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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 (MW). Since 2012, 12 teams have competed in MW football—the conference's 11 full members, plus football-only member Hawaiʻi. The regular season began on August 26 and ended on November 25. The Mountain West Championship Game was played on December 2,[1] where Mountain Division champion Boise State defeated West Division champion Fresno State to win their first Mountain West championship since 2014.

2017 Mountain West Conference football season
LeagueNCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision
SportFootball
DurationAugust 2017 – January 2018
Number of teams12
TV partner(s)CBSSN, ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, CBS, AT&TSN
2018 NFL Draft
Top draft pickQB Josh Allen, Wyoming
Picked byBuffalo Bills, 7th overall
Regular season
Mountain Division championsBoise State Broncos
  Mountain Division runners-upWyoming Cowboys
West Division championsFresno State Bulldogs
  West Division runners-upSan Diego State Aztecs
Championship Game
ChampionsBoise State
  Runners-upFresno State
Finals MVPQB Brett Rypien, Boise State
LB Leighton Vander Esch, Boise State
Football seasons
← 2016
2018 →
2017 Mountain West Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
Mountain Division
No. 22 Boise State xy$   7 – 1     11 – 3  
Colorado State   5 – 3     7 – 6  
Wyoming   5 – 3     8 – 5  
Utah State   4 – 4     6 – 7  
Air Force   4 – 4     5 – 7  
New Mexico   1 – 7     3 – 9  
West Division
Fresno State xy   7 – 1     10 – 4  
San Diego State   6 – 2     10 – 3  
UNLV   4 – 4     5 – 7  
Nevada   3 – 5     3 – 9  
Hawaii   1 – 7     3 – 9  
San Jose State   1 – 7     2 – 11  
Championship: Boise State 17, Fresno State 14
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant
Rankings from AP Poll

Pre-season

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Mountain West Media

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

Preseason Polls

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Place Mountain Division West Division
1 Boise State (21) 161 San Diego State (28) 168
2 Colorado State (6) 135 Hawai'i 135
3 Wyoming (1) 114 UNLV 105
4 Air Force 82 Nevada 79
5 New Mexico 68 San Jose State 54
6 Utah State 28 Fresno State 47
  • First place votes in parentheses

Preseason All–Mountain West Team

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Offense
Position Player Class Team
QB Josh Allen** JR. Wyoming
WR Michael Gallup* SR. Colorado State
WR Devonte Boyd SR. UNLV
RB Rashaad Penny* SR. San Diego State
RB Tyrone Owens JR. New Mexico
OL Jake Bennett** SR. Colorado State
OL Austin Corbett** SR. Nevada
OL Dejon Allen** SR. Hawai'i
OL Aaron Jenkins JR. New Mexico
OL Mason Hampton SR. Boise State
TE David Wells** SR. San Diego State
Defense
Position Player Class Team
DL David Moa* JR. Boise State
DL Malik Reed** JR. Nevada
DL Garrett Hughes* SR. New Mexico
DL Mike Hughes Jr. SR. UNLV
LB Jahlani Tavai* JR. Hawai'i
LB Logan Wilson SO. Wyoming
LB Frank Ginda JR. San Jose State
DB Andrew Wingard* JR. Wyoming
DB Andre Chachere* SR. San Jose State
DB Tyler Horton JR. Boise State
DB Trayvon Henderson SR. Hawai'i
Specialists
Position Player Class Team
P Michael Carrizosa SR. San Jose State
PK John Baron II* JR. San Diego State
RET Rashaad Penny* SR. San Diego State
  • Preseason Offensive Player of the Year:
Josh Allen, JR., QB, Wyoming
  • Preseason Defensive Player of the Year:
Andrew Wingard, JR., DB, Wyoming
  • Preseason Special Teams Player of the Year:
Rashaad Penny, SR., KR, San Diego State

(* – member of the 2016 All–Mountain West first team)

(** – member of the 2016 All–Mountain West second team)

Coaches

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NOTE: Stats shown are before the beginning of the season

Team Head coach Years at school Overall record Record at school MW record
Air Force Troy Calhoun 11 77–53 77–53 45–35
Boise State Bryan Harsin 4 38–14 31–9 18–6
Colorado State Mike Bobo 3 14–12 14–12 10–6
Fresno State Jeff Tedford 1 82–57 0–0 0–0
Hawaiʻi Nick Rolovich 2 7–7 7–7 4–4
Nevada Jay Norvell 1 0–0 0–0 0–0
New Mexico Bob Davie 6 62–61 27–36 15–25
San Diego State Rocky Long 9 119–95 54–26 36–11
San José State Brent Brennan 1 0–0 0–0 0–0
UNLV Tony Sanchez 3 7–17 7–17 5–11
Utah State Matt Wells 5 28–25 28–25 19–12
Wyoming Craig Bohl 4 118–56 14–24 10–14

Rankings

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See also: 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football 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.

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Schedule

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Regular season

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

Week One

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Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance Ref.
August 26 2:30 p.m. Oregon State Colorado State Colorado State Stadium • Fort Collins, CO CBSSN W 58–27   37,583
August 26 6:00 p.m. Hawaii UMass Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium • Hadley, MA ELVN
SPEC 		W 38–35   12,145
August 26 5:30 p.m. No. 19 South Florida San Jose State CEFCU Stadium • San Jose, CA CBSSN L 22–42   13,377
September 1 8:00 p.m. Colorado State Colorado Sports Authority Field at Mile High • Denver, CO (Rocky Mountain Showdown) P12N L 3–17   73,932
September 1 9:00 p.m. Utah State No. 9 Wisconsin Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI ESPN L 10–59   75,324
September 2 12:00 p.m. Wyoming Iowa Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, IA BTN L 3–24   68,075
September 2 2:00 p.m. VMI Air Force Falcon Stadium • Colorado Springs, CO ESPN3 W 63–0   37,286
September 2 3:30 p.m. Nevada Northwestern Ryan Field • Evanston, IL BTN L 20–31   33,018
September 2 3:45 p.m. Troy Boise State Albertsons Stadium • Boise, ID ESPNU W 24–13   31,581
September 2 7:30 p.m. Cal Poly San Jose State CEFCU Stadium • San Jose, CA W 34–13   10,667
September 2 8:00 p.m. Abilene Christian New Mexico Dreamstyle Stadium • Albuquerque, NM W 38–14   21,475
September 2 8:30 p.m. UC Davis San Diego State Qualcomm Stadium • San Diego, CA Stadium W 38–17   46,132
September 2 9:00 p.m. Howard UNLV Sam Boyd Stadium • Paradise, NV Stadium L 40–43   15,667
September 2 10:00 p.m. Incarnate Word Fresno State Bulldog Stadium • Fresno, CA W 66–0   39,447
September 3 12:00 a.m. Western Carolina Hawaii Aloha Stadium • Honolulu, HI SPEC PPV W 41–18   25,472
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time.

Week Two

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Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance Ref.
September 7 6:00 p.m. Idaho State Utah State Maverik Stadium • Logan, UT Stadium on Facebook W 51–13   19,638
September 9 1:30 p.m. Abilene Christian Colorado State Colorado State Stadium • Fort Collins, CO MWN W 31–10   27,038
September 9 12:30 p.m. Fresno State No. 1 Alabama Bryant–Denny Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL ESPN2 L 10–41   101,127
September 9 1:30 p.m. San Jose State Texas Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX LHN L 0–56   88,117
September 9 2:00 p.m. Gardner–Webb Wyoming War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY ATTSNRM W 21–0   19,051
September 9 3:00 p.m. Hawaii UCLA Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA P12N L 23–56   50,444
September 9 4:00 p.m. UNLV Idaho Kibbie Dome • Moscow, ID ESPN3 W 44–16   10,156
September 9 4:00 p.m. Toledo Nevada Mackay Stadium • Reno, NV ESPN3 L 24–37   18,617
September 9 6:00 p.m. New Mexico State New Mexico Dreamstyle Stadium • Albuquerque, NM (Rio Grande Rivalry) Stadium L 28–30   32,427
September 9 8:30 p.m. Boise State No. 22 Washington State Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA ESPN L 44–47 3OT  32,631
September 9 9:00 p.m. San Diego State Arizona State Sun Devil Stadium • Tucson, AZ P12N W 30–20   54,336
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time.

Week Three

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Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance Ref.
September 14 6:00 p.m. New Mexico Boise State Albertsons Stadium • Boise, ID ESPN  BSU 28–14   28,385
September 16 10:00 a.m. Air Force No. 7 Michigan Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI BTN L 13–29   111,387
September 16 1:00 p.m. Utah State Wake Forest BB&T Field • Winston-Salem, NC ACCN L 10–46   27,971
September 16 5:00 p.m. Idaho State Nevada Mackay Stadium • Reno, NV ATTSNRM/Stadium L 28–30   16,394
September 16 5:00 p.m. Oregon Wyoming War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY CBSSN L 13–49   29,139
September 16 5:00 p.m. Colorado State No. 1 Alabama Bryant–Denny Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL ESPN2 L 23–41   101,821
September 16 7:30 p.m. Fresno State No. 6 Washington Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA P12N L 16–48   68,384
September 16 8:00 p.m. San Jose State Utah Rice-Eccles Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT ESPN2 L 16–54   45,881
September 16 8:30 p.m. No. 19 Stanford San Diego State Qualcomm Stadium • San Diego, CA CBSSN W 20–17   43,040
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time.

Week Four

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Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance Ref.
September 22 6:00 p.m. Virginia Boise State Albertsons Stadium • Boise, ID ESPN2 L 23–42   33,947
September 23 10:00 a.m. UNLV No. 10 Ohio State Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH BTN L 21–54   106,187
September 23 11:30 a.m. New Mexico Tulsa H. A. Chapman Stadium • Tulsa ESPN3 W 16–13   18,026
September 23 4:00 p.m. Nevada No. 18 Washington State Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA P12N L 7–45   30,317
September 23 5:00 p.m. No. 22 San Diego State Air Force Falcon Stadium • Colorado Springs, CO CBSSN  SDSU 28–24   27,575
September 23 5:30 p.m. Utah State San Jose State CEFCU Stadium • San Jose, CA Stadium  USU 61–10   12,426
September 23 8:15 p.m. Hawaii Wyoming War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY (Paniolo Trophy) ESPN2  Wyo 28–21 OT  17,796
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time.

Week Five

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Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance Ref.
September 29 6:00 p.m. BYU Utah State Maverik Stadium • Logan, UT (The Old Wagon Wheel) CBSSN W 40–24   24,112
September 30 2:00 p.m. Texas State Wyoming War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY Stadium W 45–10   21,784
September 30 5:00 p.m. Air Force New Mexico Dreamstyle Stadium • Albuquerque, NM  NM 56–38   21,864
September 30 8:00 p.m. Nevada Fresno State Bulldog Stadium • Fresno, CA AT&TSN  FSU 41–21   27,434
September 30 8:30 p.m. San Jose State UNLV Sam Boyd Stadium • Whitney, NV ESPNU  UNLV 41–13   15,009
September 30 8:30 p.m. Northern Illinois No. 19 San Diego State SDCCU Stadium • San Diego, CA CBSSN W 34–28   35,717
September 30 12:00 a.m. Colorado State Hawaii Aloha Stadium • Honolulu, HI SPEC PPV  CSU 51–21   25,687
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time.

Week Six

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Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance Ref.
October 6 8:15 p.m. Boise State BYU LaVell Edwards Stadium • Provo, UT ESPN W 24–7   59,753
October 7 1:30 p.m. Air Force Navy Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium • Annapolis, MD (Commander-in-Chief's Trophy) CBSSN L 45–48   38,792
October 7 2:30 p.m. Colorado State Utah State Maverik Stadium • Logan, UT ATTSNRM  CSU 27–14   18,004
October 7 5:30 p.m. Fresno State San Jose State CEFCU Stadium • San Jose, CA (Valley Trophy) ESPN3  FSU 27–10   18,483
October 7 8:45 p.m. No. 19 San Diego State UNLV Sam Boyd Stadium • Whitney, NV ESPN2  SDSU 41–10   19,770
October 7 8:30 p.m. Hawaii Nevada Mackay Stadium • Reno, NV CBSSN  Nev 35–21   16,566
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time.

Week Seven

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Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance Ref.
October 14 12:00 p.m. UNLV Air Force Falcon Stadium • Colorado Springs, CO ATTSNRM  AFA 34–30   26,679
October 14 2:30 p.m. Wyoming Utah State Maverik Stadium • Logan, UT (Bridger's Battle) Stadium  Wyo 28–23   22,234
October 14 8:00 p.m. New Mexico Fresno State Bulldog Stadium • Fresno, CA AT&TSN  FSU 38–0   28,090
October 14 8:15 p.m. Nevada Colorado State Colorado State Stadium • Fort Collins, CO ESPN2  CSU 42–40   36,765
October 14 8:30 p.m. Boise State No. 19 San Diego State SDCCU Stadium • San Diego, CA CBSSN  BSU 31–14   49,053
October 14 12:00 a.m. San Jose State Hawaii Aloha Stadium • Honolulu, HI SPEC PPV  Haw 37–26   25,019
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time.

Week Eight

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Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance Ref.
October 20 7:30 p.m. Air Force Nevada Mackay Stadium • Reno, NV CBSSN  AFA 45–42   16,789
October 20 8:15 p.m. Colorado State New Mexico Dreamstyle Stadium • Albuquerque, NM ESPN2  CSU 27–24   17,358
October 21 4:00 p.m. Utah State UNLV Sam Boyd Stadium • Whitney, NV ATTSNRM/Stadium  USU 52–28   18,157
October 21 8:15 p.m. Wyoming Boise State Albertsons Stadium • Boise, ID ESPN2  BSU 24–14   35,565
October 21 8:30 p.m. Fresno State San Diego State SDCCU Stadium • San Diego, CA (Battle for the Oil Can) CBSSN  FSU 27–3   43,243
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time.

Week Nine

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Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance Ref.
October 28 1:00 p.m. Air Force Colorado State Colorado State Stadium • Fort Collins, CO (Ram–Falcon Trophy) CBSSN  AFA 45–28   33,074
October 28 1:00 p.m. San Jose State BYU LaVell Edwards Stadium • Provo, UT BYUtv/ESPN3 L 20–41   46,451
October 28 5:30 p.m. New Mexico Wyoming War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY ESPNU  Wyo 42–3   18,249
October 28 8:00 p.m. UNLV Fresno State Bulldog Stadium • Fresno, CA AT&TSN  UNLV 26–16   27,922
October 28 8:00 p.m. Boise State Utah State Maverik Stadium • Logan, UT CBSSN  BSU 41–14   19,012
October 28 10:15 p.m. San Diego State Hawaii Aloha Stadium • Honolulu, HI ESPN2  SDSU 28–7   23,018
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time.

Week Ten

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Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance Ref.
November 4 1:30 p.m. Army Air Force Falcon Stadium • Colorado Springs, CO (Commander-in-Chief's Trophy) CBSSN L 0–21   41,875
November 4 3:30 p.m. Utah State New Mexico Dreamstyle Stadium • Albuquerque, NM ATTSNRM  USU 24–10   19,293
November 4 4:00 p.m. Hawaii UNLV Sam Boyd Stadium • Whitney, NV Spectrum OC16  UNLV 31–23   16,278
November 4 5:00 p.m. Colorado State Wyoming War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY (Border War) CBSSN  Wyo 16–13   22,840
November 4 5:00 p.m. Nevada Boise State Albertsons Stadium • Boise, ID (BSU-NEV Rivalry) ESPNU  BSU 41–14   30,858
November 4 8:30 p.m. San Diego State San Jose State CEFCU Stadium • San Jose, CA (El Camino Real Rivalry) ESPNU  SDSU 52–7   17,629
November 4 8:45 p.m. BYU Fresno State Bulldog Stadium • Fresno, CA ESPN2 W 20–13   29,370
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time.

Week Eleven

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Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance Ref.
November 10 8:30 p.m. BYU UNLV Sam Boyd Stadium • Whitney, NV ESPN2 L 21–31   19,811
November 11 2:00 p.m. San Jose State Nevada Mackay Stadium • Reno, NV ESPN3  Nev 59–14   14,604
November 11 5:00 p.m. New Mexico Texas A&M Kyle Field • College Station, TX ESPNU L 14–55   99,051
November 11 8:15 p.m. Wyoming Air Force Falcon Stadium • Colorado Springs, CO ESPNU  Wyo 28–14   24,257
November 11 8:30 p.m. Boise State Colorado State Colorado State Stadium • Fort Collins, CO CBSSN  BSU 59–52 OT  32,166
November 11 12:00 a.m. Fresno State Hawaii Aloha Stadium • Honolulu, HI (Golden Screwdriver) SPEC PPV  FSU 31–21   21,357
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time.

Week Twelve

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Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance Ref.
November 17 7:30 p.m. UNLV New Mexico Dreamstyle Stadium • Albuquerque, NM ESPN2  UNLV 38–35   14,744
November 18 8:15 p.m. Air Force Boise State Albertsons Stadium • Boise, ID ESPN2  BSU 44–19   33,030
November 18 12:00 p.m. Fresno State Wyoming War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY AT&TSN/ROOT Sports  FSU 13–7   15,440
November 18 1:00 p.m. Hawaii Utah State Romney Stadium • Logan, UT CBSSN  USU 38–0   17,650
November 18 1:30 p.m. San Jose State Colorado State Colorado State Stadium • Fort Collins, CO CBSSN  CSU 42–14   25,743
November 18 8:30 p.m. Nevada San Diego State SDCCU Stadium • San Diego, CA CBSSN  SDSU 42–23   29,265
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time.

Week Thirteen

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Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance Ref.
November 24 1:30 p.m. New Mexico San Diego State SDCCU Stadium • San Diego, CA CBSSN  SDSU 35–10   28,978
November 25 1:30 p.m. No. 25 Boise State Fresno State Bulldog Stadium • Fresno, CA (Milk Can) CBSSN  FSU 28–17   31,526
November 25 1:00 p.m. UNLV Nevada Mackay Stadium • Reno, NV (Fremont Cannon) AT&TSN  Nev 23–16   17,359
November 25 3:00 p.m. Wyoming San Jose State CEFCU Stadium • San Jose, CA ESPN3  SJSU 20–17   12,653
November 25 7:00 p.m. BYU Hawaii Aloha Stadium • Honolulu, HI CBSSN L 20–30   24,910
November 25 8:15 p.m. Utah State Air Force Falcon Stadium • Usaf Academy, CO ESPN2  AFA 38–35   17,252
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time.

Championship Game

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Week Fourteen (Mountain West Championship game)

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Further information: Mountain West Conference 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

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Conference Record
The American 1–2
ACC 0–2
Big Ten 0–5
Big 12 0–1
C-USA 0–0
Independents 4–4
MAC 1–1
Pac-12 3–7
SEC 0–3
Sun Belt 3–1
Total 12–26

Power Five conferences and independents

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Power 5 Conferences Record
ACC 0–2
Big Ten 0–5
Big 12 0–1
Pac-12 3–7
SEC 0–3
Notre Dame 0–0
Power 5 Total 3–18

Group of Five conferences

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Group of 5 Conferences Record
American 1–2
C-USA 0–0
MAC 1–1
Independents (excluding Notre Dame) 4–4
Sun Belt 3–1
Group of 5 Total 9–8

FCS Subdivision

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FCS Opponents Record
Football Championship Subdivision 9–2
Total FCS Record 9–2

Postseason

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Power 5 Conferences Record
ACC 0–0
Big Ten 0–0
Big 12 0–0
Pac-12 1–0
Notre Dame 0–0
SEC 0–0
Power 5 Total 1–0
Other FBS Conferences Record
American 1–0
C–USA 0–1
Independents (excluding Notre Dame) 0–1
MAC 1–0
Sun Belt 0–1
Total Bowl Record 3–3

Postseason

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Bowl games

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Legend
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See also: 2017–18 NCAA football bowl games
Bowl game Date Site Television Time (EST) Mountain West team Opponent Score Attendance
Las Vegas Bowl December 16 Sam Boyd Stadium • Las Vegas, NV ABC 3:30 p.m. #25 Boise State Broncos (10–3) Oregon Ducks (7–5) 38–28 36,432
New Mexico Bowl December 16 Dreamstyle Stadium • Albuquerque, NM ESPN 4:30 p.m. Colorado State Rams (7–5) Marshall Thundering Herd (7–5) 28–31 26,087
Famous Idaho Potato Bowl December 22 Albertsons Stadium • Boise, ID ESPN 4:00 p.m. Wyoming Cowboys (7–5) Central Michigan Chippewas (8–4) 37–14 16,512
Armed Forces Bowl December 23 Amon G. Carter Stadium • Fort Worth, TX ESPN 3:30 p.m. San Diego State Aztecs (10–2) Army Black Knights (8–3) 35–42 35,986
Hawaii Bowl December 24 Aloha Stadium • Honolulu, HI ESPN 8:30 p.m. Fresno State Bulldogs (9–4) Houston Cougars (7–4) 33–27 20,546
Arizona Bowl December 29 Arizona Stadium • Tucson, AZ CBSSN 5:30 p.m. Utah State Aggies (6–6) New Mexico State Aggies (6–6) 20–26 39,132

Boise State's ranking is from the CFP Poll.

Selection of teams: Boise State, Colorado State, Fresno State, San Diego State, Utah State, & Wyoming (6)

Awards and honors

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All Conference Teams

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Offense:

Pos. Name Yr. School Pos. Name Yr. School
First Team Second Team
QB Nick Stevens Sr. Colorado State QB Brett Rypien Jr. Boise State
WR Cedrick Wilson Jr. Sr. Boise State WR KeeSean Johnson Jr. Fresno State
WR Michael Gallup* Sr. Colorado State WR Wyatt Demps Sr. Nevada
RB Rashaad Penny Sr. San Diego State RB Dalyn Dawkins Sr. Colorado State
RB Lexington Thomas Jr. UNLV RB Diocemy Saint Juste Sr. Hawaii
TE Jake Roh Sr. Boise State TE David Wells* Sr. San Diego State
OL Mason Hampton Sr. Boise State OL Alex Norton Sr. Air Force
OL Jake Bennett Sr. Colorado State OL Archie Lewis Sr. Boise State
OL Zack Golditch Sr. Colorado State OL Aaron Mitchell Sr. Fresno State
OL Dejon Allen Sr. Hawaii OL Keith Ismael Fr. San Diego State
OL Austin Corbett Sr. Nevada OL Tyler Roemer Fr. San Diego State
PK Dominik Eberle So. Utah State PK Jimmy Camacho Sr. Fresno State
PR/KR Rashaad Penny** Sr. San Diego State PR/KR Avery Williams Fr. Boise State

(* – Two-Time First-Team Selection)
(** – Three-Time First-Team Selection)

Defense:

Pos. Name Yr. School Pos. Name Yr. School
First Team Second Team
DL Curtis Weaver Fr. Boise State DL Jabril Frazier Jr. Boise State
DL Malik Reed Jr. Nevada DL David Moa Jr. Boise State
DL Youhanna Ghaifan So. Wyoming DL Tobenna Okeke Sr. Fresno State
DL Carl Granderson Jr. Wyoming DL Mike Hughes Jr. Sr. UNLV
LB Leighton Vander Esch Jr. Boise State LB Jahlani Tavai Jr. Hawaii
LB Jeffrey Allison So. Fresno State LB Ronley Lakalaka Jr. San Diego State
LB Frank Ginda Jr. San Jose State LB Logan Wilson So. Wyoming
DB Tyler Horton Jr. Boise State DB Kekoa Nawahine So. Boise State
DB Kameron Kelly Sr. San Diego State DB Dameon Barber Jr. Nevada
DB Jalen Davis Sr. Utah State DB Tariq Thompson Fr. San Diego State
DB Andrew Wingard* Jr. Wyoming DB Rico Gafford Sr. Wyoming
P Corey Bojorquez Sr. New Mexico P Michael Carrizosa Sr. San Jose State

(* – Two-Time Second-Team Selection)

Honorable Mentions:

  • Air Force: Grant Ross, Sr., LB.
  • Boise State: Ezra Cleveland, Fr., OL; Haden Hoggarth, Jr., PK; Alexander Mattison, So., RB; Tyson Maeva, So., LB; Durrant Miles, Jr., DL; John Molchon, So., OL; DeAndre Pierce, So., DB.
  • Colorado State: Evan Colorito, Sr., LB; Dalton Fackrell, Sr., TE; Trae Moxley, Sr., OL; Ryan Stonehouse, Fr., P; Josh Watson, Jr., LB.
  • Fresno State: Mike Bell, So., DB; Jaron Bryant, So., DB; Christian Cronk, Jr., OL; Malik Forrester, Sr., DL; George Helmuth, Jr., LB; Juju Hughes, So., DB; Marcus McMaryion, Jr., QB; Netane Muti, Fr., OL; David Patterson, Sr., OL; Micah St. Andrew, Jr., OL; Robert Stanley, Sr., DL.
  • Hawai'i: Meffy Koloamatangi, Sr., DL; Viane Moala, So., DL.
  • Nevada: Ty Gangi, Jr., QB; Sean Krepsz, Jr., OL; Austin Paulhus, Sr., LB; Asauni Rufus, Jr., DB.
  • New Mexico: Blaise Fountain, Sr., OL; Garrett Hughes, Sr., DL; Aaron Jenkins, Jr., OL; Jake Rothschiller, Sr., DB.
  • San Diego State: Parker Baldwin, Jr., DB; Mikah Holder, Sr., WR.
  • San Jose State: Bryce Crawford, Jr., PK; Chris Gonzalez, Sr., OL.
  • UNLV: Nathan Jacobson, Jr., OL; Kyle Saxelid, Sr., OL.
  • Utah State: Roman Andrus, Jr., OL; Quin Ficklin, Jr., OL; Dallin Leavitt, Sr., DB; Dax Raymond, So., TE.
  • Wyoming: Josh Allen, Sr., QB; Tyler Hall, So., RET.

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Home game attendance

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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 37,286 27,575 26,679 41,875† 24,257 17,252 — 174,924 29,154 62.4%
Boise State Albertsons Stadium 36,387 31,581 28,385 33,947 35,565† 30,858 33,030 — 193,366 32,228 88.6%
Colorado State Colorado State Stadium 41,200 37,583† 27,038 36,765 33,074 32,166 25,743 — 192,369 32,062 77.8%
Fresno State Bulldog Stadium 41,031 39,447† 27,434 28,090 27,922 29,370 31,526 — 183,789 30,632 74.7%
Hawaiʻi Aloha Stadium 50,000 25,472 25,687† 25,019 23,018 21,357 24,910 — 145,463 24,244 48.5%
Nevada Mackay Stadium 30,000 18,617† 16,394 16,566 16,789 14,604 17,359 — 100,329 16,722 55.7%
New Mexico Dreamstyle Stadium 39,224 21,475 32,427† 21,864 17,358 19,293 14,744 — 127,161 21,194 54.0%
San Diego State SDCCU Stadium 54,000 46,132 43,040 35,717 49,053† 43,243 29,265 28,978 275,428 39,347 72.9%
San José State CEFCU Stadium 30,456 13,377 10,667 12,426 18,483† 17,629 12,653 — 82,235 14,206 46.6%
Utah State Maverik Stadium 25,513 19,638 24,112† 18,004 22,234 19,012 17,650 — 120,650 20,108 78.8%
UNLV Sam Boyd Stadium 35,500 15,667 15,009 19,770 18,157 16,278 19,811† — 104,692 17,449 49.2%
Wyoming War Memorial Stadium 29,181 19,051 29,139† 17,796 21,784 18,249 22,840 15,440 144,299 20,614 70.6%

Bold – Exceed capacity
†Season High

References

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  1. ^ "Mountain West announces 2017 Football schedule". Mountain West Conference. Archived from the original on March 4, 2017. Retrieved March 2, 2017.
  2. ^ "Boise State, San Diego State Picked to Win 2017 Mountain West Football Divisional Titles". Mountain West Conference. July 25, 2017. Retrieved July 25, 2017.
  3. ^ "2017 Mountain West Football Preseason All-Conference Team". Mountain West Conference. July 25, 2017. Retrieved July 25, 2017.
  4. ^ "Mountain West Announces 2017 Football All–Conference Teams and Individual Honors" (PDF). Mountain West Conference. Retrieved November 29, 2017.
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