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 Conference 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:

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

  1. ↑ "Football Club News". Maxwell Football Club. Retrieved 2012-07-16.
  2. ↑ "Football Club News". Maxwell Football Club. Retrieved 2012-07-16.
  3. ↑ http://www.johnmackeyaward.org/
  4. ↑ July 6, 2011 (2011-07-06). "2011 Biletnikoff Award watch list | No 2 Minute Warning". No2minutewarning.com. Retrieved 2012-07-16.
  5. ↑ "FWAA > News > Bronko Nagurski Trophy Watch List". Sportswriters.net. 2011-07-08. Retrieved 2012-07-16.
  6. ↑ "FWAA > News > Outland Trophy Watch List". Sportswriters.net. Retrieved 2012-07-16.
  7. ↑ "2011 Thorpe Award Watch List Released | The Jim Thorpe Association and Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame". Jimthorpeassoc.org. Retrieved 2012-07-16.
  8. ↑ "The 2011 Official Rotary Lombardi Award Watch List Released". Rotarylombardiaward.com. 2011-07-12. Retrieved 2012-07-16.
  9. ↑ "Rimington Trophy". Rimington Trophy. Retrieved 2012-07-16.
  10. ↑ "2011 DAVEY O’BRIEN WATCH LIST - Davey O'Brien". Blog.daveyobrien.org. Retrieved 2012-07-16.
  11. ↑ "Doak Walker Award". Smu.edu. Retrieved 2012-07-16.
  12. ↑ Video Headline: (2011-07-18). "Forty named to Walter Camp list". NCAA.com. Retrieved 2012-07-16.
  13. ↑ "Watch List". Lott IMPACT Trophy. Retrieved 2012-07-16.
  14. ↑ "Current Watch List | PB Sports Commission - Lou Groza". Lougrozaaward.com. 2009-09-19. Retrieved 2012-07-16.