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2024 Mountain West Conference football season

The 2024 Mountain West Conference football season will be the 26th season of college football for the Mountain West Conference. It is part of the 2024 NCAA Division I FBS football season. 12 teams will compete in the conference during the season. The season will begin on August 24, 2024, and conclude with the Mountain West Conference Football Championship Game in December 2024. The full season schedule was released on February 29, 2024.[1]

2024 Mountain West Conference football season
LeagueNCAA Division I FBS
SportFootball
DurationAugust 24, 2024 – December 2024
Number of teams12
TV partner(s)CBS Sports (CBS, CBSSN)
Fox Sports (Fox, FS1, FS2)
TNT Sports (TruTV, Max)
2025 NFL draft
Regular season
Season championsBoise State
  Runners-upUNLV
Colorado State
Championship Game
ChampionsBoise State
  Runners-upUNLV
Seasons
← 2023
2025 →
2024 Mountain West Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 9 Boise State y$^   7 – 0     12 – 1  
No. 24 UNLV y   6 – 1     10 – 3  
Colorado State   6 – 1     8 – 4  
Fresno State   4 – 3     6 – 6  
San Jose State   3 – 4     7 – 5  
Air Force   3 – 4     5 – 7  
Hawaii   3 – 4     5 – 7  
New Mexico   3 – 4     5 – 7  
Utah State   3 – 4     4 – 8  
San Diego State   2 – 5     3 – 9  
Wyoming   2 – 5     3 – 9  
Nevada   0 – 7     3 – 10  
Championship: Boise State 21, UNLV 7
  • ^ – College Football Playoff participant
  • $ – Conference champion
  • y – Championship game participant
As of December 16, 2024
Rankings from CFP Rankings

Conference news

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For the 2024 season, the Mountain West Conference signed a scheduling agreement with Oregon State and Washington State - the only remaining members of the Pac-12 Conference. All Mountain West teams will play a game against either Oregon State or Washington State. The games will not count toward conference standings, and neither Pac-12 school is eligible for the Mountain West Conference championship game.[2]

On July 1, the Mountain West Conference announced a new broadcasting deal with TNT Sports, with several games to be broadcast on TNT's truTV channel as well as their streaming service Max.[3]

Preseason

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Preseason Poll

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The Preseason Media Poll was released July 10, 2024. Boise State was selected as the preseason favorite to claim the 2024 Mountain West football regular-season title.[4]

Predicted finish Team Votes (for first)
1 Boise State 543 (38)
2 UNLV 471 (4)
3 Fresno State 460 (4)
4 Air Force 384
5 Colorado State 337
6 Wyoming 296
7 Utah State 285
8 San Diego State 251
9 Hawaii 214
10 San Jose State 185
11 New Mexico 85
12 Nevada 77

Preseason All-Conference team

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Mountain West preseason awards and all-conference teams were announced on July 10.[5]

Awards

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Position Player Class Position Team
Award
Offensive Player of the Year Ashton Jeanty Jr. RB Boise State
Co-Defensive Player of the Year Ahmed Hassanein Sr. DL Boise State
Co-Defensive Player of the Year Jackson Woodard Sr. LB UNLV
Special Teams Player of the Year Jacob De Jesus Sr. KR/PR UNLV

All-conference team

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Position Player Class Team
First Team Offense
QB Mikey Keene Jr. Fresno State
RB Ashton Jeanty Jr. Boise State
Malik Sherrod Sr. Fresno State
WR Tory Horton Gr. Colorado State
Ricky White III Sr. UNLV
Jalen Royals Sr. Utah State
TE John Michael Gyllenborg Jr. Wyoming
OL Kage Casey So. Boise State
Jacob Gardner Gr. Colorado State
Mose Vavao Sr. Fresno State
Tiger Shanks Sr. UNLV
Jack Walsh Jr. Wyoming
First Team Defense
DL Ahmed Hassanein Sr. Boise State
Devo Bridges Sr. Fresno State
Soane Toia Sr. San Jose State
Jordan Bertagnole Gr. Wyoming
LB Andrew Simpson Jr. Boise State
Chase Wilson Sr. Colorado State
Jordan Pollard Jr. San Jose State
Jackson Woodard Sr. UNLV
DB A’Marion McCoy Sr. Boise State
Jack Howell Sr. Colorado State
Cameron Oliver Sr. UNLV
Ike Larsen Jr. Utah State
First Team Special Teams
PK Jonah Dalmas Gr. Boise State
P James Ferguson-Reynolds Jr. Boise State
PR Jacob De Jesus Sr. UNLV
KR Jacob De Jesus Sr. UNLV

Coaches

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Coaching changes

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  • On November 13, 2023, San Diego State head coach Brady Hoke announced that he would retire at the conclusion of the season.[6] On November 29, the school announced that Sean Lewis would become the head coach for the 2024 season. Lewis had previously been offensive coordinator at Colorado and the head coach of Kent State.[7]
  • On November 25, 2023, New Mexico announced that they had fired head coach Danny Gonzales after four seasons as head coach.[8] Gonzales had posted a 11–32 record during his time at the school. On December 6, New Mexico announced Bronco Mendenhall as the new head coach for the 2024 season.[9] Mendenhall had previously been head coach at BYU and Virginia.
  • On December 1, 2023, Nevada announced that they had fired head coach Ken Wilson.[10] Wilson had gone 4–20 in his two seasons with the school. On December 4, Nevada announced Jeff Choate as the new head coach for 2024.[11] Choate had previously been the co-defensive coordinator and inside linebackers coach at Texas and the head coach of Montana State.
  • On December 6, 2023, Wyoming head coach Craig Bohl announced that we would retire following Wyoming's 2023 bowl game.[12] Wyoming's defensive coordinator Jay Sawvel was promoted to head coach for 2024.
  • On January 16, San Jose State head coach Brent Brennan was announced the new head coach of Arizona of the Big 12 Conference for the 2024 season.[13] On January 21, San Jose State announced Ken Niumatalolo as the school's new head coach.[14] Niaumatalolo had previously been head coach at Navy.
  • On July 2, Utah State announced their intention to fire Blake Anderson due to non-compliance with Title IX policies regarding the reporting of disclosures of sexual misconduct. Defensive coordinator Nate Dreiling was named the school's interim head coach.[15]
  • On July 15, Fresno State head coach Jeff Tedford announced he would step down as head coach due to health concerns. Current assistant head coach and linebackers coach Tim Skipper was announced as the interim head coach for the 2024 season.[16]

Head coaches

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Team Head coach Years at school Overall record Record at school MW record
Air Force Troy Calhoun 18 130–82 130–82 77–54
Boise State Spencer Danielson 2 3–1 3–1 2–0
Colorado State Jay Norvell 3 41–42 8–16 29–27
Fresno State Tim Skipper (interim) 1 0–0 0–0 0–0
Hawaii Timmy Chang 3 8–18 8–18 5–11
Nevada Jeff Choate 1 28–22 0–0 0–0
New Mexico Bronco Mendenhall 1 135–81 0–0 0–0
San Diego State Sean Lewis 1 24–31 0–0 0–0
San Jose State Ken Niumatalolo 1 109–83 0–0 0–0
UNLV Barry Odom 2 34–30 9–5 6–2
Utah State Nate Dreiling 1 0–0 0–0 0–0
Wyoming Jay Sawvel 1 0–0 0–0 0–0

Mid-season changes

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  • On December 8, UNLV head coach Barry Odom was announced as the new head coach of Purdue in the Big Ten Conference.[17] UNLV named their wide receivers coach Del Alexander as the interim head coach for the team's bowl game. On December 12, 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.[18]

Post-season changes

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  • On December 4, 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[19]
  • On December 6, Utah State announced that they had hired Bronco Mendenhall away from New Mexico to become their head coach for 2025.[20] On December 14, New Mexico announced Jason Eck as their new head coach for 2025. Eck had previously been head coach at Idaho.[21]

Rankings

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See also: 2024 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings
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RV Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25 of poll
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Schedule

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The schedule was released on February 29, 2024.[1]

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

All times Mountain time.

Week 0

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Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance Ref.
August 24 2:00 p.m. No. 4 (FCS) Montana State New Mexico University Stadium • Albuquerque, NM FS1 L 31–35   17,314
August 24 6:00 p.m. SMU Nevada Mackay Stadium • Reno, NV CBSSN L 24–29   20,263
August 24 10:00 p.m. Delaware State Hawaii Clarence T. C. Ching Athletics Complex • Honolulu, HI SPEC PPV W 35–14   12,206
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time.

Week 1

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Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance Ref.
August 29 8:00 p.m. No. 8 (FCS) Sacramento State San Jose State CEFCU Stadium • San Jose, CA truTV / Max W 42–24   13,811
August 31 1:30 p.m. Colorado State No. 4 Texas Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX ESPN L 0–52   99,171
August 31 1:30 p.m. Merrimack Air Force Falcon Stadium • USAF Academy, CO CBSSN W 21–6   31,658
August 31 2:00 p.m. Boise State Georgia Southern Paulson Stadium • Statesboro, GA ESPNU W 56–45   24,134
August 31 5:00 p.m. UNLV Houston TDECU Stadium • Houston, TX FS1 W 27–7   25,750
August 31 5:00 p.m. Nevada Troy Veterans Memorial Stadium • Troy, AL ESPN+ W 28–26   27,412
August 31 5:30 p.m. Fresno State No. 9 Michigan Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI NBC L 10–30   110,665
August 31 5:30 p.m. UCLA Hawaii Clarence T. C. Ching Athletics Complex • Honolulu, HI CBS L 13–16   15,194
August 31 6:00 p.m. Texas A&M-Commerce San Diego State Snapdragon Stadium • San Diego, CA truTV / Max W 45–14   25,180
August 31 6:00 p.m. Robert Morris Utah State Maverik Stadium • Logan, UT MWN/KMYU W 36–14   17,037
August 31 8:30 p.m. Wyoming Arizona State Mountain America Stadium • Tempe, AZ FS1 L 7–48   48,108
August 31 8:30 p.m. New Mexico No. 21 Arizona Arizona Stadium • Tucson, AZ (rivalry) ESPN L 39–61   44,748
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time.

Week 2

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Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance Ref.
September 7 1:00 p.m. Utah Tech UNLV Allegiant Stadium • Paradise, NV MWN/Silver State Sports W 72–14   24,512
September 7 1:30 p.m. No. 7 (FCS) Idaho Wyoming War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY truTV / Max L 13–17   25,070
September 7 5:00 p.m. Georgia Southern Nevada Mackay Stadium • Reno, NV truTV / Max L 17–20   16,245
September 7 5:00 p.m. San Jose State Air Force Falcon Stadium • USAF Academy, CO CBSSN  SJSU 17–7   22,478
September 7 5:00 p.m. Northern Colorado Colorado State Canvas Stadium • Fort Collins, CO MWN W 38–17   36,573
September 7 8:00 p.m. Boise State No. 7 Oregon Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR Peacock L 34–37   58,134
September 7 8:00 p.m. No. 8 (FCS) Sacramento State Fresno State Valley Children's Stadium • Fresno, CA MWN W 46–30   41,031
September 7 8:30 p.m. Oregon State San Diego State Snapdragon Stadium • San Diego, CA CBSSN L 0–21   25,318
September 7 9:00 p.m. Utah State No. 13 USC Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA BTN L 0–48   68,110
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time.

Week 3

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Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance Ref.
September 13 5:00 p.m. UNLV Kansas Children's Mercy Park • Kansas City, KS ESPN W 23–20   21,493
September 14 1:30 p.m. Nevada Minnesota Huntington Bank Stadium • Minneapolis, MN BTN L 0–27   44,534
September 14 2:30 p.m. No. 12 Utah Utah State Maverik Stadium • Logan, UT (Battle of the Brothers, Beehive Boot) CBSSN L 21–38   24,107
September 14 5:00 p.m. Hawaii Sam Houston Bowers Stadium • Huntsville, TX ESPN+ L 13–31   15,134
September 14 5:00 p.m. Kennesaw State San Jose State CEFCU Stadium • San Jose, CA truTV / Max W 31–10   11,090
September 14 5:30 p.m. Colorado Colorado State Canvas Stadium • Fort Collins, CO (Rocky Mountain Showdown) CBS L 28–9   40,099
September 14 5:30 p.m. New Mexico Auburn Jordan–Hare Stadium • Auburn, AL ESPN2 L 19–35   88,043
September 14 5:30 p.m. Air Force Baylor McLane Stadium • Waco, TX FS1 L 3–31   46,212
September 14 7:00 p.m. BYU Wyoming War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY CBSSN L 14–34   24,513
September 14 8:30 p.m. San Diego State California California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA ESPN L 10–31   35,197
September 14 8:30 p.m. New Mexico State Fresno State Valley Children's Stadium • Fresno, CA truTV / Max W 48–0   39,079
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time.

Week 4

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Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance Ref.
September 20 8:00 p.m. San Jose State Washington State Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA The CW L 52–54 2OT  24,808
September 21 12:00 p.m. Utah State Temple Lincoln Financial Field • Philadelphia, PA ESPN+ L 29–45   11,384
September 21 1:00 p.m. Eastern Washington Nevada Mackay Stadium • Reno, NV MWN W 49–16   16,399
September 21 3:00 p.m. UTEP Colorado State Canvas Stadium • Fort Collins, CO truTV / Max W 27–17   29,151
September 21 5:00 p.m. Wyoming North Texas DATCU Stadium • Denton, TX ESPN+ L 17–44   27,049
September 21 6:30 p.m. Fresno State New Mexico University Stadium • Albuquerque, NM truTV / Max  FRES 38–21   18,019
September 21 7:45 p.m. Portland State Boise State Albertsons Stadium • Boise, ID FS1 W 56–14   36,972
September 21 10:00 p.m. No. 25 (FCS) Northern Iowa Hawaii Clarence T. C. Ching Athletics Complex • Honolulu, HI SPEC PPV W 36–7   11,402
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time.

Week 5

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Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance Ref.
September 28 1:30 p.m. Fresno State UNLV Allegiant Stadium • Paradise, NV FS1  UNLV 59–14   24,638
September 28 1:30 p.m. San Diego State Central Michigan Kelly/Shorts Stadium • Mount Pleasant, MI CBSSN L 21–22   27,072
September 28 6:00 p.m. New Mexico New Mexico State Aggie Memorial Stadium • Las Cruces, NM (Rio Grande Rivalry) ESPN+ W 50–40   21,062
September 28 6:00 p.m. Air Force Wyoming War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY CBSSN  WYO 31–19   23,068
September 28 8:00 p.m. Washington State No. 25 Boise State Albertsons Stadium • Boise, ID FS1 W 45–24   37,711
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time.

Week 6

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Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance Ref.
October 4 7:00 p.m. Syracuse No. 25 UNLV Allegiant Stadium • Paradise, NV FS1 L 41–44 OT  31,329
October 5 10:00 a.m. Navy Air Force Falcon Stadium • USAF Academy, CO (Commander-in-Chief's Trophy) CBS L 7–34   39,441
October 5 4:30 p.m. Colorado State Oregon State Reser Stadium • Corvallis, OR The CW L 31–39 2OT  36,433
October 5 5:00 p.m. Utah State No. 21 Boise State Albertsons Stadium • Boise, ID FS2  BSU 62–30   37,210
October 5 5:30 p.m. Nevada San Jose State CEFCU Stadium • San Jose, CA truTV / Max  SJSU 35–31   17,099
October 5 6:00 p.m. Hawaii San Diego State Snapdragon Stadium • San Diego, CA CBSSN  SDSU 27–24   31,307
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time.

Week 7

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Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance Ref.
October 11 7:00 p.m. UNLV Utah State Maverik Stadium • Logan, UT CBSSN  UNLV 50–34   20,295
October 12 1:30 p.m. San Diego State Wyoming War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY CBSSN  SDSU 27–24   23,155
October 12 1:30 p.m. San Jose State Colorado State Canvas Stadium • Fort Collins, CO truTV / Max  CSU 31–24   27,280
October 12 5:00 p.m. Air Force New Mexico University Stadium • Albuquerque, NM truTV / Max  UNM 52–37   15,561
October 12 5:00 p.m. Washington State Fresno State Valley Children's Stadium • Fresno, CA FS1 L 17–25   41,031
October 12 5:30 p.m. Oregon State Nevada Mackay Stadium • Reno, NV CBSSN W 42–37   21,541
October 12 9:00 p.m. No. 17 Boise State Hawaii Clarence T. C. Ching Athletics Complex • Honolulu, HI CBSSN  BSU 28–7   15,194
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time.

Week 8

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Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance Ref.
October 18 8:30 p.m. Fresno State Nevada Mackay Stadium • Reno, NV CBSSN  FRES 24–21   18,319
October 19 1:30 p.m. Hawaii Washington State Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA The CW L 10–42   25,112
October 19 2:00 p.m. Wyoming San Jose State CEFCU Stadium • San Jose, CA MWN  SJSU 24–14   17,101
October 19 4:00 p.m. New Mexico Utah State Maverik Stadium • Logan, UT truTV / Max  UNM 50–45   14,584
October 19 6:00 p.m. Colorado State Air Force Falcon Stadium • USAF Academy, CO (rivalry) CBSSN  CSU 21–13   27,598
October 19 8:00 p.m. UNLV Oregon State Reser Stadium • Corvallis, OR The CW W 33–25   35,195
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time.

Week 9

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Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance Ref.
October 25 8:30 p.m. No. 17 Boise State UNLV Allegiant Stadium • Paradise, NV CBSSN  BSU 29–24   42,228
October 26 3:00 p.m. New Mexico Colorado State Canvas Stadium • Fort Collins, CO MWN  CSU 17–6   36,980
October 26 5:00 p.m. Utah State Wyoming War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY (rivalry) CBSSN  USU 27–25   17,724
October 26 6:00 p.m. San Jose State Fresno State Valley Children's Stadium • Fresno, CA (Battle for the Valley) truTV / Max  FRES 33–10   41,343
October 26 8:30 p.m. Washington State San Diego State Snapdragon Stadium • San Diego, CA CBSSN L 26–29   26,937
October 26 10:00 p.m. Nevada Hawaii Clarence T. C. Ching Athletics Complex • Honolulu, HI SPEC PPV  HAW 34–13   12,006
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time.

Week 10

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Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance Ref.
November 1 6:00 p.m. San Diego State No. 15 Boise State Albertsons Stadium • Boise, ID FS1  BSU 56–24   36,838
November 2 10:00 a.m. Air Force No. 21 Army Michie Stadium • West Point, NY (Commander-in-Chief's Trophy) CBS L 3–20   30,046
November 2 2:00 p.m. Wyoming New Mexico University Stadium • Albuquerque, NM truTV / Max  WYO 49–45   15,046
November 2 5:00 p.m. Hawaii Fresno State Valley Children's Stadium • Fresno, CA (rivalry) SPEC PPV  HAW 21–20   41,575
November 2 6:00 p.m. Colorado State Nevada Mackay Stadium • Reno, NV CBSSN  CSU 38-21   16,019
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time.

Week 11

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Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance Ref.
November 8 8:30 p.m. New Mexico San Diego State Snapdragon Stadium • San Diego, CA FS1  UNM 21–16   21,832
November 9 1:30 p.m. San Jose State Oregon State Reser Stadium • Corvallis, OR The CW W 24–13   37,187
November 9 6:00 p.m. Nevada No. 12 Boise State Albertsons Stadium • Boise, ID (rivalry) FOX  BSU 28–21   37,143
November 9 7:00 p.m. UNLV Hawaii Clarence T. C. Ching Athletics Complex • Honolulu, HI CBSSN  UNLV 29–27   12,691
November 9 7:45 p.m. Fresno State Air Force Falcon Stadium • USAF Academy, CO FS1  AF 36–28   14,794
November 9 8:30 p.m. Utah State No. 21 Washington State Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA The CW L 28–49   20,011
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time.

Week 12

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Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance Ref.
November 15 6:00 p.m. Wyoming Colorado State Canvas Stadium • Fort Collins, CO (Border War) CBSSN  CSU 24–10   36,720
November 16 1:00 p.m. Hawaii Utah State Maverik Stradium • Logan, UT SPEC PPV  USU 55–10    
November 16 1:30 p.m. Oregon State Air Force Falcon Stadium • USAF Academy, CO CBSSN W 28–0   21,385
November 16 5:00 p.m. No. 13 Boise State San Jose State CEFCU Stadium • San Jose, CA CBSSN  BSU 42–21   20,517
November 16 8:30 p.m. San Diego State UNLV Allegiant Stadium • Paradise, NV CBSSN  UNLV 41–20   30,386
November 16 7:30 p.m. No. 18 Washington State New Mexico University Stadium • Albuquerque, NM FS1 W 38–35   14,067
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time.

Week 13

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Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance Ref.
November 22 8:00 p.m. No. 24 UNLV San Jose State CEFCU Stadium • San Jose, CA FS1  UNLV 27–16   13,671
November 23 1:30 p.m. San Diego State Utah State Maverik Stadium • Logan, UT CBSSN  USU 41–20   12,583
November 23 5:00 p.m. No. 12 Boise State Wyoming War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY CBSSN  BSU 17–13   18,094
November 23 8:30 p.m. Colorado State Fresno State Valley Children's Stadium • Fresno, CA CBSSN  FRES 28–22    
November 23 8:30 p.m. Air Force Nevada Mackay Stadium • Reno, NV FS1  AF 22–19   12,228
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time.

Week 14

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Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance Ref.
November 29 10:00 a.m. Oregon State No. 11 Boise State Albertsons Stadium • Boise, ID FOX W 34–18    
November 29 2:00 p.m. Stanford San Jose State CEFCU Stadium • San Jose, CA (Bill Walsh Legacy Game) CBS W 34–31    
November 29 1:30 p.m. Utah State Colorado State Canvas Stadium • Fort Collins, CO FS1  CSU 42–37    
November 30 1:30 p.m. Fresno State UCLA Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA BTN L 13–20    
November 30 4:30 p.m. Wyoming Washington State Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA The CW W 15–14    
November 30 6:00 p.m. Nevada No. 22 UNLV Allegiant Stadium • Paradise, NV (Fremont Cannon) CBSSN  UNLV 38–14    
November 30 8:30 p.m. Air Force San Diego State Snapdragon Stadium • San Diego, CA FS1  AF 31–20    
November 30 9:00 p.m. New Mexico Hawaii Clarence T. C. Ching Athletics Complex • Honolulu, HI SPEC PPV  HAW 38–30    
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time.

Week 15

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Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance Ref.
December 6 6:00 p.m. No. 20 UNLV No. 10 Boise State Albertsons Stadium • Boise, ID (Mountain West Conference Championship Game) FOX  BSU 21–7   36,663
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time.

Postseason

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Bowl Games

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Main article: 2024–25 NCAA football bowl games
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Bowl game Date Site Television Time (MST) Mountain West team Opponent Score Attendance
LA Bowl December 18 SoFi Stadium • Inglewood, CA ESPN 7:00 p.m. No. 24 UNLV California  
Famous Idaho Potato Bowl December 23 Albertsons Stadium • Boise, ID ESPN 12:30 p.m. Fresno State Northern Illinois  
Hawaii Bowl December 24 Clarence T. C. Ching Athletics Complex • Honolulu, HI ESPN 6:00 p.m. San Jose State South Florida
Arizona Bowl December 28 Arizona Stadium • Tucson, AZ The CW 2:30 p.m. Colorado State Miami (OH)  
College Football Playoff bowl games
Fiesta Bowl December 31 State Farm Stadium • Glendale, AZ ESPN 5:30 p.m. No. 9 Boise State TBD

Selection of teams

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  • Bowl eligible (5): Colorado State, Boise State, Fresno State, San Jose State, UNLV
  • Bowl ineligible (7): Air Force, Hawaii, Nevada, New Mexico, San Diego State, Utah State, Wyoming

Mountain West records vs other conferences

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2024–2025 records against non-conference opponents:

Power Five Conferences Record
ACC 1–3
Big Ten 0–6
Big 12 2–6
Pac-12 8–7
SEC 0–2
Power 5 Total 11–24
Other FBS Conferences Record
American 0–4
C-USA 4–1
Independents 0–0
MAC 0–1
Sun Belt 2–1
Other FBS Total 6–7
FCS Opponents Record
Football Championship Subdivision 11–2
Total Non-Conference Record 28–33

Mountain West vs Power 5 matchups

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This is a list of games the Mountain West has scheduled versus power conference teams (ACC, Big 10, Big 12, Pac-12, and SEC). All rankings are from the current AP Poll at the time of the game.

Date Conference Visitor Home Site Score
August 24 ACC SMU Nevada Mackay Stadium • Reno, NV L 24–29
August 31 SEC Colorado State No. 4 Texas Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX L 0–52
August 31 Big 12 UNLV Houston TDECU Stadium • Houston, TX W 27–7
August 31 Big Ten Fresno State No. 9 Michigan Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI L 10–30
August 31 Big Ten UCLA Hawaii Clarence T. C. Ching Athletics Complex • Honolulu, HI L 13–16
August 31 Big 12 Wyoming Arizona State Mountain America Stadium • Tempe, AZ L 7–48
August 31 Big 12 New Mexico No. 21 Arizona Arizona Stadium • Tucson, AZ L 39–61
September 7 Big Ten Boise State No. 7 Oregon Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR L 34–37
September 7 Pac-12 Oregon State San Diego State Snapdragon Stadium • San Diego, CA L 0–21
September 7 Big Ten Utah State No. 13 USC Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA L 0–48
September 13 Big 12 UNLV Kansas Children's Mercy Park • Kansas City, KS W 23–20
September 14 Big Ten Nevada Minnesota Huntington Bank Stadium • Minneapolis, MN L 0–27
September 14 Big 12 No. 12 Utah Utah State Maverik Stadium • Logan, UT L 21–38
September 14 Big 12 Colorado Colorado State Canvas Stadium • Fort Collins, CO L 9–28
September 14 SEC New Mexico Auburn Jordan–Hare Stadium • Auburn, AL L 19–45
September 14 Big 12 Air Force Baylor McLane Stadium • Waco, TX L 3–31
September 14 Big 12 BYU Wyoming War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY L 14–34
September 14 ACC San Diego State California California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA L 10–31
September 20 Pac-12 San Jose State Washington State Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA L 52–54 (2OT)
September 28 Pac-12 Washington State No. 25 Boise State Albertsons Stadium • Boise, ID W 45–24
October 4 ACC Syracuse No. 25 UNLV Allegiant Stadium • Paradise, NV L 41–44 (OT)
October 5 Pac-12 Colorado State Oregon State Reser Stadium • Corvallis, OR L 31–39 (2OT)
October 12 Pac-12 Oregon State Nevada Mackay Stadium • Reno, NV W 42–37
October 12 Pac-12 Washington State Fresno State Valley Children's Stadium • Fresno, CA L 17–25
October 19 Pac-12 Hawaii Washington State Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA L 10–42
October 19 Pac-12 UNLV Oregon State Reser Stadium • Corvallis, OR W 33–25
October 26 Pac-12 Washington State San Diego State Snapdragon Stadium • San Diego, CA L 26–29
November 9 Pac-12 San Jose State Oregon State Reser Stadium • Corvallis, OR W 24–13
November 9 Pac-12 Utah State Washington State Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA L 28–49
November 16 Pac-12 Oregon State Air Force Falcon Stadium • USAF Academy, CO W 28–0
November 16 Pac-12 Washington State New Mexico University Stadium • Albuquerque, NM W 38–35
November 29 Pac-12 Oregon State Boise State Albertsons Stadium • Boise, ID W 34–18
November 29 ACC Stanford San Jose State CEFCU Stadium • San Jose, CA W 34–31
November 30 Pac-12 Wyoming Washington State Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA W 15–14
November 30 Big Ten Fresno State UCLA Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA L 13–20

Mountain West vs Group of Five matchups

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

Date Conference Visitor Home Site Score
August 31 Sun Belt Boise State Georgia Southern Paulson Stadium • Statesboro, GA W 56–45
August 31 Sun Belt Nevada Troy Veterans Memorial Stadium • Troy, AL W 28–26
September 7 Sun Belt Georgia Southern Nevada Mackay Stadium • Reno, NV L 17–20
September 14 C-USA Hawaii Sam Houston Bowers Stadium • Huntsville, TX L 13–31
September 14 C-USA Kennesaw State San Jose State CEFCU Stadium • San Jose, CA W 31–10
September 14 C-USA New Mexico State Fresno State Valley Children's Stadium • Fresno, CA W 48–0
September 21 C-USA UTEP Colorado State Canvas Stadium • Fort Collins, CO W 27–17
September 21 American Utah State Temple Lincoln Financial Field • Philadelphia, PA L 29–45
September 21 American Wyoming North Texas DATCU Stadium • Denton, TX L 17–44
September 28 C-USA New Mexico New Mexico State Aggie Memorial Stadium • Las Cruces, NM W 50–40
September 28 MAC San Diego State Central Michigan Kelly/Shorts Stadium • Mount Pleasant, MI L 21–22
October 5 American Navy Air Force Falcon Stadium • USAF Academy, CO L 7–34
November 2 American Air Force Army Michie Stadium • West Point, NY L 3–20

Mountain West vs FCS matchups

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Date Visitor Home Site Score
August 24 Montana State New Mexico University Stadium • Albuquerque, NM L 31–35
August 24 Delaware State Hawaii Clarence T. C. Ching Athletics Complex • Honolulu, HI W 35–14
August 29 No. 8 (FCS) Sacramento State San Jose State CEFCU Stadium • San Jose, CA W 42–24
August 31 Merrimack Air Force Falcon Stadium • USAF Academy, CO W 21–6
August 31 Texas A&M-Commerce San Diego State Snapdragon Stadium • San Diego, CA W 45–14
August 31 Robert Morris Utah State Maverik Stadium • Logan, UT W 36–14
September 7 No. 7 (FCS) Idaho Wyoming War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY L 13–17
September 7 Northern Colorado Colorado State Canvas Stadium • Fort Collins, CO W 38–17
September 7 Utah Tech UNLV Allegiant Stadium • Paradise, NV W 72–14
September 7 No. 8 (FCS) Sacramento State Fresno State Valley Children's Stadium • Fresno, CA W 46–30
September 21 Eastern Washington Nevada Mackay Stadium • Reno, NV W 49–16
September 21 Portland State Boise State Albertsons Stadium • Boise, ID W 56–14
September 21 No. 25 (FCS) Northern Iowa Hawaii Clarence T. C. Ching Athletics Complex • Honolulu, HI W 36–7

Awards and honors

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Player of the week honors

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Week Offensive Defensive Special Teams Freshman
Player Team Position Player Team Position Player Team Position Player Team Position
Week 0[22] Brayden Schager Hawaii QB Jamih Otis Hawaii LB Tylan Hines Hawaii PR Tyson Ruffins Nevada OL
Week 1[23] Ashton Jeanty Boise State RB Jackson Woodard UNLV LB Elliott Nimrod Utah State K Sire Gaines Boise State RB
Week 2[24] Ashton Jeanty (2) Boise State RB Jordan Pollard San Jose State LB Jalen Moss Fresno State WR Greg Burrell UNLV RB
Week 3[25] Nick Nash San Jose State WR Jackson Woodard (2) UNLV LB Caden Chittenden UNLV K Caden Chittenden UNLV K
Week 4[26] Avery Morrow Colorado State RB Tuasivi Nomura Fresno State LB Dylan Lynch Fresno State K Dylan Riley Boise State RB
Week 5[27] Ashton Jeanty (3) Boise State RB Jalen Catalon UNLV S Aaron Rodriguez New Mexico P Caden Chittenden (2) UNLV K
Week 6[28] Ashton Jeanty (4) Boise State RB Trey White San Diego State EDGE Ricky White III UNLV WR Danny O'Neil San Diego State QB
Week 7[29] Ashton Jeanty (5) Boise State RB Jackson Woodard (3) UNLV LB Jordan Noyes Colorado State K Danny O'Neil (2) San Diego State QB
Week 8[30] Devon Dampier New Mexico QB Jalen Catalon (2) UNLV S Caden Chittenden (2) UNLV K Caden Chittenden (3) UNLV K
Week 9[31] Brayden Schager (2) Hawaii QB Cam Lockridge Fresno State CB Tanner Cragun Utah State K Tanner Cragun Utah State K
Week 10[32] Maddux Madsen Boise State QB Phoenix Jackson Fresno State LB Jordan Noyes (2) Colorado State K Kaden Anderson Wyoming QB
Week 11[33] Ashton Jeanty (6) Boise State RB DJ Harvey San Jose State CB Matthew Dapore Air Force K LaJuan Owens New Mexico LT
Week 12[34] Devon Dampier (2) New Mexico QB Jordan Vincent Utah State S Caden Chittenden (3) UNLV K Justin Marshall Colorado State RB
Week 13[35] Bryson Barnes Utah State QB Oscar Aihie Air Force ILB James Ferguson-Reynolds Boise State P Bryson Donelson Fresno State RB
Week 14[36] Micah Alejado Hawaii QB Tyrecus Davis Wyoming CB John Hoyland Wyoming K Micah Alejado Hawaii QB

Mountain West Individual Awards

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The following individuals received postseason honors as voted by the Mountain West Conference football coaches at the end of the season.[37]

Award Player School
Offensive Player of the Year Ashton Jeanty, RB Boise State
Defensive Player of the Year Jackson Woodard, LB UNLV
Special Teams Player of the Year Ricky White III, WR UNLV
Freshman Player of the Year Caden Chittenden, PK UNLV
Coach of the Year Spencer Danielson Boise State

All-conference teams

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The following players were selected as part of the Mountain West's All-Conference Teams.[37]

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