2017_Mountain_West_Conference_football_season

2017 Mountain West Conference football season

2017 Mountain West Conference football season

Sports season


The 2017 Mountain West Conference football season, part of that year's NCAA Division I FBS football season, was the 19th season of college football for the Mountain West Conference (MW). Since 2012, 12 teams have competed in MW football—the conference's 11 full members, plus football-only member Hawaiʻi. The regular season began on August 26 and ended on November 25. The Mountain West Championship Game was played on December 2,[1] where Mountain Division champion Boise State defeated West Division champion Fresno State to win their first Mountain West championship since 2014.

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Pre-season

Mountain West Media

2017 Mountain West media days took place on July 25 & 26 at the Cosmopolitan.

Preseason Polls

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  • First place votes in parentheses

Preseason All–Mountain West Team

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  • Preseason Offensive Player of the Year:
Josh Allen, JR., QB, Wyoming
  • Preseason Defensive Player of the Year:
Andrew Wingard, JR., DB, Wyoming
  • Preseason Special Teams Player of the Year:
Rashaad Penny, SR., KR, San Diego State

(* – member of the 2016 All–Mountain West first team)

(** – member of the 2016 All–Mountain West second team)

Coaches

NOTE: Stats shown are before the beginning of the season

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Rankings

Listed are the Mountain West teams who were ranked or received votes at some point during the season. Air Force, Hawaii, Nevada, New Mexico, San Jose State, Utah State and UNLV were never ranked or received any votes.

Legend
    Improvement in ranking
  Drop in ranking
  Not ranked previous week
RV Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25 of poll
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Schedule

Regular season

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Week One

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Week Two

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Week Three

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Week Four

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Week Five

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Week Six

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Week Seven

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Week Eight

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Week Nine

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Week Ten

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Week Eleven

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Week Twelve

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Week Thirteen

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Championship Game

Week Fourteen (Mountain West Championship game)

The 2017 Mountain West Championship Game was held on December 2 between the champions of the Mountain Division, Boise State and the West Division, Fresno State. Boise State beat Fresno State 17–10.

Records against FBS conferences

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Power Five conferences and independents

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Group of Five conferences

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FCS Subdivision

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Postseason

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Postseason

Bowl games

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Boise State's ranking is from the CFP Poll.

Selection of teams: Boise State, Colorado State, Fresno State, San Diego State, Utah State, & Wyoming (6)

Awards and honors

All Conference Teams

Offense:

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(* – Two-Time First-Team Selection)
(** – Three-Time First-Team Selection)

Defense:

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(* – Two-Time Second-Team Selection)

Honorable Mentions:

  • Air Force: Grant Ross, Sr., LB.
  • Boise State: Ezra Cleveland, Fr., OL; Haden Hoggarth, Jr., PK; Alexander Mattison, So., RB; Tyson Maeva, So., LB; Durrant Miles, Jr., DL; John Molchon, So., OL; DeAndre Pierce, So., DB.
  • Colorado State: Evan Colorito, Sr., LB; Dalton Fackrell, Sr., TE; Trae Moxley, Sr., OL; Ryan Stonehouse, Fr., P; Josh Watson, Jr., LB.
  • Fresno State: Mike Bell, So., DB; Jaron Bryant, So., DB; Christian Cronk, Jr., OL; Malik Forrester, Sr., DL; George Helmuth, Jr., LB; Juju Hughes, So., DB; Marcus McMaryion, Jr., QB; Netane Muti, Fr., OL; David Patterson, Sr., OL; Micah St. Andrew, Jr., OL; Robert Stanley, Sr., DL.
  • Hawai'i: Meffy Koloamatangi, Sr., DL; Viane Moala, So., DL.
  • Nevada: Ty Gangi, Jr., QB; Sean Krepsz, Jr., OL; Austin Paulhus, Sr., LB; Asauni Rufus, Jr., DB.
  • New Mexico: Blaise Fountain, Sr., OL; Garrett Hughes, Sr., DL; Aaron Jenkins, Jr., OL; Jake Rothschiller, Sr., DB.
  • San Diego State: Parker Baldwin, Jr., DB; Mikah Holder, Sr., WR.
  • San Jose State: Bryce Crawford, Jr., PK; Chris Gonzalez, Sr., OL.
  • UNLV: Nathan Jacobson, Jr., OL; Kyle Saxelid, Sr., OL.
  • Utah State: Roman Andrus, Jr., OL; Quin Ficklin, Jr., OL; Dallin Leavitt, Sr., DB; Dax Raymond, So., TE.
  • Wyoming: Josh Allen, Sr., QB; Tyler Hall, So., RET.

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Home game attendance

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Bold – Exceed capacity
†Season High


References

  1. "Mountain West announces 2017 Football schedule". Mountain West Conference. Archived from the original on March 4, 2017. Retrieved March 2, 2017.
  2. "Boise State, San Diego State Picked to Win 2017 Mountain West Football Divisional Titles". Mountain West Conference. July 25, 2017. Retrieved July 25, 2017.
  3. "2017 Mountain West Football Preseason All-Conference Team". Mountain West Conference. July 25, 2017. Retrieved July 25, 2017.
  4. "Mountain West Announces 2017 Football All–Conference Teams and Individual Honors" (PDF). Mountain West Conference. Retrieved November 29, 2017.

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