2014 Mountain West Conference football season

Sports season

2014 Mountain West Conference football season

League| NCAA Division I FBS (Football Bowl Subdivision)
Sport| Football
Duration| August 2014–January 2015
Number of teams| 12
TV partner(s)| The Mtn., CBS Sports Network, ESPN on ABC, Versus
2015 NFL Draft
Top draft pick| OT Ty Sambrailo, Colorado State
Picked by| Denver Broncos, 59th pick
Regular Season
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2014 Mountain West Conference football standings

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Team |   | W |   | L |   |  |  |   | W |   | L |
Mountain Division
No. 16 Boise State x$  |   | 7  | – | 1  |   |  |  |   | 12  | – | 2  |
Colorado State |   | 6  | – | 2  |   |  |  |   | 10  | – | 3  |
Utah State |   | 6  | – | 2  |   |  |  |   | 10  | – | 4  |
Air Force |   | 5  | – | 3  |   |  |  |   | 10  | – | 3  |
New Mexico |   | 2  | – | 6  |   |  |  |   | 4  | – | 8  |
Wyoming |   | 2  | – | 6  |   |  |  |   | 4  | – | 8  |
West Division
Fresno State x  |   | 5  | – | 3  |   |  |  |   | 6  | – | 8  |
San Diego State |   | 5  | – | 3  |   |  |  |   | 7  | – | 6  |
Nevada |   | 4  | – | 4  |   |  |  |   | 7  | – | 6  |
Hawaii |   | 3  | – | 5  |   |  |  |   | 4  | – | 9  |
San Jose State |   | 2  | – | 6  |   |  |  |   | 3  | – | 9  |
UNLV |   | 1  | – | 7  |   |  |  |   | 2  | – | 11  |
Championship: Boise State 28, Fresno State 14

* $ – Conference champion
* x – Division champion/co-champions

Rankings from AP Poll

The 2014 Mountain West Conference football season was 16th season of college football for the Mountain West Conference (MW). In the 2014 NCAA Division I FBS football season, the MW had 12 football members: Air Force, Boise State, Colorado State, Fresno State, Hawaiʻi, Nevada, New Mexico, San Diego State, San Jose State, UNLV, Utah State, and Wyoming.[1]

This was the first time in four years that the membership of the MW did not change.[1] Initially, UNLV was ineligible for postseason play due to their failure to meet Academic Progress Rate (APR) guidelines.[2] However, the NCAA later accepted an updated APR report from UNLV, showing that the school had met guidelines, and lifted the ban.[3]

## Rankings

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Further information: 2014 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings

Legend   | Increase in ranking

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RV  | Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25 of poll
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2 | Wk
3 | Wk
4 | Wk
5 | Wk
6 | Wk
7 | Wk
8 | Wk
9 | Wk
10 | Wk
11 | Wk
12 | Wk
13 | Wk
14 | Wk
15 | Wk
16 | Final

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Air Force  | AP  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | RV  | RV  |
C  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | RV  | RV  |
CFP  | Not released  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Boise State  | AP  | RV  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | RV  | RV  | 25  | 22  | 21  |
C  | RV  | RV  | RV  | RV  | RV  |  |  |  |  | RV  | RV  | RV  | RV  | 25  | 22  | 21  |
CFP  | Not released  |  |  |  |  | 23  | 22  | 20  |
Colorado State  | AP  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | RV  | RV  | RV  | RV  | 23  | 22  | 21  | RV  | RV  |
C  | RV  | RV  |  |  |  |  |  | RV  | RV  | RV  | RV  | 25  | 23  | 21  | RV  | RV  |
CFP  | Not released  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Fresno State  | AP  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
C  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
CFP  | Not released  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Hawaiʻi  | AP  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
C  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
CFP  | Not released  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Nevada  | AP  | RV  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
C  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
CFP  | Not released  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
New Mexico  | AP  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
C  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
CFP  | Not released  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
San Diego State  | AP  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
C  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
CFP  | Not released  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
San José State  | AP  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
C  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
CFP  | Not released  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
UNLV  | AP  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
C  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
CFP  | Not released  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Utah State  | AP  | RV  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
C  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | RV  |  |
CFP  | Not released  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Wyoming  | AP  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
C  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
CFP  | Not released  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |

## Schedule

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A schedule for the season can be viewed here.

## Championship game

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Further information: Mountain West Conference Football Championship Game

The championship game will be played on December 6, 2014. It will feature the highest ranked teams from two division championships.[4]

## Awards and honors

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### All Conference teams

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* Offensive Player of the Year: Garrett Grayson, SR., QB, Colorado State
* Defensive Player of the Year: Zach Vigil, SR., LB, Utah State
* Special Teams Player of the Year: Will Conant, SR., PK/P, Air Force
* Freshman of the Year: Devonte Boyd, WR, UNLV
* Coach of the Year: Jim McElwain, Colorado State

Offense:

Pos.  | Name  | Yr.  | School  | Name  | Yr.  | School

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QB  | Garrett Grayson | SR.  | Colorado State  | Grant Hedrick | SR.  | Boise State
WR  | Josh Harper | SR.  | Fresno State  | Tyler Winston  | SO.  | San Jose State
WR  | Rashard Higgins | SO.  | Colorado State  | Devonte Boyd  | FR.  | UNLV
RB  | Jay Ajayi | JR.  | Boise State  | Marteze Waller  | JR.  | Fresno State
RB  | Donnel Pumphrey | SO.  | San Diego State  | Dee Hart | JR.  | Colorado State
TE  | Steven Walker  | JR.  | Colorado State  | Jarred Gipson  | SO.  | Nevada
OL  | Michael Husar, Jr.  | SR.  | Air Force  | Rees Odhiambo | JR.  | Boise State
OL  | Marcus Henry | JR.  | Boise State  | Cody Wichmann | SR.  | Fresno State
OL  | Ty Sambrailo | SR.  | Colorado State  | Matt Galas  | SR.  | Nevada
OL  | LaMar Bratton  | SR.  | New Mexico  | Terry Poole | SR.  | New Mexico
OL  | Kevin Whimpey  | JR.  | Utah State  | Brett Boyko | SR.  | UNLV
PK  | Will Conant  | SR.  | Air Force  | Nick Diaz  | SO.  | Utah State
PR/KR  | JoJo Natson | JR.  | Utah State  | Lloyd Mills  | SO.  | San Diego State

Defense:

Pos.  | Name  | Yr.  | School  | Name  | Yr.  | School

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DL  | Kamalei Correa | SO.  | Boise State  | Alex Hansen  | JR.  | Air Force
DL  | Tyeler Davison | JR.  | Fresno State  | Travis Raciti | SR.  | San Jose State
DL  | B. J. Larsen  | SR.  | Utah State  | Brock Hekking | SR.  | Nevada
DL  | Eddie Yarbrough | JR.  | Wyoming  | Ian Seau | JR.  | Nevada
LB  | Dakota Cox  | SO.  | New Mexico  | Jordan Pierce  | SR.  | Air Force
LB  | Nick Vigil | SO.  | Utah State  | Tanner Vallejo | SO.  | Boise State
LB  | Zach Vigil | SR.  | Utah State  | Aaron Davis  | SR.  | Colorado State
DB  | Weston Steelhammer  | SO.  | Air Force  | Donte Deayon | JR.  | Boise State
DB  | Darian Thompson | JR.  | Boise State  | Damontae Kazee | SO.  | San Diego State
DB  | Derron Smith | SR.  | Fresno State  | J.J. Whittaker  | SR.  | San Diego State
DB  | Frankie Sutera  | SR.  | Utah State  | Cleveland Wallace III  | SO.  | San Jose State
P  | Scott Harding  | SR.  | Hawai'i  | Alex Boy  | SO.  | Nevada

## References

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1. ^ a b Mountain West Chronology.
2. ^ UNLV's appeal of postseason ban denied. Archived 2014-07-16 at the Wayback Machine
3. ^ "UNLV football's postseason ban is lifted this season". Las Vegas Sun. June 26, 2014. Retrieved June 28, 2014.
4. ^ SDSU to get early shots at payback | UTSanDiego.com
5. ^ "Football All-Mountain West Teams and Superlative Awards" (Press release). Mountain West Conference.

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Mountain West Conference football

Current teams|

* Air Force Falcons
* Boise State Broncos (leaving in 2026)
* Colorado State Rams (leaving in 2026)
* Fresno State Bulldogs (leaving in 2026)
* Hawaii Rainbow Warriors
* Nevada Wolf Pack
* New Mexico Lobos
* San Diego State Aztecs (leaving in 2026)
* San Jose State Spartans
* UNLV Rebels
* Utah State Aggies (leaving in 2026)
* Wyoming Cowboys

Future teams|

* Northern Illinois Huskies
* UTEP Miners (both joining in 2026)

Championships & awards|

* MW Championship Game
* All-time standings
* Mountain West Conference football individual awards

Seasons|

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2014 NCAA Division I FBS football season

Conference seasons|

* The American
* ACC
* Big 12
* Big Ten
* Conference USA
* MAC
* Mountain West
* Pac-12
* SEC
* Sun Belt

Inter-conference|

* Bowl games
* Rankings

All-Americans|

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