MOUNTAIN WEST CONFERENCE WEEKLY RELEASE
NEXT UP
Saturday, October 22 TV/Digital Time
UNLV at Notre Dame Peacock 2:30 p.m. ET
Hawai‘i at Colorado State* Spectrum/Team1Sports App 2 p.m. MT
San José State at New Mexico State FloSports 4 p.m. MT
Fresno State at New Mexico* FS2 4:30 p.m. MT
Boise State at Air Force* CBS Sports Network 5 p.m. MT
Utah State at Wyoming* FS2 7:45 p.m. MT
San Diego State at Nevada* CBS Sports Network 7:30 p.m. PT
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.
• San José State senior linebacker Kyle Harmon has racked up 390 total tackles in his career, just 13 tackles 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 3,536 yards in his career, the fourth-most among active FBS players. Taua is just 257 yards shy of tying for fifth-most all-time in league history.
• Fresno State senior QB Jake Haener has thrown at least one touchdown pass in 22 consecutive games, beginning on Oct. 24, 2019. This is tied as 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, while Haener is tied with Andy Dalton (TCU).
• 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).
