26th season of Mountain West Conference football in 2024
Sports 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]
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]
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 [ edit ] Mountain West preseason awards and all-conference teams were announced on July 10.[ 5]
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 [ edit ] 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
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] 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 Final Air Force AP C RV CFP Not released Boise State AP RV C 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 C CFP Not released San Diego State AP C CFP Not released San Jose State AP C CFP Not released UNLV AP C 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
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.
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 August 31 1:30 p.m. Colorado State No. 4 Texas Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX ESPN August 31 1:30 p.m. Merrimack Air Force Falcon Stadium • USAF Academy, CO CBSSN August 31 2:00 p.m. Boise State Georgia Southern Paulson Stadium • Statesboro, GA ESPNU August 31 5:00 p.m. UNLV Houston TDECU Stadium • Houston, TX FS1 August 31 5:00 p.m. Nevada Troy Veterans Memorial Stadium • Troy, AL ESPN+ August 31 5:30 p.m. Fresno State No. 9 Michigan Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI NBC August 31 5:30 p.m. UCLA Hawaii Clarence T. C. Ching Athletics Complex • Honolulu, HI CBS August 31 6:00 p.m. Texas A&M-Commerce San Diego State Snapdragon Stadium • San Diego, CA truTV / Max August 31 8:30 p.m. Wyoming Arizona State Mountain America Stadium • Tempe, AZ FS1 August 31 8:30 p.m. New Mexico No. 21 Arizona Arizona Stadium • Tucson, AZ (rivalry ) ESPN August 31 Robert Morris Utah State Maverik Stadium • Logan, UT # Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time .
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 September 14 1:30 p.m. Nevada Minnesota Huntington Bank Stadium • Minneapolis, MN BTN September 14 2:30 p.m. Utah Utah State Maverik Stadium • Logan, UT (Battle of the Brothers , Beehive Boot ) CBSSN September 14 5:00 p.m. Hawaii Sam Houston Bowers Stadium • Huntsville, TX ESPN+ September 14 5:00 p.m. Kennesaw State San Jose State CEFCU Stadium • San Jose, CA truTV / Max September 14 5:30 p.m. Colorado Colorado State Canvas Stadium • Fort Collins, CO (Rocky Mountain Showdown ) CBS September 14 5:30 p.m. New Mexico Auburn Jordan–Hare Stadium • Auburn, AL ESPN2 or ESPNU September 14 5:30 p.m. Air Force Baylor McLane Stadium • Waco, TX FS1 September 14 7:00 p.m. BYU Wyoming War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY CBSSN September 14 8:30 p.m. San Diego State California California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA ESPN September 14 8:30 p.m. New Mexico State Fresno State Valley Children's Stadium • Fresno, CA truTV / Max # Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time .
Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance Ref. October 4 7:00 p.m. Syracuse UNLV Allegiant Stadium • Paradise, NV FS1 October 5 10:00 a.m. Navy Air Force Falcon Stadium • USAF Academy, CO (Commander-in-Chief's Trophy ) CBS October 5 4:30 p.m. Colorado State Oregon State Reser Stadium • Corvallis, OR The CW October 5 5:30 p.m. Nevada San Jose State CEFCU Stadium • San Jose, CA truTV / Max October 5 6:00 p.m. Hawaii San Diego State Snapdragon Stadium • San Diego, CA CBSSN October 5 Utah State Boise State Albertsons Stadium • Boise, ID FOX Network # Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time .
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 October 12 1:30 p.m. San Diego State Wyoming War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY CBSSN October 12 1:30 p.m. San Jose State Colorado State Canvas Stadium • Fort Collins, CO truTV / Max October 12 5:00 p.m. Air Force New Mexico University Stadium • Albuquerque, NM truTV / Max October 12 5:30 p.m. Oregon State Nevada Mackay Stadium • Reno, NV CBSSN October 12 9:00 p.m. Boise State Hawaii Clarence T. C. Ching Athletics Complex • Honolulu, HI CBSSN October 12 Washington State Fresno State Valley Children's Stadium • Fresno, CA FOX Network # Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time .
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 October 19 1:30 p.m. or 8:00 p.m. Hawaii Washington State Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA The CW October 19 1:30 p.m. or 8:00 p.m. UNLV Oregon State Reser Stadium • Corvallis, OR The CW October 19 4:00 p.m. New Mexico Utah State Maverik Stadium • Logan, UT truTV / Max October 19 6:00 p.m. Colorado State Air Force Falcon Stadium • USAF Academy, CO (rivalry ) CBSSN October 19 Wyoming San Jose State CEFCU Stadium • San Jose, CA # Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time .
Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance Ref. October 25 8:30 p.m. Boise State UNLV Allegiant Stadium • Paradise, NV CBSSN October 26 5:00 p.m. Utah State Wyoming War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY (rivalry ) CBSSN October 26 6:00 p.m. San Jose State Fresno State Valley Children's Stadium • Fresno, CA (Battle for the Valley ) truTV / Max October 26 8:30 p.m. Washington State San Diego State Snapdragon Stadium • San Diego, CA CBSSN October 26 Nevada Hawaii Clarence T. C. Ching Athletics Complex • Honolulu, HI October 26 New Mexico Colorado State Canvas Stadium • Fort Collins, CO # Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time .
Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance Ref. November 1 6:00 p.m. San Diego State Boise State Albertsons Stadium • Boise, ID FS1 November 2 10:00 a.m. Air Force Army Michie Stadium • West Point, NY (Commander-in-Chief's Trophy ) CBS November 2 2:00 p.m. Wyoming New Mexico University Stadium • Albuquerque, NM truTV / Max November 2 6:00 p.m. Colorado State Nevada Mackay Stadium • Reno, NV CBSSN November 2 Hawaii Fresno State Valley Children's Stadium • Fresno, CA (rivalry ) # Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time .
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 November 9 1:30 p.m. or 8:30 p.m. San Jose State Oregon State Reser Stadium • Corvallis, OR The CW November 9 1:30 p.m. or 8:30 p.m. Utah State Washington State Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA The CW November 9 7:00 p.m. UNLV Hawaii Clarence T. C. Ching Athletics Complex • Honolulu, HI CBSSN November 9 Fresno State Air Force Falcon Stadium • USAF Academy, CO FOX Network November 9 Nevada Boise State Albertsons Stadium • Boise, ID (rivalry ) FOX Network # Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time .
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 November 16 1:30 p.m. Oregon State Air Force Falcon Stadium • USAF Academy, CO CBSSN November 16 5:00 p.m. Boise State San Jose State CEFCU Stadium • San Jose, CA CBSSN November 16 8:30 p.m. San Diego State UNLV Allegiant Stadium • Paradise, NV CBSSN November 16 Hawaii Utah State Maverik Stradium • Logan, UT November 16 Washington State New Mexico University Stadium • Albuquerque, NM FOX Network # Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time .
Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance Ref. November 22 UNLV San Jose State CEFCU Stadium • San Jose, CA FS1 November 23 1:30 p.m. San Diego State Utah State Maverik Stadium • Logan, UT CBSSN November 23 5:00 p.m. Boise State Wyoming War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY CBSSN November 23 8:30 p.m. Colorado State Fresno State Valley Children's Stadium • Fresno, CA CBSSN November 23 Air Force Nevada Mackay Stadium • Reno, NV FOX Network # Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time .
Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance Ref. November 29 10:00 a.m. Oregon State Boise State Albertsons Stadium • Boise, ID FOX November 29 2:00 p.m. Stanford San Jose State CEFCU Stadium • San Jose, CA (Bill Walsh Legacy Game ) CBS November 29 Utah State Colorado State Canvas Stadium • Fort Collins, CO FS1 November 30 4:30 p.m. Wyoming Washington State Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA The CW November 30 6:00 p.m. Nevada UNLV Allegiant Stadium • Paradise, NV (Fremont Cannon ) CBSSN November 30 Fresno State UCLA Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA November 30 Air Force San Diego State Snapdragon Stadium • San Diego, CA FOX Network November 30 New Mexico Hawaii Clarence T. C. Ching Athletics Complex • Honolulu, HI # Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time .
Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance Ref. December 6 6:00 p.m. TBD • TBD (Mountain West Conference championship game) FOX # Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time .
Mountain West records vs other conferences [ edit ] 2024–2025 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 10 , Big 12 , Pac-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 24 ACC SMU Nevada Mackay Stadium • Reno, NV August 31 SEC Colorado State Texas Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX August 31 Big 12 UNLV Houston TDECU Stadium • Houston, TX August 31 Big Ten Fresno State Michigan Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI August 31 Big Ten UCLA Hawaii Clarence T. C. Ching Athletics Complex • Honolulu, HI August 31 Big 12 Wyoming Arizona State Mountain America Stadium • Tempe, AZ August 31 Big 12 New Mexico Arizona Arizona Stadium • Tucson, AZ September 7 Big Ten Boise State Oregon Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR September 7 Pac-12 Oregon State San Diego State Snapdragon Stadium • San Diego, CA September 7 Big Ten Utah State USC Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA September 13 Big 12 UNLV Kansas Children's Mercy Park • Kansas City, KS September 14 Big Ten Nevada Minnesota Huntington Bank Stadium • Minneapolis, MN September 14 Big 12 Utah Utah State Maverik Stadium • Logan, UT September 14 Big 12 Colorado Colorado State Canvas Stadium • Fort Collins, CO September 14 SEC New Mexico Auburn Jordan–Hare Stadium • Auburn, AL September 14 Big 12 Air Force Baylor McLane Stadium • Waco, TX September 14 Big 12 BYU Wyoming War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY September 14 ACC San Diego State California California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA September 20 Pac-12 San Jose State Washington State Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA September 28 Pac-12 Washington State Boise State Albertsons Stadium • Boise, ID October 4 ACC Syracuse UNLV Allegiant Stadium • Paradise, NV October 5 Pac-12 Colorado State Oregon State Reser Stadium • Corvallis, OR October 12 Pac-12 Oregon State Nevada Mackay Stadium • Reno, NV October 12 Pac-12 Washington State Fresno State Valley Children's Stadium • Fresno, CA October 19 Pac-12 Hawaii Washington State Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA October 19 Pac-12 UNLV Oregon State Reser Stadium • Corvallis, OR October 26 Pac-12 Washington State San Diego State Snapdragon Stadium • San Diego, CA November 9 Pac-12 San Jose State Oregon State Reser Stadium • Corvallis, OR November 9 Pac-12 Utah State Washington State Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA November 16 Pac-12 Oregon State Air Force Falcon Stadium • USAF Academy, CO November 16 Pac-12 Washington State New Mexico University Stadium • Albuquerque, NM November 29 Pac-12 Oregon State Boise State Albertsons Stadium • Boise, ID November 29 ACC Stanford San Jose State CEFCU Stadium • San Jose, CA November 30 Pac-12 Wyoming Washington State Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA November 30 Big Ten Fresno State UCLA Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA
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 August 31 Sun Belt Boise State Georgia Southern Paulson Stadium • Statesboro, GA August 31 Sun Belt Nevada Troy Veterans Memorial Stadium • Troy, AL September 7 Sun Belt Georgia Southern Nevada Mackay Stadium • Reno, NV September 14 C-USA Hawaii Sam Houston Bowers Stadium • Huntsville, TX September 14 C-USA Kennesaw State San Jose State CEFCU Stadium • San Jose, CA September 14 C-USA New Mexico State Fresno State Valley Children's Stadium • Fresno, CA September 21 C-USA UTEP Colorado State Canvas Stadium • Fort Collins, CO September 21 American Utah State Temple Lincoln Financial Field • Philadelphia, PA September 21 American Wyoming North Texas DATCU Stadium • Denton, TX September 28 C-USA New Mexico New Mexico State Aggie Memorial Stadium • Las Cruces, NM September 28 MAC San Diego State Central Michigan Kelly/Shorts Stadium • Mount Pleasant, MI October 5 American Navy Air Force Falcon Stadium • USAF Academy, CO November 2 American Air Force Army Michie Stadium • West Point, NY
Mountain West vs FCS matchups [ edit ] Date Visitor Home Site Score August 24 Montana State New Mexico University Stadium • Albuquerque, NM August 24 Delaware State Hawaii Clarence T. C. Ching Athletics Complex • Honolulu, HI August 29 Sacramento State San Jose State CEFCU Stadium • San Jose, CA August 31 Merrimack Air Force Falcon Stadium • USAF Academy, CO August 31 Texas A&M-Commerce San Diego State Snapdragon Stadium • San Diego, CA August 31 Robert Morris Utah State Maverik Stadium • Logan, UT September 7 Idaho Wyoming War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY September 7 Northern Colorado Colorado State Canvas Stadium • Fort Collins, CO September 7 Utah Tech UNLV Allegiant Stadium • Paradise, NV September 7 Sacramento State Fresno State Valley Children's Stadium • Fresno, CA September 21 Eastern Washington Nevada Mackay Stadium • Reno, NV September 21 Portland State Boise State Albertsons Stadium • Boise, ID September 21 Northern Iowa Hawaii Clarence T. C. Ching Athletics Complex • Honolulu, HI
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