2011 Mountain West Conference football season

2011 Mountain West Conference football season
LeagueDivision I FBS (Football Bowl Subdivision)
SportFootball
DurationSeptember 1, 2011–January 2012
Number of teams8
TV partner(s)The Mtn., CBS Sports Network, Versus
2012 NFL Draft
Top draft pickLB Shea McClellin, Boise State
Picked byChicago Bears, 19th overall
Regular season
Football seasons
← 2010
2012 →
2011 Mountain West Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 14 TCU $   7 0     11 2  
No. 8 Boise State   6 1     12 1  
Wyoming   5 2     8 5  
San Diego State   4 3     8 5  
Air Force   3 4     7 6  
Colorado State   1 6     3 9  
UNLV   1 6     2 10  
New Mexico   1 6     1 11  
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2011 Mountain West Conference football season was the 13th season of college football for the Mountain West Conference (MW). Eight teams participated in that season: Air Force, Colorado State, New Mexico, San Diego State, TCU, UNLV, Wyoming and new member Boise State.

This was the first year the MW was without founding members Utah and BYU, which respectively left for the Pac-12 Conference and FBS independent status, with BYU's other sports joining the West Coast Conference. In response to their departure, the conference added Boise State for this season, and would eventually add Fresno State, Hawaiʻi (football only; other sports joined the Big West Conference), and Nevada for the 2012 season.

This was also the last year for TCU as an MW member. The Horned Frogs were originally set to become a member of the Big East Conference in the 2012 season. However, on October 10, they accepted a bid to join the Big 12 Conference.[1]

  1. ^ "Big 12 vote unanimous to allow TCU Horned Frogs in 2012-13". October 10, 2011.