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MW FOOTBALL NOTEBOOK BOISE STATE, FRESNO STATE PICKED TO WIN MW DIVISIONAL TITLES Boise State was predicted to win the 2013 Mountain West Football Mountain Division title, while Fresno State was chosen to finish atop the West Division. This season marks the first time in Conference history for divisional play. Air Force, Boise State, Colorado State, New Mexico, Utah State and Wyoming make up the Mountain Division, with Fresno State, Hawai‘i, Nevada, San Diego State, San José State and UNLV comprising the West Division. The two divisional winners will meet in the inaugural MW Championship Game, which will be held Dec. 7, 2013 at the home stadium of the divisional champion with the highest BCS ranking. The game will be broadcast nationally by CBS at 8 p.m. MT. 2013 MW FOOTBALL PREDICTED ORDER OF FINISH - MOUNTAIN DIVISION Rk. Team (first place votes) Points 1. Boise State (40) 245 2. Utah State (1) 204 3. Air Force 143 4. Wyoming 116 5. Colorado State 90 6. New Mexico 63 2013 MW FOOTBALL PREDICTED ORDER OF FINISH - WEST DIVISION Rk. Team (first place votes) Points 1. Fresno State (39) 243 2. San Diego State (1) 181 3. San José State (1) 172 4. Nevada 135 5. UNLV 71 6. Hawai‘i 59 A LOOK AT THE 2013 MOUNTAIN WEST SCHEDULE The 2013 Mountain West football schedule is comprised of 98 games, including 48 Conference matchups. The scheduling format for the new 12-member football lineup consists of five intra-divisional games and three cross-divisional contests annually. Each institution will play four home and four road Conference games each season. The 2013 schedule will play out over 15 weeks, concluding on Sat., Dec. 7 with the inaugural Mountain West Football Championship Game to be played at the home stadium of the divisional champion with the highest BCS ranking. The game will be broadcast nationally by CBS at 8 p.m. MT. The non-conference slate features 22 games against teams that earned bowl berths in 2012, including Alabama, Arizona, BYU (3 games), Florida State, Minnesota (2 games), Navy (3 games), Nebraska, Notre Dame, Oregon State (2 games), Pittsburgh, Rutgers, Stanford, Tulsa, UCLA, USC and Washington. Eight non-conference opponents finished ranked in last year’s final USA Today/Coaches’ and Associated Press Top 25 polls, including #1/1 Alabama, #3/4 Notre Dame, #3 Ohio State (AP), #6/7 Stanford, #8/10 Florida State, #19/20 Oregon State, #23/25 Nebraska and #25 Tulsa (Coaches’). Below is a full breakdown of the Mountain West’s 2013 non-conference opponents: ACC: Florida State, Pittsburgh American: Rutgers Big Ten: Minnesota (2), Nebraska, Ohio State C-USA: Southern Miss, Tulsa, UTEP (2), UTSA MAC: Central Michigan Pac-12: Arizona, Colorado (2), Oregon State (2), Stanford, UCLA, USC (2), Utah, Washington SEC: Alabama Sun Belt: Texas State Independent: Army (2), BYU (3), Navy (3), Notre Dame, Idaho (2), New Mexico State (2) FCS: Cal Poly (2), Colgate, Eastern Illinois, Northern Colorado, Sacramento State, Tennessee-Martin, UC Davis, Weber State, Western Illinois WELCOME TO THE MOUNTAIN WEST San José State and Utah State became official members of the Mountain West on July 1, 2013. SJSU and USU are coming off banner campaigns, as the Spartans and Aggies each concluded the 2012 season with identical 11-2 overall records. San José State finished the season at No. 21 in both the USA Today/Coaches’ and Associated Press polls, marking the first time in program history that the Spartans were included in the final national rankings. Utah State ended the year ranked No. 17 in the Coaches’ Poll and No. 16 in the AP rankings. It is just the third time in school history that USU has ended a season nationally ranked. THREE NEW HEAD COACHES JOIN MW RANKS IN 2013 The Mountain West welcomes three new head football coaches in 2013, including two who are taking charge of a program for the first time in their coaching careers. Nevada is under the direction of first-year head coach Brian Polian, a 16-year veteran of the coaching ranks. Polian, who is coming off one year as the special teams coordinator and tight ends coach at Texas A&M, has also served on the staffs of Stanford (2010-11), Notre Dame (2005-09), UCF (2004) and Buffalo (1998, 2001-03). Both of the MW’s incoming members are also be under the guidance of first-year head coaches in San José State’s Ron Caragher and Utah State’s Matt Wells. Caragher comes to San José State from San Diego, where he led the Toreros to a 44-22 record and three conference titles in his first six seasons as a Division I head coach. A two-time nominee for the Eddie Robinson FCS Coach of the Year Award, Caragher previously spent four years as the running backs coach and recruiting coordinator at Kentucky, and from 1996-2002 was an assistant coach at his alma mater, UCLA. Wells, a 1996 graduate of Utah State, becomes the second-ever USU alum to be appointed the Aggies’ head coach. The 39-year-old, who is now the 11th-youngest head coach in the FBS, spent the past two seasons as an assistant coach at Utah State, including serving as the team’s offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach during the 2012 campaign. In 2011, Wells coached USU’s quarterbacks and was the team’s recruiting coordinator. He returned to Logan after two coaching stints at New Mexico, serving as the Lobos’ wide receivers and kickoff return unit coach in 2010 and its wide receivers coach and recruiting coordinator from 2007 to 2008. In 2009, Wells served as the quarterbacks coach and passing game coordinator at Louisville, and prior to his first stint at UNM, he spent five years as an assistant at Tulsa (2002-06) and Navy (1997-2001). BOISE STATE IS WINNINGEST TEAM IN FBS SINCE 2002 Boise State has amassed 130 wins since the start of the 2002 season, making the Broncos the winningest team at the FBS level during that time. Below is a breakdown of the top five leaders nationally: MOST WINS OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS (2002-PRESENT) Rk. Team Wins 1. Boise State 130 2. Oklahoma 120 3. LSU 117 USC 117 5. TCU 111 BEST HOME RECORD SINCE 2003 Rk. Team W-L Pct. 1. Boise State 60-3 .952 2. Oklahoma 60-4 .938 3. Ohio State 67-7 .905 4. LSU 64-8 .889 5. USC 52-9 .852 6. TCU 51-9 .850 BEST ROAD/NEUTRAL WINNING PERCENTAGE SINCE 2003 Rk. Team W-L Pct. 1. Boise State 54-13 .806 2. USC 54-14 .794 3. Texas 52-16 .765 4. LSU 46-16 .742 5. TCU 50-18 .735 THEMW.COM • TWITTER.COM/MOUNTAINWEST 2013 MW FOOTBALL WEEKLY NOTES: SEPT. 9 • PAGE 6
MW FOOTBALL NOTEBOOK AHEAD OF THE CLASS MW Record Overall Record Team W-L Pct. W-L Pct. Bowls ^Boise State 14-2 .875 24-4 .857 2 Air Force 55-51 .519 97-77 .558 7 Colorado State 47-58 .448 79-94 .457 7 San Diego State 46-59 .438 69-101 .406 3 New Mexico 44-61 .419 70-103 .405 5 Wyoming 33-72 .314 65-103 .387 3 UNLV 27-78 .257 49-120 .290 1 *Fresno State 7-1 .875 11-4 .733 1 *Nevada 4-4 .500 8-7 .533 1 *Hawai‘i 1-7 .125 3-11 .214 - +Utah State 1-0 1.000 1-1 .500 - +San José State -- -- 1-1 .500 - OVERTIME GAMES New Mexico defeated UTEP, 42-35, in overtime in El Paso on Saturday, Sept. 7. It was the Lobos’ first overtime contest since a Sept. 24, 2011 loss to Sam Houston State (45-48) and first overtime victory since defeating UNLV, 39-36, on Oct. 14, 2006. There were a total of five overtime games played in the Mountain West in 2012, establishing a new league record. The previous high was four overtime contests, originally set in 2002 and matched in 2006, 2009 and 2011. Below is a look at MW records in overtime since it was established in the FBS in 1996: Team 2013 Total Last Overtime Game Air Force 0-0 6-5 Oct. 6, 2012 (Lost to Navy, 21-28) ^Boise State 0-0 3-2 Nov. 26, 2010 (Lost at Nevada, 31-34) Colorado State 0-0 1-2 Sept. 24, 2011 (Def. Utah State, 35-34) *Fresno State 1-0 5-5 Aug. 29, 2013 (Def. Rutgers, 52-51) *Hawai‘i 0-0 7-2 Nov. 21, 2009 (Def. San José State, 17-10) *Nevada 0-0 4-3 Oct. 20, 2012 (Lost to Wyoming, 38-39) New Mexico 1-0 4-5 Sept. 7, 2013 (Def. UTEP, 42-35) San Diego State 0-0 4-1 Oct. 20, 2012 (Def. Nevada, 39-38) +San José State 0-0 1-4 Dec. 4, 2010 (Lost at Idaho, 23-26) UNLV 0-0 3-8 Aug. 30, 2012 (Lost to Minnesota, 27-30) +Utah State 0-0 6-4 Nov. 17, 2012 (Def. Louisiana Tech, 48-41) Wyoming 0-0 5-5 Oct. 6, 2012 (Lost at Nevada, 28-35) ^Boise State became a member of the MW in July 2011. *Fresno State and Nevada became members of the MW in July 2012, while Hawai‘i joined as a football-only member. +San José State and Utah State became members of the MW in July 2013. CONSECUTIVE GAMES WITHOUT BEING SHUT OUT Rk. Team Games Last Time Shut Out 1. Air Force 248 Dec. 31, 1992 (Mississippi, 0-13) 2. Boise State 199 Sept. 27, 1997 (Washington State, 0-58) 3. San Diego State 79 Nov. 18, 2006 (TCU, 0-52) 4. Nevada 54 Sept. 5, 2009 (Notre Dame, 0-35) 5. Wyoming 33 Oct. 9, 2010 (TCU, 0-45) 6. Fresno State 31 Nov. 19, 2010 (Boise State, 0-51) 7. Colorado State 26 Nov. 20, 2010 (Wyoming, 0-44) 8. UNLV 22 Oct. 8, 2011 (Nevada, 0-37) 9. New Mexico 13 Sept. 8, 2012 (Texas, 0-45) 10. Hawai‘i 10 Sept. 28, 2012 (BYU, 0-47) TEAM SHUTOUTS (SINCE MW INCEPTION IN 1999) Rk. Team Games Last Time 1. ^Boise State 11 Dec. 3, 2011 (New Mexico, 45-0) 2. Air Force 6 Oct. 29, 2011 (New Mexico, 42-0) 3. New Mexico 5 Oct. 4, 2008 (Wyoming, 24-0) 4. *Fresno State 4 Sept. 5, 2009 (UC Davis, 51-0) San Diego State 4 Sept. 4, 2010 (Nicholls State, 47-0) 6. +San José State 3 Aug. 29, 2013 (Sacramento State, 24-0) *Nevada 3 Oct. 8, 2011 (UNLV, 37-0) Wyoming 3 Nov. 20, 2010 (Colorado State, 44-0) 8. *Hawai‘i 2 Sept. 24, 2005 (Idaho, 24-0) UNLV 2 Sept. 22, 2007 (Utah, 27-0) 11. +Utah State 1 Oct. 25, 2003 (Arkansas State, 49-0) 12. Colorado State 0 Oct. 4, 1997 (Hawai‘i, 63-0) ^Boise State became a member of the MW in July 2011. *Fresno State, Hawai‘i and Nevada became member of the MW in July 2012. +San José State and Utah State became members of the MW in July 2013. NCAA CONSECUTIVE SCORING STREAK RECORDS Rk. Team Streak Dates By Team 1. BYU 361 9/27/1975 - 11/15/2003 Utah 2. Michigan 354 10/27/1984 - present 3. Florida 310 11/05/1988 - present 3. Texas 281 11/29/1980 - 10/02/2004 Oklahoma 4. Washington State 280 10/22/1984 - 10/18/2008 USC 5. Washington 272 11/14/1981 - 10/16/2004 USC 7. Oregon 267 10/05/1985 - 11/15/2007 UCLA 8. TCU 256 11/23/1991 - present 10. Air Force 248 8/04/1993 - present 11. UCLA 245 10/02/1971 - 10/17/1992 Arizona State 11. Colorado 242 11/19/1988 - 10/25/2008 Missouri 12. Nebraska 233 1/01/1974 - 11/29/1991 Miami (Fla.) 13. Florida State 232 9/10/1988 - 11/11/2006 Wake Forest 14. Hawai‘i 219 12/04/1976 - 11/04/1995 Colorado State 15. Arizona 214 9/09/1972 - 12/15/1990 Syracuse THEMW.COM • TWITTER.COM/MOUNTAINWEST 2013 MW FOOTBALL WEEKLY NOTES: SEPT. 9 • PAGE 7
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