Mountain West Conference

Athletic conference

"Mountain West" redirects here. For the geographic region of the United States, see Mountain states. For other uses, see Mountain west.

For the former women's athletic conference, see Mountain West Athletic Conference.

Mountain West Conference

Association| NCAA
Founded| May 26, 1998; 27 years ago (1998-05-26)
Commissioner| Gloria Nevarez (since January 1, 2023)
Sports fielded|

* 19
* men's: 8
* women's: 11

Division| Division I
Subdivision| FBS
No. of teams| 12 (10 in 2026)
Headquarters| Colorado Springs, Colorado (Current)
Las Vegas, Nevada (to relocate in 2026)
Region| Western United States
Official website| themw.com
Locations

The Mountain West Conference (MW) is a collegiate athletic conference in the Western United States, participating in NCAA Division I. Its football teams compete in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS). The MW officially began operations on January 4, 1999. Geographically, the MW covers a broad expanse of the Western United States, with member schools located in Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, Wyoming and Hawaii. Gloria Nevarez took over as commissioner of the MW on January 1, 2023, following the retirement of founding commissioner Craig Thompson.[1][2]

The charter members of the MW included the United States Air Force Academy, Brigham Young University, Colorado State University, San Diego State University, the University of New Mexico, the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, University of Utah and the University of Wyoming. Before forming the Mountain West Conference, seven of its eight charter members had been longtime members of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) and half of these had been charter members of that conference from 1962. Overall, each school that has ever been either a full or football-only member of the MW spent at least three years in the WAC before joining the Mountain West.

## History

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San Diego State

San Jose State

Fresno State

UNLV

Nevada

Boise State

Utah State

New Mexico

Colorado State

Air
Force

Wyoming

UTEP

Grand Canyon

UC Davis

Colorado College

Washington State

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Mountain West Conference member locations (Western United States)
– Full member
— Departing member
— Future member
– Associate member (women's soccer)
– Associate member (baseball & women's swimming)

Hawaii

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Mountain West Conference member locations (Hawaii)
– Football-only and future full member

NIU

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Mountain West Conference member locations (Illinois)
– Future football-only member

Craig Thompson was hired as the inaugural commissioner of the Mountain West on October 15, 1998, and served until his retirement on December 31, 2022. Before joining the MW, he had been commissioner of the Sun Belt Conference.

### Genesis

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The creation of the MW was a delayed aftereffect of the 1996 NCAA conference realignment, which had initially been triggered two years earlier when the Big Eight Conference agreed to merge with four members of the Southwest Conference (SWC) to create the Big 12 Conference, which would begin competition in the 1996–97 school year.

The Western Athletic Conference, which had initially announced plans to expand beyond its then-current 10 members to at least 12, ended up with even more potential expansion prospects. Ultimately, the WAC took in three of the four SWC schools left out of the Big 12 merger, Rice University, Southern Methodist University (SMU), and Texas Christian University (TCU). Three other schools were added to bring the total membership to 16, namely Big West Conference members San José State University and UNLV, plus the University of Tulsa, an NCAA football independent and otherwise a member of the Missouri Valley Conference. The WAC's 16 teams were divided into four four-team "quadrants", two of which rotated between the Mountain and Pacific Divisions every two years. However, the newly expanded WAC was soon wracked by tension between the established and new members.[3]

In spring of 1998, BYU and Utah proposed a permanent split into two eight-team divisions. The proposal would have forced some schools into an unnatural alignment because of the geographic distribution of the conference.[3] Air Force was the most strident opponent of this proposal, threatening to become an independent.[3] Soon after the proposal by BYU and Utah, the presidents of Air Force, BYU, Colorado State, Utah, and Wyoming met at Denver International Airport to discuss their future, and they agreed to break away from the WAC to form a new conference.[3] They invited the WAC members New Mexico, San Diego State, and UNLV to join them in what became the Mountain West Conference.

The next move for the MW came in 2005, when the conference added TCU, who had spent the previous four seasons in Conference USA (C-USA).

### Early–2010s realignment

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See also: 2010–2013 Mountain West Conference realignment

On June 11, 2010, Boise State University agreed to join the conference as its tenth member. On June 17, 2010, Utah announced it would be leaving the Mountain West to join what would become the Pac-12 Conference. On August 18, 2010, amidst rumors that BYU was considering leaving the Mountain West to go independent in football and rejoin the Western Athletic Conference in all other sports, the Mountain West Conference officially extended invitations to California State University, Fresno (Fresno State) and the University of Nevada, Reno (Nevada). Both schools accepted and would become the tenth and eleventh members of the league.[4][5] BYU announced on August 31, 2010, that it would leave the Mountain West Conference and go Independent in football and become a member of the West Coast Conference (WCC) in other sports starting in 2011.[6] On November 29, 2010, TCU announced all athletic teams would move to the Big East Conference effective in 2012.[7] (Less than a year later, on October 10, 2011, TCU announced it would not join the Big East but would join the Big 12, home to fellow former SWC members Baylor, Texas, Texas Tech, and formerly Texas A&M, in 2012 instead.)[8] On December 10, 2010, the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa accepted a bid to become the 10th member of the conference for football only.[9] These changes would leave the Mountain West Conference with 10 teams for the 2012 football season.

During the era of football's Bowl Championship Series (BCS), which was replaced by the College Football Playoff (CFP) in 2014, the MW champion qualified for a BCS bowl four times after the BCS formula was tweaked to allow teams from non-BCS conferences to play in BCS bowls if ranked in the top 12. However, two of the three schools that qualified are no longer with the conference.

On October 14, 2011, the Mountain West and C-USA announced a plan for a football only alliance.[10] On February 13, 2012, the two leagues announced that both conferences would be dissolving after the 2012–13 season to reform into one conference with at least 15 members for all sports, and a 16th team, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa as a football-only member.[11] However, when the two conferences discussed their plans with the NCAA, they were told that due to NCAA rules, they would forfeit substantial revenues. Specifically, the new conference would receive only one automatic bid to NCAA championships; at least one of the former conferences would lose future revenue distributions from the NCAA men's basketball tournament; and at least one former conference would not be able to collect exit fees from any members that departed to join the new conference.[12] As a result, the Mountain West and C-USA backed away from a full merger. In late March of that year, the commissioners of both conferences stated that all 16 schools had entered into binding agreements to form a new "association",[13] although the Mountain West and C-USA would have apparently remained separate legal entities.[12] In the end, this alliance never materialized due to both conferences soon adding new teams.

On May 2, 2012, San José State and Utah State agreed to join the conference for the 2013–14 academic year. On December 31 of that year, Boise State announced that it had backed out of its previously announced move to the Big East for football and the Big West for other sports, and would remain in the MW.[14]

On January 16, 2013, San Diego State accepted an offer to remain/return to the Mountain West Conference in all sports. Keeping SDSU in the conference gave the Mountain West 12 football members, allowing for a championship game to be held. The first championship game took place on December 7, 2013.[15]

### Further membership changes

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In February 2018, The San Diego Union-Tribune reported that the MW was looking to expand in the near future. In the report, commissioner Craig Thompson revealed that the conference had discussed expansion with six schools, with WCC member Gonzaga (which has not sponsored football since World War II) the only school mentioned by name. Thompson added that Gonzaga could potentially join the MW as a full but non-football member as early as July 2018. While Thompson said that BYU had not contacted the conference, the report indicated that BYU would be open to an MW return, at least in non-football sports, should Gonzaga join.[16] A later Union-Tribune report indicated that talks were advanced enough that the conference's presidents planned a vote on an invitation to Gonzaga during the MW men's and women's basketball tournaments in Las Vegas, but decided to delay the vote until after the Final Four.[17] However, on April 2, the day of the Division I men's title game, Gonzaga athletic director Mike Roth notified the MW, the WCC, and media that the school would remain in the WCC for the immediate future.[18]

On June 30, 2022, UCLA[19] and Southern Cal[20] announced their departure from the Pac-12 Conference to the Big Ten Conference beginning in the 2024–25 academic year. After that announcement, San Diego State had been considered one of the top candidates for Pac-12 expansion. On June 16, 2023, Pete Thamel of ESPN reported that San Diego State had given the Mountain West Conference notice that the school would be departing from the conference and asked for an extension for the departure deadline of July 1, 2023, to avoid paying extra exit fees.[21] The Mountain West Conference denied the request for a deadline extension and considered the letter from San Diego State as a formal notice of departure and began to proceed with the separation process; however, San Diego State disputed that its letter of intent was a formal notice.[22] On June 30, 2023, with the Pac-12 still lacking a media rights agreement for 2024–25, ESPN reported that San Diego State would remain in the Mountain West Conference, rescinding the intention to withdraw from the conference.[23] The MW and San Diego State reached a settlement of their dispute the following month, with SDSU remaining a member for the immediate future.[24]

In September 2023, after a mass exodus from the Pac-12 left Oregon State and Washington State as its only remaining members, MW commissioner Gloria Nevarez began discussions with the two schools regarding various options for partnership, affiliation, or merger.[25][26] On December 1, 2023, the conference announced that it would enter into a football scheduling agreement with the two schools for the 2024 season. All 12 Mountain West members will play one game against either Oregon State or Washington State next season, giving both schools three home games and three away games. These games will not count towards Mountain West conference standings, and Oregon State and Washington State will remain members of the Pac-12.[27] On April 16, 2024, it was also announced that Washington State would be joining the MW as an affiliate for baseball and women's swimming.[28]

On September 12, 2024, it was announced that Boise State, Fresno State, Colorado State, and San Diego State would be leaving the MW and joining the Pac-12 in 2026.[29] On September 23, Utah State also accepted an offer to join the Pac-12 in 2026 as its seventh member.[30]

On October 1, 2024 it was announced that the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) will be joining the Mountain West starting in the 2026–27 academic year.[31] On October 14, Craig Angelos, athletic director of football-only member Hawaii, confirmed outside reports that the school would upgrade to full MW membership in 2026.[32] This move was officially announced the next day.[33] On November 1, 2024, Grand Canyon University announced it was joining the Mountain West no later than July 1, 2026.[34] On July 8, 2025, the Mountain West announced Grand Canyon would join the conference for the 2025-26 school year.[35]

On December 10, 2024 it was announced that UC Davis would join the Mountain West Conference in all sports except football, for which it will remain in the Big Sky Conference. This move is expected on July 1, 2026.[36]

On January 3, 2025, Northern Illinois University accepted an invitation from the MW to join for football only in 2026.[37] The move became official on January 7, after approval by NIU's governing board.[38]

## Member schools

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### Current full members

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Members departing for the Pac-12 Conference in 2026.

Institution  | Location  | Founded  | Joined  | Type  | Enrollment  | Endowment (2024)
(millions)[39] | Nickname  | Colors

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United States Air Force Academy | Air Force Academy, Colorado[a] | 1954  | 1999  | Federal
(Military)  | 4,181  | $98.9  | Falcons |
Boise State University | Boise, Idaho | 1932  | 2011  | Public | 26,155  | $161.5  | Broncos |
California State University, Fresno | Fresno, California | 1911  | 2012  | 25,047  | $254.8  | Bulldogs |
Colorado State University | Fort Collins, Colorado | 1870  | 1999  | 33,648[40] | $623.6  | Rams |
Grand Canyon University | Phoenix, Arizona | 1949  | 2025  | Private for-profit[b]
(Non-denominational) | 103,427[c] | $21.6  | Antelopes |
University of Nevada, Reno | Reno, Nevada | 1874  | 2012  | Public | 21,034  | $560.0  | Wolf Pack |
University of Nevada, Las Vegas | Las Vegas, Nevada[d] | 1957  | 1999  | Public | 30,660  | $423.8  | Rebels |
University of New Mexico | Albuquerque, New Mexico | 1889  | 1999  | Public | 21,738  | $661.0  | Lobos |
San Diego State University | San Diego, California | 1897  | 1999  | Public | 32,599  | $415.7  | Aztecs |
San José State University | San Jose, California | 1857  | 2013  | Public | 32,432  | $203.6  | Spartans |
Utah State University | Logan, Utah | 1888  | 2013  | Public | 27,943  | $614.9  | Aggies |
University of Wyoming | Laramie, Wyoming | 1886  | 1999  | Public | 11,100  | $810.2  | Cowboys & Cowgirls |

1. ^ Virtually all of the Air Force Academy grounds, including the cadet area and all athletic facilities, are outside the city limits of Colorado Springs. The US Census Bureau and US Postal Service consider the Academy to be its own entity, respectively designating it as "Air Force Academy" and "USAF Academy".
2. ^ Grand Canyon's for-profit status is disputed. The U.S. Department of Education treats it as a for-profit institution, but the Internal Revenue Service, the NCAA, and the state of Arizona consider it a nonprofit.
3. ^ Includes online students. Current on-campus enrollment is about 25,300.
4. ^ The UNLV campus lies outside the Las Vegas city limits in the unincorporated area of Paradise. The US Postal Service considers all unincorporated communities in the Las Vegas Valley, including Paradise, to have a Las Vegas address.

### Future members

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Institution  | Location  | Founded  | Joining  | Type  | Enrollment  | Endowment (2017)
(millions)[41] | Nickname  | Colors  | Current
conference

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University of California, Davis | Davis, California | 1905  | 2026  | Public | 40,848  | $2,172.7[42] | Aggies |     | Big West
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa[a] | Honolulu, Hawaii | 1907  | 19,097  | $341.4  | Rainbow Warriors &
Rainbow Wahine |
University of Texas at El Paso | El Paso, Texas | 1913  | 25,121  | $241.7  | Miners |       | Conference USA

Notes

1. ^ Current Mountain West football affiliate

### Current affiliate members

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Institution  | Location  | Founded  | Joined  | Type  | Enrollment  | Endowment[43] | Nickname  | Colors  | MW
sport  | Primary
conference

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Colorado College | Colorado Springs, Colorado | 1874  | 2014  | Nonsectarian  | 2,266  | $908.6 million  | Tigers |     | Women's soccer  | Southern (SCAC)[a]
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa | Honolulu, Hawaii | 1907  | 2012  | Public | 19,097  | $341.4 million  | Rainbow Warriors |         | Football  | Big West
(MW in 2026)
Washington State University | Pullman, Washington | 1890  | 2024  | Public  | 24,139  | $1.28 billion  | Cougars |     | Baseball  | Pac-12
Women's swimming

Notes

1. ^ Currently an NCAA Division III athletic conference

### Future affiliate members

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Institution  | Location  | Founded  | Joining  | Type  | Enrollment  | Endowment[43] | Nickname  | Colors  | MW
sport  | Primary
conference

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Northern Illinois University | DeKalb, Illinois | 1895  | 2026  | Public  | 16,769  | $99 million  | Huskies |     | Football  | MAC
(Horizon in 2026)

### Former full members

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Institution  | Location  | Founded  | Joined  | Left  | Type  | Enrollment  | Nickname  | Colors  | Current
conference

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Brigham Young University | Provo, Utah | 1875  | 1999  | 2011  | LDS Church | 34,390  | Cougars |     | Big 12
Texas Christian University | Fort Worth, Texas | 1873  | 2005  | 2012  | Disciples
of Christ | 11,938  | Horned Frogs |
University of Utah | Salt Lake City, Utah | 1850  | 1999  | 2011  | Public  | 34,900  | Utes |

### Membership timeline

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Full members  Full members (non-football)  Associate members (football only)   Associate members (other)  Other conference  Other conference

## NCAA team championships

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See also: List of NCAA schools with the most NCAA Division I championships and List of NCAA schools with the most Division I national championships

Excluded from this list are all national championships earned outside the scope of NCAA competition, including Division I FBS football titles, women's AIAW championships (17), equestrian titles (0), and retroactive Helms Athletic Foundation titles.[44]

School  | Team Championships

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Total  | Men  | Women  | Co-ed
San Jose State  | 10 | 7  | 3  | 0
New Mexico  | 3 | 0  | 2  | 1
Wyoming  | 3 | 1  | 0  | 2
Fresno State  | 2 | 1  | 1  | 0
UNLV  | 2 | 2  | 0  | 0
Boise State  | 1 | 1  | 0  | 0
San Diego State  | 1 | 1  | 0  | 0
Colorado State  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0
Nevada  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0
Air Force  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0
Grand Canyon  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0
Utah State  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0
Total  | 22  | 13  | 6  | 3

## Sports

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The Mountain West Conference sponsors championship competition in eight men's and 11 women's NCAA sanctioned sports.[45] Hawai'i is only an associate member for football, and Colorado College is only an associate member for women's soccer.

Teams in Mountain West competition[a] Sport | Men's | Women's

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Baseball | 7 | –
Basketball | 11 | 11
Cross country | 9 | 11
Football | 12 | –
Golf | 11 | 9
Gymnastics | – | 4
Soccer | – | 12
Softball | – | 9
Swimming and diving | – | 9
Tennis | 7 | 11
Track and field (indoor) | 8 | 11
Track and field (outdoor) | 8 | 11
Volleyball | – | 11

1. ^ Numbers of teams are as of the 2021–22 school year

### Men's sports

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Member  | Baseball  | Basket­ball  | Cross
country  | Football  | Golf  | Tennis  | Track
& field indoor  | Track
& field outdoor  | Total

sports

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Air Force | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes  | 8
Boise State | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes  | 7
Fresno State | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No[a] | Yes | Yes  | 7
Colorado State | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes  | 6
Grand Canyon | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes  | 7
Nevada | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No  | 6
UNLV | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No  | 5
New Mexico | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes  | 8
San Diego State | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No  | 5
San Jose State | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes  | 7
Utah State | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes  | 7
Wyoming | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes  | 6
Current Totals | 8+1[b] | 12 | 10 | 11+1[c] | 12 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 69+2
Future members
Hawai'i | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No  | 5
UC Davis | Yes | Yes | Yes | No[d] | Yes | Yes | No | Yes  | 6
UTEP | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes  | 6
2026-27 Totals | 8 | 10 | 8 | 8+1[e] | 10 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 64+1

1. ^ Fresno State dropped men's tennis at the end of the 2020–21 school year.[46]
2. ^ Affiliate member Washington State
3. ^ Affiliate member Hawai'i
4. ^ UC Davis will keep their football program at the FCS level and remain a Big Sky Conference affiliate in that sport.
5. ^ Affiliate member Northern Illinois

#### Men's varsity sports not sponsored by the Mountain West

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Future members in green. Departing members in pink.

School | Fencing[a] | Gymna­stics | Ice
hockey | Lac­rosse | Rifle[b] | Soccer | Swimming
& diving | Volleyball | Water
polo | Wrestling

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Air Force | Indep­endent | MPSF | AHA | ASUN[47] | PRC | WAC | MPSF |  | WCC | Big 12
Grand Canyon |  |  |  |  |  | WAC | Big West |  |  |
Hawai'i |  |  |  |  |  |  | Big West | Big West |  |
San Diego State |  |  |  |  |  | WAC |  |  |  |
San Jose State |  |  |  |  |  | WAC |  |  | WCC |
UC Davis |  |  |  |  |  | Big West[c] |  |  | Big West[c] |
UNLV |  |  |  |  |  | WAC | MPSF |  |  |
Wyoming |  |  |  |  |  |  | MPSF |  |  | Big 12

1. ^ Fencing is officially a coeducational team sport, although a few schools field only a women's team. Air Force, like most NCAA fencing schools, has a coed team with men's and women's squads.
2. ^ Rifle is technically a men's sport, but men's, women's, and coed teams all compete against each other. Air Force fields a coed team.
3. ^ a b UC Davis has not announced a future affiliation for its men's soccer or men's water polo programs.

### Women's sports

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Member  | Basket­ball  | Cross
country  | Golf  | Gymnastics  | Soccer  | Softball  | Swimming
& diving  | Tennis  | Track
& field indoor  | Track
& field
outdoor  | Volley­ball  | Total

sports

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Air Force | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes  | 9
Boise State | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes  | 10
Fresno State | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes  | 10
Colorado State | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes  | 10
Grand Canyon | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes  | 10
Nevada | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes  | 10
UNLV | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes  | 10
New Mexico | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes  | 10
San Diego State | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes  | 10
San Jose State | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes  | 11
Utah State | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes  | 9
Wyoming | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes  | 9
Current Totals | 12 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 12+1[a] | 10 | 10+1[b] | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 108+2
Future members
Hawai'i | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes  | 10
UC Davis | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes  | 11
UTEP | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes  | 9
2026-27 Totals | 10 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 10+1[a] | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 93+1

1. ^ a b Affiliate member Colorado College.
2. ^ Affiliate member Washington State.

#### Women's varsity sports not sponsored by the Mountain West

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Future members in green. Departing members in pink.

School | Beach
volleyball | Equestrian | Fencing[a] | Field
hockey | Lacrosse | Rifle[b] | Sailing | Water
polo

|
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|

Air Force |  |  | Independent |  |  | PRC |  |
Boise State | Southland |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Fresno State |  | Big 12 |  |  |  |  |  | Golden Coast
Grand Canyon | MPSF |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Hawai'i | Big West |  |  |  |  |  | PCCSC | Big West
San Diego State |  |  |  |  | Big 12 |  |  | Golden Coast
San Jose State | Southland |  |  |  |  |  |  | MPSF
UC Davis | Big West[c] | ECAC |  | Independent | Big 12 |  |  | Big West[c]
UTEP | CUSA[d] |  |  |  |  | PRC |  |

1. ^ Fencing is officially a coeducational team sport, although a few schools field only a women's team. Air Force, like most NCAA fencing schools, has a coed team with men's and women's squads.
2. ^ Rifle is technically a men's sport, but men's, women's, and coed teams all compete against each other. Air Force and UTEP respectively field coed and women-only teams.
3. ^ a b UC Davis has not announced a future affiliation for its beach volleyball or women's water polo programs.
4. ^ UTEP has not announced a future affiliation for its beach volleyball program.

## Athletic department revenue by school

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Total revenue includes ticket sales, contributions and donations, rights and licensing, student fees, school funds and all other sources including TV income, camp income, concessions, and novelties.

Total expenses includes coach and staff salaries, scholarships, buildings and grounds, maintenance, utilities and rental fees, recruiting, team travel, equipment and uniforms, conference dues, and insurance.

The following table shows institutional reporting to the United States Department of Education as shown on the DOE Equity in Athletics website for the 2023–24 academic year.[48]

Institution  | 2023–24 Total Revenue from Athletics  | 2023–24 Total Expenses on Athletics

|
|

San Diego State University | $83,949,123  | $83,949,123
United States Air Force Academy | $81,240,615  | $69,453,628
University of Nevada, Las Vegas | $65,376,772  | $65,376,772
Boise State University | $59,885,466  | $59,885,465
California State University, Fresno | $55,761,420  | $55,761,420
University of Nevada, Reno | $53,922,006  | $53,916,558
University of New Mexico | $53,653,134  | $53,043,230
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa | $53,350,682  | $53,350,682
University of Wyoming | $53,042,120  | $53,042,120
Colorado State University | $50,262,504  | $50,262,504
Utah State University | $42,936,608  | $42,936,608
University of Texas at El Paso | $37,006,248  | $36,602,226
Grand Canyon University | $30,628,914  | $30,628,914
San José State University | $30,593,724  | $30,593,724

Since Air Force is not available from that source, it was obtained from Knight Commission for the 2022–2023 academic year.[49]

## Conference champions

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Main article: List of Mountain West Conference champions

## Rivalries

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### Conference (football)

[edit]

Totals and records following the completion of the 2022 football season.

Teams | Rivalry name | Trophy | Meetings
(last) | Record | Series
leader

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Air Force | Colorado State  | Air Force–Colorado State football rivalry | Ram-Falcon Trophy | 60
(2022) | 38–21–1 | Air Force
Hawai'i  | Air Force–Hawai'i football rivalry | Kuter Trophy | 22
(2019) | 14–7–1 | Air Force
Boise State | Fresno State  | Boise State–Fresno State football rivalry | Milk Can | 25
(2022) | 17–8 | Boise State
Nevada  | Boise State–Nevada football rivalry | — | 45
(2022) | 31–14 | Boise State
Fresno State | Hawai'i  | Fresno State–Hawai'i football rivalry | The Golden Screwdriver | 55
(2022) | 30–24–1 | Fresno State
San Diego State | Battle for the Oil Can | Old Oil Can | 61
(2022) | 27–30–4 | San Diego State
San José State | Battle for the Valley | Valley Trophy | 86
(2022) | 44–39–3 | Fresno State
Colorado State | Wyoming | Border War | Bronze Boot | 114
(2022) | 59–50–5 | Colorado State
Hawai'i | San José State  | Dick Tomey Legacy Game | Dick Tomey Legacy Trophy  | 46

(2023)

| 22–23–1  | San José State
UNLV | Hawai'i–UNLV football rivalry  | Island Showdown Trophy | 33
(2022) | 19–14 | Hawai'i
Wyoming  | Hawai'i–Wyoming football rivalry  | Paniolo Trophy | 27
(2022) | 11–16 | Wyoming
Nevada | UNLV  | Battle for Nevada  | Fremont Cannon | 48
(2022) | 29–19 | Nevada
Utah State | Wyoming  | Bridger's Battle | Bridger Rifle | 72
(2022) | 40–28–4 | Utah State

### Non–conference (including other sports)

[edit]

Schools | First
meeting | Game | Trophy | Reigning champion
(last meeting) | Next
meeting

|
|
|
|
|

Air Force / Army / Navy | 1972 |  | Commander-in-Chief's Trophy | Navy
(2024) | 2025
Boise State | Idaho | 1971 | Battle of Idaho | Governor's Cup | Boise State
(2010) |
Colorado State | Colorado | 1893 | Rocky Mountain Showdown | Centennial Cup | Colorado
(2024) | 2029
New Mexico | Arizona | 1908 | Arizona–New Mexico football rivalry | Kit Carson Rifle | Arizona
(2024) | No future games scheduled at the moment
New Mexico State | 1894 | Rio Grande Rivalry |  | New Mexico
(2024) | 2025
San José State | Stanford | 1900 | Bill Walsh Legacy Game |  | Stanford
(2013) | 2024
Utah State | Brigham Young (BYU) | 1922 | Battle for The Old Wagon Wheel | The Old Wagon Wheel | BYU
(2022) |
Utah | 1892 | Battle of the Brothers |  | Utah
(2015) |
Utah State / BYU / Utah | 1971 |  | Beehive Boot | BYU
(2022) | 2025
UTEP | New Mexico State | 1914 | Battle of I-10 | Silver Spade Trophy and the Mayor's Cup | UTEP
(2024) | 2025

## Football

[edit]

### Divisions

[edit]

See also: Mountain West Conference Football Championship Game

Beginning in 2013, the conference split into two divisions, named the "Mountain Division" and "West Division," of six teams each for football. The Mountain West also added a conference championship game, pitting the winners of the two divisions. This first championship game took place on December 7, 2013, at Bulldog Stadium in Fresno, California, the home stadium of Fresno State, the divisional winner with the higher BCS ranking.[50] Each team played five divisional games and three cross-divisional contests annually.[51] The 2015 championship game featured the Air Force Academy Falcons against the San Diego State University Aztecs. The 2016 championship game featured the San Diego State University Aztecs against the University of Wyoming Cowboys.

On May 20, 2022, the conference approved a new football schedule format, set to take effect in the 2023 season.[52][53] Under this format, the conference will remove divisions, and instead play a 2–6 format, where each team plays 2 designated rivals every year along with six separate 6-team rotations that flip every other year, such that every team will have at least one home game and one away game against every other team in a three-year cycle (less than the standard length of a college player's career). The MW Championship will also no longer be determined by the winners of the two divisions; the two teams with the highest conference winning percentage will play instead.[54][55] The designated rivals under this system are as follows:

MW Permanent Matchups[54] School  | Rival 1  | Rival 2

|
|

Air Force | Colorado State  | Wyoming
Boise State | New Mexico  | Utah State
Colorado State | Air Force  | Wyoming
Fresno State | Nevada  | San José State
Hawaii | San Diego State  | UNLV
Nevada | Fresno State  | UNLV
New Mexico | Boise State  | San José State
San Diego State | Hawaii  | Utah State
San José State | Fresno State  | New Mexico
UNLV | Hawaii  | Nevada
Utah State | Boise State  | San Diego State
Wyoming | Air Force  | Colorado State

Prior to this, the division format was as follows:

MW Football Divisions (2013–2022) Mountain Division  | West Division

|

Air Force  | Fresno State
Boise State  | Hawaiʻi
Colorado State  | Nevada
New Mexico  | UNLV
Utah State  | San Diego State
Wyoming  | San José State

* No other MW sport is split into divisions—including women's soccer, the only other conference sport with 12 competing schools (with Colorado College as the 12th member).

### Bowl games

[edit]

The Mountain West Conference has agreements with six bowls.

Since the 2014 season, the Mountain West champion is eligible for an at-large berth in the Cotton Bowl Classic, Fiesta Bowl, or Peach Bowl, if it is the highest-ranked conference champion among the "Group of Five" conferences (which also includes The American, CUSA, MAC, and Sun Belt) in the final College Football Playoff rankings, if it is not in the top 4. In the 2014 season, Boise State became the first team to receive this berth, being selected for and winning the Fiesta Bowl.

As of 2020,

Pick  | Name  | Location  | Opposing
conference  | Opposing
pick

|
|
|
|

1  | LA Bowl | Inglewood, California | Pac-12 | 5
Non–specific  | Hawaii Bowl | Honolulu, Hawaii | The American | Non–specific
Non–specific  | Famous Idaho Potato Bowl | Boise, Idaho | MAC | Non–specific
Non–specific  | New Mexico Bowl | Albuquerque, New Mexico | CUSA | Non–specific
Non–specific  | Arizona Bowl | Tucson, Arizona | MAC | Non–specific
Conditional*  | Cactus Bowl | Phoenix, Arizona | Big 12 or Pac-12 | 6 (Big 12) or 7 (Pac-12)
Conditional*  | San Francisco Bowl | Santa Clara, California | Big 12 or Pac-12 | Non–specific (Big Ten) or 4 (Pac-12)

* If Hawaii is bowl eligible and not MW champions or selected for a CFP bowl, they will receive a berth in the Hawaii Bowl.

* The MW will only send a team to the Cactus or San Francisco Bowls if one of the primary conferences affiliated with those bowls is unable to fill their slots.

### Bowl records

[edit]

As of the 2024-25 bowl games

School | Appearances | W | L | T | Win
% | BCS/
NY6 | National
championships

|
|
|
|
|
|
|

Air Force | 30  | 16  | 13  | 1  | .550  | 0–0  | 0
Fresno State | 28  | 17  | 14  | 0  | .548  | 0–0  | 0
Boise State | 22[a] | 13  | 9  | 0  | .591  | 3–1  | 2 — 1958 (NJCAA), 1980 (NCAA Division I-AA[b])
San Diego State | 20  | 10  | 10  | 0  | .500  | 0–0  | 3 — 1966–1968 (NCAA College Division[c])
Nevada | 18  | 7  | 12  | 0  | .368  | 0–0  | 0
Wyoming | 18  | 10  | 9  | 0  | .526  | 0–0  | 0
Colorado State | 17  | 6  | 12  | 0  | .333  | 0–0  | 0
Utah State | 15  | 6  | 11  | 0  | .353  | 0–0  | 0
Hawai'i | 14  | 8  | 6  | 0  | .571  | 0–1  | 0
New Mexico | 13  | 4  | 8  | 1  | .346  | 0–0  | 0
San Jose State | 12  | 7  | 5  | 0  | .500  | 0–0  | 0
UNLV | 6  | 4  | 2  | 0  | .667  | 0–0  | 0

1. ^ Appeared in the 2018 First Responder Bowl, but the game was canceled midway through the first quarter due to lightning.
2. ^ In 2006, "Division I-AA" was renamed "Division I Football Championship Subdivision" or "Division I FCS" for short.
3. ^ The "NCAA College Division" was split into today's "NCAA Division II" and "NCAA Division III" in 1973. The NCAA considers all College Division championships to be part of the histories of Division II championships in the same sports.

### Bowl Challenge Cup

[edit]

ESPN created the Bowl Challenge Cup in 2002 for the conference that had the best college football bowl record among Division I Football Bowl Subdivision conferences. The conference has won it five times, more than any other conference, by finishing with bowl game records of 2–1 in 2004–05,[56] 4–1 in 2007–08,[57] 4–1 in 2009–10,[58] 4–1 in 2010–11[59] and 5–1 in 2021–22.[60]

## Men's basketball

[edit]

The Mountain West and Missouri Valley Conferences hold an annual challenge series that was renewed in the 2015–16 season after a two-year hiatus. The series began in the 2009–10 season but temporarily ended when the original contract ran out after the 2012–13 season, During the first four seasons of the series, it involved all members of the MW and an equal number of the 10 MVC teams in basketball. With the MW now having 11 basketball members to the MVC's 10, the renewed series involves all MVC teams, with one MW team sitting out.

The first game was on November 13, 2009, featuring the Bradley Braves and the BYU Cougars in Provo and it concluded on December 23 with the Wyoming Cowboys visiting the Northern Iowa Panthers in Cedar Falls, Iowa. The challenge is similar to the ACC-Big Ten Challenge, which pits men's basketball teams from the Atlantic Coast Conference and the Big Ten Conference.[61]

### NCAA tournament records

[edit]

As of the 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball season

School | Appearances | W | L | Win
% | Wins per
appearance | National
championships

|
|
|
|
|
|

Utah State | 23  | 6  | 24  | .200  | 0.273  | 0
UNLV | 20  | 33  | 19  | .635  | 1.650  | 1 (1990)
San Diego State | 16  | 11  | 14  | .440  | 0.733  | 0
Wyoming | 16  | 9  | 21  | .300  | 0.563  | 1 (1943)
New Mexico | 15  | 8  | 16  | .333  | 0.533  | 0
Colorado State | 12  | 5  | 12  | .250  | 0.363  | 0
Nevada | 11  | 6  | 11  | .353  | 0.600  | 0
Boise State | 10  | 0  | 10  | .000  | 0.000  | 0
Fresno State | 5  | 2  | 5  | .286  | 0.400  | 0
Air Force | 4  | 0  | 4  | .000  | 0.000  | 0
San Jose State | 3  | 0  | 3  | .000  | 0.000  | 0

## Women's basketball

[edit]

### NCAA tournament records

[edit]

School | Appearances | W | L | Win
% | Wins per
appearance | National
championships

|
|
|
|
|
|

UNLV | 10  | 3  | 10  | .231  | 0.300  | 0
New Mexico | 8  | 3  | 8  | .273  | 0.375  | 0
San Diego State | 9  | 6  | 9  | .400  | 0.571  | 0
Fresno State | 7  | 0  | 7  | .000  | 0.000  | 0
Boise State | 6  | 0  | 6  | .000  | 0.000  | 0
Colorado State | 6  | 5  | 6  | .455  | 0.833  | 0
Wyoming | 2  | 0  | 2  | .000  | 0.000  | 0
Air Force | 0  | 0  | 0  | –  | 0.000  | 0
Nevada | 0  | 0  | 0  | –  | 0.000  | 0
San Jose State | 0  | 0  | 0  | –  | 0.000  | 0
Utah State | 0  | 0  | 0  | –  | 0.000  | 0

## Facilities

[edit]

School  | Football stadium  | Capacity  | Basketball arena  | Capacity  | Baseball stadium  | Capacity

|
|
|
|
|
|

Air Force | Falcon Stadium | 39,441  | Clune Arena | 5,858  | Erdle Field | 1,000
Boise State | Albertsons Stadium | 36,387  | ExtraMile Arena | 12,480  | Non-baseball school
Colorado State | Canvas Stadium | 41,000  | Moby Arena | 8,745
Fresno State | Valley Children's Stadium | 40,727  | Save Mart Center | 15,544  | Pete Beiden Field | 5,757
Grand Canyon | Non-football school | Global Credit Union Arena | 7,500  | Brazell Field | 4,500
Hawaiʻi | Clarence T. C. Ching Athletics Complex[a] | 15,000  | Stan Sheriff Center | 10,300  | Les Murakami Stadium | 4,312
Nevada | Mackay Stadium | 27,000  | Lawlor Events Center[b] | 12,000  | William Peccole Park | 3,000
New Mexico | University Stadium | 39,224  | The Pit | 15,411  | Santa Ana Star Field | 1,000
Northern Illinois | Brigham Field at Huskie Stadium | 23,595  | Future football-only member
San Diego State | Snapdragon Stadium | 35,000  | Viejas Arena | 12,414  | Tony Gwynn Stadium | 3,000
San Jose State | CEFCU Stadium | 21,520  | Provident Credit Union Event Center | 5,000  | Excite Ballpark | 4,200
UC Davis | Non-football member[c] | University Credit Union Center | 7,600  | Dobbins Stadium | 3,500
UNLV | Allegiant Stadium | 65,000  | Thomas & Mack Center (men)
Cox Pavilion (women)  | 17,923
2,500  | Earl Wilson Stadium | 3,000
Utah State | Maverik Stadium | 25,513  | Dee Glen Smith Spectrum | 10,270  | Non-baseball school
UTEP | Sun Bowl Stadium | 51,500  | Don Haskins Center | 12,222
Washington State | Baseball (and women's swimming)-only member | Bailey–Brayton Field | 3,500
Wyoming | War Memorial Stadium | 30,514  | Arena-Auditorium | 11,612  | Non-baseball school

Notes

1. ^ Temporary stadium until the new Aloha Stadium is completed.[62]
2. ^ Nevada men's basketball currently plans to move to a new 10,000-seat off-campus arena at the Grand Sierra Resort in 2026 or 2027. The Lawlor Events Center will remain home to women's basketball.[63]
3. ^ UC Davis competes in the Big Sky Conference (FCS) for football. They play their home games at UC Davis Health Stadium, which seats 10,367.

## Elevation

[edit]

The Mountain West's slogan is "Above the rest", and over half of the member institutions, plus women's soccer-only member Colorado College, are at more than 4,000 feet (1,200 meters) above sea level. This impacts endurance in sports like football, soccer, and the distance races in track & field and swimming meets; air resistance in sprints and horizontal jumps in track & field; and aerodynamics in baseball, softball, tennis, golf, and the discus and javelin throws. The Mountain West's institutions have the highest average elevations in NCAA Division I sports.

### Campus and football stadium elevations

[edit]

Schools in italics are single-sport members. In the case of women's soccer-only member Colorado College, "stadium elevation" refers to the school's soccer venue.

School  | Campus
elevation (ft)  | Stadium
elevation (ft)

|
|

Air Force Academy  | 7,258  | 6,621
Wyoming  | 7,220  | 7,220
Colorado College | 6,053  | 6,053
New Mexico  | 5,174  | 5,100
Colorado State  | 5,007  | 5,190
Utah State  | 4,777  | 4,710
Nevada  | 4,564  | 4,610
Boise State  | 2,697  | 2,695
UNLV  | 2,024  | 2,190
San Diego State  | 433  | 25
Fresno State  | 338  | 335
Hawai'i | 105  | 19
San Jose State  | 85  | 93

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