All you need to know about the Mountain West, and then some
We are back for another week discussing bowl teams. Our team at Mountain West Connection will be releasing our bowl projections each week. This week’s round of projections can be seen below and will likely change as the season progresses. Read our projections below and leave your own in the comments. Mike Los Angeles Bowl: […]
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Welcome back to the Transfer Portal Team of the Week! We’ve reached the final week of the regular season, and a conference champion will soon be crowned! You know the drill by now, we have the best lineup possible built from the top performing transfers of Week 13! We’ll also highlight the best transfer performance […]
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A couple of Mountain West players were listed as semifinalists for these awards. Some of these will be narrowed down to finalists over the next two weeks, and I’ll do my best to give updates on those who made the cut, but I wanted to highlight these players. It shows how the Mountain West is […]
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After a weekend of mixed results, we move on to Week 14 for the Mountain West and the rest of college football. Looking over at FanDuel’s opening odds can tell us a bit about what the oddsmakers think about this week’s slate of games. Since we cover the entire Mountain West, we have info for every team […]
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It’s Wednesday, and we are up and running! As we inch closer to game day, we will continue to provide lots of coverage for football season! See what is coming your way today on our site and around the internet. College Football Playoff Expansion talks continue. It’s the topic that never ends. It just goes […]
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Well, I’ll be honest, I did not see this one coming. While most of us were getting ready for bed on Tuesday night, reports surfaced that Colorado State is finalizing a deal to hire UConn’s Jim Mora as the school’s next head coach. Over the last four seasons, Mora has been responsible for a remarkable […]
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Welcome back everyone to the Hike’s Peak podcast, thank you for coming back to the mountain! Our pool of six contenders vying for the Mountain West championship has been cut to four, with UNLV knocking out Hawaii in impressive fashion, and Fresno State stumbling in the second half to lose to Utah State. The show […]
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Week 13 sealed the fate of a few teams with Fresno State and Hawaii out of the conference title race after suffering losses to Utah State and UNLV. Boise State kept their title hopes alive with a rejuvenated offense, and San Diego State is almost a lock to make the conference championship game after taking […]
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Sawvel talks offense, NIL and roster construction ahead of Hawaii The topic that isn’t going away anytime soon: NIL in college football. Wyoming’s offense had plenty of issues this season that go beyond just player poaching, that needs to be said, but Wyoming head coach Jay Sawvel’s feels the Pokes need to do better with […]
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The Utah State football team (6-5) (4-3) was able to take down Fresno State on the road this past Saturday, 28-17. Bryson Barnes was 16 of 30 with 150 yards and an interception. Barnes also rushed for 113 yards on 23 carries. Braden Pegan caught eight passes for 79 yards, but was injured in the […]
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Happy Feast Week, everyone! With multiple intriguing matchups to look forward to, here are our Mountain West men’s basketball power rankings heading into the week! 1. Utah State And then there was one! Utah State moved to 6-0 Sunday with a dominant 34-point win over Davidson in the Charleston Classic. This came after a 21-point […]
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Since the opening night of the 2025 season, Leon Rice and the Broncos have flown under the radar. A loss to Division II Hawai’i Pacific will do that to you. But since then, they have won four in a row, including a pair of wins against two teams within the top 130 of KenPom – […]
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The college football season is up and running. Games are entertaining and are producing results that are both fun and heartbreaking. Take a look at this week’s MWCConnection Football Rankings, and let us know what you like and what you don’t. Feel free to drop your own rankings in the comments section. 1) San Diego […]
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It’s another week of the Mountain West Recruiting Roundup. We are 10 days out from Signing Day and things are heating up in the Mountain West recruiting world. Teams are offering players in the high school ranks, for future classes, as well as junior college players and transfers. There were 32 total offers this week. […]
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Week 13 saw a major shift in the conference title race and we saw some spectacular performances along with it. Let’s take a look at the top performers from this past weekend. Offensive Player of the Week Bryson Barnes (Utah State) It wasn’t the most efficient passing performance for Bryson Barnes, but the senior quarterback […]
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It’s Monday, and we are back at it! Fresh off a weekend of football games, there was a lot of action! News will continue to come your way, and we are here for it all. Check out our original coverage and what we can find from the World Wide Web below. Rebels handle Hawaii with […]
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“There’s no place like home. There’s no place like home. There’s no place like home.“ Wizard of Oz for the win. Boise State had looked terrible on offense during the last two games before Saturday’s bout. Head coach Spencer Danielson and offensive coordinator Nate Potter were grilled at Monday’s presser about the lack of strategy […]
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On a day where Cowboy fans celebrated Josh Allen’s jersey retirement and reminisced about the good old days, reality crashed the party. Sitting on the one-yard line with 18 seconds to go after the best drive of the day by the Pokes offense, QB Kaden Anderson committed a cardinal sin and completed a pass to […]
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On Sunday afternoon, Coach Tyson Summers and the Colorado State administration announced that they would impose a 1-game suspension on redshirt freshman quarterback Darius Curry for the “ unsportsmanlike conduct of spitting on opposing players during the second half of the football game at Boise State.” This suspension will knock Curry out of the lineup for […]
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The season of giving is just around the corner for most, but it arrived in Fresno on Saturday night when the Fresno State Bulldogs gave away their chance at a Mountain West Championship Game with a 28-17 loss to the Utah State Aggies. On a cold and crisp night by Fresno standards, EJ Warner returned […]
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The CSU Rams travelled to Boise, Idaho, Saturday night to take on the Boise State Broncos in their last matchup before becoming members of the Pac-12. In a game that was largely a blowout, the Rams were run over by a strong, yet struggling Broncos squad by a final score of 49-21. Colorado State (2-9, […]
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This post is brought to you by FanDuel, proud partner of SBNation. Lobos most likely to join the Aztecs in MW Championship. According to the poll results here, anyway. Over a quarter of people see New Mexico in the Mountain West championship, while a bit under that are leaning towards Boise State. Overall, all five choices […]
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On a night when San Jose State (3-8, 2-5 MW) showed plenty of fight but not nearly enough finish, the Spartans closed their 2025 road slate with a 25–3 defeat to San Diego State (9-2, 6-1 MW), undone once again by an early turnover, missed opportunities, and an Aztec defense that lived up to its […]
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An early two-game losing streak for Nevada was quickly put to an end after a 77-64 win over UC Santa Barbara. It wasn’t the most effective offensive performance for Nevada, but a tight defense and a career night by Corey Camper Jr. were enough to give Nevada its fourth win of the season. Scoring Summary […]
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