2026 college football

Mountain West Conference

Divisionless football alignment; top two teams advance to the championship.

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Schedule

Week 1 games to know

A focused set from the next relevant football week involving Mountain West teams, shown in local time.

Saturday, August 29

San Jose State Spartans at USC Trojans

Sat, Aug 29, 12:00 PM · Week 1 · Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum

Current Top 25 team

26-42

Final

Jacksonville State Gamecocks at North Dakota State Bison

Sat, Aug 29, 2:30 PM · Week 1 · Fargodome

7-33

Final

Friday, September 4

UTEP Miners at Oklahoma Sooners

Fri, Sep 4, 5:00 PM · Week 1 · Memorial Stadium (Norman, OK)

Current Top 25 team

0-51

Final

Saturday, September 5

Northern Illinois Huskies at Iowa Hawkeyes

Sat, Sep 5, 1:15 PM · Week 1 · Kinnick Stadium

Current Top 25 team

Scheduled

UNLV Rebels at Hawai'i Rainbow Warriors

Sat, Sep 5, 7:00 PM · Week 1 · Conference game · Clarence T.C. Ching Athletics Complex

Conference opener

Scheduled

Full Mountain West schedule

Current season

2026 standings

Basic record order only; official conference-title tiebreakers are not applied.

Rank	Team	Overall	Conference
1	North Dakota State Bison	1-0	0-0
2	Air Force Falcons	0-0	0-0
3	Nevada Wolf Pack	0-0	0-0
4	New Mexico Lobos	0-0	0-0
5	Northern Illinois Huskies	0-0	0-0
6	UTEP Miners	0-0	0-0
7	Wyoming Cowboys	0-0	0-0
8	Hawai'i Rainbow Warriors	0-1	0-0
9	San Jose State Spartans	0-1	0-0
10	UNLV Rebels	0-1	0-0

Basic order only; official conference-title tiebreakers are not applied.

2026 alignment

Member teams

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National poll

No Mountain West teams in the current poll

No member appears in the stored 2026 Coaches Poll for Week 1.

No Mountain West member appears in the current Coaches Poll.