2018_Mountain_West_Conference_football_season

2018 Mountain West Conference football season

2018 Mountain West Conference football season

Sports season


The 2018 Mountain West Conference football season, part of that year's NCAA Division I FBS football season, will be the 20th season of college football for the Mountain West Conference (MW). Since the 2012 12 teams have competed in the MW-football conference. The season will begin on August 25 and will end on November 24.[1] Mountain West is a "Group of Five" conference under the College Football Playoff format along with the American Athletic Conference, Conference USA, the Mid-American Conference, and the Sun Belt Conference. The Mountain West Championship Game will be played on December 1. The entire schedule was released on March 1.[2]

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Preseason

Mountain West Media

2018 Mountain West media days took place on July 24 and 25 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:
Brett Rypien, SR., QB, Boise State
  • Preseason Defensive Player of the Year:
Andrew Wingard, SR., DB, Wyoming
  • Preseason Special Teams Player of the Year:
Avery Williams, SO., KR/PR, Boise State

(* – member of the 2017 All–Mountain West first team)

(** – member of the 2017 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, Colorado State, Nevada, New Mexico, San Jose State, UNLV, and Wyoming 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 Zero

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Week One

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Players of the week:[5]

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Boise State cornerback Tyler Horton was also named the Bronko Nagurski Trophy National Defensive Player of the Week.[6]

Week Two

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Players of the week:[7]

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Week Three

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Players of the week:[8]

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Week Four

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Players of the week:[9]

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Week Five

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Players of the week:[10]

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Week Six

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Players of the week:[11]

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Week Seven

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Players of the week:[12]

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Week Eight

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Players of the week:[13]

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Week Nine

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Players of the week:[14]

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Week Ten

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Players of the week:[15]

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Week Eleven

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Players of the week:[16]

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Week Twelve

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Players of the week:[17]

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Week Thirteen

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Players of the week:[18]

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Mountain West Championship Game

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Postseason

Bowl games

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The First Responder bowl was delayed and ultimately canceled with 5:08 remaining in the 1st quarter with Boston College leading 7–0. The game was ruled a no contest.[19]

Records against FBS Conferences

Power Five conferences

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Group of Five conferences

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FCS Subdivision

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Awards and honors

All Conference Teams

Offense:

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Defense:

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Honorable Mentions:

  • Air Force: Jeremy Fejedelem, Jr., DB.
  • Boise State: Durrant Miles, Sr., DL; Kekoa Nawahine, Jr., DB; Avery Williams, So, RS/DB.
  • Colorado State: None
  • Fresno State: Jaron Bryant, Jr., DB; Jasad Haynes, Jr, DL; George Helmuth, Sr., LB; Marcus McMaryion, Sr., QB.
  • Hawai'i: Zeno Choi, Sr., DL; Rojesterman Farris II, Jr.; DB; Cole McDonald, So., QB; Jahlani Tavai, Sr., LB; Solo Vaipulu, Fr., OL.
  • Nevada: Dameon Baber, Sr., DB; Daniel Brown, Jr., DB; Quinton Conaway, Jr., P; Sean Krepsz, Sr., OL; McLane Mannix, So., WR; Jake Nelson, Jr., OL Asauni Rufus, Sr., DB.
  • New Mexico: Aaron Blackwell, Jr., DL; Tyson Dyer, So., P; Marcus Hayes, Fr., DB.
  • San Diego State: Parker Baldwin, Sr., DB; Noble Hall, Sr., DL; Brandon Heicklen, Jr., P; Kahale Warring, Jr., TE; Juwan Washington, Jr., RB.
  • San Jose State: Ethan Aguayo, Jr., LB; Thai Cottrell, Sr., RS; Bryce Crawford, Sr., P; Boogie Roberts, Sr., DL.
  • UNLV: Nathan Jacobson, Sr., OL; Roger Mann, Sr., DL; Justin Polu, Jr., OL.
  • Utah State: Adewale Adeoye, Sr., DL; Rob Castaneda, Sr., OL; Dominik Eberle, Jr., PK; Gaje Ferguson, Sr., DB; Fua Leilua, Jr., DL; Dax Raymond, Jr., TE; Christopher Unga, Jr., DL; DJ Williams, Jr., DB. Ron’Quavion Tarver, Sr., WR; Sean Taylor, Sr., OL.
  • Wyoming: Tyler Hall, Jr., DB; Logan Wilson, Jr., LB.

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Home game attendance

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Bold – Exceed capacity
†Season High


References

  1. "Mountain West Announces 2018 Football Schedule". MountainWest.com. February 28, 2018. Retrieved February 28, 2018.[permanent dead link]
  2. Mauss, Jeremey (March 1, 2018). "2018 Mountain West Football Schedule is Released". Mountain West.com. Retrieved March 1, 2018.[permanent dead link]
  3. "Boise State, Fresno State Picked to Win 2018 Mountain West Football Divisional Titles". Mountain West Conference. July 24, 2018. Retrieved July 24, 2018.
  4. "2018 Mountain West Football Preseason All-Conference Team". Mountain West Conference. July 24, 2018. Retrieved July 24, 2018.
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