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2026 East-West Shrine Bowl Preview
The 2025 college football season is over, but all-star bowls will be occurring over the next few weeks. The most prominent of these bowls are the Hula Bowl, the American Bowl, the East-West Shrine Bowl, and the Senior Bowl. This post will focus on the Shrine Bowl. These events are used primarily as camps with […]
Mountaintop View 1-23-2026:Hawaii Football in the CFP?, Tokyo Toe, NCAA Tournament Hopes, GCU Basketball Rolls, Athletic Budgets
The preseason hype has begun for one college football team The “Tokyo Toe” continues to rack up the accolades Grand Canyon is finding their stride in Mountain West play The Lopes are on a role with wins over the Aztecs and Aggies in the last week. Is Utah State still a tournament lock despite their […]
3 Mountain West Basketball storylines to watch over final 2 months
It was another wild wild week in the Mountain West. But now that we are less than two months away from the season’s conclusion — at least before the NCAA Tournament — what are a few storylines to watch out for?! Let’s examine! MW is in unfamiliar NCAA Tournament territory, and not in a good […]
Lobos Defend the PIT over Fresno State in Albuquerque
Courtesy of UNM Athletics Lobos Defend the Pit, Stay in the MWC Chase with Win Over Fresno State New Mexico continued to make The Pit a nightmare for visiting teams, pulling away late to secure an 83–74 Mountain West victory over Fresno State on Wednesday night. The win marked UNM’s 22nd straight at home, a […]
AZTECS LOSE HEARTBREAKER IN FINAL SECONDS AGAINST GRAND CANYON 70-69
Controversial foul call sends Antelopes to home court win against previously undefeated Aztecs San Diego State attempted to defy odds in their attempt at a first win at Global Credit Union Arena in Phoenix. Grand Canyon plays well at home and were slightly favored against the Aztecs. It took all of 40 minutes to decide […]
Stats Corner: Are All Losses Treated Equally?
Are all losses considered equal? Of course not. A home loss to an unranked team carries more weight than a road loss against a top-10 opponent, not to mention the impact of Quadrant 1 versus Quadrant 4 defeats on tournament resumes. But here’s a deeper question: are losses treated differently based on the school’s conference […]
Mountaintop View 1-22-26
Jeff Choate expects UCLA transfer QB Luke Duncan to compete for Nevada’s starting job After a season of quarterback inefficiencies, Nevada is not settling for just Carter Jones. Increased competition has arrived in the form of UCLA transfer quarterback Luke Duncan, whom the Wolf Pack are hoping raises the ceiling of that room. Jerrod Calhoun […]
Mountain West Basketball Transfer Portal Team: Conference Play Vol. 2
Welcome back to the transfer portal team of the week! This is our first true weekly edition of the basketball season, with the top 15 transfers of the week being honored. The format will be a little different than the football counterpart, with only one player being in the spotlight each week. The full “Team […]
Peak Perspective: Was the 2025 season a success for the Mountain West?
Welcome to another postseason review post. Way back in August, this post looked at some of the main factors that could qualify the 2025 football season as a success for the Mountain West Conference. Now that the season has concluded, it’s time to revisit those factors to see whether or not the MW had a successful season. […]
Mountain West Reacts Survey: Hottest MBB Team, Air Force Conference Wins.
Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the NCAA. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Mountain West fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys. Please take our survey
Off the Schneid: CSU Flies Past Air Force, 81-52
Entering their home tilt on Tuesday night, the CSU Rams were on an extended streak best defined by the term “collapse.” After their 9-2 finish in non-conference play, the Rams opened up their MWC slate with a 2-5 record, only winning on the road against GCU and at home against UNLV, while falling to Utah […]
Mountaintop View 1-21-26. Coaching Carousel, 2026 Football Rankings, MBB Rankings, Bracketology, WBB POTW.
It’s Wednesday, and we are up and running! Keep up with all the basketball news, and we will continue to provide lots of coverage around the transfer portal! See what is coming your way today on our site and around the internet. Early look at the 2026 Coaching Carousel KC Smurthwaite takes an educated guess […]
UNLV stuns Utah State in Logan, pulls off 86–76 road upset
UNLV walked into Logan on Tuesday night as 16-point underdogs against a Utah State team that came in rolling with a 15-2 record and a 6-1 record in Mountain West play. And initially, it looked like the Rebels were out of their depth. UNLV opened the game with empty trips and saw Utah State jump […]
Pure Dominance: Nevada Uses 33-Point Win to Breeze Past SJSU
Offense? Great. Defense? Great. Everything was on point and clicking for Nevada tonight against one of the conference’s rougher teams in San Jose State, leading to an 87-54 win over the Spartans at Lawlor. The threes were flying for the Pack and the defense held the team tight. All around, not much to complain about […]
Spartans take 33 point beating from Nevada
San Jose State’s long, winding road for consistency continued Tuesday night in Reno, as Nevada (14-5, 6-2 MW) delivered an emphatic 87–54 win over the Spartans inside Lawlor Events Center, a venue that has rarely been forgiving to visiting teams and proved no different this time. The Spartans (6-13, 10-7 MW) came in short-handed once […]
Miami vs. Indiana: Comparing the NIL Cost of Two Championship Rosters
courtesy of Indiana Athletics Indiana’s Long-Dreamed Impossible Became Reality How the Hoosiers Brought Home Their First National Title — and Did It in a Way That Will Work for the NIL & Transfer Portal Generation Miami Gardens — The Hoosier football team spent 127 years wandering the college football desert. Tonight, the Hoosiers finally arrived […]
Air Force fires Joe Scott! Grand Canyon knocks off Utah State w/ off-court shenanigans! Aztecs outlast New Mexico! CSU’s struggles continue! HP Ep. #138 OUT NOW!
Welcome back everyone, to the Hike’s peak podcast, thank you for coming back to the mountain! We have a wild week of basketball to go over, with there being more chaos off of the court than on it! The most shocking news came from Air Force, who fired head coach Joe Scott for his “treatment […]
Mountain West Conference early look in the field of 68
Lobos Walk the Bubble in a Crowded Mountain West Race San Diego State (10–0 MW) tops the league, while Utah State continues to build one of the Mountain West’s strongest NCAA Tournament résumés. As February begins, every game matters for New Mexico and its postseason chances. As the Mountain West season moves into its final […]
The Good, the Bad, the Ugly: Way Too Early PAC 12 Rankings
The 2025 season is over and we are entering a new era of college football on the West Coast with the PAC 12 rebuilding itself with five teams from the Mountain West. This year the PAC 12 will feature eight teams. Last week, we took an early look at what to expect in the Mountain […]
2026 American Bowl Preview
The 2025 college football season is over, but all-star bowls will be occurring over the next few weeks. The most prominent of these bowls are the Hula Bowl, the American Bowl, the East-West Shrine Game, and the Senior Bowl. This post will focus on the American Bowl, which is a brand-new game this year. These […]
Mountaintop View 1-20-26
Center set GCU D-I era record with 6 blocks in win vs. No. 23 Utah State Who would’ve guessed the newbies in the Mountain West would cause such a commotion? Utah State and Grand Canyon fans went back and forth on social media after the somewhat controversial Lopes upset of the Aggies. Paul Coro breaks […]
Spartans balance grit and growing pains across three-game stretch
San Jose State’s (6-12, 1-6 MW) last three outings offered a clear snapshot of where Tim Miles’ program currently sits: competitive, resilient and still fighting a steep hill against depth issues and execution gaps against more-than-capable Mountain West competition. From a road loss at Grand Canyon last week to a short-handed but determined win over […]
2025-26 Mountain West Basketball Power Rankings: Jan. 19
After another action-packed week of Mountain West men’s basketball hoops, what do our power rankings look like this week?! Let’s not waste any more time and dive right into it! 1. San Diego State We have a new No. 1! San Diego State is now the only unbeaten team in MW play, crushing Wyoming followed […]
Mountain West Recruiting Roundup 1-19-26. The transfer portal closes and offers to high school players increase.
It’s another week of the Mountain West Recruiting Roundup. In last week’s edition, we spoke about Nevada being able to retain many of their core players during the portal madness. Chris Murray of Nevada Sports Net addressed the same thing in his weekly mailbag this past week: Nevada football doesn’t have one specific new benefactor […]
Mountain West Connection Players of the Week 1/19/26
The third full week of conference play and the top of the standings are getting more competitive with Grand Canyon’s upset victory of Utah State. It was an exciting week of Mountain West basketball with a number of games coming down to the final seconds. With that being said, let’s take a look at the […]
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