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2022 Mountain West Conference football season
LeagueNCAA Division I FBS
SportFootball
DurationAugust 27, 2022 – December 3, 2022
Number of teams12
TV partner(s)CBS Sports Family (CBS, CBSSN) Fox Sports Family (Fox, FS1, FS2)
2023 NFL draft
Top draft pickQB Jake Haener, Fresno State
Picked byNew Orleans Saints, 127th overall
Regular season
Mountain Division championsBoise State
West Division championsFresno State
Championship Game
ChampionsFresno State
  Runners-upBoise State
Seasons
← 2021
2023 →
2022 Mountain West Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
Mountain Division
Boise State xy   8 – 0     10 – 4  
Air Force   5 – 3     10 – 3  
Wyoming   5 – 3     7 – 6  
Utah State   5 – 3     6 – 7  
Colorado State   3 – 5     3 – 9  
New Mexico   0 – 8     2 – 10  
West Division
No. 24 Fresno State xy$   7 – 1     10 – 4  
San Diego State   5 – 3     7 – 6  
San Jose State   5 – 3     7 – 5  
UNLV   3 – 5     5 – 7  
Hawaii   2 – 6     3 – 10  
Nevada   0 – 8     2 – 10  
Championship: Fresno State 28, Boise State 16
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2022 Mountain West Conference football season was the 24th season of College football for the Mountain West Conference. It was part of the 2022 NCAA Division I FBS football season. 12 teams competed in the conference during the season. The season began August 27 and concluded on December 3 with the Mountain West Conference Football Championship Game. The full schedule for the season was released on February 16, 2022[1]

Previous season[edit]

Main article: 2021 Mountain West Conference football season

In the 2021 Mountain West Conference football season, Utah State won the Mountain division, while San Diego State won the West division. In the conference championship game, Utah State took victory by a score of 46–13.[2]

Preseason[edit]

Mountain West Media[edit]

The Mountain West Media days was held at the Mandalay Bay Las Vegas on July 20 and 21.

Preseason Poll[edit]

The Preseason Media Poll was released July 20, 2022. Boise State was picked to win the Mountain division, while Fresno State was picked to win the West division.[3]

Mountain
Predicted finish Team Votes (for first)
1 Boise State 151 (14)
2 Air Force 136 (10)
3 Utah State 122 (3)
4 Colorado State 90 (1)
5 Wyoming 60
6 New Mexico 29
West
Predicted finish Team Votes (for first)
1 Fresno State 160 (20)
2 San Diego State 148 (8)
3 San Jose State 105
4 Nevada 66
5 UNLV 58
6 Hawaii 51

Preseason All-Conference Team[edit]

The Preseason All-Conference Team was announced only July 21, 2022.[4]

  • Offensive Player of the Year: Jake Haener (Senior, Fresno State quarterback)
  • Defensive Players of the Year: Cade Hall (Senior, San Jose State defensive lineman) & Patrick McMorris (Senior, San Diego State defensive back)
  • Special Teams Player of the Year: Jordan Byrd (Senior, San Diego State punt and kick returner)
Position Player Team
Offense
QB Jake Haener Fresno State
WR Jalen Cropper Fresno State
WR Jesse Matthews San Diego State
RB Brad Roberts Air Force
RB Jordan Mims Fresno State
OL Isaac Cochran Air Force
OL John Ojukwu Boise State
OL Dontae Bull Fresno State
OL Aaron Frost Nevada
OL Alama Uluave San Diego State
TE Tanner Arkin Colorado State
Defense
DL Scott Matlock Boise State
DL Keshawn Banks San Diego State
DL Jonah Tavai San Diego State
DL Viliami Fehoko San Jose State
DL Cade Hall San Jose State
LB Vince Sanford Air Force
LB Caden McDonald San Diego State
LB Kyle Harmon San Jose State
DB JL Skinner Boise State
DB Evan Williams Fresno State
DB Jerrick Reed II New Mexico
DB Patrick McMorris San Diego State
Special Teams
P Aaron Rodriguez New Mexico
PK Jonah Dalmas Boise State
PR Jordan Byrd San Diego State
KR Jordan Byrd San Diego State

Preseason individual awards[edit]

The following list contains Mountain West players who were included on preseason watch lists for national awards.

Coaches[edit]

Coaching changes[edit]

  • On December 2, 2021 Colorado State announced that they had fired head coach Steve Addazio after two seasons.[28] Jay Norvell, who had been at Nevada, was hired to take the position at Colorado State.[29]
  • On December 8, 2021, Fresno State announced that Jeff Tedford would rejoin the school as head coach to replace the departing Kalen DeBoer. Teford had previously been head coach at Fresno State from 2017–2019, but had left the school after 2019 due to health issues.[30]
  • On December 10, 2021, Nevada announced that Oregon defensive coordinator Ken Wilson would replace Jay Norvell as head coach. Wilson had been an assistant coach in various positions for Nevada from 1989–2012 prior to being hired as head coach.[31]
  • On January 14, Hawaii head coach Todd Graham resigned from his position amid controversy surrounding mistreatment of players.[32] On January 22, Hawaii announced Nevada assistant coach Timmy Chang as the new head coach.[33]

Head coaches[edit]

Team Head coach Years at school Overall record Record at school MW record
Air Force Troy Calhoun 16 111–75 111–75 67–48
Boise State Andy Avalos 2 7–5 7–5 5–3
Colorado State Jay Norvell 1 33–26 0–0 23–17
Fresno State Jeff Tedford 4 108–71 26–14 16–8
Hawaii Timmy Chang 1 0–0 0–0 0–0
Nevada Ken Wilson 1 0–0 0–0 0–0
New Mexico Danny Gonzales 3 5–14 5–14 3–12
San Diego State Brady Hoke 5 94–78 29–18 18–12
San Jose State Brent Brennan 6 20–37 20–37 14–25
UNLV Marcus Arroyo 3 2–16 2–16 2–12
Utah State Blake Anderson 2 62–40 11–3 6–2
Wyoming Craig Bohl 9 149–82 45–50 27–35

Post-season changes[edit]

  • On November 28, UNLV announced that they had fired head coach Marcus Arroyo. Arroyo posted a 7–23 record with the school over three years.[34] UNLV announced on December 6 that former Missouri head coach Barry Odom would become the new head coach for the 2023 season.[35]

Rankings[edit]

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т Tied with team above or below also with this symbol

Schedule[edit]

The schedule for the 2022 Mountain West football season was announced on February 16, 2022.[1]

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

All times Mountain time.

Week 0[edit]

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
August 27 1:30 p.m. Idaho State UNLV Allegiant Stadium • Paradise, NV CBSSN W 52–21   19,579
August 27 2:00 p.m. UConn Utah State Maverik Stadium • Logan, UT FS1 W 31–20   19,553
August 27 2:00 p.m. Wyoming Illinois Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL BTN L 6–38   37,832
August 27 8:00 p.m. Nevada New Mexico State Aggie Memorial Stadium • Las Cruces, NM ESPN2 W 23–12   23,371
August 27 8:30 p.m. Vanderbilt Hawaii Clarence T. C. Ching Athletics Complex • Honolulu, HI CBSSN L 10–63   9,346
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time.

Week 1[edit]

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
September 1 6:30 p.m. Portland State San Jose State CEFCU Stadium • San Jose, CA NBCSBA W 21–17   16,291
September 1 6:30 p.m. Cal Poly Fresno State Bulldog Stadium • Fresno, CA FS1 W 35–7   36,011
September 3 10:00 a.m. Colorado State No. 8 Michigan Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI ABC L 7–51   109,575
September 3 11:00 a.m. No. 21 (FCS) Northern Iowa Air Force Falcon Stadium • Colorado Springs, CO Altitude W 48–17   31,180
September 3 1:30 p.m. Arizona San Diego State Snapdragon Stadium • San Diego, CA CBS L 20–38   34,046
September 3 1:30 p.m. Tulsa Wyoming War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY FS1 W 40–37 2OT  20,574
September 3 3:30 p.m. Texas State Nevada Mackay Stadium • Reno, NV NSN W 38–14   13,260
September 3 5:30 p.m. Utah State No. 1 Alabama Bryant–Denny Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL SECN L 0–55   98,321
September 3 6:00 p.m. Maine New Mexico University Stadium • Albuquerque, NM MWN W 41–0   15,166
September 3 6:30 p.m. Boise State Oregon State Reser Stadium • Corvallis, OR ESPN L 17–34   27,732
September 3 10:00 p.m. Western Kentucky Hawaii Clarence T. C. Ching Athletics Complex • Honolulu, HI Spectrum Sports L 17–49   9,346
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time.

Week 2[edit]

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
September 9 7:00 p.m. Boise State New Mexico University Stadium • Albuquerque, NM CBSSN  BSU 31–14   16,157
September 10 1:30 p.m. Colorado Air Force Falcon Stadium • Colorado Springs, CO CBS W 41–10   33,647
September 10 2:00 p.m. Middle Tennessee Colorado State Canvas Stadium • Fort Collins, CO MWN L 19–34   27,641
September 10 2:00 p.m. UNLV California California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA P12N L 14–20   38,180
September 10 2:00 p.m. Northern Colorado Wyoming War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY MWN W 33–10   22,863
September 10 3:30 p.m. No. 8 (FCS) Incarnate Word Nevada Mackay Stadium • Reno, NV NSN L 41–55   14,092
September 10 5:00 p.m. No. 16 (FCS) Weber State Utah State Maverick Stadium • Logan, UT MWN L 7–35   17,781
September 10 5:30 p.m. San Jose State Auburn Jordan–Hare Stadium • Auburn, AL ESPNU L 16–24   83,340
September 10 6:00 p.m. Idaho State San Diego State Snapdragon Stadium • San Diego, CA MWN W 38–7   27,865
September 10 6:00 p.m. Hawaii No. 4 Michigan Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI BTN L 10–56   110,012
September 10 8:30 p.m. Oregon State Fresno State Bulldog Stadium • Fresno, CA CBSSN L 32–35   41,031
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time.

Week 3[edit]

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
September 16 6:00 p.m. Air Force Wyoming War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY CBSSN  WYO 17–14   18,277
September 17 1:00 p.m. North Texas UNLV Allegiant Stadium • Paradise, NV SSSEN W 58–27   19,623
September 17 2:00 p.m. No. 16 (FCS) UT Martin Boise State Albertsons Stadium • Boise, ID FS1 W 30–7   36,396
September 17 3:00 p.m. Colorado State Washington State Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA P12N L 7–38   23,611
September 17 5:30 p.m. Nevada Iowa Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, IA BTN L 0–27   69,250
September 17 6:00 p.m. UTEP New Mexico University Stadium • Albuquerque, NM MWN W 27–10   15,269
September 17 8:00 p.m. San Diego State No. 14 Utah Rice–Eccles Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT ESPN2 L 7–35   51,602
September 17 8:30 p.m. Fresno State No. 7 USC Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA FOX L 17–45   67,226
September 17 10:00 p.m. Duquesne Hawaii Clarence T. C. Ching Athletics Complex • Honolulu, HI Spectrum Sports W 24–14   8,991
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time.

Week 4[edit]

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
September 23 6:00 p.m. Nevada Air Force Falcon Stadium • Colorado Springs, CO FS1  AF 48–20   20,506
September 23 7:00 p.m. Boise State UTEP Sun Bowl • El Paso, TX CBSSN L 10–27   11,227
September 24 1:30 p.m. Toledo San Diego State Snapdragon Stadium • San Diego, CA FS1 W 17–14   27,108
September 24 2:00 p.m. No. 7 (FCS) Sacramento State Colorado State Canvas Stadium • Fort Collins, CO MWN L 10–41   25,445
September 24 5:00 p.m. UNLV Utah State Maverick Stadium • Logan, UT CBSSN  UNLV 34–24   17,454
September 24 5:30 p.m. New Mexico LSU Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA SECN+/ESPN+ L 0–38   100,501
September 24 6:00 p.m. Hawaii New Mexico State Aggie Memorial Stadium • Las Cruces, NM FloSports L 26–45   12,879
September 24 8:15 p.m. Wyoming No. 19 BYU LaVell Edwards Stadium • Provo, UT ESPN2 L 24–38   60,092
September 24 8:30 p.m. Western Michigan San Jose State CEFCU Stadium • San Jose, CA CBSSN W 34–6   17,058
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time.

Week 5[edit]

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
September 29 6:00 p.m. Utah State No. 19 BYU LaVell Edwards Stadium • Provo, UT (Beehive Boot, rivalry) ESPN L 26–38   59,417
September 30 6:00 p.m. San Diego State Boise State Albertsons Stadium • Boise, ID FS1  BSU 35–13   34,910
September 30 9:00 p.m. New Mexico UNLV Allegiant Stadium • Paradise, NV CBSSN  UNLV 31–20   21,605
October 1 10:00 a.m. Navy Air Force Falcon Stadium • Colorado Springs, CO (Commander-in-Chief's Trophy) CBS W 13–10   36,947
October 1 1:30 p.m. Fresno State UConn Rentschler Field • East Hartford, CT CBSSN L 14–19   20,952
October 1 5:30 p.m. San Jose State Wyoming War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY CBSSN  SJSU 33–16   17,765
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time.

Week 6[edit]

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
October 7 8:30 p.m. Colorado State Nevada Mackay Stadium • Reno, NV FS1  CSU 17–14   18,255
October 7 8:30 p.m. UNLV San Jose State CEFCU Stadium • San Jose, CA CBSSN  SJSU 40–7   16,669
October 8 5:00 p.m. Wyoming New Mexico University Stadium • Albuquerque, NM CBSSN  WYO 27–14   14,226
October 8 5:00 p.m. Air Force Utah State Maverick Stadium • Logan, UT FS1  USU 34–27   19,105
October 8 7:45 p.m. Fresno State Boise State Albertsons Stadium • Boise, ID (rivalry) FS1  BSU 40–20   37,663
October 8 8:30 p.m. Hawaii San Diego State Snapdragon Stadium • San Diego, CA CBSSN  SDSU 16–14   33,073
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time.

Week 7[edit]

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
October 15 5:00 p.m. Utah State Colorado State Canvas Stadium • Fort Collins, CO CBSSN  USU 17–13   35,009
October 15 6:00 p.m. New Mexico New Mexico State Aggie Memorial Stadium • Las Cruces, NM (Rio Grande Rivalry) FloSports L 9–21    
October 15 8:30 p.m. Air Force UNLV Allegiant Stadium • Paradise, NV CBSSN  AF 42–7   23,847
October 15 8:45 p.m. San Jose State Fresno State Bulldog Stadium • Fresno, CA (rivalry) FS2  FRES 17–10   41,031
October 15 10:00 p.m. Nevada Hawaii Clarence T. C. Ching Athletics Complex • Honolulu, HI NSN / Spectrum Sports  HAW 31–16   9,231
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time.

Week 8[edit]

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
October 22 12:30 p.m. UNLV Notre Dame Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, IN Peacock L 21–44   73,165
October 22 2:00 p.m. Hawaii Colorado State Canvas Stadium • Fort Collins, CO Spectrum Sports  CSU 17–13   22,843
October 22 4:00 p.m. San Jose State New Mexico State Aggie Memorial Stadium • Las Cruces, NM FloSports  Canceled   n/a
October 22 4:30 p.m. Fresno State New Mexico University Stadium • Albuquerque, NM FS2  FRES 41–9   14,667
October 22 5:00 p.m. Boise State Air Force Falcon Stadium • Colorado Springs, CO CBSSN  BSU 19–14   25,254
October 22 7:45 p.m. Utah State Wyoming War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY (Bridger’s Battle) FS2  WYO 28–14   21,420
October 22 8:30 p.m. San Diego State Nevada Mackay Stadium • Reno, NV CBSSN  SDSU 23–7   16,363
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time.

Week 9[edit]

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
October 29 5:00 p.m. Colorado State Boise State Albertsons Stadium • Boise, ID FS1  BSU 49–10   33,895
October 29 8:30 p.m. San Diego State Fresno State Bulldog Stadium • Fresno, CA (rivlary) FS1  FRES 32–28   37,107
October 29 8:30 p.m. Nevada San Jose State CEFCU Stadium • San Jose, CA CBSSN  SJSU 35–28   17,117
October 29 10:00 p.m. Wyoming Hawaii Clarence T. C. Ching Athletics Complex • Honolulu, HI (rivlary) Spectrum Sports  WYO 27–20   9,346
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time.

Week 10[edit]

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
November 5 9:30 a.m. Air Force Army Globe Life Field • Arlington, TX (Commander-in-Chief's Trophy) CBS W 13–7   33,912
November 5 1:30 p.m. New Mexico Utah State Maverick Stadium • Logan, UT CBSSN  USU 27–10   14,154
November 5 5:00 p.m. UNLV San Diego State Snapdragon Stadium • San Diego, CA CBSSN  SDSU 14–10   28,854
November 5 5:00 p.m. BYU Boise State Albertsons Stadium • Boise, ID FS2 L 28–31   36,461
November 5 8:30 p.m. Hawaii Fresno State Bulldog Stadium • Fresno, CA (rivalry) FS2  FRES 55–13   39,005
November 5 8:30 p.m. Colorado State San Jose State CEFCU Stadium • San Jose, CA NBCSBA  SJSU 28–16   16,382
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time.

Week 11[edit]

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
November 11 8:30 p.m. Fresno State UNLV Allegiant Stadium • Paradise, NV CBSSN  FRES 37–30   23,146
November 12 1:30 p.m. New Mexico Air Force Falcon Stadium • Colorado Springs, CO CBSSN  AF 35–3   20,827
November 12 5:00 p.m. Wyoming Colorado State Canvas Stadium • Fort Collins, CO (Border War) CBSSN  WYO 14–13   30,300
November 12 8:30 p.m. San Jose State San Diego State Snapdragon Stadium • San Diego, CA FS1  SDSU 43–27   28,406
November 12 8:30 p.m. Boise State Nevada Mackay Stadium • Reno, NV (rivalry) CBSSN  BSU 41–3   14,960
November 12 9:00 p.m. Utah State Hawaii Clarence T. C. Ching Athletics Complex • Honolulu, HI Spectrum Sports  USU 41–34   8,862
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time.

Week 12[edit]

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
November 18 7:45 p.m. San Diego State New Mexico University Stadium • Albuquerque, NM FS1  SDSU 34–10   14,309
November 19 5:00 p.m. Boise State Wyoming War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY CBSSN  BSU 20–17   17,345
November 19 7:00 p.m. Colorado State Air Force Falcon Stadium • Colorado Springs, CO FS2  AF 24–12   20,121
November 19 7:45 p.m. San Jose State Utah State Maverick Stadium • Logan, UT FS1  USU 35–31   13,677
November 19 8:30 p.m. Fresno State Nevada Mackay Stadium • Reno, NV CBSSN  FRES 41–14   12,501
November 19 9:00 p.m. UNLV Hawaii Clarence T. C. Ching Athletics Complex • Honolulu, HI Spectrum Sports / SSSEN  HAW 31–25   9,346
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time.

Week 13[edit]

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
November 25 10:00 a.m. Utah State Boise State Albertsons Stadium • Boise, ID CBS  BSU 42–23   31,402
November 25 1:30 p.m. New Mexico Colorado State Canvas Stadium • Fort Collins, CO CBSSN  CSU 17–0   20,107
November 25 8:00 p.m. Wyoming Fresno State Bulldog Stadium • Fresno, CA FS1  FRES 30–0   40,214
November 26 1:30 p.m. Hawaii San Jose State CEFCU Stadium • San Jose, CA Spectrum Sports  SJSU 27–14   15,012
November 26 4:00 p.m. Nevada UNLV Allegiant Stadium • Paradise, NV (Fremont Cannon) SSSEN / NSN  UNLV 27–22   24,873
November 26 7:00 p.m. Air Force San Diego State Snapdragon Stadium • San Diego, CA CBSSN  AF 13–3   25,223
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time.

Week 14 – Mountain West Conference Championship Game[edit]

Main article: 2022 Mountain West Conference Football Championship Game
Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
December 3 2:00 p.m. Fresno State Boise State Albertsons Stadium • Boise, ID (rivalry) FOX  FRES 28–16    
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time.

Postseason[edit]

Bowl Games[edit]

Main article: 2022–23 NCAA football bowl games
Legend
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Bowl game Date Site Television Time (MST) Mountain West team Opponent Score Attendance
LA Bowl December 17 SoFi Stadium • Inglewood, CA ABC 1:30 p.m. Fresno State Washington State W 29–6 32,405
Frisco Bowl December 17 Toyota Stadium • Frisco, TX ESPN 7:15 p.m. Boise State North Texas W 35–32 12,211
Famous Idaho Potato Bowl December 20 Albertsons Stadium • Boise, ID ESPN 1:30 p.m. San Jose State Eastern Michigan L 27–41 10,122
Armed Forces Bowl December 22 Amon G. Carter Stadium • Fort Worth, TX ESPN 6:30 p.m. Air Force Baylor W 30–15
Hawaii Bowl December 24 Clarence T. C. Ching Athletics Complex • Honolulu, HI ESPN 6:00 p.m San Diego State Middle Tennessee L 23–25 6,605
First Responder Bowl December 27 Gerald J. Ford Stadium • Dallas, TX ESPN 12:15 p.m. Utah State Memphis L 10–38
Arizona Bowl December 30 Arizona Stadium • Tucson, AZ Barstool Sports 2:30 p.m. Wyoming Ohio L 27–30 OT

Selection of teams[edit]

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

Mountain West records vs. other conferences[edit]

2022–2023 records against non-conference foes:

Mountain West vs Power 5 matchups[edit]

This is a list of games the Mountain West has scheduled versus power conference teams (ACC, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-12, BYU, 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 27 Big Ten Wyoming Illinois Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL L 6–38
August 27 SEC Vanderbilt Hawaii Clarence T. C. Ching Athletics Complex • Honolulu, HI L 10–63
September 3 Pac-12 Boise State Oregon State Reser Stadium • Corvallis, OR L 17–34
September 3 Big Ten Colorado State No. 8 Michigan Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI L 7–51
September 3 SEC Utah State No. 1 Alabama Bryant–Denny Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL L 0–55
September 3 Pac-12 Arizona San Diego State Snapdragon Stadium • San Diego, CA L 20–38
September 10 Pac-12 Colorado Air Force Falcon Stadium • Colorado Springs, CO W 41–10
September 10 Pac-12 Oregon State Fresno State Bulldog Stadium • Fresno, CA L 32–35
September 10 Big Ten Hawaii No. 4 Michigan Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI L 10–56
September 10 SEC San Jose State Auburn Jordan–Hare Stadium • Auburn, AL L 16–24
September 10 Pac-12 UNLV California California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA L 14–20
September 17 Pac-12 Colorado State Washington State Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA L 7–38
September 17 Pac-12 Fresno State No. 7 USC Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA L 17–45
September 17 Big Ten Nevada Iowa Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, IA L 0–27
September 17 Pac-12 San Diego State No. 14 Utah Rice–Eccles Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT L 7–35
September 24 SEC New Mexico LSU Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA L 0–38
September 24 Independent Wyoming No. 19 BYU LaVell Edwards Stadium • Provo, UT L 24–38
September 30 Independent Utah State BYU LaVell Edwards Stadium • Provo, UT (Beehive Boot, rivalry) L 26-38
October 22 Independent UNLV Notre Dame Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, IN L 21–44
November 5 Independent BYU Boise State Albertsons Stadium • Boise, ID L 28–31

Mountain West vs Group of Five matchups[edit]

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
September 3 American Tulsa Wyoming War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY W 40–37 2OT
September 3 C-USA Western Kentucky Hawaii Clarence T. C. Ching Athletics Complex • Honolulu, HI L 17–49
September 3 Sun Belt Texas State Nevada Mackay Stadium • Reno, NV W 38–14
September 10 C-USA Middle Tennessee Colorado State Canvas Stadium • Fort Collins, CO L 19–34
September 17 C-USA UTEP New Mexico University Stadium • Albuquerque, NM W 27–10
September 17 C-USA North Texas UNLV Allegiant Stadium • Paradise, NV W 58–27
September 24 C-USA Boise State UTEP Sun Bowl • El Paso, TX L 10–27
September 24 MAC Toledo San Diego State Snapdragon Stadium • San Diego, CA W 17–14
September 24 MAC Western Michigan San Jose State CEFCU Stadium • San Jose, CA W 34–6
October 1 American Navy Air Force Falcon Stadium • Colorado Springs, CO (Commander-in-Chief's Trophy) W 13-10

Mountain West vs FBS independents matchups[edit]

The following games include Mountain West teams competing against FBS Independents, which includes Army, Liberty, New Mexico State, UConn, or UMass.


Date Visitor Home Site Score
August 27 UConn Utah State Maverick Stadium • Logan, UT W 31–20
August 27 Nevada New Mexico State Aggie Memorial Stadium • Las Cruces, NM W 23–12
September 24 Hawaii New Mexico State Aggie Memorial Stadium • Las Cruces, NM L 26–45
October 1 Fresno State UConn Rentschler Field • East Hartford, CT L 14-19
October 15 New Mexico New Mexico State Aggie Memorial Stadium • Las Cruces, NM (Rio Grande Rivalry) L 9–21
October 22 San Jose State New Mexico State Aggie Memorial Stadium • Las Cruces, NM Canceled
November 5 Air Force Army Globe Life Field • Arlington, TX (Commander-in-Chief's Trophy) W 13–7

Mountain West vs. FCS matchups[edit]

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


Date Visitor Home Site Score
August 27 Idaho State UNLV Allegiant Stadium • Paradise, NV W 52–21
September 1 Cal Poly Fresno State Bulldog Stadium • Fresno, CA W 35-7
September 1 Portland State San Jose State CEFCU Stadium • San Jose, CA W 21-17
September 3 No. 21 (FCS) Northern Iowa Air Force Falcon Stadium • Colorado Springs, CO W 48–17
September 3 Maine New Mexico University Stadium • Albuquerque, NM W 41–0
September 10 No. 16 (FCS) Weber State Utah State Maverick Stadium • Logan, UT L 7–35
September 10 Northern Colorado Wyoming War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY W 33–10
September 10 No. 8 (FCS) Incarnate Word Nevada Mackay Stadium • Reno, NV L 41–55
September 10 Idaho State San Diego State Snapdragon Stadium • San Diego, CA W 38–7
September 17 No. 16 (FCS) UT Martin Boise State Alberstons Stadium • Boise, ID W 30–7
September 17 Duquesne Hawaii Clarence T. C. Ching Athletics Complex • Honolulu, HI W 24–14
September 24 No. 7 (FCS) Sacramento State Colorado State Canvas Stadium • Fort Collins, CO L 10–41

Awards and honors[edit]

Player of the week honors[edit]

Week Offensive Defensive Special Teams Freshman
Player Team Position Player Team Position Player Team Position Player Team Position
Week 0 (August 29)[36] Doug Brumfield UNLV QB Isaiah Essissima Nevada CB Brandon Talton Nevada K Robert Briggs Utah State RB
Week 1 (September 5)[37] Andrew Peasley Wyoming QB Bentlee Sanders Nevada DB John Hoyland Wyoming K Isaac Larsen Utah State S
Week 2 (September 12)[38] Brad Roberts Air Force RB Shae Suiaunoa Wyoming LB John Hoyland (2) Wyoming K Christian Washington New Mexico RB
Week 3 (September 19)[39] Aidan Robbins UNLV RB Reco Hannah New Mexico LB Jonah Dalmas Boise State K A. J. Haulcy New Mexico S
Week 4 (September 26)[40] Brad Roberts (2) Air Force RB Austin Ajiake UNLV LB Jack Browning San Diego State K/P Jordan Pollard San Jose State LB
Week 5 (October 3)[41] Chevan Cordeiro San Jose State QB DJ Schramm Boise State LB Daniel Gutierrez UNLV K Taylen Green Boise State QB
Week 6 (October 10)[42] Chevan Cordeiro (2) San Jose State QB Ezekiel Noa Boise State LB Jonah Dalmas (2) Boise State K Ashton Jeanty Boise State RB
Week 7 (October 17)[43] Brad Roberts (3) Air Force RB David Perales Fresno State DE Stephen Kotsanlee Utah State P Bishop Davenport Utah State QB
Week 8 (October 24)[44] Titus Swen Wyoming RB Michael Shawcroft San Diego State LB Jonah Dalmas (3) Boise State K A. J. Haulcy (2) New Mexico S
Week 9 (October 31)[45] Taylen Green Boise State QB Viliami Fehoko San Jose State DE John Hoyland (3) Wyoming K Taylen Green (2) Boise State QB
Week 10 (November 7)[46] Jake Haener Fresno State QB Dallas Branch San Diego State CB Connor Coles Utah State K Max Alford Utah State LB
Week 11 (November 14)[47] Jalen Mayden San Diego State QB Isaac Larsen Utah State S Daniel Gutierrez (2) UNLV K Isaac Larsen (2) Utah State S
Week 12 (November 21)[48] Jake Haener (2) Fresno State QB JL Skinner Boise State S Jack Browning (2) San Diego State K/P Taylen Green (3) Boise State QB
Week 13 (November 28)[49] Taylen Green (2) Boise State QB Jonathan Baldwin UNLV S Daniel Gutierrez (3) UNLV K Taylen Green (4) Boise State QB

Mountain West Individual Awards[edit]

The following individuals received postseason honors as voted by the Mountain West Conference football coaches at the end of the season.[50]

Award Player School
Offensive Player of the Year Brad Roberts, Sr., RB Air Force
Defensive Player of the Year Viliami Fehoko DL San Jose State
Special Teams Player of the Year Jack Browning Sr K/P San Diego State
Freshman Player of the Year Taylen Green, QB Boise State
Coach of the Year Andy Avalos Boise State

All-conference teams[edit]

The following players were selected as part of the Mountain West's All-Conference Teams.[50]

NFL draft[edit]

The following list includes all Mountain West players who were drafted in the 2023 NFL draft.

Player Position School Draft
Round 		Round
Pick 		Overall
Pick 		Team
Jake Haener QB Fresno State 4 25 127 New Orleans Saints
Viliami Fehoko DE San Jose State 4 27 129 Dallas Cowboys
JL Skinner S Boise State 6 6 183 Denver Broncos
Jerrick Reed II S New Mexico 6 21 198 Seattle Seahawks
Scott Matlock DT Boise State 6 23 200 Los Angeles Chargers

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