2012 Mountain West Conference football season

2012 Mountain West Conference football season

League	NCAA Division I FBS (Football Bowl Subdivision)
Sport	Football
Duration	August 30, 2012–January 2013
Number of teams	10
TV partner(s)	The Mtn., CBS Sports Network, Versus
Regular Season
Co-Champions	Fresno State, San Diego State, Boise State

2012 Mountain West Conference football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
#18 Boise State +		7	–	1		11	–	2
Fresno State +		7	–	1		9	–	4
San Diego State +		7	–	1		9	–	4
Air Force		5	–	3		6	–	7
Nevada		4	–	4		7	–	6
Wyoming		3	–	5		4	–	8
Colorado State		3	–	5		4	–	8
UNLV		2	–	6		2	–	11
New Mexico		1	–	7		4	–	9
Hawaii		1	–	7		3	–	9

+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

The 2012 Mountain West Conference football season was the 14th season of college football for the Mountain West Conference (MW). In the 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football season, the MW had 10 football members: Air Force, Boise State, Colorado State, Fresno State, Hawaiʻi, Nevada, New Mexico, San Diego State, UNLV, and Wyoming.

This was the second consecutive year in which the Mountain West saw changes in membership. After losing two of its charter members in 2011—BYU (WCC and football independent) and Utah (Pac-12)—the MW lost TCU, members since 2005, to the Big 12 in 2012. The conference reloaded with three new members—full conference members Fresno State and Nevada, and football-only Hawaiʻi.

This was originally intended to be the last season for Boise State and San Diego State in the MW. After the 2012–13 school year, both schools' football programs planned to join the Big East. Both schools also planned to join the Big West, a former conference home of both, for non-football sports. San Diego State, a charter member of the Big West, was set to return to that conference after a 35-year absence; Boise State was set to return after a 12-year absence. However, due to major instability in the Big East, culminating in the mass exodus of the conference's seven basketball-first schools in December 2012, Boise State chose to remain in the MW for 2013 and beyond.^[1] San Diego State has since sought to remain in the MW, and as a part of Boise State's agreement to remain in the MW, the conference must offer an invitation to San Diego State to remain in the MW before it can invite any other school.^[2]

In addition, San Jose State and Utah State will join the MW in 2013.

Preseason

Award watch lists

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

Maxwell Award:^[3]

Chuck Bednarik Award:^[4]

John Mackey Award:^[5]

Fred Biletnikoff Award:^[6]

Bronko Nagurski Trophy:^[7]

Outland Trophy:^[8]

Jim Thorpe Award:^[9]

Lombardi Award:^[10]

Rimington Trophy:^[11]

Davey O'Brien Award:^[12]

Doak Walker Award:^[13]

Walter Camp Award:^[14]

Lott Trophy:^[15]

Lou Groza Award:^[16]

Mountain West media days

All–Conference Team

Offense

QB Derek Carr, Jr, Fresno State

RB Stefphon Jefferson, Jr, Nevada

RB Robbie Rouse, Sr, Fresno State

WR Davante Adams, Fr, Fresno State

WR Brandon Wimberly, Grad, Nevada

TE Gavin Escobar, Jr, San Diego State

OL Jeff Nady, Sr, Nevada

OL Austin Wentworth, Jr, Fresno State

OL Matt Paradis, Jr, Boise State

OL Nick Carlson, Sr, Wyoming

OL Nik Embernate, Sr, San Diego State

Defense

DL Mike Atkinson, Sr, Boise State

DL Demarcus Lawrence, So, Boise State

DL Tyeler Davidson, So, Fresno State

DL Mike Purcell, Sr, Wyoming

LB J.C. Percy, Sr, Boise State

LB Albert Rosette, Grad, Nevada

LB John Lotulelei, Sr, UNLV

DB Jamar Taylor, Sr, Boise State

DB Phillip Thomas, Sr, Fresno State

DB Derron Smith, So, Fresno State

DB Leon McFadden, Sr, San Diego State

Specialists

PK Nolan Kohorst, Jr, UNLV

P Pete Kontodiakos, Sr, Colorado State

KR/PR Mike Edwards, Jr, Hawaii

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	6	34–18	34–18	21–11
Boise State	Chris Petersen	7	61–5	61–5	0–0*
Colorado State	Jim McElwain	1
Fresno State	Tim DeRuyter	1
Hawaiʻi	Norm Chow	1
Nevada	Chris Ault	24	226–103–1	226–103–1
New Mexico	Bob Davie	1
San Diego State	Rocky Long	2	65–69	0–0	40–34^
UNLV	Bobby Hauck	3	82–28	2–11	2–6
Wyoming	Dave Christensen	4	10–15	10–15	5–11

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

If Hawai‘i is bowl eligible and not MW champions or selected for a BCS bowl, they will receive a berth in the Hawai‘i Bowl.

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	35,282	38,562	38,927	29,726	24,277	25,213	—	191,987	31,998	60.97%
Boise State	Bronco Stadium	37,000	34,178	36,864	35,742	36,012	36,084	33,545	—	212,425	35,404	95.69%
Colorado State	Hughes Stadium	34,400	23,567	23,374	25,814	16,573	13,887	12,286	—	115,501	19,250	55.96%
Fresno State	Bulldog Stadium	41,031	27,663	27,513	33,894	29,423	30,755	36,240	—	185,488	30,915	75.35%
Hawaiʻi	Aloha Stadium	50,000	31,442	31,417	31,632	29,471	28,359	27,865	—	180,186	30,031	60.06%
Nevada	Mackay Stadium	29,993	22,804	19,399	24,025	22,242	22,104	30,017	—	140,591	23,432	78.12%
New Mexico	University Stadium	38,634	28,450	28,270	22,135	19,856	17,839	17,290	—	133,840	22,307	57.74%
San Diego State	Qualcomm Stadium	71,294	30,799	24,826	24,103	50,586	27,133	23,874	30,266	211,587	30,227	42.40%
UNLV	Sam Boyd Stadium	36,800	16,013	15,257	17,015	14,054	20,565	12,835	10,717	106,456	15,208	41.33%
Wyoming	War Memorial Stadium	34,000	21,688	21,728	22,627	17,855	20,055	13,374	—	117,327	19,555	57.51%

References

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↑ "Rimington Trophy". Rimington Trophy. Retrieved 2012-07-16.
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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

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

2012 NCAA Division I FBS football season

Conference seasons	ACC Big 12 Big East Big Ten Conference USA Mid-American Mountain West Pac-12 SEC Sun Belt WAC

Bowl season	2012–13 NCAA football bowl games

All-Americans	2012 College Football All-America Team

National champion	Alabama Crimson Tide

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