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2012 Mountain West Conference football season

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2012 Mountain West Conference football season
LeagueNCAA Division I FBS (Football Bowl Subdivision)
SportFootball
DurationAugust 30, 2012–January 2013
Number of teams10
TV partner(s)The Mtn., CBS Sports Network, Versus
2013 NFL Draft
Top draft pickTE Gavin Escobar, San Diego State
Picked byDallas Cowboys, 47th overall
Regular season
Co-championsFresno State, San Diego State, Boise State
Football seasons
← 2011
2013 →
2012 Mountain West Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 18 Boise State +   7 1     11 2  
Fresno State +   7 1     9 4  
San Diego State +   7 1     9 4  
Air Force   5 3     6 7  
Nevada   4 4     7 6  
Wyoming   3 5     4 8  
Colorado State   3 5     4 8  
UNLV   2 6     2 11  
New Mexico   1 7     4 9  
Hawaii   1 7     3 9  
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2012 Mountain West Conference football season was the 14th season of college football for the Mountain West Conference (MW). In the 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football season, the MW had 10 football members: Air Force, Boise State, Colorado State, Fresno State, Hawaiʻi, Nevada, New Mexico, San Diego State, UNLV, and Wyoming.

This was the second consecutive year in which the Mountain West saw changes in membership. After losing two of its charter members in 2011—BYU (WCC and football independent) and Utah (Pac-12)—the MW lost TCU, members since 2005, to the Big 12 in 2012. The conference reloaded with three new members—full conference members Fresno State and Nevada, and football-only Hawaiʻi.

This was originally intended to be the last season for Boise State and San Diego State in the MW. After the 2012–13 school year, both schools' football programs planned to join the Big East. Both schools also planned to join the Big West, a former conference home of both, for non-football sports. San Diego State, a charter member of the Big West, was set to return to that conference after a 35-year absence; Boise State was set to return after a 12-year absence. However, due to major instability in the Big East, culminating in the mass exodus of the conference's seven basketball-first schools in December 2012, Boise State chose to remain in the MW for 2013 and beyond.[1] San Diego State has since sought to remain in the MW, and as a part of Boise State's agreement to remain in the MW, the conference must offer an invitation to San Diego State to remain in the MW before it can invite any other school.[2]

In addition, San Jose State and Utah State will join the MW in 2013.

Previous season

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Preseason

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Award watch lists

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The following Mountain West players were named to preseason award watch lists.

Mountain West media days

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Media poll

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Coaches

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NOTE: Stats shown are before the beginning of the season

Team Head coach Years at school Overall record Record at school MW record
Air Force Troy Calhoun 6 34–18 34–18 21–11
Boise State Chris Petersen 7 61–5 61–5 0–0*
Colorado State Jim McElwain 1
Fresno State Tim DeRuyter 1
Hawaiʻi Norm Chow 1
Nevada Chris Ault 24 226–103–1 226–103–1
New Mexico Bob Davie 1
San Diego State Rocky Long 2 65–69 0–0 40–34^
UNLV Bobby Hauck 3 82–28 2–11 2–6
Wyoming Dave Christensen 4 10–15 10–15 5–11

*first year as conference member, ^achieved as head coach of New Mexico from 99–08

Rankings

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Air Force AP
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Harris Not released
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Boise State AP 24 RV RV 24 24 RV 24 24 21 19 RV RV RV 25 20 18
C 22 25 RV RV RV 25 22 22 18 14 24 22 22 15 15 14
Harris Not released 22 23 19 17 23 23 21 17 15
BCS Not released 22 21 19 22 20 19
Colorado State AP
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Hawaiʻi AP
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Nevada AP
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New Mexico AP
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UNLV AP
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Wyoming AP
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Mountain West vs. BCS matchups

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Bowl games

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The Mountain West Conference will have agreements with the following bowls for 2012–13:

  • The MW champion will receive an automatic berth in one of the five BCS bowl games if they are the highest ranked non-automatic qualifying conference champion and either of the following:
    • Ranked in the top 12 of the BCS Rankings. (Utah qualified under this criterion in 2004-05 and 2008–09, and TCU in 2009-10 and 2010–11.)
    • Ranked in the top 16 of the BCS Rankings and its ranking is higher than that of an automatic qualifying conference champion.
Pick Name Location Opposing Conference Opposing Pick
1 Maaco Bowl Las Vegas Las Vegas, Nevada Pac-12 5
2 Poinsettia Bowl San Diego, California BYU (2012), Army (2013)
3 Armed Forces Bowl Fort Worth, Texas C-USA (2012), Navy (2013) 3, –
4 New Mexico Bowl Albuquerque, New Mexico Pac-12 7
5 Hawai'i Bowl Honolulu, Hawaii C-USA 2

If Hawai‘i is bowl eligible and not MW champions or selected for a BCS bowl, they will receive a berth in the Hawai‘i Bowl.

Regular season

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Index to colors and formatting
Mountain West member won
Mountain West member lost
Mountain West teams in bold

All dates, times, and TV are tentative and subject to change.

The Mountain West has teams in 3 different time zones. Times reflect start time in respective time zone of each team (Mountain—Air Force, Boise State, Colorado State, New Mexico, Wyoming; Pacific—Fresno State, Nevada, San Diego State, UNLV; Hawaii-Aleutian—Hawaiʻi). Conference games start times are that of the home team.

Week One

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Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance Ref.
August 30 8:00 pm Minnesota UNLV Sam Boyd StadiumWhitney, NV CBSSN L Minn 30-27   16,013
August 31 6:00 pm No. 24 Boise State No. 13 Michigan State Spartan StadiumEast Lansing, MI ESPN L MSU 17-13   78,709
September 1 12:00 pm Idaho State Air Force Falcon StadiumColorado Springs, CO W AF 49-21   35,282
September 1 12:00 pm Nevada California California Memorial StadiumBerkeley, CA P12N W NV 31-24   63,186
September 1 1:30 pm Hawaii No. 1 USC Los Angeles Memorial ColiseumLos Angeles, CA FOX L USC   93,607
September 1 2:00 pm Colorado State Colorado Sports Authority Field at Mile HighDenver, CO FX W CSU 22-17   58,607
September 1 3:00 pm Southern New Mexico University StadiumAlbuquerque, NM W NM 66-21   28,450
September 1 6:00 pm Wyoming No. 15 Texas Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial StadiumAustin, TX LHN L UT 37-17   101,142
September 1 7:00 pm Weber State Fresno State Bulldog StadiumFresno, CA W FSU 37-10   27,663
September 1 7:30 pm San Diego Washington CenturyLink FieldSeattle, WA P12N L UW 21-12   53,742
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game.

Week Two

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Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance Ref.
September 8 5:00 pm North Dakota State Colorado State Sonny Lubick Field at Hughes StadiumFort Collins, CO KTVD 20 L NDSU 22-7   23,567
September 8 3:30 pm Air Force No. 19 Michigan Michigan StadiumAnn Arbor. MI L MICH 31-25   112,522
September 8 12:30 pm South Florida Nevada Mackay Stadium • Reno, NV CBSSN L USF 32-31   22,804
September 8 7:00 pm Northern Arizona UNLV Sam Boyd Stadium • Whitney, NV L NAU 17-14   15,257
September 8 Fresno State No. 4 Oregon Autzen StadiumEugene, OR P12N L ORE 42-25   -
September 8 4:40 pm Army San Diego State Qualcomm StadiumSan Diego, CA W SDSU 42-7   30,799
September 8 7:00 pm New Mexico No. 17 Texas Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX LHN L UT 45-0   100,990
September 8 2:00 pm Toledo Wyoming War Memorial StadiumLaramie, WY L TOL 34-31   21,688
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game.

Week Three

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Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance Ref.
September 15 2:00 pm Miami (OH) Boise State Bronco StadiumBoise, ID W BSU 39-12   34,178
September 15 5:00 pm Colorado Fresno State Bulldog Stadium • Fresno, CA W FRES 69-14   -
September 15 6:00 pm Lamar Hawaii Aloha StadiumHalawa, HI PPV Oceanic W HAW 54-2   31,442
September 15 5:00 pm Northwestern State Nevada Mackay Stadium • Reno, NV W NEV 45-34   19,399
September 15 5:00 pm North Dakota San Diego State Qualcomm Stadium • San Diego, CA W SDSU 49-41   24,826
September 15 5:00 pm Colorado State San Jose State Spartan Stadium • San Jose, CA L SJSU 40-20   7,189
September 15 5:00 pm New Mexico Texas Tech Jones AT&T StadiumLubbock, TX L TTU 49-14   -
September 15 2:00 pm Cal Poly Wyoming War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY L CAL 24-22   21,728
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game.

Home attendance

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Team Stadium Capacity Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5 Game 6 Game 7 Total Average % of Capacity
Air Force Falcon Stadium 52,480 35,282 38,562 38,927 29,726 24,277 25,213 191,987 31,998 60.97%
Boise State Bronco Stadium 37,000 34,178 36,864 35,742 36,012 36,084 33,545 212,425 35,404 95.69%
Colorado State Hughes Stadium 34,400 23,567 23,374 25,814 16,573 13,887 12,286 115,501 19,250 55.96%
Fresno State Bulldog Stadium 41,031 27,663 27,513 33,894 29,423 30,755 36,240 185,488 30,915 75.35%
Hawaiʻi Aloha Stadium 50,000 31,442 31,417 31,632 29,471 28,359 27,865 180,186 30,031 60.06%
Nevada Mackay Stadium 29,993 22,804 19,399 24,025 22,242 22,104 30,017 140,591 23,432 78.12%
New Mexico University Stadium 38,634 28,450 28,270 22,135 19,856 17,839 17,290 133,840 22,307 57.74%
San Diego State Qualcomm Stadium 71,294 30,799 24,826 24,103 50,586 27,133 23,874 30,266 211,587 30,227 42.40%
UNLV Sam Boyd Stadium 36,800 16,013 15,257 17,015 14,054 20,565 12,835 10,717 106,456 15,208 41.33%
Wyoming War Memorial Stadium 34,000 21,688 21,728 22,627 17,855 20,055 13,374 117,327 19,555 57.51%

Awards and honors

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All Conference teams

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  • Offensive Player of the Year: Derek Carr, JR., QB, Fresno State
  • Defensive Player of the Year: Phillip Thomas, SR., DB, Fresno State
  • Special Teams Player of the Year: Mike Edwards, JR., KR, Hawai'i
  • Freshman of the Year: Davante Adams, WR, Fresno State
  • Coach of the Year: Rocky Long, San Diego State

Offense:

Pos. Name Yr. School Name Yr. School
First Team Second Team
QB Derek Carr JR. Fresno State Cody Fajardo SO. Nevada
WR Davante Adams FR. Fresno State Matt Miller SO. Boise State
WR Brandon Wimberly GR. Nevada Chris McNeil SR. Wyoming
RB Robbie Rouse SR. Fresno State Kasey Carrier JR. New Mexico
RB Stefphon Jefferson JR. Nevada Adam Muema SO. San Diego State
TE Gavin Escobar JR. San Diego State Zach Sudfeld GR. Nevada
OL Matt Paradis JR. Boise State Jordan Eason SR. Air Force
OL Austin Wentworth JR. Fresno State Charles Leno JR. Boise State
OL Nik Embernate SR. San Diego State Brenel Myers SR. Boise State
OL Jeff Nady SR. Nevada Chris Barker SR. Nevada
OL Nick Carlson SR. Wyoming Alex Johnson SR. San Diego State
PK Nolan Kohorst JR. UNLV Jared Roberts SO. Colorado State
PR/KR Mike Edwards JR. Hawai'i Khalid Wooten SR. Nevada

Defense:

Pos. Name Yr. School Name Yr. School
First Team Second Team
DL Mike Atkinson SR. Boise State Lanston Tanyi GR. Colorado State
DL DeMarcus Lawrence SO. Boise State Andy Jennings JR. Fresno State
DL Tyeler Davison SO. Fresno State Paipai Falemalu SR. Hawai'i
DL Mike Purcell SR. Wyoming Brock Hekking SO. Nevada
LB J. C. Percy SR. Boise State Alex Means SR. Air Force
LB Albert Rosette GR. Nevada Travis Brown SR. Fresno State
LB John Lotulelei SR. UNLV Jake Fely SO. San Diego State
DB Jamar Taylor SR. Boise State Jerrell Gavins SR. Boise State
DB Phillip Thomas SR. Fresno State Mike Edwards JR. Hawai'i
DB Derron Smith SO. Fresno State Duke Williams SR. Nevada
DB Leon McFadden SR. San Diego State Nat Berhe JR. San Diego State
P Pete Kontodiakos SR. Colorado State Alex Dunnachie SR. Hawai'i

References

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