2012 Mountain West Conference football season

August 2023 2012 Mountain West Conference football season #Mountain West Conference 1 #Mountain West Conference 2 NCAA Division I FBS (Football Bowl Subdivision) Football Mountain West Conference logo.svg 150px August 30, 2012–January 2013 10 The Mtn., CBS Sports Network, Versus 2013 NFL Draft 2013 NFL Draft TE Gavin Escobar, San Diego State Dallas Cowboys, 47th overall Regular season Fresno State, San Diego State, Boise State Co-champions Football 2011 2013 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.https://www.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/8796807/boise-state-broncos-staying-mountain-west-conference-all Boise St. sticking with Mountain West McMurphy Brett ESPN December 31, 2012 December 31, 2012 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.http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/blog/dennis-dodd/21486994/boise-state-san-diego-state-must-be-next-invite-to-mountain-west Boise State: San Diego State must be next invite to Mountain West Dennis Dodd College Football Insider CBS Sports January 2, 2013 January 2, 2013 In addition, San Jose State and Utah State will join the MW in 2013. Preseason Award watch lists The following Mountain West players were named to preseason award watch lists. width:25em Maxwell Award:http://www.maxwellfootballclub.org/news/11-07-05/2011_Maxwell_Award_Watch_List.aspx Football Club News Maxwell Football Club 2012-07-16 width:25em Chuck Bednarik Award:http://www.maxwellfootballclub.org/news/11-07-05/2011_Bednarik_Award_Watch_List.aspx Football Club News Maxwell Football Club 2012-07-16 width:25em John Mackey Award:http://www.johnmackeyaward.org/ John Mackey Award https://web.archive.org/web/20121020013354/http://www.johnmackeyaward.org/ October 20, 2012 2013-12-05 width:25em Fred Biletnikoff Award:Madisson Daniel http://no2minutewarning.com/2011/07/06/2011-biletnikoff-award-watch-list/ https://web.archive.org/web/20120326172036/http://no2minutewarning.com/2011/07/06/2011-biletnikoff-award-watch-list/ 2012-03-26 2011 Biletnikoff Award watch list | No 2 Minute Warning No2minutewarning No2minutewarning.com 2011-07-06 2012-07-16 width:25em Bronko Nagurski Trophy:http://www.sportswriters.net/fwaa/news/2011/nagurski110708.html FWAA > News > Bronko Nagurski Trophy Watch List Sportswriters.net 2011-07-08 2012-07-16 width:25em Outland Trophy:http://www.sportswriters.net/fwaa/news/2011/outland100708.html FWAA > News > Outland Trophy Watch List Sportswriters.net 2012-07-16 width:25em Jim Thorpe Award:http://www.jimthorpeassoc.org/2011/07/07/2011-jim-thorpe-award-watch-list/ 2011 Thorpe Award Watch List Released | The Jim Thorpe Association and Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame Jimthorpeassoc.org 2012-07-16 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20121017020647/http://www.jimthorpeassoc.org/2011/07/07/2011-jim-thorpe-award-watch-list/ 2012-10-17 width:25em Lombardi Award:http://www.rotarylombardiaward.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=103:2011-official-list&catid=9:2011-news&Itemid=23 The 2011 Official Rotary Lombardi Award Watch List Released Rotarylombardiaward.com 2011-07-12 2012-07-16 October 10, 2025 https://web.archive.org/web/20251010220532/http://www.rotarylombardiaward.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=103:2011-official-list&catid=9:2011-news&Itemid=23 dead width:25em Rimington Trophy:http://www.rimingtontrophy.com/news/?id=9946 Rimington Trophy Rimington Trophy 2012-07-16 width:25em Davey O'Brien Award:http://blog.daveyobrien.org/2011/07/15/2011-davey-o%E2%80%99brien-watch-list/ 2011 DAVEY O'BRIEN WATCH LIST - Davey O'Brien Blog.daveyobrien.org 2012-07-16 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120327172928/http://blog.daveyobrien.org/2011/07/15/2011-davey-o%E2%80%99brien-watch-list/ 2012-03-27 width:25em Doak Walker Award:http://smu.edu/doakwalker/ Doak Walker Award Smu.edu 2012-07-16 width:25em Walter Camp Award:https://www.ncaa.com/news/football/2011-07-18/forty-named-walter-camp-list Forty named to Walter Camp list NCAA.com 2011-07-18 2012-07-16 https://web.archive.org/web/20160807105420/http://www.ncaa.com/news/football/2011-07-18/forty-named-walter-camp-list 2016-08-07 dead width:25em Lott Trophy:http://www.lottimpacttrophy.com/watch-list https://web.archive.org/web/20120718013531/http://www.lottimpacttrophy.com/watch-list 2012-07-18 Watch List Lott IMPACT Trophy 2012-07-16 width:25em Lou Groza Award:http://www.lougrozaaward.com/Current_Watch_List.html Current Watch List | PB Sports Commission - Lou Groza Lougrozaaward.com 2009-09-19 2012-07-16 https://web.archive.org/web/20090817150753/http://www.lougrozaaward.com/Current_Watch_List.html 2009-08-17 dead Mountain West media days Media poll February 2013 Coaches 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 Hawaii 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 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings + Legend   Increase in ranking   Decrease in ranking   Unranked the previous week RV Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25 of poll   Pre Wk2 Wk3 Wk4 Wk5 Wk6 Wk7 Wk8 Wk9 Wk10 Wk11 Wk12 Wk13 Wk14 Wk15 FinalAir Force APCHarris Not releasedBCS Not releasedBoise State AP 24 RV RV 24 24 RV 24 24 21 19 RV RV RV 25 20 18C 22 25 RV RV RV 25 22 22 18 14 24 22 22 15 15 14Harris Not released 22 23 19 17 23 23 21 17 15BCS Not released 22 21 19 22 20 19 Colorado State APCHarris Not releasedBCS Not released Fresno State AP RV RV RV RV RV RVC RV RV RV RV RVHarris Not released RV RV RV RV RVBCS Not released Hawaii APCHarris Not releasedBCS Not released Nevada APC RV RV RV RVHarris Not released RV RV RVBCS Not released New Mexico APCHarris Not releasedBCS Not releasedSan Diego State AP RV RV RV RV RVC RV RV RV RV RVHarris Not released RV RV RV RV RVBCS Not released UNLV APCHarris Not releasedBCS Not released Wyoming APCHarris Not releasedBCS Not released Mountain West vs. BCS matchups February 2013 Bowl games 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 Index to colors and formattingMountain West member wonMountain West member lostMountain 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 l August 30 8:00 pm Minnesota UNLV Sam Boyd Stadium Whitney, NV CBSSN Minn 30-27 16,013 l August 31 6:00 pm 24 Boise State 13 Michigan State Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI ESPN MSU 17-13 78,709 w September 1 12:00 pm Idaho State Air Force Falcon Stadium Colorado Springs, CO AF 49-21 35,282 w September 1 12:00 pm Nevada California California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA P12N NV 31-24 63,186 l September 1 1:30 pm Hawaii 1 USC Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA FOX USC 93,607 w September 1 2:00 pm Colorado State Colorado Sports Authority Field at Mile High Denver, CO FX CSU 22-17 58,607 w September 1 3:00 pm Southern New Mexico University Stadium Albuquerque, NM NM 66-21 28,450 l September 1 6:00 pm Wyoming 15 Texas Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX LHN UT 37-17 101,142 w September 1 7:00 pm Weber State Fresno State Bulldog Stadium Fresno, CA FSU 37-10 27,663 l September 1 7:30 pm San Diego Washington CenturyLink Field Seattle, WA P12N UW 21-12 53,742 Week Two l September 8 5:00 pm North Dakota State Colorado State Sonny Lubick Field at Hughes Stadium Fort Collins, CO KTVD 20 NDSU 22-7 23,567 l September 8 3:30 pm Air Force 19 Michigan Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor. MI MICH 31-25 112,522 l September 8 12:30 pm South Florida Nevada Mackay Stadium Reno, NV CBSSN USF 32-31 22,804 l September 8 7:00 pm Northern Arizona UNLV Sam Boyd Stadium Whitney, NV NAU 17-14 15,257 l September 8 Fresno State 4 Oregon Autzen Stadium Eugene, OR P12N ORE 42-25 - w September 8 4:40 pm Army San Diego State Qualcomm Stadium San Diego, CA SDSU 42-7 30,799 l September 8 7:00 pm New Mexico 17 Texas Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX LHN UT 45-0 100,990 l September 8 2:00 pm Toledo Wyoming War Memorial Stadium Laramie, WY TOL 34-31 21,688 Week Three w September 15 2:00 pm Miami (OH) Boise State Bronco Stadium Boise, ID BSU 39-12 34,178 w September 15 5:00 pm Colorado Fresno State Bulldog Stadium Fresno, CA FRES 69-14 - w September 15 6:00 pm Lamar Hawaii Aloha Stadium Halawa, HI PPV Oceanic HAW 54-2 31,442 w September 15 5:00 pm Northwestern State Nevada Mackay Stadium Reno, NV NEV 45-34 19,399 w September 15 5:00 pm North Dakota San Diego State Qualcomm Stadium San Diego, CA SDSU 49-41 24,826 l September 15 5:00 pm Colorado State San Jose State Spartan Stadium San Jose, CA SJSU 40-20 7,189 l September 15 5:00 pm New Mexico Texas Tech Jones AT&T Stadium Lubbock, TX TTU 49-14 - l September 15 2:00 pm Cal Poly Wyoming War Memorial Stadium Laramie, WY CAL 24-22 21,728 Home attendance TeamStadiumCapacityGame 1Game 2Game 3Game 4Game 5Game 6Game 7TotalAverage% of Capacity Air ForceFalcon Stadium52,48035,28238,56238,92729,72624,27725,213 —191,98731,99860.97% Boise StateBronco Stadium37,00034,17836,86435,74236,01236,08433,545 —212,42535,40495.69% Colorado StateHughes Stadium34,40023,56723,37425,81416,57313,88712,286 —115,50119,25055.96% Fresno StateBulldog Stadium41,03127,66327,51333,89429,42330,75536,240 —185,48830,91575.35% HawaiiAloha Stadium50,00031,44231,41731,63229,47128,35927,865 —180,18630,03160.06% NevadaMackay Stadium29,99322,80419,39924,02522,24222,10430,017 —140,59123,43278.12% New MexicoUniversity Stadium38,63428,45028,27022,13519,85617,83917,290 —133,84022,30757.74% San Diego StateQualcomm Stadium71,29430,79924,82624,10350,58627,13323,87430,266211,58730,22742.40% UNLVSam Boyd Stadium36,80016,01315,25717,01514,05420,56512,83510,717106,45615,20841.33% WyomingWar Memorial Stadium34,00021,68821,72822,62717,85520,05513,374 —117,32719,55557.51% Awards and honors All Conference teams https://themw.com/football-all-mountain-west-teams-and-superlative-awards/ Football All-Mountain West Teams and Superlative Awards Mountain West Conference 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.NameYr.SchoolNameYr.School First Team Second TeamQBDerek CarrJR.Fresno StateCody FajardoSO.NevadaWRDavante AdamsFR.Fresno StateMatt MillerSO.Boise StateWRBrandon WimberlyGR.NevadaChris McNeilSR.WyomingRBRobbie RouseSR.Fresno StateKasey CarrierJR.New MexicoRBStefphon JeffersonJR.NevadaAdam MuemaSO.San Diego StateTEGavin EscobarJR.San Diego StateZach SudfeldGR.NevadaOLMatt ParadisJR.Boise StateJordan EasonSR.Air ForceOLAustin WentworthJR.Fresno StateCharles LenoJR.Boise StateOLNik EmbernateSR.San Diego StateBrenel MyersSR.Boise StateOLJeff NadySR.NevadaChris BarkerSR.NevadaOLNick CarlsonSR.WyomingAlex JohnsonSR.San Diego StatePKNolan KohorstJR.UNLVJared RobertsSO.Colorado StatePR/KRMike EdwardsJR.Hawai'iKhalid WootenSR.Nevada Defense: Pos.NameYr.SchoolNameYr.School First Team Second TeamDLMike AtkinsonSR.Boise StateLanston TanyiGR.Colorado StateDLDeMarcus LawrenceSO.Boise StateAndy JenningsJR.Fresno StateDLTyeler DavisonSO.Fresno StatePaipai FalemaluSR.Hawai'iDLMike PurcellSR.WyomingBrock HekkingSO.NevadaLBJ. C. PercySR.Boise StateAlex MeansSR.Air ForceLBAlbert RosetteGR.NevadaTravis BrownSR.Fresno StateLBJohn LotuleleiSR.UNLVJake FelySO.San Diego StateDBJamar TaylorSR.Boise StateJerrell GavinsSR.Boise StateDBPhillip ThomasSR.Fresno StateMike EdwardsJR.Hawai'iDBDerron SmithSO.Fresno StateDuke WilliamsSR.NevadaDBLeon McFaddenSR.San Diego StateNat BerheJR.San Diego StatePPete KontodiakosSR.Colorado StateAlex DunnachieSR.Hawai'i References