CFB: Week 11 Conference Notes – Mountain West Conference

NEXT UP
Friday, November 11 TV/Digital Time
Fresno State at UNLV* CBS Sports Network 7:30 p.m. PT

Saturday, November 12 TV/Digital Time
New Mexico at Air Force* CBS Sports Network 1:30 p.m. MT

Wyoming at Colorado State* CBS Sports Network 5 p.m. MT

San José State at San Diego State* FS1 7:30 p.m. PT

Boise State at Nevada* CBS Sports Network 7:30 p.m. PT

Utah State at Hawai‘i* Spectrum/Team1Sports App 6 p.m. HT

AROUND THE MOUNTAIN WEST
• Dating back to the 2019 season, the Mountain West has won 19 games against autonomous-5 opponents, including 16 against the Pac-12. This is the most wins in that time span amongst all non-autonomous-5 conferences.

• In the past 18 years, the Mountain West has been the top non-autonomous-5 conference 10 times and second five times.

• The Mountain West produced the first non-automatic-qualifying FBS team into a BCS bowl game (Utah – 2005 Fiesta Bowl) and into the College Football Playoff (Boise State – 2014 Fiesta Bowl).

• After Wyoming’s double-overtime victory over Tulsa on Sept. 3, and Air Force’s win against Navy on Oct. 1, the Mountain West now has a 17-11 record against opponents from the American Athletic Conference.

• Nevada senior safety Bentlee Sanders is a semifinalist for the 2022 Paycom Jim Thorpe Award, the only DB from outside the Autonomous-5 to earn a spot on the list.

• San José State senior linebacker Kyle Harmon has racked up 402 total tackles in his career, just one tackle behind fifth-most all time in MW history, currently held by New Mexico’s Dakota Cox (403; 2013-16).

• Nevada senior running back Toa Taua has rushed for 3,654 yards in his career, the fourth-most among active FBS players. Taua is just 139 yards shy of tying for fifth-most all-time in league history.

• Fresno State senior quarterback Jake Haener has thrown at least one touchdown pass in 24 consecutive games, beginning on Oct. 24, 2019. This is the third-longest stretch in Conference history. Carson Strong (Nevada) and Derek Carr (Fresno State) hold the league record with a touchdown pass in 26 straight games.

• Over the last 18 seasons, the MW has captured the Bowl Challenge Cup five times and owns the third-best win percentage in bowl games among the 10 FBS conferences (.583), trailing only the SEC (.621) and Sun Belt (.593).

BOWL ELIGIBILITY
Boise State (6-3) and Wyoming (6-3) became bowl eligible on Saturday, Oct. 29, while Air Force (6-3) and San José State (6-2) earned eligibility on Saturday, Nov. 5.

• The Broncos are bowl eligible for the 25th consecutive season, the third-longest active streak nationally, trailing just Ohio State and Georgia.

• The Cowboys are postseason bound for the sixth time in seven season.

• Air Force is bowl eligible for the 13th time in 16 seasons.

• SJSU head coach Brent Brennan is the first Spartan head coach to go to two bowl games since Claude Gilbert in 1986 & 1987.

NCAA CONSECUTIVE SCORING STREAK RECORDS
Rk. Team Streak Dates By Team

1. Florida 433 11/5/1988 – present
2. TCU 376 11/23/1991 – present
3. Michigan 365 10/27/1984 – 9/6/2014 Notre Dame
4. BYU 361 9/27/1975 – 11/15/2003 Utah
5. Virginia Tech 355 9/23/95 – present
6. Georgia 354 10/7/95 – present
7. Nebraska 336 9/28/96 – present
8. BOISE STATE 320 9/27/1997 – PRESENT
9. Air Force 306 9/4/1993 – 11/4/2017 Army
10. Tennessee 288 9/24/94 – 9/30/17 Georgia

CONSECUTIVE GAMES WITHOUT BEING SHUT OUT
Rk. Team Games Last Time Shut Out

1. Boise State 320 Sept. 27, 1997 (Washington State, 0-58)
2. UNLV 132 Oct. 8, 2011 (Nevada, 0-37)
3. Colorado State 102 Nov. 23, 2013 (Utah State, 0-13)
4. Fresno State 70 Nov. 5, 2016 (Colorado State, 0-37)
5. Hawai‘i 62 Nov. 18, 2017 (Utah State, 0-38)
6. Air Force 56 Nov. 4, 2017 (Army, 0-21)
7. San José State 50 Sept. 8, 2018 (Washington State, 0-31)
8. San Diego State 44 Dec. 19, 2018 (Ohio, 0-27)
9. Wyoming 16 Oct. 16, 2021 (Fresno State, 0-17)
10. Utah State 7 Sept. 3, 2022 (Alabama, 0-55)
11. Nevada 5 Sept. 17, 2022 (Iowa, 0-27)
    New Mexico 5 Sept. 24, 2022 (LSU, 0-38)
    AHEAD OF THE CLASS

Below is a look at overall and MW records since the institutions joined the Conference:
MW Record Overall Record
Team W-L Pct. W-L Pct. Bowls
Boise State 74-15 .831 112-35 .762 10
Utah State 46-29 .613 68-53 .562 7
Fresno State 50-33 .602 74-58 .561 6
San Diego State 100-79 .559 153-138 .526 11
Air Force 95-82 .537 166-122 .576 13
Colorado State 82-95 .463 130-155 .456 12
Nevada 31-44 .413 65-65 .500 7
San José State 31-44 .413 45-69 .395 2
Wyoming 66-113 .369 120-162 .426 7
New Mexico 63-117 .350 107-176 .378 7
Hawai‘i 27-58 .318 51-85 .375 5
UNLV 50-129 .279 84-195 .301 2

TEAM SHUTOUTS (SINCE MW INCEPTION IN 1999)
Rk. Team Games Last Time

1. Boise State 14 Nov. 20, 2021 (New Mexico, 37-0)
2. Air Force 9 Nov. 20, 2020 (New Mexico, 28-0)
3. Fresno State 8 Oct. 16, 2021 (Wyoming, 17-0)
4. New Mexico 7 Sept. 3, 2022 (Maine, 41-0)
5. San Diego State 6 Aug. 31, 2019 (Weber State, 6-0)
6. Wyoming 4 Sept. 9, 2017 (Gardner-Webb, 0-27)
7. Hawai‘i 3 Nov. 15, 2014 (San José State, 13-0)
   Nevada 3 Oct. 8, 2011 (UNLV, 37-0)
   San José State 3 Aug. 29, 2013 (Sacramento State, 24-0)
   Utah State 3 Nov. 18, 2017 (Hawai‘i, 38-0)
8. UNLV 2 Sept. 22, 2007 (Utah, 27-0)
9. Colorado State 1 Nov. 5, 2016 (Fresno State, 37-0)