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The Good, the Bad, the Ugly: PAC 12 Transfer Classes

Over the past few weeks we have dived into the recruiting classes for each school in the Mountain West and PAC 12. Last week, we took a look at the transfer classes from each Mountain West school, and this week we are going to take a look at the transfer class from each PAC 12. […]

Mountaintop View 3-10-26

Mountain West Announces 2026 Football Schedule A few weeks after the Mountain West made the home/away opponents available to the public, the real schedule was released on Monday. The Week 1 showdown between Hawaii and UNLV at Manoa stands out to me, what a pivotal conference matchup so early in the season. Check out the […]

Nevada Fires Women’s Basketball Head Coach Amanda Levens After Nine Seasons

After serving as one of the longest tenured coaches at Nevada, the Wolf Pack women’s basketball head coach, Amanda Levens, was fired Monday afternoon. Levens joined Nevada as head coach in 2017, sporting an overall record of 126-153 and 69-92 in conference play. “We are grateful for Amanda’s leadership of the Wolf Pack women’s basketball […]

Mountain West Football Schedule Introduces Three New Teams as Five Members Depart

North Dakota State, UTEP and Northern Illinois set their travel plans towards the west as they become the newest members to join the Mountain West Conference. How will the conference perform with Boise State, Fresno State, Utah State, Colorado State and San Diego State departing? The Mountain West 2026 conference football schedules were recently released […]

2025-26 Mountain West Basketball Power Rankings: March 9

The most enjoyable time of year has arrived, with the Mountain West men’s basketball tournament tipping off this week! What do this week’s power rankings look like?! Let’s dive into it! 1. Utah State Utah State clinched its second Mountain West regular season title outright in three seasons — and their last season — with […]

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: 2026 Mountain West Softball Week 5

Week 5 of the 2026 season is in the books, and with it, preseason nonconference play has come to an end. This week saw two teams pull themselves away from the rest of the pack, another put itself firmly into the “solid” tier, and a great deal of shuffling in the six-team pack that makes […]

Mountain West Connection Players of the Week 3-9-26

The final week of the regular season was filled with high-scoring performances from some of the conference’s top competitors. It was also a week that saw many shifts in the conference standings as the conference tournament gets ready to tip off on Wednesday. Let’s take one last look back at the final week of the […]

Mountain West Connection Baseball Power Rankings: Week 4

Week four is almost officially in the books, and it has been an eventful time in Mountain West baseball over the last week. Top teams both rose and fell in stock since March 2, while the programs in the middle and bottom of the pack have shuffled amongst themselves as well. All in all, over […]

MLB

Nevada Ends Regular Season with 74-59 Win Over Air Force

You always want to pick up a win on Senior Night, where Nevada honored five of them in Tayshawn Comer, Kaleb Lowery, Joel Armotrading, Corey Camper Jr. and Jeriah Coleman. The Wolf Pack gave them and the fans a much-needed win over Air Force 74-59, a team that didn’t win a single conference game. It […]

Spartans’ slow start proves costly against Wyoming’s energy dominance

Sometimes a game is lost long before the final horn sounds. For San Jose State (8-23, 3-17 MW) on Saturday afternoon, it was lost somewhere in the first fifteen minutes. By the time the Spartans rediscovered their fight, Wyoming (18-13, 9-11 MW) had already imposed its will. The Cowboys rode a dominant early stretch and […]

Mountain West Reacts Results: Bubble Watch, 2026 Football Season

This post is brought to you by FanDuel, proud partner of SBNation. Lobos Bubble Team Two-thirds of the fans who responded to this question believe that New Mexico is the bubble team that is most likely to earn an NCAA Tournament bid. San Diego State got the majority of the remaining vote, but Nevada made an […]

Lobos Look to Spoil Aggies’ Championship Celebration

Photo courtesy of UNM Athletics Lobos Look to Spoil Aggies’ Championship Celebration Mountain West Showdown: New Mexico Lobos at Utah State Aggies Overview • Utah State (24–6, 14–5 MW): The Aggies currently sit atop the Mountain West standings and have already secured at least a share of the regular-season title. A victory on Saturday would […]

2025-26 Mountain West Bracketology: March 6

The best time of the basketball calendar has arrived, and the chaos has only begun in the Mountain West with plenty of wild upsets and finishes over the last several weeks. Heading into the final week of the regular season, let’s dive into how the Mountain West stacks up with its peers regarding at-large bids. […]

What Mountain West fans should know about Northern Illinois

As new teams enter the fold for 2026, it’s important for us to learn more about them before next football season. Over the next few Fridays, we will have the chance to learn from each team’s fans as they share what’s important to know about their favorite teams. The first up is the Northern Illinois […]

Mountain West Basketball Transfer Portal Team: Conference Play Vol. 8

2/25-3/3 Spotlight: Jaden Henley A top 200 recruit out of Ontario, California, Jaden Henley had the opportunity to stay in familiar confines at San Diego State. Instead, the 6 foot 7 wing decided to commit to Minnesota, moving hundreds of miles north to join the Golden Gophers ahead of the 2022-2023 season. The decision to […]

Stats Corner: Correlation of Transfer Portal and Success

One of the most interesting things to talk about in math classes is the difference between correlation and causation.  For example, there is a correlation between the number of movies Elijah Wood appears in and the number of orderlies in Oklahoma since 2012 and the number of movies Nicolas Cage is in and pool drownings […]