2015 Mountain West Conference football season

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Mountain Division champions Air Force Falcons West Division champions San Diego State Aztecs Dates 3 Sep 2015 – 5 Dec 2015		Mountain Division runners-up Boise State Broncos West Division runners-up Nevada Wolfpack Number of teams 12

League NCAA Division I FBS (Football Bowl Subdivision) Duration August 2015–January 2016 Champion San Diego State Aztecs football TV partners CBS Sports Network, Fox College Football, Fox Sports 1, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU College Football, CBS Similar 2015 NCAA Division I, 2016 Sun Belt Conferen, 2014 NCAA Division I

The 2015 Mountain West Conference football season was the 17th season of college football for the Mountain West Conference (MW). In the 2015 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.

Mountain West Media

2015 Mountain West Media Day will be held at The Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas, NV on July 28, 2015.

Preseason polls

Predicted Mountain West Championship Game Winner: Boise State is picked to win the Mountain West title game over San Diego State.

Preseason All-Mountain West Teams

Preseason Offensive Player of the Year:

Rashard Higgins, Jr., WR, Colorado State

Preseason Defensive Player of the Year:

Kyler Fackrell, Sr., LB, Utah State

Preseason Special Teams Player of the Year:

Donny Hageman, Sr., PK, San Diego State

(* - member of the 2014 All-Mountain West first team)

(** - member of the 2014 All-Mountain West second team)

Award watch lists

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

Coaches

NOTE: Stats shown are before the beginning of the season

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

Championship game

The championship game was played on December 5, 2015. It featured the Air Force Falcons, champions of the Mountain Division, and the San Diego State Aztecs, champions of the West Division. The game was played at Qualcomm Stadium in front of 20,959. San Diego State won the game 27-24 to claim their first outright conference championship since 1986, and their first ever outright Mountain West Conference championship.

Records against other conferences

2015 records against non-conference foes:

Offensive Player of the Year: Donnel Pumphrey, JR., RB, San Diego State

Defensive Player of the Year: Damontae Kazee, JR., DB, San Diego State

Special Teams Player of the Year: Rashaad Penny, SO., RS, San Diego State

Freshman of the Year: Brett Rypien, QB, Boise State

Coach of the Year: Rocky Long, San Diego State

Offense:

Defense:

(* - Two-Time First-Team Selection)
(** - Two-Time Second-Team Selection)
(*** - Three-Time Second-Team Selection)

Home game attendance

Bold – Exceed capacity
†Season High

References

2015 Mountain West Conference football season Wikipedia

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