2009 Mountain West Conference football season

2009 Mountain West Conference football season
LeagueNCAA Division I FBS (Football Bowl Subdivision)
SportFootball
DurationSeptember 3, 2009
through January 7, 2010
Number of teams9
TV partner(s)Mtn., CBS College Sports, Versus
2010 NFL Draft
Top draft pickDE Jerry Hughes, TCU
Picked byIndianapolis Colts, 31st overall
Regular Season
ChampionTCU
Runners-UpBrigham Young
Football seasons
← 2008
2010 →
2009 Mountain West Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 6 TCU $   8 0     12 1  
No. 12 BYU   7 1     11 2  
No. 18 Utah   6 2     10 3  
Air Force   5 3     8 5  
Wyoming   4 4     7 6  
UNLV   3 5     5 7  
San Diego State   2 6     4 8  
New Mexico   1 7     1 11  
Colorado State   0 8     3 9  
  • $ – Conference champion and BCS representative as top non-AQ school to meet automatic qualification criteria
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2009 Mountain West Conference football season was the 11th since eight former members of the Western Athletic Conference banded together to form the MW.