2017 Mountain West Conference football season

2017 Mountain West Conference football season
LeagueNCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision
SportFootball
DurationAugust 2017 – January 2018
Number of teams12
TV partner(s)CBSSN, ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, CBS, AT&TSN
2018 NFL Draft
Top draft pickQB Josh Allen, Wyoming
Picked byBuffalo Bills, 7th overall
Regular season
Mountain Division championsBoise State Broncos
  Mountain Division runners-upWyoming Cowboys
West Division championsFresno State Bulldogs
  West Division runners-upSan Diego State Aztecs
Championship Game
ChampionsBoise State
  Runners-upFresno State
Finals MVPQB Brett Rypien, Boise State
LB Leighton Vander Esch, Boise State
Football seasons
← 2016
2018 →
2017 Mountain West Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
Mountain Division
No. 22 Boise State xy$   7 1     11 3  
Colorado State   5 3     7 6  
Wyoming   5 3     8 5  
Utah State   4 4     6 7  
Air Force   4 4     5 7  
New Mexico   1 7     3 9  
West Division
Fresno State xy   7 1     10 4  
San Diego State   6 2     10 3  
UNLV   4 4     5 7  
Nevada   3 5     3 9  
Hawaii   1 7     3 9  
San Jose State   1 7     2 11  
Championship: Boise State 17, Fresno State 14
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2017 Mountain West Conference football season, part of that year's NCAA Division I FBS football season, was the 19th season of college football for the Mountain West Conference (MW). Since 2012, 12 teams have competed in MW football—the conference's 11 full members, plus football-only member Hawaiʻi. The regular season began on August 26 and ended on November 25. The Mountain West Championship Game was played on December 2,[1] where Mountain Division champion Boise State defeated West Division champion Fresno State to win their first Mountain West championship since 2014.

  1. ^ "Mountain West announces 2017 Football schedule". Mountain West Conference. Archived from the original on March 4, 2017. Retrieved March 2, 2017.