (FCS) Sacramento State	Nevada	Mackay Stadium • Reno, NV	W 20–17
September 6	Idaho State	New Mexico	University Stadium • Albuquerque, NM	W 32–22
September 6	Northern Iowa	Wyoming	War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY	W 31–7
September 13	Southern	Fresno State	Valley Children's Stadium • Fresno, CA	W 56–7
September 13	Portland State	Hawaii	Clarence T. C. Ching Athletics Complex • Honolulu, HI	W 23–3
September 20	No. 8 (FCS) Idaho	San Jose State	CEFCU Stadium • San Jose, CA	W 31–28
September 20	McNeese	Utah State	Maverik Stadium • Logan, UT	W 48–7

Awards and honors

Player of the week honors

Week	Offensive			Defensive			Special Teams			Freshman
Week	Player	Team	Position	Player	Team	Position	Player	Team	Position	Player	Team	Position
Week 0^[17]	Micah Alejado	Hawaii	QB	Kilinahe Mendiola-Jensen	Hawaii	S	Kansei Matsuzawa	Hawaii	K	Micah Alejado	Hawaii	QB
Week 1^[18]	Anthony Colandrea	UNLV	QB	Aamaris Brown	UNLV	DB	Tanner Rinker	Utah State	K	Jalen Dupree	Colorado State	RB
Week 2^[19]	Anthony Colandrea (2)	UNLV	QB	Jadon Pearson	Fresno State	LB	Dylan Lynch	Fresno State	K	Sire Gaines	Boise State	RB
Week 3^[20]	Bryson Barnes	Utah State	QB	Jaxton Eck	New Mexico	LB	Kansei Matsuzawa (2)	Hawaii	K	Samuel Harris	Wyoming	RB
Week 4^[21]	Dylan Riley	Boise State	RB	Dalesean Staley	San Diego State	S	Ramon Villela	UNLV	K	Samuel Harris (2)	Wyoming	RB
Week 5^[22]	Micah Alejado (2)	Hawaii	QB	Boen Phelps	Boise State	LB	Kansei Matsuzawa (3)	Hawaii	K	Micah Alejado (2)	Hawaii	QB
Week 6^[23]	Walker Eget	San Jose State	QB	Jalen Bainer	San Jose State	LB	Kayden McGee	UNLV	WR	Kayden McGee	UNLV	WR
Week 7^[24]	Anthony Colandrea (3)	UNLV	QB	Jamih Otis	Hawaii	LB	Kansei Matsuzawa (4)	Hawaii	K	Micah Alejado (3)	Hawaii	QB
Week 8^[25]	Dylan Riley (2)	Boise State	RB	Roger Jones Jr.	Air Force	DB	Reagan Tubbs	Air Force	K	Micah Alejado (4)	Hawaii	QB
Week 9^[26]	Cade Keith	New Mexico	TE	Jeremiah Earby	Boise State	CB	Gabe Plascencia	San Diego State	K	Cade Keith	New Mexico	TE
Week 10^[27]	Walker Eget (2)	San Jose State	QB	Simeon Harris	Fresno State	NB	Luke Drzewiecki	New Mexico	K	Steve Chavez-Soto	San Jose State	RB
Week 11^[28]	Jackson Harris	Hawaii	WR	Brevin Hamblin	Utah State	S	Cam Barfield	Hawaii	RB/KR	Micah Alejado (5)	Hawaii	QB
Week 12^[29]	Caleb Ramseur	Nevada	RB	Austin Brawley	New Mexico	S	Luke Drzewiecki (2)	New Mexico	K	Carter Jones	Nevada	QB
Week 13^[30]	Anthony Colandrea (4)	UNLV	QB	Jeremiah Earby (2)	Boise State	CB	Luke Drzewiecki (3)	New Mexico	K	Sire Gaines (2)	Boise State	RB
Week 14^[31]	Max Cutforth	Boise State	QB	Austin Brawley (2)	New Mexico	S	Dylan Lynch (2)	Fresno State	K	Micah Alejado (6)	Hawaii	QB

Mountain West Individual Awards

The following individuals received postseason honors as voted by the Mountain West Conference football coaches at the end of the season.^[32]

Award	Player	School
Offensive Player of the Year	Anthony Colandrea, QB	UNLV
Defensive Player of the Year	Jaxton Eck, LB	New Mexico
Defensive Player of the Year	Chris Johnson, DB	San Diego State
Special Teams Player of the Year	Kansei Matsuzawa, PK	Hawaiʻi
Freshman Player of the Year	Micah Alejado, QB	Hawaiʻi
Coach of the Year	Jason Eck	New Mexico

All-conference teams

The following players were selected as part of the Mountain West's All-Conference Teams.^[32]

Position	Player	Team
First Team Offense
QB	Anthony Colandrea	UNLV
WR	Jackson Harris	Hawaiʻi
WR	Danny Scudero	San Jose State
WR	Braden Pegan	Utah State
RB	Lucky Sutton	San Diego State
RB	Jai'Den Thomas	UNLV
TE	Dorian Thomas	New Mexico
OL	Costen Cooley	Air Force
OL	Kage Casey	Boise State
OL	Mason Randolph	Boise State
OL	Jacob Spomer	Fresno State
OL	Ross Ulugalu-Maseuli	San Diego State
PK	Kansei Matsuzawa	Hawaiʻi
KR	Damon Bankston	New Mexico
First Team Defense
DL	Jackie Johnson III	Hawaiʻi
DL	Dylan LaBarbera	Nevada
DL	Keyshawn James-Newby	New Mexico
DL	Trey White	San Diego State
LB	Owen Long	Colorado State
LB	Jaxton Eck	New Mexico
LB	Owen Chambliss	San Diego State
LB	Jordan Pollard	San Jose State
LB	John Miller	Utah State
DB	Ty Benefield	Boise State
DB	A'Marion McCoy	Boise State
DB	Chris Johnson	San Diego State
DB	Noah Avinger	Utah State
PR	Bryan Hansen	Colorado State
P	Jordan Napier	San Diego State

Position	Player	Team
Second Team Offense
QB	Bryson Barnes	Utah State
WR	Pofele Ashlock	Hawaiʻi
WR	Jordan Napier	San Diego State
WR	Jaden Bradley	UNLV
RB	Dylan Riley	Boise State
RB	Miles Davis	Utah State
TE	Rocky Beers	Colorado State
OL	Jack Burnett	Air Force
OL	Kaden Robnett	New Mexico
OL	Christian Jones	San Diego State
OL	Reid Williams	UNLV
OL	Caden Barnett	Wyoming
PK	Gabe Plascencia	San Diego State
KR	Cam Barfield	Hawaiʻi
Second Team Defense
DL	Payton Zdroik	Air Force
DL	Braxton Fely	Boise State
DL	Jayden Virgin-Morgan	Boise State
DL	De'Jon Benton	Hawaiʻi
LB	Blake Fletcher	Air Force
LB	Jadon Pearson	Fresno State
LB	Marsel McDuffie	UNLV
LB	Brayden Johnson	Wyoming
DB	Jeremiah Earby	Boise State
DB	Al'Zillion Hamilton	Fresno State
DB	Murvin Kenion III	Nevada
DB	Aamaris Brown	UNLV
P	Hunter Green	San Diego State
PR	Javion Kinnard	Colorado State

v t e 2025 NCAA Division I FBS football season
Conference seasons	American ACC Big 12 Big Ten CUSA MAC Mountain West Pac-12 SEC Sun Belt
Championship games	American ACC Big 12 Big Ten CUSA MAC Mountain West SEC Sun Belt
Inter-conference	Bowl games College Football Playoff Rankings
All-Americans	2025 All-America college football team

v t e Mountain West Conference football
Current teams	Air Force Falcons Boise State Broncos (leaving in 2026) Colorado State Rams (leaving in 2026) Fresno State Bulldogs (leaving in 2026) Hawaii Rainbow Warriors Nevada Wolf Pack New Mexico Lobos San Diego State Aztecs (leaving in 2026) San Jose State Spartans UNLV Rebels Utah State Aggies (leaving in 2026) Wyoming Cowboys
Future teams	North Dakota State Bison Northern Illinois Huskies UTEP Miners (all joining in 2026)
Championships & awards	Championship Game All-time standings Individual awards
Seasons	1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026

Player	Position	School	Draft Round	Round Pick	Overall Pick	Team
Chris Johnson	CB	San Diego State	1	27	27	Miami Dolphins
Kage Casey	OT	Boise State	4	11	111	Denver Broncos
Keyshawn James-Newby	DE	New Mexico	7	36	252	Philadelphia Eagles