2023 Mountain West Conference football season

The 2023 Mountain West Conference football season is the 25th season of College football for the Mountain West Conference. It is part of the 2023 NCAA Division I FBS football season. 12 teams competed in the conference during the season. The season began on August 26 and will conclude on December 2 with the Mountain West Conference Football Championship Game. The full schedule for the season was released on March 2, 2023.^[1]

2023 Mountain West Conference football season
League	NCAA Division I FBS
Sport	Football
Duration	August 26, 2023 – December 2, 2023
Number of teams	12
TV partner(s)	CBS Sports Family (CBS, CBSSN) Fox Sports Family (Fox, FS1, FS2)
Regular season
Season champions	UNLV
Runners-up	Boise State
Championship Game
Champions	Boise State
Runners-up	UNLV
Seasons
← 2022 2024 →

2023 Mountain West Conference football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
UNLV y		6	–	2					9	–	5
Boise State y$		6	–	2					8	–	6
San Jose State		6	–	2					7	–	6
Air Force		5	–	3					9	–	4
Wyoming		5	–	3					9	–	4
Fresno State		4	–	4					9	–	4
Utah State		4	–	4					6	–	7
Hawaii		3	–	5					5	–	8
Colorado State		3	–	5					5	–	7
Nevada		2	–	6					2	–	10
New Mexico		2	–	6					4	–	8
San Diego State		2	–	6					4	–	8
Championship: Boise State 44, UNLV 20
$ – Conference champion y – Championship game participant

Previous season

Main article: 2022 Mountain West Conference football season

During the 2022 Mountain West Conference football season, Boise State won the Mountain Division, while Fresno State won the West Division. In the 2022 Mountain West Conference Football Championship Game, Fresno State defeated Boise State by a score of 28–16.

Conference changes

Prior to the 2023 season, the Mountain West Conference announced that it would eliminate divisions, with the two teams with the best conference records now playing in the championship game instead of division winners.^[2]

Preseason

Preseason Poll

The Preseason Media Poll was released July 19, 2023. Boise State has been selected as the preseason favorite to claim the 2023 Mountain West football regular-season title.^[3]

Predicted finish	Team	Votes (for first)
1	Boise State	433 (28)
2	Air Force	364 (2)
3	Fresno State	351 (5)
4	San Diego State	338 (1)
5	San Jose State	293
6	Wyoming	281
7	Colorado State	201
8	Utah State	194
9	UNLV	177 (1)
10	Hawai'i	102
11	Nevada	92
12	New Mexico	60

Preseason All-Conference team

Mountain West preseason awards and all-conference teams were announced on July 19.^[4]

Awards

Position	Player	Class	Position	Team
Award
Offensive Player of the Year	Chevan Cordeiro	Sr.	QB	San Jose State
Defensive Player of the Year	Easton Gibbs	Jr.	LB	Wyoming
Special Teams Player of the Year	Jack Browning	Sr.	PK/P	San Diego State

All-conference team

Position	Player	Class	Team
First Team Offense
QB	Chevan Cordeiro	Sr.	San Jose State
RB	John Lee Eldridge III	Sr.	Air Force
	George Holani	Sr.	Boise State
WR	Tory Horton	Sr.	Colorado State
	Justin Lockhart	Jr.	San Jose State
TE	Mark Redman	Sr.	San Diego State
OL	Thor Paglialong	Sr.	Air Force
	Cade Beresford	Sr.	Boise State
	Mose Vavao	Sr.	Fresno State
	Cade Bennett	Jr.	San Diego State
	Frank Crum	Sr.	Wyoming
First Team Defense
DL	Payton Zdroik	Jr.	Air Force
	Mohamed Kamara	Sr.	Colorado State
	Devo Bridges	Sr.	Fresno State
	Jordan Bertagnole	Jr.	Wyoming
	DeVonne Harris	Jr.	Wyoming
LB	DJ Schramm	Sr.	Boise State
	Cody Moon	Jr.	San Diego State
	Easton Gibbs	Jr.	Wyoming
DB	Trey Taylor	Sr.	Air Force
	Jack Howell	Jr.	Air Force
	Cam Stone	Sr.	Hawai'i
	Ike Larsen	So.	Utah State
First Team Special Teams
PK	John Hoyland	Jr.	Wyoming
P	Jack Browning	Sr.	San Diego State
PR	Tory Horton	Sr.	Colorado State
KR	Christian Washington	So.	New Mexico

Coaches

Coaching changes

• On November 28, 2022, UNLV announced that they had fired head coach Marcus Arroyo. Arroyo posted a 7–23 record with the school over three years.^[5] UNLV announced on December 6, 2022, that former Missouri head coach Barry Odom would become the new head coach for the 2023 season.^[6]

Head coaches

Team	Head coach	Years at school	Overall record	Record at school	MW record
Air Force	Troy Calhoun	17	121–78	121–78	72–51
Boise State	Andy Avalos	3	17–9	17–9	13–3
Colorado State	Jay Norvell	2	36–35	3–9	26–22
Fresno State	Jeff Tedford	5	118–75	36–18	23–9
Hawaii	Timmy Chang	2	3–10	3–10	2–6
Nevada	Ken Wilson	2	2–10	2–10	0–8
New Mexico	Danny Gonzales	4	7–24	7–24	3–20
San Diego State	Brady Hoke	6	101–84	36–24	23–15
San Jose State	Brent Brennan	7	27–42	27–42	19–28
UNLV	Barry Odom	1	25–25	0–0	0–0
Utah State	Blake Anderson	3	68–47	17–10	11–5
Wyoming	Craig Bohl	10	156–88	52–56	32–38

Mid-season changes

• On November 12, Boise State announced that they had fired head coach Andy Avalos. Boise State's defensive coordinator Spencer Danielson was named as the interim head coach.^[7] On December 3, Danielson was promoted to the school's permanent head coach.^[8]

Post-season changes

• On November 13, San Diego State head coach Brady Hoke announced that he would retire at the conclusion of the season.^[9] 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.^[10]
• On November 25, New Mexico announced that they had fired head coach Danny Gonzales after four seasons as head coach.^[11] 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.^[12] Mendenhall had previously been head coach at BYU and Virginia.
• On December 1, Nevada announced that they had fired head coach Ken Wilson.^[13] 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.^[14] Choate had previously been the co-defensive coordinator and inside linebackers coach at Texas and the head coach of Montana State.
• On December 6, Wyoming head coach Craig Bohl announced that we would retire following Wyoming's 2023 bowl game.^[15] Wyoming's defensive coordinator Jay Sawvel was promoted to head coach for 2024.

Rankings

See also: 2023 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
Air Force	AP					RV	RV	RV	22	19	17	RV
	C	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	22	19	17	RV	RV	RV
	CFP	Not released									25
Boise State	AP	RV
	C	RV														RV
	CFP	Not released
Colorado State	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released
Fresno State	AP		RV	RV	RV	25	24	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV
	C	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	24	RV	RV	RV	RV	25	RV	RV
	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														RV	RV
	CFP	Not released
UNLV	AP									RV			RV	RV
	C								RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV
	CFP	Not released
Utah State	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released
Wyoming	AP		RV	RV				RV	RV
	C		RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV
	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

Schedule

The schedule for the 2023 Mountain West football season was announced on March 2, 2023.^[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
August 26	5:00 p.m.	Ohio	San Diego State	Snapdragon Stadium • San Diego, CA	FS1	W 20–13	23,867
August 26	5:30 p.m.	Hawaii	Vanderbilt	FirstBank Stadium • Nashville, TN	SECN	L 28–35	21,407
August 26	6:00 p.m.	San Jose State	No. 6 USC	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	P12N	L 28–56	63,411
^#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
September 1	9:00 p.m.	Stanford	Hawaii	Clarence T. C. Ching Athletics Complex • Honolulu, HI	CBSSN	L 24–37	13,739
September 2	10:00 a.m.	Fresno State	Purdue	Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN	BTN	W 39–35	54,898
September 2	10:00 a.m.	Utah State	No. 25 Iowa	Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, IA	FS1	L 14–24	69,250
September 2	11:00 a.m.	Robert Morris	Air Force	Falcon Stadium • Colorado Springs, CO	Altitude/MWN	W 42–7	30,142
September 2	1:30 p.m.	Boise State	No. 10 Washington	Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA	ABC	L 19–56	67,475
September 2	2:00 p.m.	Bryant	UNLV	Allegiant Stadium • Paradise, NV		W 44–14	20,347
September 2	4:30 p.m.	Nevada	No. 6 USC	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	P12N	L 14–66	62,196
September 2	5:00 p.m.	Washington State	Colorado State	Canvas Stadium • Fort Collins, CO	CBSSN	L 24–50	31,497
September 2	5:00 p.m.	New Mexico	No. 23 Texas A&M	Kyle Field • College Station, TX	ESPN	L 10–52	97,560
September 2	5:30 p.m.	Texas Tech	Wyoming	War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY	CBS	W 35–33 ^2OT	26,450
September 2	8:30 p.m.	Idaho State	San Diego State	Snapdragon Stadium • San Diego, CA	CBSSN	W 36–28	22,345
September 3	1:30 p.m.	No. 18 Oregon State	San Jose State	CEFCU Stadium • San Jose, CA	CBS	L 17–42	20,337
^#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
September 9	1:30 p.m.	UNLV	No. 2 Michigan	Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI	CBS	L 7–35	109,482
September 9	2:00 p.m.	Portland State	Wyoming	War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY	MWN	W 31–17	22,121
September 9	2:00 p.m.	Cal Poly	San Jose State	CEFCU Stadium • San Jose, CA	NBCS Bay Area	W 59–3	14,224
September 9	5:00 p.m.	UCF	Boise State	Albertsons Stadium • Boise, ID	FS1	L 16–18	36,447
September 9	5:00 p.m.	No. 7 (FCS) Idaho	Nevada	Mackay Stadium • Reno, NV	NSN/MWN	L 6–33	19,852
September 9	5:30 p.m.	UCLA	San Diego State	Snapdragon Stadium • San Diego, CA	CBS	L 10–35	32,017
September 9	6:00 p.m.	Air Force	Sam Houston	NRG Stadium • Houston, TX	CBSSN	W 13–3	25,121
September 9	6:00 p.m.	Tennessee Tech	New Mexico	University Stadium • Albuquerque, NM	MWN	W 56–10	17,279
September 9	6:00 p.m.	Idaho State	Utah State	Maverik Stadium • Logan, UT	MWN	W 78–28	20,034
September 9	7:00 p.m.	Eastern Washington	Fresno State	Valley Children's Stadium • Fresno, CA	MWN	W 34–31 ^2OT	41,031
September 9	10:00 p.m.	Albany	Hawaii	Clarence T. C. Ching Athletics Complex • Honolulu, HI	Spectrum	W 31–20	9,485
^#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
September 15	6:00 p.m.	Utah State	Air Force	Falcon Stadium • Colorado Springs, CO	CBSSN	AF 39–21	18,400
September 16	10:00 a.m.	No. 14 (FCS) North Dakota	Boise State	Albertsons Stadium • Boise, ID	FS1	W 42–18	35,610
September 16	1:30 p.m.	San Diego State	No. 16 Oregon State	Reser Stadium • Corvallis, OR	FS1	L 9–26	35,591
September 16	5:00 p.m.	San Jose State	Toledo	Glass Bowl • Toledo, OH	ESPN+	L 17–21	20,039
September 16	5:00 p.m.	Vanderbilt	UNLV	Allegiant Stadium • Paradise, NV	CBSSN	W 40–37	22,582
September 16	6:00 p.m.	Hawaii	No. 13 Oregon	Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR	P12N	L 10–55	52,779
September 16	6:00 p.m.	Wyoming	No. 4 Texas	Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX	LHN	L 10–31	101,777
September 16	6:00 p.m.	New Mexico State	New Mexico	University Stadium • Albuquerque, NM (Rio Grande Rivalry)		L 17–27	27,414
September 16	8:00 p.m.	Colorado State	No. 18 Colorado	Folsom Field • Boulder, CO (Rocky Mountain Showdown)	ESPN	L 35–43 ^2OT	53,141
September 16	8:30 p.m.	Fresno State	Arizona State	Mountain America Stadium • Tempe, AZ	FS1	W 29–0	46,723
September 16	8:30 p.m.	Kansas	Nevada	Mackay Stadium • Reno, NV	CBSSN	L 24–31	44,182
^#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
September 22	8:30 p.m.	Boise State	San Diego State	Snapdragon Stadium • San Diego, CA	CBSSN	BSU 34–31	23,374
September 22	8:30 p.m.	Air Force	San Jose State	CEFCU Stadium • San Jose, CA	FS1	AF 45–20	16,124
September 23	1:30 p.m.	New Mexico	UMass	Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium • Hadley, MA	ESPN+	W 34–31 ^OT	8,298
September 23	5:00 p.m.	Colorado State	Middle Tennessee	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium • Murfreesboro, TN	ESPN+	W 31–23	19,806
September 23	5:00 p.m.	Appalachian State	Wyoming	War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY	CBSSN	W 22–19	21,169
September 23	5:00 p.m.	Nevada	Texas State	Bobcat Stadium • San Marcos, TX	ESPN+	L 24–35	19,257
September 23	6:00 p.m.	James Madison	Utah State	Maverik Stadium • Logan, UT		L 38–45	19,994
September 23	7:00 p.m.	UNLV	UTEP	Sun Bowl • El Paso, TX	ESPN+	W 45–28	28,042
September 23	8:30 p.m.	Kent State	Fresno State	Valley Children's Stadium • Fresno, CA	CBSSN	W 53–10	38,728
September 23	10:00 p.m.	New Mexico State	Hawaii	Clarence T. C. Ching Athletics Complex • Honolulu, HI		W 20–17	10,254
^#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
September 30	10:00 a.m.	Utah State	UConn	Rentschler Field • East Hartford, CT	CBSSN	W 34–33	21,227
September 30	2:00 p.m.	Boise State	Memphis	Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium • Memphis, TN	ESPN2	L 32–35	30,364
September 30	2:00 p.m.	Hawaii	UNLV	Allegiant Stadium • Paradise, NV		UNLV 44–20	25,328
September 30	2:00 p.m.	New Mexico	Wyoming	War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY		WYO 35–26	25,477
September 30	5:00 p.m.	Utah Tech	Colorado State	Canvas Stadium • Fort Collins, CO		W 41–20	27,932
September 30	6:00 p.m.	San Diego State	Air Force	Falcon Stadium • Colorado Springs, CO	CBSSN	AF 49–10	24,869
September 30	8:30 p.m.	Nevada	No. 25 Fresno State	Valley Children's Stadium • Fresno, CA	FS1	FRES 27–9	39,246
^#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
October 7	6:00 p.m.	Colorado State	Utah State	Maverik Stadium • Logan, UT		USU 44–24	22,864
October 7	6:00 p.m.	No. 24 Fresno State	Wyoming	War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY	FOX	WYO 24–19	20,788
October 7	6:00 p.m.	San Jose State	Boise State	Albertsons Stadium • Boise, ID	CBSSN	BSU 35–27	37,491
^#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
October 13	6:00 p.m.	Fresno State	Utah State	Maverik Stadium • Logan, UT	CBSSN	FRES 37–32	17,220
October 14	3:00 p.m.	UNLV	Nevada	Mackay Stadium • Reno, NV (Fremont Cannon)		UNLV 45–27	24,578
October 14	4:00 p.m.	San Jose State	New Mexico	University Stadium • Albuquerque, NM		SJSU 52–24	13,027
October 14	6:00 p.m.	Wyoming	Air Force	Falcon Stadium • Colorado Springs, CO	CBSSN	AF 34–27	28,311
October 14	7:45 p.m.	Boise State	Colorado State	Canvas Stadium • Fort Collins, CO		CSU 31–30	34,901
October 14	9:00 p.m.	San Diego State	Hawaii	Clarence T. C. Ching Athletics Complex • Honolulu, HI	CBSSN	SDSU 41–34	10,039
^#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
October 21	10:00 a.m.	No. 22 Air Force	Navy	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium • Annapolis, MD (Commander-in-Chief's Trophy)	CBS	W 17–6	38,803
October 21	4:00 p.m.	Hawaii	New Mexico	University Stadium • Albuquerque, NM		UNM 42–21	13,723
October 21	5:00 p.m.	Colorado State	UNLV	Allegiant Stadium • Paradise, NV		UNLV 25–23	22,585
October 21	5:00 p.m.	Utah State	San Jose State	CEFCU Stadium • San Jose, CA	CBSSN	SJSU 42–21	15,028
October 21	7:00 p.m.	Nevada	San Diego State	Snapdragon Stadium • San Diego, CA	FS2	NEV 6–0	27,122
^#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
October 28	3:30 p.m.	Wyoming	Boise State	Albertsons Stadium • Boise, ID	FS2	BSU 32–7	35,189
October 28	5:00 p.m.	No. 19 Air Force	Colorado State	Canvas Stadium • Fort Collins, CO (Ram–Falcon Trophy)	CBSSN	AF 30–13	22,570
October 28	8:30 p.m.	New Mexico	Nevada	Mackay Stadium • Reno, NV	CBSSN	NEV 34–24	13,083
October 28	8:30 p.m.	UNLV	Fresno State	Valley Children's Stadium • Fresno, CA	FS1	FRES 31–24	41,031
October 28	10:00 p.m.	San Jose State	Hawaii	Clarence T. C. Ching Athletics Complex • Honolulu, HI (Dick Tomey Legacy Game)		SJSU 35–0	11,486
^#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
November 3	6:00 p.m.	Colorado State	Wyoming	War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY (Border War)	CBSSN	WYO 24–15	27,905
November 4	12:30 p.m.	No. 25 Air Force	Army	Empower Field at Mile High • Denver, CO (Commander-in-Chief's Trophy)	CBSSN	L 3–23	52,401
November 4	2:00 p.m.	Hawaii	Nevada	Mackay Stadium • Reno, NV		HAW 27–14	15,540
November 4	4:00 p.m.	UNLV	New Mexico	University Stadium • Albuquerque, NM		UNLV 56–14	12,353
November 4	5:00 p.m.	Utah State	San Diego State	Snapdragon Stadium • San Diego, CA	FS2	USU 32–24 ^2OT	23,096
November 4	8:00 p.m.	Boise State	Fresno State	Valley Children's Stadium • Fresno, CA (rivalry)	CBSSN	FRES 37–30	41,031
^#Rankings from College Football Playoff. All times are in Mountain Time.

Week 11

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
November 10	8:45 p.m.	Wyoming	UNLV	Allegiant Stadium • Paradise, NV	FS1	UNLV 34–14	25,568
November 11	1:00 p.m.	Nevada	Utah State	Maverik Stadium • Logan, UT		USU 41–24	17,760
November 11	5:00 p.m.	San Diego State	Colorado State	Canvas Stadium • Fort Collins, CO	CBSSN	CSU 22–19	22,033
November 11	8:00 p.m.	New Mexico	Boise State	Albertsons Stadium • Boise, ID	FS1	BSU 42–14	34,076
November 11	8:30 p.m.	Fresno State	San Jose State	CEFCU Stadium • San Jose, CA (rivalry)	CBSSN	SJSU 42–18	18,886
November 11	9:00 p.m.	Air Force	Hawaii	Clarence T. C. Ching Athletics Complex • Honolulu, HI (rivalry)		HAW 27–13	12,742
^#Rankings from College Football Playoff. All times are in Mountain Time.

Week 12

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
November 18	12:00 p.m.	Hawaii	Wyoming	War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY (rivalry)		WYO 42–9	18,233
November 18	1:00 p.m.	Nevada	Colorado State	Canvas Stadium • Fort Collins, CO		CSU 30–20	20,121
November 18	1:30 p.m.	UNLV	Air Force	Falcon Stadium • Colorado Springs, CO	CBSSN	UNLV 31–27	23,574
November 18	5:00 p.m.	Boise State	Utah State	Maverik Stadium • Logan, UT	CBSSN	BSU 45–10	17,821
November 18	8:30 p.m.	New Mexico	Fresno State	Valley Children's Stadium • Fresno, CA	FS1	UNM 25–17	38,569
November 18	8:30 p.m.	San Diego State	San Jose State	CEFCU Stadium • San Jose, CA	CBSSN	SJSU 24–13	16,224
^#Rankings from College Football Playoff. All times are in Mountain Time.

Week 13

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
November 24	1:30 p.m.	Utah State	New Mexico	University Stadium • Albuquerque, NM	CBSSN	USU 44–41 ^2OT	12,094
November 24	2:00 p.m.	Air Force	Boise State	Albertsons Stadium • Boise, ID	FS1	BSU 27–19	36,390
November 25	1:00 p.m.	San Jose State	UNLV	Allegiant Stadium • Paradise, NV		SJSU 37–31	25,554
November 25	7:00 p.m.	Wyoming	Nevada	Mackay Stadium • Reno, NV	CBSSN	WYO 42–6	12,044
November 25	8:30 p.m.	Fresno State	San Diego State	Snapdragon Stadium • San Diego, CA (rivalry)	FS1	SDSU 33–18	22,000
November 25	9:00 p.m.	Colorado State	Hawaii	Clarence T. C. Ching Athletics Complex • Honolulu, HI		HAW 27–24	11,013
^#Rankings from College Football Playoff. All times are in Mountain Time.

Championship Game

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
December 2	1:00 p.m.	Boise State	UNLV	Allegiant Stadium • Paradise, NV (Mountain West Championship Game)	FOX	BSU 44–20	31,473
^#Rankings from College Football Playoff. All times are in Mountain Time.

Postseason

Bowl Games

Main article: 2023–24 NCAA football bowl games

Legend
	Mountain West win
	Mountain West loss

Bowl game	Date	Site	Television	Time (MST)	Mountain West team	Opponent	Score	Attendance
New Mexico Bowl	December 16	University Stadium • Albuquerque, NM	ESPN	3:45 p.m.	Fresno State	New Mexico State	W 37–10	30,822
LA Bowl	December 16	SoFi Stadium • Inglewood, CA	ABC	5:30 p.m.	Boise State	UCLA	L 22–35	32,780
Armed Forces Bowl	December 23	Amon G. Carter Stadium • Fort Worth, TX	ABC	1:30 p.m.	Air Force	James Madison	W 31–21	30,828
Famous Idaho Potato Bowl	December 23	Albertsons Stadium • Boise, ID	ESPN	1:30 p.m.	Utah State	Georgia State	L 22–45	12,168
Hawaii Bowl	December 23	Clarence T. C. Ching Athletics Complex • Honolulu, HI	ESPN	8:30 p.m.	San Jose State	Coastal Carolina	L 14–24	7,089
Guaranteed Rate Bowl	December 26	Chase Field • Phoenix, AZ	ESPN	7:00 p.m.	UNLV	Kansas	L 36–49
Arizona Bowl	December 30	Arizona Stadium • Tucson, AZ	Barstool / The CW	2:00 p.m.	Wyoming	Toledo	W 16–15

Selection of teams

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

Mountain West records vs other conferences

2023–2024 records against non-conference foes: Power Conferences 5 Record ACC 0–0 Big Ten 1–2 Big 12 1–3 Pac-12 1–10 Notre Dame 0–0 SEC 1–2 Power 5 Total 4–17 Other FBS Conferences Record American 1–1 C-USA 4–1 Independents (Excluding Notre Dame) 2–1 MAC 2–1 Sun Belt 1–2 Other FBS Total 10–6 FCS Opponents Record Football Championship Subdivision 11–1 Total Non-Conference Record 25–24

Postseason Power Five Conferences Record ACC 0–0 Big 12 0–0 Big Ten 0–0 Notre Dame 0–0 Pac-12 0–1 SEC 0–0 Power 5 Total 0–1 Other FBS Conferences Record American 0–0 C–USA 1–0 Independents (Excluding Notre Dame) 0–0 MAC 0–0 Sun Belt 0–0 Other FBS Total 1–0 Total Bowl Record 1–1

Mountain West vs Power 5 matchups

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 26	SEC	Hawaii	Vanderbilt	FirstBank Stadium • Nashville, TN	L 28–35
August 26	Pac-12	San Jose State	No. 6 USC	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	L 28–56
September 1	Pac-12	Stanford	Hawaii	Clarence T. C. Ching Athletics Complex • Honolulu, HI	L 24–37
September 2	Pac-12	Boise State	No. 10 Washington	Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA	L 19–56
September 2	Pac-12	Washington State	Colorado State	Canvas Stadium • Fort Collins, CO	L 24–50
September 2	Big Ten	Fresno State	Purdue	Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN	W 39–35
September 2	Pac-12	Nevada	No. 6 USC	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	L 14–66
September 2	SEC	New Mexico	No. 23 Texas A&M	Kyle Field • College Station, TX	L 10–52
September 2	Big Ten	Utah State	No. 25 Iowa	Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, IA	L 14–24
September 2	Big 12	Texas Tech	Wyoming	War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY	W 35–33 ^2OT
September 3	Pac-12	No. 18 Oregon State	San Jose State	CEFCU Stadium • San Jose, CA	L 17–42
September 9	Big 12	UCF	Boise State	Albertsons Stadium • Boise, ID	L 16–18
September 9	Pac-12	UCLA	San Diego State	Snapdragon Stadium • San Diego, CA	L 10–35
September 9	Big Ten	UNLV	No. 2 Michigan	Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI	L 7–35
September 16	Pac-12	Colorado State	No. 18 Colorado	Folsom Field • Boulder, CO	L 35–43 ^2OT
September 16	Pac-12	Fresno State	Arizona State	Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ	W 29–0
September 16	Pac-12	Hawaii	No. 13 Oregon	Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR	L 10–55
September 16	Big 12	Kansas	Nevada	Mackay Stadium • Reno, NV	L 24–31
September 16	Pac-12	San Diego State	No. 16 Oregon State	Reser Stadium • Corvallis, OR	L 9–26
September 16	SEC	Vanderbilt	UNLV	Allegiant Stadium • Paradise, NV	W 40–37
September 16	Big 12	Wyoming	No. 4 Texas	Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX	L 10–31

Mountain West vs Group of Five matchups

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 26	MAC	Ohio	San Diego State	Snapdragon Stadium • San Diego, CA	W 20–13
September 9	C-USA	Air Force	Sam Houston	NRG Stadium • Houston, TX	W 13–3
September 16	C-USA	New Mexico State	New Mexico	University Stadium • Albuquerque, NM	L 17–27
September 16	MAC	San Jose State	Toledo	Glass Bowl • Toledo, OH	L 17–21
September 23	C-USA	Colorado State	Middle Tennessee	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium • Murfreesboro, TN	W 31–23
September 23	MAC	Kent State	Fresno State	Valley Children's Stadium • Fresno, CA	W 53–10
September 23	C-USA	New Mexico State	Hawaii	Clarence T. C. Ching Athletics Complex • Honolulu, HI	W 20–17
September 23	Sun Belt	Nevada	Texas State	Bobcat Stadium • San Marcos, TX	L 24–35
September 23	C-USA	UNLV	UTEP	Sun Bowl • El Paso, TX	W 45–28
September 23	Sun Belt	James Madison	Utah State	Maverik Stadium • Logan, UT	L 38–45
September 23	Sun Belt	Appalachian State	Wyoming	War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY	W 22–19
September 30	American	Boise State	Memphis	Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium • Memphis, TN	L 32–35
October 21	American	No. 22 Air Force	Navy	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium • Annapolis, MD	W 17–6

Mountain West vs FBS independents matchups

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

Date	Visitor	Home	Site	Score
September 23	New Mexico	UMass	Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium • Hadley, MA	W 34–31 ^OT
September 30	Utah State	UConn	Rentschler Field • East Hartford, CT	W 34–33
November 4	No. 25 Air Force	Army	Empower Field at Mile High • Denver, CO	L 3–23

Mountain West vs FCS matchups

Date	Visitor	Home	Site	Score
September 2	Robert Morris	Air Force	Falcon Stadium • Colorado Springs, CO	W 42–7
September 2	Idaho State	San Diego State	Snapdragon Stadium • San Diego, CA	W 36–28
September 2	Bryant	UNLV	Allegiant Stadium • Paradise, NV	W 44–14
September 9	Eastern Washington	Fresno State	Valley Children's Stadium • Fresno, CA	W 34–31 ^2OT
September 9	Albany	Hawaii	Clarence T. C. Ching Athletics Complex • Honolulu, HI	W 31–20
September 9	No. 7 (FCS) Idaho	Nevada	Mackay Stadium • Reno, NV	L 7–33
September 9	Tennessee Tech	New Mexico	University Stadium • Albuquerque, NM	W 56–10
September 9	Cal Poly	San Jose State	CEFCU Stadium • San Jose, CA	W 59–3
September 9	Idaho State	Utah State	Maverik Stadium • Logan, UT	W 78–28
September 9	Portland State	Wyoming	War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY	W 31–17
September 16	No. 14 (FCS) North Dakota	Boise State	Albertsons Stadium • Boise, ID	W 42–18
September 30	Utah Tech	Colorado State	Canvas Stadium • Fort Collins, CO	W 41–20

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^[16]		Nick Nash	San Jose State	WR		Cody Moon	San Diego State	LB		Jack Browning	San Diego State	K/P		Pofele Ashlock	Hawaii	WR
Week 1^[17]		Mikey Keene	Fresno State	QB		Levelle Bailey	Fresno State	LB		John Hoyland	Wyoming	K		Pofele Ashlock (2)	Hawaii	WR
Week 2^[18]		Dylan Hopkins	New Mexico	QB		Alec Mock	Air Force	LB		Matthew Dapore	Air Force	K		Matthew Coleman	San Jose State	WR
Week 3^[19]		Emmanuel Michel	Air Force	FB		Carlton Johnson	Fresno State	DB		Jose Pizano	UNLV	K		Jayden Maiava	UNLV	QB
Week 4^[20]		Ashton Jeanty	Boise State	RB		Wrook Brown	Wyoming	DB		Jakorey Hawkins	Wyoming	CB		Jai'Den Thomas	UNLV	RB
Week 5^[21]		Zac Larrier	Air Force	QB		Wyett Ekeler	Wyoming	S		Ike Larsen	Utah State	S		Brayden Fowler-Nicolosi	Colorado State	QB
Week 6^[22]		Andrew Peasley	Wyoming	QB		Ike Larsen	Utah State	S		James Ferguson-Reynolds	Boise State	P		Maddux Madsen	Boise State	QB
Week 7^[23]		Kairee Robinson	San Jose State	RB		Trey Taylor	Air Force	DB		Jack Browning (2)	San Diego State	K/P		Brayden Fowler-Nicolsi (2)	Colorado State	QB
Week 8^[24]		Dylan Hopkins (2)	New Mexico	QB		Jermarius Lewis	New Mexico	S		Jose Pizano (2)	UNLV	K		Jayden Maiava (2)	UNLV	QB
Week 9^[25]		Eric McAlister	Boise State	WR		Dean Clark	Fresno State	S		Brandon Talton	Nevada	K		Maddux Madsen (2)	Boise State	QB
Week 10^[26]		Ricky White III	UNLV	WR		Ike Larsen (2)	Utah State	S		Malik Sherrod	Fresno State	RB		Jayden Maiava (3)	UNLV	QB
Week 11^[27]		Kairee Robinson (2)	San Jose State	RB		Peter Manuma	Hawaii	DB		Jose Pizano (3)	UNLV	K		Jayden Maiava (4)	UNLV	QB
Week 12^[28]		Jacory Croskey-Merritt	New Mexico	RB		Marsel McDuffie	UNLV	LB		Jordan Noyes	Colorado State	K		Jayden Maiava (5)	UNLV	QB
Week 13^[29]		Levi Williams	Utah State	QB		Wyett Ekeler (2)	Wyoming	S		Jack Browning (3)	San Diego State	K/P		Marcus Ratcliffe	San Diego State	S

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.^[30]

Award	Player	School
Offensive Player of the Year	Ashton Jeanty, RB	Boise State
Defensive Player of the Year	Mohamed Kamara, DE	Colorado State
Special Teams Player of the Year	Jose Pizano, K	UNLV
Freshman Player of the Year	Jayden Maiava, QB	UNLV
Coach of the Year	Barry Odom	UNLV

All-conference teams

The following players were selected as part of the Mountain West's All-Conference Teams.^[30]

Position Player Team First Team Offense WR Tory Horton Colorado State WR Ricky White III UNLV WR Jalen Royals Utah State OL Thor Paglialong Air Force OL Cade Beresford Boise State OL JC Davis New Mexico OL Tiger Shanks UNLV OL Frank Crum Wyoming TE Dallin Holker Colorado State QB Chevan Cordeiro San Jose State RB Ashton Jeanty Boise State RB Kairee Robinson San Jose State KR Jacob De Jesus UNLV PK Jose Pizano UNLV First Team Defense DL PJ Ramsey Air Force DL Ahmed Hassanein Boise State DL Mohamed Kamara Colorado State DL Tre Smith San Jose State LB Bo Richter Air Force LB Jackson Woodard UNLV LB MJ Tafisi Jr. Utah State LB Easton Gibbs Wyoming DB Trey Taylor Air Force DB Jack Howell Colorado State DB Emany Johnson Nevada DB Ike Larsen Utah State PR Jacob De Jesus UNLV P James Ferguson-Reynolds Boise State

Position Player Team Second Team Offense WR Steven McBride Hawaii WR Nick Nash San Jose State WR Terrell Vaughn Utah State OL Adam Karas Air Force OL Kage Casey Boise State OL Jacob Gardner Colorado State OL Mose Vavao Fresno State OL Cade Bennett San Diego State TE Mark Redman San Diego State QB Jayden Maiava UNLV RB Emmanuel Michel Air Force RB Jacory Croskey-Merritt New Mexico KR Terrell Vaughn Utah State PK Jonah Dalmas Boise State Second Team Defense DL Jalen Dixon UNLV DL Devo Bridges Fresno State DL Soane Toia San Jose State DL Jordan Bertagnole Wyoming LB Alec Mock Air Force LB Andrew Simpson Boise State LB Chase Wilson Colorado State LB Levelle Bailey Fresno State DB Carlton Johnson Fresno State DB Morice Norris Jr. Fresno State DB Noah Tumblin San Diego State DB Cameron Oliver UNLV PR Tory Horton Colorado State P Jack Browning San Diego State

National awards

• Jim Thorpe Award: Trey Taylor, Air Force

All-Americans

For the complete All-America selections, see 2023 College Football All-America Team.

Currently, the NCAA compiles consensus all-America teams in the sports of Division I-FBS football and Division I men's basketball using a point system computed from All-America teams named by coaches associations or media sources. The system consists of three points for a first-team honor, two points for second-team honor, and one point for third-team honor. Honorable mention and fourth team or lower recognitions are not accorded any points. College Football All-American consensus teams are compiled by position and the player accumulating the most points at each position is named first team consensus all-American. Currently, the NCAA recognizes All-Americans selected by the AP, AFCA, FWAA, TSN, and the WCFF to determine Consensus and Unanimous All-Americans. Any player named to the First Team by all five of the NCAA-recognized selectors is deemed a Unanimous All-American.

Position	Player	School	Selector	Unanimous	Consensus
First Team All-Americans
S	Trey Taylor	Air Force	AFCA
K	Jose Pizano	UNLV	FWAA
AP	Ashton Jeanty	Boise State	ESPN, USAT

Position	Player	School	Selector	Unanimous	Consensus
Second Team All-Americans
TE	Dallin Holker	Colorado State	AFCA, AP, FWAA, SI, TSN, USAT, WCFF
DE	Mohamed Kamara	Colorado State	FWAA
S	Trey Taylor	Air Force	FOX
K	Jose Pizano	UNLV	AFCA, AP, FOX, SI, WCFF
P	James Ferguson-Reynolds	Boise State	AFCA, FOX, SI
KR	Jacob De Jesus	UNLV	USAT
AP	Ashton Jeanty	Boise State	AP, USAT

Position	Player	School	Selector	Unanimous	Consensus
Third Team All-Americans
WR	Ricky White III	UNLV	AP
S	Trey Taylor	Air Force	AP
P	James Ferguson-Reynolds	Boise State	AP

Home game attendance

Team	Stadium	Capacity	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5	Game 6	Game 7	Total	Average	% of Capacity
Air Force	Falcon Stadium	46,692	30,142 †	18,400	24,869	28,311	52,401	23,574		177,697	29,616	63.43%
Boise State	Albertsons Stadium	36,387	36,447	35,610	37,491 †	35,189	34,076	36,390		215,203	35,867	98.57%
Colorado State	Canvas Stadium	41,000	31,497	27,932	34,901 †	22,570	22,033	20,121		159,054	26,509	64.66%
Fresno State	Valley Children's Stadium	41,031	41,031 †	38,728	39,246	41,031	41,031	38,569		239,636	39,939	-	Hawaii	Clarence T. C. Ching Athletics Complex	15,194	13,739 †	9,485	10,254	10,039	11,486	12,742	11,013	78,758	11,251	74.05%
Nevada	Mackay Stadium	27,000	19,852	16,890	24,578 †	13,083	15,540	12,044		101,987	16,998	62.95%
New Mexico	University Stadium	39,224	17,279	27,414 †	13,027	13,723	12,353	12,094		95,890	15,982	40.74%
San Diego State	Snapdragon Stadium	35,000	23,867	22,345	32,017 †	23,374	27,122	23,096	22,000	173,821	24,832	70.95%
San Jose State	CEFCU Stadium	21,520	20,337 †	14,224	16,124	15,028	18,886	16,224		100,823	16,804	78.08%
UNLV	Allegiant Stadium	65,000	20,347	22,582	25,328 †	22,585	25,568	25,554		141,964	23,661	-	Utah State	Maverik Stadium	25,100	20,034 †	19,994	22,864	17,220	17,760	17,821		115,693	19,282	76.82%
Wyoming	War Memorial Stadium	30,181	26,450†	22,121	21,169	25,477	20,788	27,905	18,233	162,143	23,163	76.75%

Bold – At or Exceeded capacity
†Season High

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