2025 Mountain West Conference football season

2025 Mountain West Conference football season
LeagueNCAA Division I FBS
SportFootball
DurationAugust 23, 2025 – December 5, 2025
Teams12
TV partner(s)CBS Sports (CBS, CBSSN)
Fox Sports (Fox, FS1, FS2)
2026 NFL draft
Regular season
Season championsBoise State
  Runners-upUNLV
New Mexico
San Diego State
Championship Game
DateDecember 5, 2025
VenueAlbertsons Stadium, Boise, Idaho
ChampionsBoise State
  Runners-upUNLV
Seasons
2025 Mountain West Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
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]

Conference realignment

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

All-conference team

Position Player Class Team
First Team Offense
QB Maddux Madsen Jr. Boise State
RB Scottre Humphrey Jr. New Mexico
Jai'Den Thomas Jr. UNLV
WR Latrell Caples Gr. Boise State
Pofele Ashlock Jr. Hawaii
Nick Cenacle Sr.
TE Matt Lauter Sr. Boise State
OL Kage Casey Jr. Boise State
Mason Randolph Sr.
Peseti Lapuaho Sr. San Jose State
Caden Barnett Sr. Wyoming
Jack Walsh Sr.
First Team Defense
DL Braxton Fely Sr. Boise State
Jayden Virgin-Morgan Jr.
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.
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

See also: 2025 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings
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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 Ref.
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 Ref.
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 Ref.
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 Ref.
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 Ref.
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 Ref.
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 Ref.
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 Ref.
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 Ref.
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 Ref.
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 Ref.
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 Ref.
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 Attendance Ref.
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 Attendance Ref.
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 Attendance Ref.
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

Main article: 2025–26 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 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
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
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]

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