The 2024 Mountain West Conference football season will be the 26th season of college football for the Mountain West Conference. It is part of the 2024 NCAA Division I FBS football season. 12 teams will compete in the conference during the season. The season will begin on August 24, 2024, and conclude with the Mountain West Conference Football Championship Game in December 2024. The full season schedule was released on February 29, 2024.
Conference news
For the 2024 season, the Mountain West Conference signed a scheduling agreement with Oregon State and Washington State - the only remaining members of the Pac-12 Conference. All Mountain West teams will play a game against either Oregon State or Washington State. The games will not count toward conference standings, and neither Pac-12 school is eligible for the Mountain West Conference championship game.
On July 1, the Mountain West Conference announced a new broadcasting deal with TNT Sports, with several games to be broadcast on TNT's truTV channel as well as their streaming service Max.
Preseason
Preseason Poll
The Preseason Media Poll was released July 10, 2024. Boise State was selected as the preseason favorite to claim the 2024 Mountain West football regular-season title.
Preseason All-Conference team
Mountain West preseason awards and all-conference teams were announced on July 10.
Awards
All-conference team
Coaches
Coaching changes
- On November 13, 2023, San Diego State head coach Brady Hoke announced that he would retire at the conclusion of the season. On November 29, the school announced that Sean Lewis would become the head coach for the 2024 season. Lewis had previously been offensive coordinator at Colorado and the head coach of Kent State.
- On November 25, 2023, New Mexico announced that they had fired head coach Danny Gonzales after four seasons as head coach. Gonzales had posted a 11âÂÂ32 record during his time at the school. On December 6, New Mexico announced Bronco Mendenhall as the new head coach for the 2024 season. Mendenhall had previously been head coach at BYU and Virginia.
- On December 1, 2023, Nevada announced that they had fired head coach Ken Wilson. Wilson had gone 4âÂÂ20 in his two seasons with the school. On December 4, Nevada announced Jeff Choate as the new head coach for 2024. Choate had previously been the co-defensive coordinator and inside linebackers coach at Texas and the head coach of Montana State.
- On December 6, 2023, Wyoming head coach Craig Bohl announced that we would retire following Wyoming's 2023 bowl game. Wyoming's defensive coordinator Jay Sawvel was promoted to head coach for 2024.
- On January 16, San Jose State head coach Brent Brennan was announced the new head coach of Arizona of the Big 12 Conference for the 2024 season. On January 21, San Jose State announced Ken Niumatalolo as the school's new head coach. Niaumatalolo had previously been head coach at Navy.
- On July 2, Utah State announced their intention to fire Blake Anderson due to non-compliance with Title IX policies regarding the reporting of disclosures of sexual misconduct. Defensive coordinator Nate Dreiling was named the school's interim head coach.
- On July 15, Fresno State head coach Jeff Tedford announced he would step down as head coach due to health concerns. Current assistant head coach and linebackers coach Tim Skipper was announced as the interim head coach for the 2024 season.
Head coaches
Mid-season changes
- On December 8, UNLV head coach Barry Odom was announced as the new head coach of Purdue in the Big Ten Conference. UNLV named their wide receivers coach Del Alexander as the interim head coach for the team's bowl game. On December 12, UNLV announced that Dan Mullen would be the new head coach for the 2025 season. Mullen had previously been head coach of Florida in the SEC.
Post-season changes
- On December 4, Fresno State announced that Matt Entz would become the new permanent head coach beginning in 2025. Entz had previously been the associated head coach at USC
- On December 6, Utah State announced that they had hired Bronco Mendenhall away from New Mexico to become their head coach for 2025. On December 14, New Mexico announced Jason Eck as their new head coach for 2025. Eck had previously been head coach at Idaho.
Rankings
Schedule
The schedule was released on February 29, 2024.
All times Mountain time.
Week 0
Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
Week 5
Week 6
Week 7
Week 8
Week 9
Week 10
Week 11
Week 12
Week 13
Week 14
Week 15
Postseason
Bowl Games
Selection of teams
- Bowl eligible (5): Colorado State, Boise State, Fresno State, San Jose State, UNLV
- Bowl ineligible (7): Air Force, Hawaii, Nevada, New Mexico, San Diego State, Utah State, Wyoming
Mountain West records vs other conferences
2024âÂÂ2025 records against non-conference opponents:
Mountain West vs Power 5 matchups
This is a list of games the Mountain West has scheduled versus power conference teams (ACC, Big 10, Big 12, Pac-12, and SEC). All rankings are from the current AP Poll at the time of the game.
Mountain West vs Group of Five matchups
The following games include Mountain West teams competing against teams from the American, C-USA, MAC, or Sun Belt.
Mountain West vs FCS matchups
Awards and honors
Player of the week honors
Mountain West Individual Awards
The following individuals received postseason honors as voted by the Mountain West Conference football coaches at the end of the season.
All-conference teams
The following players were selected as part of the Mountain West's All-Conference Teams.
National awards
NFL draft
The NFL draft will be held at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The following list includes all Mountain West players in the draft.
List of selections
References