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MWCConnection Recruiting Roundup 8-3-26: Mountain West August Team Rankings
It’s another week of the Recruiting Roundup. As mentioned the past few weeks, coaches are focusing on getting ready for the start of football season, so recruiting takes a back seat. One thing to mention is that August 1st is the when teams can send out official written offers to 2027 recruits. While it is […]
Mountaintop View 8-3-26. Class of 2022 Athletes Eligible, Save College Sports Act, Hawaii Preview, UTEP, Lobos Camp Schedule.
It’s Monday, and fall camp starts for all this week, after Week 0 teams began last week. We have made it! Take a look at all our content coming out this week. As always, check out our original coverage and what we can find on the World Wide Web below. Class of 2022 Athletes Eligible […]
MWCConnection Reacts Results: Preseason AP/Coaches Poll
This post is brought to you by FanDuel, proud partner of SBNation. Broncos likely to be ranked Boise State is no stranger to the rankings and over half the fans who voted think they are a good bet to see their name in either the preseason Coaches or AP poll later this month. Other voters think […]
QB dog fight: Stutzmann’s three-word scouting report on his Spartan quarterbacks
Chapter eight and the last of a summer series on the Spartans’ position groups. This week we examine San Jose State’s quarterback race ahead of the 2026 season. San Jose State’s offense enters year three under OC Craig Stutzmann with the pieces stacking up around whoever wins the job at quarterback. The receiver room keeps […]
For The Love of Football: Your Mountain West/PAC-12 Guide to Escaping Fall Weddings
Ah, yes, autumn. Leaves are falling, the colors are changing and love is in the air. … Love is in the air? The college football community is no stranger to the infamous two-word event that creeps up on you like a defensive end on your blind side. “Fall Wedding”. A phrase that feels like the […]
Friday Five: Top 5 Pac-12 Wide Receivers
Welcome to another edition of “Friday Five”. It finally happened, folks. After years of in-fighting and petty behavior, the Mountain West split has actually happened. The “departing five” have left to reform the Pac-12. The Mountain West has added the likes of North Dakota State, Northern Illinois, and UTEP to fill the gaps. We at […]
Kevin Richardson trades the Spartan broadcast mic for a Stanford homecoming
Kevin Richardson has broken plenty of news from behind a microphone for San Jose State football. This time he was the story. On the other end of the line last week, San Jose State’s play-by-play voice since 2009 was still processing what he had just accepted. “Holy smokes, man. I’ve done this for 18 years,” […]
Mountaintop View 7-31-26: Boise State, Senate Bill, Hawaii Football, UNLV Quarterbacks, San Jose State
Boise has a tough opening opponent. Why did Oregon’s quarterback turn down the NFL? The Senate Bill continues to take center stage The Border will continue for Colorado State and Wyoming in MBB Micah Alejado is feeling good and the competition at wide receiver is heating up for the Rainbow Warriors UNLV hopes to have […]
Pac-Mountain Pulse Ep 3: Pac-12/Mountain West vs American, Early Season Football Predictions and New Basketball Brackets are Announced for 2027
Hello. and welcome back to another episode of the Pac-Mountain Pulse, a Mountain West Connection podcast. Thank you for joining us today! In this episode, Derek and Dom discuss how the new Pac-12 and Mountain West stack up to the American and other Group of Six conferences, which teams will make their case early in […]
How to set up and use the new MW+ app without breaking a sweat
Some of us have tested enough streaming apps for enough conferences to know the drill. Download it, get asked for an account you have not made yet, hunt for a menu buried three taps deep and give up somewhere around halftime. So when the Mountain West rolled out MW+, this writer went in expecting the […]
Mountain West/Pac-12 Softball Transfer Portal Tracker 07-30-2026
The 2026 season has come to its conclusion, and with it, the chaos that is the NCAA transfer portal has officially opened. While teams navigate the Mountain West-Pac-12 split, I will be keeping track of who teams lose and gain through the portal window. A few more moves have been made over the past week, […]
Boise State’s Top Ten Newcomers
Every football season, we think we have an idea of what to expect from our favorite team’s roster. Every season, however, a number of new faces surprise us and become an integral part of the team’s success. In this article, I take a look at some new faces on Boise State’s roster and narrow it […]
Mountaintop View 7-30-26
The Pac-12 returns, but the American leads our power rankings | Group of Six football preview Jon Wilner of the Bay Area News Group knows how to whip up fans into a frenzy. How about ranking the Group of Six conferences! Spoiler: neither the Mountain West nor Pac-12 ranks 1st. Nevada fall camp preview: Wolf […]
Boise State’s Top Players: #4
Every year I take a look at who I think will be the top players on Boise State’s football team. With so many unproven players, coming up with this season’s list was a bit tougher than previous years. This team’s squad is definitely more proven on the offensive side of the ball and that is […]
The Mountain West vs the American: 2025 Season Comparison.
It’s time for the annual post to highlight how the Mountain West Conference compares to the American Athletic Conference in a variety of important categories. Since this yearly post began, the American has had the advantage overall, although the MW narrowed the gap in 2024. Which one was the top Group of 5 conference in […]
Mountain West Media Days Head Coaches Interview Special! Best quote from all 10 team’s shot callers! Insider intel on every roster for 2026! HP Ep. #163 OUT NOW!
Welcome back everyone to the Hike’s Peak Podcast, thank you for coming back to the mountain! After spotlighting the players from Mountain West Media Days that we were able to interview, we’ll switch gears this week and go over the best quote I got from all 10 head coaches at the event! Super exciting episode […]
Mountaintop View 7-29-26: Joe Novak, UH basketball, plus more.
Former NIU coach and Hall of Famer Joe Novak passes. Novak guided Northern Illinois from 1995-2007. Hawai’i basketball adds 6-7 Lueth Awan UH gets a huge addition with the Aussie shooting guard. Take a look at the new Colorado State court at Moby Arena Colorado State’s new court is completed. UNM football lands an in-state […]
MWCConnection Reacts Survey: Mountain West/Pac-12 Preseason Polls Rankings
Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the NCAA. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Mountain West fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys.
The Good, the Bad, the Ugly: Mountain West FPI
This week we continue our preview series by taking a look at ESPN’s Football Power Index. FPI is a predictive rating system that was developed by ESPN to measure a team’s strength and determine expected outcomes over the course of the season. Over the next two weeks, we will look at FPI projections for the […]
MWCConnection Reacts Results: Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Year
This post is brought to you by FanDuel, proud partner of SBNation. Sorry about the late post for this one, but here are the results from last week. Riley favorite for OPOY Dylan Riley was the overwhelming favorite here for Pac-12 offensive player of the year coming into the preseason, which makes sense. Lucky Sutton makes […]
Mountaintop View 7-28-26
‘Climb Higher’: Ranking the top football stadiums of the Mountain West Bret Bloomquist of the El Paso Times ranks the top football stadiums in the Mountain West. The Miners iconic Sun Bowl ranks first. Any disagreements? Soldiers, College Football Players Forge Teamwork in Hawaii It’s not every day we post links from the Department of […]
MWCConnection Recruiting Roundup 7-27-26: Recruiting Calendar Changes
It’s another week of the Recruiting Roundup. Changes will be coming to the recruiting calendar, and we have an idea of what that could look like going forward. FootballScoop reported that starting January 1, 2027, the following would go into effect: The recommendation would establish a recruiting person days model and would increase the maximum […]
Mountaintop View 7-27-26. Coach Rankings, Boise State Preview, Geezer Team, Aggies Hoops, Drew Speraw.
It’s Monday, and the start of fall camp is in sight! Take a look at all our content coming out this week. As always, check out our original coverage and what we can find on the World Wide Web below. New Coach Rankings College Football News ranks all the new coaches entering the 2026 season. […]
NEW LEAGUE, MANY OF THE SAME TEAMS AWAIT THE AZTECS AS THEY ENTER THE NEW PAC-12.
How Will the Aztecs Navigate the Pac-12? Can They Achieve Success in a New Conference? Building upon last season’s turnaround will help catapult the Aztecs to the top of the Pac-12 Conference in 2026. The Aztecs turnaround in 2025, following two dismal seasons, will serve to help propel the Aztecs to greater heights in 2026. […]
Analyzing the top coaches in new-look Pac-12
We are in the dog days of the college basketball offseason, counting the days until the opening tip-off. Alas, there is a brand new — and highly competitive — conference in the mix with the new-look Pac-12, spearheaded by Gonzaga and San Diego State, two perennial non-major powerhouses. Last week, we examined which coaches were […]
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