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GCU Falls to No. 1 Nebraska, 1-0, in Lincoln Regional Final
GCU softball’s season came to an end Sunday, falling to No. 1 Nebraska in a low-scoring, 1-0 Lincoln Regional Final. The Lopes end the 2026 season with a record of 54-10, the most wins out of any team in the country at this time. The Lopes’ time in the Lincoln Regional was filled with fantastic […]
2026 NBA Draft: Mountain West stock report
We are less than six weeks away from the 2026 NBA Draft, and a pair of former Mountain West players competed in the NBA G-League combine last weekend. Did they help their stock during the 44-player showcase in Chicago, Ill.? Let’s examine! MJ Collins, G, Utah State: Skinny: Neither Collins nor Henley were one of […]
More seats at the same table? How CFP expansion could lift and limit mid-majors
The next College Football Playoff expansion may finally answer a question that mid-majors have been asking for decades. Are they truly invited to college football’s championship table or just allowed to “peek” through the window? For schools in the Mountain West, AAC, Sun Belt, MAC and CUSA, expansion from 12 toward 16 or even 24 […]
Friday Five: Top 5 MWC Football Conference Games
Welcome to another edition of Friday Five as the month of May presses on, typically the quietest month of the college football calendar. The Mountain West is set to split this summer with the “departing five” leaving to create the reformed Pac-12. The Mountain West has added the likes of North Dakota State, Northern Illinois, […]
Mountaintop View 5-15-2026: Win totals, Extra Mile Arena, NDSU Football, Nevada Baseball, UNLV Basketball
Mountain West win totals are out. Do you agree? Changes might be coming to Extra Mile Arena North Dakota State is looking to upgrade their schedule moving forward The move to the FBS should create more opportunities for the Bison. Nevada baseball looks to finish on top The Wolf Pack are hoping for a scenario […]
Texas A&M Cancels 2027 Game Against New Mexico; Lobos pivot to Texas Tech
For the first time in nearly 15 years, the New Mexico Lobos will return to Lubbock to take on the Red Raiders in what should be a very entertaining game for goth fan bases. After Texas A&M canceled the 2027 home game, the Lobos promptly scheduled a road game against Texas Tech for September 18, […]
A parent’s take on high school recruiting? Adam Snyder shares his experience.
Football recruiting is often chaotic at best, with the landscape constantly changing. This goes for both the school and the player. It’s difficult enough for high school players to pick a college, let alone trying to decide where to play football. Parents can lend their thoughts, but ultimately, the decision lies with the athlete. But […]
Mountaintop View 5-14-26
Pac-12 still grappling with further expansion ahead of relaunch It’s the elephant in the room for the Pac-12: the conference is in need of another football playing school. The 2026 schedule features an unusual flex week that’ll have the conference teams playing someone twice, to be determined. Can the conference find another team? Options aren’t […]
UNM announced a five-year extension for head coach Eric Olen, securing his position through the 2030-31 season
Head Lobo Coach Eric Olen and AD Ryan Berryman met with local media yesterday at the PIT to discuss the extension and other topics related to UNM Lobo Basketball. This extension follows Olen’s impressive first season, during which he led the Lobos to a 26-11 record, third place in the Mountain West Conference, and an […]
College Baseball Tournament Projections: May 13th. Oregon State, San Diego State, Gonzaga appear to be in good shape.
Mountain West (and beyond) NCAA baseball tournament projections will be new every week leading up to the College World Series. This seems like the natural step to continue our baseball coverage, and mirrors the bowl projections and bracketology we do with our football and basketball coverage, respectively. For those who aren’t familiar, 64 teams make […]
Spartan promise, plateau or one last push? SJSU baseball’s 2026 season nears a defining final weekend
If 2026 San Jose State baseball has felt like a season of almosts, that’s because it largely has been. Coming off a 2025 campaign that restored postseason belief and reinforced Brad Sanfilippo’s culture of competitiveness, the Spartans entered this spring carrying cautious optimism but realistic Mountain West limitations. Our own MW Connection team’s preseason outlook […]
Is the sun setting on conference championships?
Way back in 1992, the SEC played the first conference championship game. Every few years, another conference would add one, and all major conferences have held them since 2018. In fact, as some may remember, conferences that weren’t hosting a championship game were looked down upon for their lack of schedule, and a few conferences […]
Mountaintop View 5-13-26
Evansville’s Connor Turnbull has transferred to Utah State UNM Football roster now down to 94 In some roster moves on Tuesday, the New Mexico Lobos are entering the summer with 94 players on their roster, down from the previous week. Gage Brook embracing new role Wyoming’s Gage Brook asked to move from quarterback to tight […]
From Spartan beginnings, remembering Memphis Grizzlies Brandon Clarke’s rise from SJSU
The sudden loss of NBA player Brandon Clarke at the age of 29 immediately shifted the conversation from basketball production to something larger: how a basketball career unfolds, how quickly it can change and how incomplete public stories often are. The Memphis Grizzlies, the NBA, and Clarke’s representatives confirmed his death with no official cause […]
Transfer Spotlight Special Part TWO! Top 12 Forwards/Big Men entering the MW/PAC! Scouting reports, projections, & our highest rated prospect EVER! HP Ep. #154 OUT NOW!
Welcome back everyone, to the Hike’s Peak Podcast, thank you for coming back to the mountain! Last week, we went over the top 12 incoming transfer guards entering the Mountain West and PAC 12, and this time around, we’re talking about the forwards and big men. Like part one, this episode will have players coming […]
The Good, the Bad, the Ugly: Offensive Line
We have reached the point in the off-season where spring football has concluded and fans are starting to have a better understanding of what their team’s depth chart may look like. With that, we are going to start looking at specific position groups across the PAC 12 and Mountain West. With our coverage shifting to […]
Mountaintop View 5-12-26
McFeely: Opponents matter in college football and Bison got an upgrade Mike McFeely of The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead writes an opinion piece on North Dakota State football (free account required to read). NDSU’s abrupt FCS exit for the Mountain West surely created some mixed feelings amongst fans, but McFeely makes it clear: the upgrade in […]
“Blue turf in my bathroom?”: How memorabilia fits in the financial world of college sports
Boise State University took the phrase “cutting a rug” to new heights this past week, selling their football dance floor of iconic blue turf online as they prepare for a new field surface to be installed in June. An auction that appeared as clever fan service for the Bronco community quickly cranked up the dial, […]
Mountain West Connection Baseball Power Rankings: Week 13
With two weeks left in the season, all of the Mountain West had some sort of playoff implications play out. UNLV and GCU made it interesting with San Jose State, as all three programs are within a game of each other after their series against Fresno State, New Mexico and San Diego State and are […]
MWCConnection Recruiting Roundup 5-11-26. Pac-12 May Team Rankings.
It’s another week of the Recruiting Roundup. As we get into May, official visits will begin by the end of the month and continue into June. Teams are continuing to load up on June OVs, which will make for a huge recrutiing month. Stay tuned for that. This week, teams were busy during the evaluation […]
Could the MWC become streaming only soon?
The adage has all but turned old now. You know the one, “streaming is the future of television.” Yeah, that one. Some embrace the idea of cutting the cord. Some complain that it is turning into cable all over again. Needing to subscribe to multiple streaming services just to watch what they want. For sports […]
Mountaintop View 5-11-26. Football Playoff Expansion, New Mexico Preview, Softball Champs, March Madness, Golf Awards
It’s Monday, and college baseball and softball are getting closer to tournament time. Also, there is always football news happening. But our coverage is still going strong. Check out our original coverage and what we can find from the World Wide Web below. Which is worse: CFP or March Madness expansion? The Athletic tackles this […]
GCU Softball Chosen as #3 Seed in Lincoln Regional, Nevada In First Four Out
The GCU Lopes and Nevada Wolf Pack learned their NCAA Tournament fates today. The conference champion Lopes will head to Lincoln, Nebraska as what amounts to a regional 9-seed, facing #8-seeded Louisville in the first round. Meanwhile, the Wolf Pack’s horrific weekend somehow got even worse, missing the tournament as expected, but doing so as […]
AZTEC BASKETBALL FILLS ROSTER, PREPARES FOR NEW LEAGUE PLAY
San Diego State basketball making additions to roster after departures Aztec Coach Dutcher taps into European market for experience There’s never any rest for a full time college coach. Maneuvering recruiting, the TP (Transfer Portal), NIL and any other myriad assortment of responsibilities, a coach’s job can be 24/7/365. Enter Brian Dutcher, who like a […]
Lopes and Dreams: GCU Claims 2026 MW Softball Title, Overcomes Nine-Run Deficit to Beat Nevada, 11-10, In Extras
Grand Canyon defeated Nevada in the first game of the MW Championship Series, forcing a decisive, winner-takes-all affair to determine who would take home the conference title, and with it, the autobid into the NCAA Tournament. GCU was essentially locked in regardless, but Nevada would need to take this one home to extend their season. […]
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