2013 Mountain West Conference football season

2013 Mountain West Conference football season

League	NCAA Division I FBS (Football Bowl Subdivision)
Sport	Football
Duration	August 30, 2013–January 1, 2014
Number of teams	12
TV partner(s)	CBS Sports Network, ESPN family
Regular Season

2013 Mountain West football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
Mountain Division
Utah State x		7	–	1		9	–	5
Boise State		6	–	2		8	–	5
Colorado State		5	–	3		8	–	6
Wyoming		3	–	5		5	–	7
New Mexico		1	–	7		3	–	9
Air Force		0	–	8		2	–	10
West Division
Fresno State x$		7	–	1		11	–	2
San Diego State		6	–	2		8	–	5
UNLV		5	–	3		7	–	6
San Jose State		5	–	3		6	–	6
Nevada		3	–	5		4	–	8
Hawaii		0	–	8		1	–	11
Championship: Fresno State 24, Utah State 17
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

The 2013 Mountain West Conference football season was the 15th season of college football for the Mountain West Conference (MW). In the 2013 NCAA Division I FBS football season, the MW had 12 football members: Air Force, Boise State, Colorado State, Fresno State, Hawaiʻi, Nevada, New Mexico, San Diego State, San Jose State, UNLV, Utah State, and Wyoming.

This was the third consecutive year in which the Mountain West saw changes in membership. In 2011, two of the conference's charter members, BYU (WCC and football independent) and Utah (Pac-12), left, while Boise State joined from the WAC. The following year, the MW lost TCU, members since 2005, to the Big 12, while gaining new all-sports members Fresno State and Nevada and football-only member Hawaii from the WAC. For 2013, the MW lost no schools, while adding two new full members from the WAC in San Jose State and Utah State. This brought the conference membership in football to 12, allowing the MW to split into divisions and launch a championship game.

Preseason

Award watch lists

The following Mountain West players were named to preseason award watch lists.

Maxwell Award:^[1]

Chuck Bednarik Award:^[2]

John Mackey Award:^[3]

Fred Biletnikoff Award:^[4]

Bronko Nagurski Trophy:^[5]

Outland Trophy:^[6]

Jim Thorpe Award:^[7]

Lombardi Award:^[8]

Rimington Trophy:^[9]

Davey O'Brien Award:^[10]

Doak Walker Award:^[11]

Walter Camp Award:^[12]

Lott Trophy:^[13]

Lou Groza Award:^[14]

Mountain West media days

All–Conference Team

Offense

Defense

Coaches

NOTE: Stats shown are before the beginning of the season

Team	Head Coach	Years at School	Overall Record	Record at School	MWC Record
Air Force	Troy Calhoun	7	49–41	49–41	29–27
Boise State	Chris Petersen	8	92–12	92–12	57–6
Colorado State	Jim McElwain	2	11–14	11-14	8-8
Fresno State	Tim DeRuyter	2	20–5	20–5	14–2
Hawaiʻi	Norm Chow	2	3-20	3-20	1-14
Nevada	Brian Polian	1	4-8	4-8	3-5
New Mexico	Bob Davie	2	42-43	42-43	2-14
San Diego State	Rocky Long	2	89–83	89-83	17–6
San José State	Ron Caragher	1	50-28	50-28	5-3
UNLV	Bobby Hauck	3	93–54	93-54	10–21
Utah State	Matt Wells	1	8-4	8-4	7-1
Wyoming	Dave Christensen	4	27–35	27–35	16–23

*first year as conference member, ^achieved as head coach of New Mexico from 99–08

Rankings

**Legend**
	Increase in ranking
	Decrease in ranking
	Unranked the previous week
RV	Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25 of poll

		Pre	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	Wk 15	Wk 16	Final
Air Force	AP
	C
	Harris	Not released
	BCS	Not released
Boise State	AP	19	RV	RV	RV
	C	19	RV	RV	RV				RV	RV
	Harris	Not released								RV
	BCS	Not released
Colorado State	AP
	C
	Harris	Not released
	BCS	Not released
Fresno State	AP	RV	RV	RV	RV	25	23	21	17	15	16	17	16	15	16	24	21	RV
	C	RV	RV	RV	25	23	22	22	19	18	18	17	14	16	13	22	20	RV
	Harris	Not released							18	18	18	17	13	14	13	22	20
	BCS	Not released								17	16	16	14	15	16	23	20
Hawaiʻi	AP
	C
	Harris	Not released
	BCS	Not released
Nevada	AP
	C
	Harris	Not released
	BCS	Not released
New Mexico	AP
	C
	Harris	Not released
	BCS	Not released
San Diego State	AP
	C
	Harris	Not released
	BCS	Not released
San José State	AP	RV
	C	RV	RV
	Harris	Not released
	BCS	Not released
UNLV	AP
	C
	Harris	Not released
	BCS	Not released
Utah State	AP	RV																RV
	C	RV	RV	RV	RV													RV
	Harris	Not released
	BCS	Not released
Wyoming	AP
	C
	Harris	Not released
	BCS	Not released

Bowl games

The Mountain West Conference will have agreements with the following bowls for 2012–13:

The MW champion will receive an automatic berth in one of the five BCS bowl games if they are the highest ranked non-automatic qualifying conference champion and either of the following:
- Ranked in the top 12 of the BCS Rankings. (Utah qualified under this criterion in 2004-05 and 2008–09, and TCU in 2009-10 and 2010–11.)
- Ranked in the top 16 of the BCS Rankings and its ranking is higher than that of an automatic qualifying conference champion.

Pick	Name	Location	Opposing Conference	Opposing Pick
1	Maaco Bowl Las Vegas	Las Vegas, Nevada	Pac-12	5
2	Poinsettia Bowl	San Diego, California	BYU (2012), Army (2013)	–
3	Armed Forces Bowl	Fort Worth, Texas	C-USA (2012), Navy (2013)	3, –
4	New Mexico Bowl	Albuquerque, New Mexico	Pac-12	7
5	Hawai'i Bowl	Honolulu, Hawaii	C-USA	2

Regular season

Index to colors and formatting
Mountain West member won
Mountain West member lost
Mountain West teams in bold

All dates, times, and TV are tentative and subject to change.

The Mountain West has teams in 3 different time zones. Times reflect start time in respective time zone of each team (Mountain—Air Force, Boise State, Colorado State, New Mexico, Wyoming; Pacific—Fresno State, Nevada, San Diego State, UNLV; Hawaii-Aleutian—Hawaiʻi). Conference games start times are that of the home team.

Home 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	52,480	32,095	32,716	35,389	17,280	44,672	36,512	29,898	228,562	32,652	62.22%
Boise State	Bronco Stadium	37,000	33,293	36,069	35,356	35,843	33,992	—	—	174,553	34,911	94.35%
Colorado State	Hughes Stadium	34,400	14,146	19,517	26,022	21,133	15,234	—	—	96,052	19,210	56.5%
Fresno State	Bulldog Stadium	41,031	33,098	33,260	41,031	37,604	41,031	41,031	—	227,055	37,843	92.23%
Hawaiʻi	Aloha Stadium	50,000	39,058	28,755	27,146	29,752	28,530	—	—	153,241	30,648	61.30%
Nevada	Mackay Stadium	29,993	27,052	23,240	24,545	32,521	20,737	—	—	128,095	25,619	85.42%
New Mexico	University Stadium	38,634	26,311	23,639	29,749	19,739	21,833	19,376	—	140,647	23,441	60.67%
San Diego State	Qualcomm Stadium	71,294	42,978	32,133	22,475	32,707	35,890	33,161	—	199,344	33,224	46.60%
San José State	Spartan Stadium	30,456	13,136	10,533	16,123	17,932	16,876	—	—	74,600	14,920	48.99%
UNLV	Sam Boyd Stadium	36,800	26,950	10,981	13,017	22,755	15,837	15,062	—	104,602	17,434	47.38%
Utah State	Romney Stadium	25,513	25,513	25,513	25,513	21,428	20,284	—	—	118,251	23,650	47.3%
Wyoming	War Memorial Stadium	34,000	22,030	19,091	22,853	24,953	15,700	12,227	—	116,854	19,476	57.28%

References

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Mountain West Conference football

Mountain Division	Air Force Falcons Boise State Broncos Colorado State Rams New Mexico Lobos Utah State Aggies Wyoming Cowboys

West Division	Fresno State Bulldogs Hawaii Rainbow Warriors Nevada Wolf Pack San Diego State Aztecs San Jose State Spartans UNLV Rebels

Championships & Awards	MWC Championship Game All-time standings

Seasons	1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

2013 NCAA Division I FBS football season

Conference seasons	The American ACC Big 12 Big Ten Conference USA MAC Mountain West Pac-12 SEC Sun Belt

Inter-conference	Bowl games Rankings

All-Americans	2013 College Football All-America Team

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