2017 Mountain West Conference football season


The 2017 Mountain West Conference football season, part of that year's NCAA Division I FBS football season, was the 19th season of college football for the Mountain West Conference. Since 2012, 12 teams have competed in MW football—the conference's 11 full members, plus football-only member Hawaii. The regular season began on August 26 and ended on November 25. The Mountain West Championship Game was played on December 2, where Mountain Division champion Boise State defeated West Division champion Fresno State to win their first Mountain West championship since 2014.

Pre-season

Mountain West Media

2017 Mountain West media days took place on July 25 & 26 at the Cosmopolitan.

Preseason Polls

PlaceMountain DivisionWest Division
1Boise State 161San Diego State 168
2Colorado State 135Hawai'i 135
3Wyoming 114UNLV 105
4Air Force 82Nevada 79
5New Mexico 68San Jose State 54
6Utah State 28Fresno State 47

PositionPlayerClassTeam
QBJosh Allen**JR.Wyoming
WRMichael Gallup*SR.Colorado State
WRDevonte BoydSR.UNLV
RBRashaad Penny*SR.San Diego State
RBTyrone OwensJR.New Mexico
OLJake Bennett**SR.Colorado State
OLAustin Corbett**SR.Nevada
OLDejon Allen**SR.Hawai'i
OLAaron JenkinsJR.New Mexico
OLMason HamptonSR.Boise State
TEDavid Wells**SR.San Diego State

PositionPlayerClassTeam
DLDavid Moa*JR.Boise State
DLMalik Reed**JR.Nevada
DLGarrett Hughes*SR.New Mexico
DLMike Hughes, Jr.SR.UNLV
LBJahlani Tavai*JR.Hawai'i
LBLogan WilsonSO.Wyoming
LBFrank GindaJR.San Jose State
DBAndrew Wingard*JR.Wyoming
DBAndre Chachere*SR.San Jose State
DBTyler HortonJR.Boise State
DBTrayvon HendersonSR.Hawai'i

;Josh Allen, JR., QB, Wyoming
;Andrew Wingard, JR., DB, Wyoming
;Rashaad Penny, SR., KR, San Diego State

Coaches

NOTE: Stats shown are before the beginning of the season
TeamHead CoachYears at SchoolOverall RecordRecord at SchoolMW Record
Air ForceTroy Calhoun1177–5377–5345–35
Boise StateBryan Harsin438–1431–918–6
Colorado StateMike Bobo314–1214–1210–6
Fresno StateJeff Tedford182–570–00–0
HawaiiNick Rolovich27–77–74–4
NevadaJay Norvell10–00–00–0
New MexicoBob Davie662–6127–3615–25
San Diego StateRocky Long9119–9554–2636–11
San José StateBrent Brennan10–00–00–0
UNLVTony Sanchez37–177–175–11
Utah StateMatt Wells528–2528–2519–12
WyomingCraig Bohl4118–5614–2410–14

Rankings

Listed are the Mountain West teams who were ranked or received votes at some point during the season. Air Force, Hawaii, Nevada, New Mexico, San Jose State, Utah State and UNLV were never ranked or received any votes.

Schedule

Regular season

Week One

Week Two

Week Three

Week Four

Week Five

Week Six

Week Seven

Week Eight

Week Nine

Week Ten

Week Eleven

Week Twelve

Week Thirteen

Championship Game

Week Fourteen (Mountain West Championship game)

The 2017 Mountain West Championship Game was held on December 2 between the champions of the Mountain Division, Boise State and the West Division, Fresno State. Boise State beat Fresno State 17–10.

Records against FBS conferences

[Power Five conferences] and independents

[Group of Five conferences]

FCS Subdivision

Postseason

Postseason

Bowl games

Bowl gameDateSiteTelevisionTime Mountain West teamOpponentScoreAttendance
Las Vegas BowlDecember 16Sam Boyd Stadium • Las Vegas, NVABC3:30 p.m.#25 Boise State Broncos Oregon Ducks 38–2836,432
New Mexico BowlDecember 16Dreamstyle Stadium • Albuquerque, NMESPN4:30 p.m.Colorado State Rams Marshall Thundering Herd 28–3126,087
Famous Idaho Potato BowlDecember 22Albertsons Stadium • Boise, IDESPN4:00 p.m.Wyoming Cowboys Central Michigan Chippewas 37–1416,512
Armed Forces BowlDecember 23Amon G. Carter Stadium • Fort Worth, TXESPN3:30 p.m.San Diego State Aztecs Army Black Knights 35–4235,986
Hawaii BowlDecember 24Aloha Stadium • Honolulu, HIESPN8:30 p.m.Fresno State Bulldogs Houston Cougars 33–2720,546
Arizona BowlDecember 29Arizona Stadium • Tucson, AZCBSSN5:30 p.m.Utah State Aggies New Mexico State Aggies 20–2639,132

Boise State's ranking is from the CFP Poll.
Selection of teams: Boise State, Colorado State, Fresno State, San Diego State, Utah State, & Wyoming

Awards and honors

All Conference Teams

Offense:
Defense:
Honorable Mentions:
TeamStadiumCapacityGame 1Game 2Game 3Game 4Game 5Game 6Game 7TotalAverage% of Capacity
Air ForceFalcon Stadium46,69237,28627,57526,67941,875†24,25717,252—174,92429,15462.4%
Boise StateAlbertsons Stadium36,38731,58128,38533,94735,565†30,85833,030—193,36632,22888.6%
Colorado StateColorado State Stadium41,20037,583†27,03836,76533,07432,16625,743—192,36932,06277.8%
Fresno StateBulldog Stadium41,03139,447†27,43428,09027,92229,37031,526—183,78930,63274.7%
HawaiiAloha Stadium50,00025,47225,687†25,01923,01821,35724,910—145,46324,24448.5%
NevadaMackay Stadium30,00018,617†16,39416,56616,78914,60417,359—100,32916,72255.7%
New MexicoDreamstyle Stadium39,22421,47532,427†21,86417,35819,29314,744—127,16121,19454.0%
San Diego StateSDCCU Stadium54,00046,13243,04035,71749,053†43,24329,26528,978275,42839,34772.9%
San José StateCEFCU Stadium30,45613,37710,66712,42618,483†17,62912,653—82,23514,20646.6%
Utah StateMaverik Stadium25,51319,63824,112†18,00422,23419,01217,650—120,65020,10878.8%
UNLVSam Boyd Stadium35,50015,66715,00919,77018,15716,27819,811†—104,69217,44949.2%
WyomingWar Memorial Stadium29,18119,05129,139†17,79621,78418,24922,84015,440144,29920,61470.6%

Bold – Exceed capacity

†Season High