2024 Mountain West Conference football season | |
League: | NCAA Division I FBS |
Sport: | Football |
Pixels: | 150px |
Duration: | August 24, 2024 – December 2024 |
No Of Teams: | 12 |
Tv: | CBS Sports (CBS, CBSSN) Fox Sports (Fox, FS1, FS2) TNT Sports (TruTV, Max) |
Draft: | 2025 NFL draft |
Draft Link: | 2025 NFL draft |
Season: | Regular season |
Finals: | Championship Game |
Prevseason Year: | 2023 |
Nextseason Year: | 2025 |
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]
1 | style= | Boise State | 543 (38) |
2 | style= | UNLV | 471 (4) |
3 | style= | Fresno State | 460 (4) |
4 | style= | Air Force | 384 |
5 | style= | Colorado State | 337 |
6 | style= | Wyoming | 296 |
7 | style= | Utah State | 285 |
8 | style= | San Diego State | 251 |
9 | style= | Hawaii | 214 |
10 | style= | San Jose State | 185 |
11 | style= | New Mexico | 85 |
12 | style= | Nevada | 77 |
Mountain West preseason awards and all-conference teams were announced on July 10.[5]
Position | Player | Class | Position | Team |
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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 |
Position | Player | Class | Team |
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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 |
Team | Head coach | Years at school | Overall record | Record at school | MW record | |
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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 |
See also: 2024 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings.
Pre | Wk 1 | Wk 2 | Wk 3 | Wk 4 | Wk 5 | Wk 6 | Wk 7 | Wk 8 | Wk 9 | Wk 10 | Wk 11 | Wk 12 | Wk 13 | Wk 14 | Final | ||
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Boise State | AP | RV | RV | RV | RV | 25 | 21 | 17 | 15 | 17 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | |
C | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | 22 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 10 | ||
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Colorado State | AP | RV | |||||||||||||||
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Hawaii | AP | ||||||||||||||||
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Nevada | AP | ||||||||||||||||
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New Mexico | AP | ||||||||||||||||
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San Diego State | AP | ||||||||||||||||
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San Jose State | AP | ||||||||||||||||
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UNLV | AP | RV | RV | RV | RV | 25 | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | 23 | 21 | 19 | |||
C | RV | RV | RV | 25 | 23 | 23 | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | 23 | 21 | 19 | ||
CFP | Not released | 24 | 22 | 20 | |||||||||||||
Utah State | AP | ||||||||||||||||
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Wyoming | AP | ||||||||||||||||
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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.
Index to colors and formatting | |
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MW member won | |
MW member lost | |
MW teams in bold |
2024–2025 records against non-conference opponents:
Power Five Conferences | Record | |
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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 |
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 | |
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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 |
See main article: 2024–25 NCAA football bowl games.
Legend | ||
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Mountain West win | ||
Mountain West loss |
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 |
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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 |
Date | Visitor | Home | Site | Score |
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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 |
Week | Offensive | Defensive | Special Teams | Freshman | |||||||||||||
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Player | Team | Position | Player | Team | Position | Player | Team | Position | Player | Team | Position | ||||||
Week 0[17] | Brayden Schager | Hawaii | QB | Jamih Otis | Hawaii | LB | Tylan Hines | Hawaii | PR | Tyson Ruffins | Nevada | OL | |||||
Week 1[18] | Ashton Jeanty | Boise State | RB | Jackson Woodard | UNLV | LB | Elliott Nimrod | Utah State | K | Sire Gaines | Boise State | RB | |||||
Week 2[19] | Ashton Jeanty (2) | Boise State | RB | Jordan Pollard | San Jose State | LB | Jalen Moss | Fresno State | WR | Greg Burrell | UNLV | RB | |||||
Week 3[20] | Nick Nash | San Jose State | WR | Jackson Woodard (2) | UNLV | LB | Caden Chittenden | UNLV | K | Caden Chittenden | UNLV | K | |||||
Week 4[21] | Avery Morrow | Colorado State | RB | Tuasivi Nomura | Fresno State | LB | Dylan Lynch | Fresno State | K | Dylan Riley | Boise State | RB | |||||
Week 5[22] | Ashton Jeanty (3) | Boise State | RB | Jalen Catalon | UNLV | S | Aaron Rodriguez | New Mexico | P | Caden Chittenden (2) | UNLV | K | |||||
Week 6[23] | 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[24] | 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[25] | Devon Dampier | New Mexico | QB | Jalen Catalon (2) | UNLV | S | Caden Chittenden (2) | UNLV | K | Caden Chittenden (3) | UNLV | K | |||||
Week 9[26] | Brayden Schager (2) | Hawaii | QB | Cam Lockridge | Fresno State | CB | Tanner Cragun | Utah State | K | Tanner Cragun | Utah State | K | |||||
Week 10[27] | Maddux Madsen | Boise State | QB | Phoenix Jackson | Fresno State | LB | Jordan Noyes (2) | Colorado State | K | Kaden Anderson | Wyoming | QB | |||||
Week 11[28] | Ashton Jeanty (6) | Boise State | RB | DJ Harvey | San Jose State | CB | Matthew Dapore | Air Force | K | LaJuan Owens | New Mexico | LT | |||||
Week 12[29] | Devon Dampier (2) | New Mexico | QB | Jordan Vincent | Utah State | S | Caden Chittenden (3) | UNLV | K | Justin Marshall | Colorado State | RB | |||||
Week 13[30] | Bryson Barnes | Utah State | QB | Oscar Aihie | Air Force | ILB | James Ferguson-Reynolds | Boise State | P | Bryson Donelson | Fresno State | RB | |||||
Week 14[31] | Micah Alejado | Hawaii | QB | Tyrecus Davis | Wyoming | CB | John Hoyland | Wyoming | K | Micah Alejado | Hawaii | QB |
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 | |
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Offensive Player of the Year | Ashton Jeanty, RB | style= | Boise State |
Defensive Player of the Year | Jackson Woodard, LB | style= | UNLV |
Special Teams Player of the Year | Ricky White III, WR | style= | UNLV |
Freshman Player of the Year | Caden Chittenden, PK | style= | UNLV |
Coach of the Year | Spencer Danielson | style= | Boise State |
The following players were selected as part of the Mountain West's All-Conference Teams.[33]
Position | Player | Team | |
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First Team Offense | |||
QB | Devon Dampier | style= | New Mexico |
WR | Mac Dalena | style= | Fresno State |
WR | Nick Nash | style= | San Jose State |
WR | Ricky White III | style= | UNLV |
RB | Ashton Jeanty | style= | Boise State |
RB | Marquez Cooper | style= | San Diego State |
TE | Matt Lauter | style= | Boise State |
OL | Kage Casey | style= | Boise State |
OL | Ben Dooley | style= | Boise State |
OL | Jacob Gardner | style= | Colorado State |
OL | Baraka Beckett | style= | New Mexico |
OL | Tiger Shanks | style= | UNLV |
PK | Caden Chittenden | style= | UNLV |
KR | Tyler King | style= | Wyoming |
First Team Defense | |||
DL | Ahmed Hassanein | style= | Boise State |
DL | Jayden Virgin-Morgan | style= | Boise State |
DL | Trey White | style= | San Diego State |
DL | Soane Toia | style= | San Jose State |
LB | Marco Notarainni | style= | Boise State |
LB | Tuasivi Nomura | style= | Fresno State |
LB | Jordan Pollard | style= | San Jose State |
LB | Jackson Woodard | style= | UNLV |
DB | Cam Lockridge | style= | Fresno State |
DB | Cam Stone | style= | Hawai‘i |
DB | Michael Coats Jr. | style= | Nevada |
DB | Jalen Catalon | style= | UNLV |
PR | Jacob De Jesus | style= | UNLV |
P | Tyler Pastula | style= | San Diego State |
Position | Player | Team | |
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Second Team Offense | |||
QB | Hajj-Malik Williams | style= | UNLV |
WR | Luke Wysong | style= | New Mexico |
WR | Justin Lockhart | style= | San Jose State |
WR | Jalen Royals | style= | Utah State |
RB | Jai’Den Thomas | style= | UNLV |
RB | Rahsul Faison | style= | Utah State |
TE | John Michael Gyllenborg | style= | Wyoming |
OL | Alex Moore | style= | Air Force |
OL | Drew Moss | style= | Colorado State |
OL | McKenzie Agnello | style= | New Mexico |
OL | Jalen St. John | style= | UNLV |
OL | Jack Walsh | style= | Wyoming |
KR | Jacob De Jesus | style= | UNLV |
PK | Gabe Plascencia | style= | San Diego State |
Second Team Defense | |||
DL | Braxton Fely | style= | Boise State |
DL | Devo Bridges | style= | Fresno State |
DL | Antonio Doyle | style= | UNLV |
DL | Cian Slone | style= | Utah State |
LB | Buom Jock | style= | Colorado State |
LB | Chase Wilson | style= | Colorado State |
LB | Malachi Langley | style= | Fresno State |
LB | Shae Suiaunoa | style= | Wyoming |
DB | Seyi Oladipo | style= | Boise State |
DB | DJ Harvey | style= | San Jose State |
DB | Robert Rahimi | style= | San Jose State |
DB | Johnathan Baldwin | style= | UNLV |
PR | Jalen Moss | style= | Fresno State |
P | Luke Freer | style= | Air Force |