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Mountaintop View 12-4-25
First-year college football coaches letter grades include D for Bill Belichick The USA Today decided to play professor and hand out grades for the first-year head coaches in the Mountain West, along with the rest of college football. Predictably, the grades were largely positive, including New Mexico’s Jason Eck receiving the highest grade. Jesse Kurtz […]
Mountain West Bowl Projections: 2025 Week 14. Almost to Bowl Season!
We are back for another week discussing bowl teams. Our team at Mountain West Connection will be releasing our bowl projections each week. This week’s round of projections can be seen below and will likely change as the season progresses. Read our projections below and leave your own in the comments. Mike Los Angeles Bowl: […]
Mountain West Transfer Portal Team: Week 14
Welcome back to the Transfer Portal Team of the Week! The final week of the regular season was by far the craziest, with the dust settling to another UNLV versus Boise State conference championship! As per usual, we have the best lineup possible built from the top performing transfers of Week 14! We’ll also highlight […]
Peak Perspective: Reviewing the Mountain West 2022 Recruiting Class
With signing day today, this week’s Peak Perspective will take on a recruiting theme. When I started doing recruitment-related posts in February of 2018, I had the thought that reviewing them in a few years would be a fun exercise. Today, we continue to carry out that thought. This post will review our projections from […]
Mountaintop View 12-3-25. MBB Rankings, Bowl Projections, POTW, All MW-Team, Football Awards
It’s Wednesday, and we are up and running! As we inch closer to game day, we will continue to provide lots of coverage for football season! See what is coming your way today on our site and around the internet. MBB Rankings Chris Murray is turning the page to basketball season and has his rankings […]
“I kept writing toughness on the board,” Nevada Hands UC San Diego First Loss in Gritty Win
UC San Diego entered Lawlor Events Center undefeated and left with its first loss. It was a gritty 76-70 win for Nevada, but some strong showings by both freshmen and veterans propelled Nevada to 6-3 with two non-conference games left. Scoring Summary 1st Half UCSD 27 – Nevada 35 2nd Half UCSD 43 – Nevada […]
Mountain West Class of 2026 Signing Day Tracker
Signing Day is here once again. Below is each verbal commit listed under their respective team. Listed for each team are the numbers for confirmed signings. Signings were confirmed primarily through direct conversations with players (I personally spoke with around 200 players), although some were confirmed through their tweets or else other sources. The identity […]
Anthony Colandrea Named Mountain West Offensive Player of the Year as UNLV Lands Multiple All-Conference Selections
UNLV quarterback Anthony Colandrea has earned Mountain West Offensive Player of the Year after leading the conference in passing yards. Colandrea threw for over 3000 yards and over 500 rushing yards and is also one of just four players in the FBS to have accomplished such a feat. He is also the only player in […]
Computers pick Boise State & UNLV! New Mexico beats SDSU in all-time classic! Colorado State hires Jim Mora from UConn! Mountain West Championship Preview/Prediction! HP Ep. #131 OUT NOW!
Welcome back everyone to the Hike’s Peak podcast, thank you for coming back to the mountain! The final week of the regular season was utter chaos, as New Mexico stunned San Diego State in double overtime to send us to a four way tie for first. After the computers crunched numbers for two days, it […]
Mountain West Reacts Survey: New Mexico, San Diego State, Recruiting Classes
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. Please take our survey
The Good, the Bad, the Ugly: Week 14
The regular season is over and the final weekend was nothing short of shocking. A New Mexico double overtime win over San Diego State and a come from behind win by Boise State over Utah State resulted in four fan bases waiting to see who would face off for the Mountain West title. In a […]
Mountaintop View 12-2-25
Jeff Choate will return for third season as Nevada’s head football coach On what has become Black Monday for some in college football, Nevada has elected to bring back head coach Jeff Choate next season. Deemed too soon to pass judgement, Choate will need to show some results next fall. First NET rankings of the […]
Utah State Blows Late Lead to Boise State
Utah State started the game strong in the first half of a Black Friday football game against Boise State. The Aggies scored 21 points in the first half and held Boise State to 13. Before Colton Boomer cut into the lead with a late first-half field goal, Utah State led 21-10 and had opportunities to […]
Nevada football fires three offensive staff members
The offensive staff for Nevada football will look very different in 2026 after the program announced the firings of three coaches. Offensive coordinator David Gilbertson, wide receivers coach James Price and senior offensive analyst Matt Wade will not return to Nevada, per a press release by the program on Monday. “I want to thank David, […]
2025-26 Mountain West Basketball Power Rankings: Dec. 1
Happy Holiday’s to all of those who celebrate! We have finally reached the one month mark of the 2025-26 Mountain West men’s basketball season! How do our power rankings shake out?! Let’s dive into it! 1. Utah State No surprise here, as Utah State remains the only unbeaten Mountain West team after one month. They […]
Mountain West Football Rankings: 2025 Week 14. A new #1 as the regular season ends.
The college football season is up and running. Games are entertaining and are producing results that are both fun and heartbreaking. Take a look at this week’s MWCConnection Football Rankings, and let us know what you like and what you don’t. Feel free to drop your own rankings in the comments section. 1) UNLV (+1) […]
Mountain West Recruiting Roundup 12-1-25. The race to Signing Day.
It’s another week of the Mountain West Recruiting Roundup. This week is Signing Day, meaning no coach or recruiting staff are probably getting much sleep for the next 72 hours. It’s a wild time of year, with constant communication as teams do all they can to ensure their recruiting class signs. They are trying to […]
Mountain West Connection Players of the Week: Week 14
The regular season is over and the final weekend did not disappoint. There were some championship level performances from unexpected players. With that being said, let’s take a look at the top performers from week 14. Offensive Player of the Week Max Cutforth (Boise State) The Bronco coaching staff opened up the playbook for the […]
Mountaintop View 12-1-25. UNLV vs Boise State in the Championship, Jason Eck
It’s Monday, and the regular season is over! Catch up on the action and get ready for Championship Weekend! News will continue to come your way, and we are here for it all. Check out our original coverage and what we can find from the World Wide Web below. Lobos tame Aztecs. This was an […]
Wyoming’s offensive woes take center stage in loss to Hawai’i
The writing was on the wall. This season was a dud. And this game further casted doubt as the Cowboys venture into the offseason. One would have hoped that Wyoming could rally for one final time as a unit and put up a fight. Jones Thomas’ 50-yard pick-six of Hawai’i quarterback Micah Alejado did just […]
Boise State sneaks out of Logan with one-point win over Utah State, will host Mountain West title game thanks to metrics
Football is a funny thing, ain’t it? A month ago, the sky was falling after a humiliating loss to Fresno State and Maddux Madsen’s injury Another defeat a week later against San Diego State further plunged Bronco fans into a state of pessimism. But as fate would have it, Boise State got off the mat […]
Fresno State falters late, falls to CSU Bakersfield.
The Fresno State basketball team suffered yet another heart breaker on Sunday afternoon, faltering down the stretch against Cal State-Bakersfield, in a 76-71 loss. After building an 11-point lead with a little over eight minutes left in the contest, Fresno State couldn’t buy a bucket, while CSU-Bakersfield sank just about everything. In the first half, […]
UNLV Clinches Mountain West Title Berth With Fourth Straight Fremont Cannon Win
UNLV won the Fremont Cannon for the fourth straight year, defeating the Nevada Wolf Pack Saturday night in a dominant affair. With this victory, UNLV finished conference play with a record of 6-2 and clinched a berth in the Mountain West Championship game. Because of the four-way tie in the conference, the berths came down […]
Mountain West Football Championship Week Opening Odds
It is officially championship week in college football, and the Mountain West will crown a champion on Friday. Looking over at FanDuel’s opening odds can tell us a bit about what the oddsmakers think about this week’s slate of games. Since we cover the entire Mountain West, we have info for the championship game. This post is […]
Fresno State pounds San Jose State, 41-14
The Valley Trophy is staying in Fresno for another year. Fresno State used a stingy defense, and big plays on offense to come away with a 41-14 win over San Jose State late Saturday night in San Jose. A defensive battle took over the first quarter in the contest, as the teams would trade punts […]
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