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2016 Mountain West Conference football season
League	NCAA Division I FBS (Football Bowl Subdivision)
Sport	Football
Duration	August 2016 through January 2017
Teams	12
Regular Season

2016 Mountain West football standings

	Conf.							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Mountain Division
Air Force		0	–	0					0	–	0
Boise State		0	–	0					0	–	0
Colorado State		0	–	0					0	–	0
New Mexico		0	–	0					0	–	0
Utah State		0	–	0					0	–	0
Wyoming		0	–	0					0	–	0
West Division
Fresno State		0	–	0					0	–	0
Hawaii		0	–	0					0	–	0
Nevada		0	–	0					0	–	0
San Diego State		0	–	0					0	–	0
San Jose State		0	–	0					0	–	0
UNLV		0	–	0					0	–	0
Championship: December 2016
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2016 Mountain West Conference football season was the 18th season of college football for the Mountain West Conference (MW). In the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season, the MW had 12 football members: Air Force, Boise State, Colorado State, Fresno State, Hawaii, Nevada, New Mexico, San Diego State, San Jose State, UNLV, Utah State, and Wyoming.

Preseason poll

Mountain Division

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West Division

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Head coaches

Mountain

• Troy Calhoun, Air Force – 10th year
• Bryan Harsin, Boise State – 3rd year
• Mike Bobo, Colorado State – 2nd year
• Bob Davie, New Mexico – 5th year
• Matt Wells, Utah State – 4th year
• Craig Bohl, Wyoming - 3rd year

West

• Tim DeRuyter, Fresno State – 5th year
• Nick Rolovich, Hawaii – 1st year
• Brian Polian, Nevada – 4th year
• Rocky Long, San Diego State – 8th year
• Ron Caragher, San Jose State – 4th year
• Tony Sanchez, UNLV – 2nd year

Rankings

Legend

		Improvement in ranking
		Drop in ranking
		Not ranked previous week
		No change in ranking from previous week
RV		Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25 of poll

		Pre	Wk 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	Final
Air Force	AP	Not released
	C
	BCS	Not released
Boise State	AP	Not released
	C
	BCS	Not released
Colorado State	AP	Not released
	C
	BCS	Not released
Fresno State	AP	Not released
	C
	BCS	Not released
Hawaii	AP	Not released
	C
	BCS	Not released
Nevada	AP	Not released
	C
	BCS	Not released
New Mexico	AP	Not released
	C
	BCS	Not released
San Diego State	AP	Not released
	C
	BCS	Not released
San José State	AP	Not released
	C
	BCS	Not released
UNLV	AP	Not released
	C
	BCS	Not released
Utah State	AP	Not released
	C
	BCS	Not released
Wyoming	AP	Not released
	C
	BCS	Not released

Team schedules

Air Force

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Record	0–0 (0–0 )

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Boise State

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Record	0–0 (0–0 )

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Colorado State

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Record	0–0 (0–0 )

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New Mexico

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Record	0–0 (0–0 )

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Utah State

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Record	0–0 (0–0 )

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Wyoming

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Record	0–0 (0–0 )

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Fresno State

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Record	0–0 (0–0 )

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Hawaii

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Record	0–0 (0–0 )

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Nevada

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Record	0–0 (0–0 )

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San Diego State

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Record	0–0 (0–0 )

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San Jose State

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Record	0–0 (0–0 )

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UNLV

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Record	0–0 (0–0 )

Opponent	Site	Result

Awards and honors

Conference awards

The following individuals received postseason honors as voted by the Mountain West Conference football coaches at the end of the season

2016 Mountain West Conference Individual Awards
Award	Recipient(s)
Offensive Player of the Year
Defensive Player of the Year
Special Teams Player of the Year
Rookie of the Year
Coach of the Year

2016 All-Mountain West Conference Football Teams
First Team		Second Team
Offense	Defense	Offense	Defense
WR - WR - OT - OT - OG - OG - C - TE - QB - RB - K - RS -	DL - DL - DL - DL - LB - LB - LB - LB - CB - CB - S - S - P -	WR - WR - OT - OT - OG - OG - C - TE - QB - RB - K - RS -	DL - DL - DL - DL - DL - LB - LB - LB - CB - CB - S - S - P -
^ - denotes unanimous selection  Additional players added to the All-American teams due to ties in the voting