2014 Mountain West Conference football season

2014 Mountain West Conference football 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
Football seasons
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2014 Mountain West Conference football standings
v t e
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

**Legend**
	Increase in ranking
	Decrease in ranking
	Unranked the previous week
RV	Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25 of poll

		Pre	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 13	Wk 14	Wk 15	Wk 16
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

A schedule for the season can be viewed here.

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

All Conference teams

^[5]

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
First Team				Second Team
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
First Team				Second Team
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

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

[mwc-1] 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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