| 2017 | Boise State11–3 | 0 — at or above the median (Top-10 classes in the 5 recruiting cycles before that season: median of 12 Mountain West teams in 2017. Range 0–0.) | 0 (0 regular-season wins over top-10 teams · none added in the postseason) | 0 (0 regular-season wins over top-25 teams · none added in the postseason) | #57 (of 130 teams · 405.8 yds/g · 5,681 yards) | #36 (of 130 teams · 32.5 pts/g · 455 points) | #22 (of 130 teams · 332.6 yds/g allowed · 4,657 yards) | #38 (of 130 teams · 22.9 pts/g allowed · 320 points) | #26 (of 130 teams · +9.6 /g · +135 on the season) | #9 — top 10 (of 130 teams · +13 on the season · 26 taken, 13 given · +0.93 /g) | #36 (of 130 teams · 31:15 /g · 7h 18m on the season) | #37 (of 130 teams · 97% of last season's passing production returning) | #99 (of 130 teams · 41% of last season's receiving production returning) | #123 (of 130 teams · 25% of last season's rushing production returning) | #71 (of 130 teams · 501.5 composite · a squad total, so not comparable across seasons) | #72 (of 130 teams · 0.142 predicted points added per play · not opponent-adjusted) | #43 (of 130 teams · 0.090 allowed per play · lower is better, so #1 is the best defence) | #51 (of 130 teams · 44% of plays successful) | #55 (of 130 teams · 41% of opponent plays successful · lower is better) | #97 (of 130 teams · 1.133 average PPA on successful plays) | #45 (of 130 teams · 1.169 allowed on opponent successes · lower is better) |
| Median | of 12 Mountain West teams in 2017 | 0 (Top-10 classes in the 5 recruiting cycles before that season: median of 12 Mountain West teams in 2017. Range 0–0.) | 0 (Regular-season wins over teams ranked 1–10 in the final Playoff Committee Rankings: median of 12 Mountain West teams in 2017. Regular season only, with each opponent's rank frozen at the final regular-season poll — so a team you pin is measured against games it could also have played.) | 0 (Regular-season wins over teams ranked 1–25 in the final Playoff Committee Rankings: median of 12 Mountain West teams in 2017. Regular season only, with each opponent's rank frozen at the final regular-season poll — so a team you pin is measured against games it could also have played.) | #64 (Total offense: median of 12 Mountain West teams in 2017. Range #11–#126. 0 of 12 in the top 10.) | #61 (Scoring offense: median of 12 Mountain West teams in 2017. Range #31–#126. 0 of 12 in the top 10.) | #70 (Total defense: median of 12 Mountain West teams in 2017. Range #11–#125. 0 of 12 in the top 10.) | #72 (Scoring defense: median of 12 Mountain West teams in 2017. Range #9–#127. 2 of 12 in the top 10.) | #62 (Point margin: median of 12 Mountain West teams in 2017. Range #24–#130. 0 of 12 in the top 10.) | #38 (Turnover margin: median of 12 Mountain West teams in 2017. Range #1–#130. 2 of 12 in the top 10.) | #34 (Possession: median of 12 Mountain West teams in 2017. Range #7–#130. 1 of 12 in the top 10.) | #53 (Returning passing: median of 12 Mountain West teams in 2017. Range #1–#99. 1 of 12 in the top 10.) | #61 (Returning receiving: median of 12 Mountain West teams in 2017. Range #13–#127. 0 of 12 in the top 10.) | #86 (Returning rushing: median of 12 Mountain West teams in 2017. Range #17–#124. 0 of 12 in the top 10.) | #102 (Team talent: median of 12 Mountain West teams in 2017. Range #71–#130. 0 of 12 in the top 10.) | #69 (Offensive EPA: median of 12 Mountain West teams in 2017. Range #16–#127. 0 of 12 in the top 10.) | #92 (Defensive EPA: median of 12 Mountain West teams in 2017. Range #8–#121. 1 of 12 in the top 10.) | #57 (Offensive success rate: median of 12 Mountain West teams in 2017. Range #5–#124. 2 of 12 in the top 10.) | #62 (Defensive success rate: median of 12 Mountain West teams in 2017. Range #37–#124. 0 of 12 in the top 10.) | #81 (Offensive explosiveness: median of 12 Mountain West teams in 2017. Range #18–#130. 0 of 12 in the top 10.) | #27 (Defensive explosiveness: median of 12 Mountain West teams in 2017. Range #8–#120. 2 of 12 in the top 10.) |
| 2017 | Air Force5–7 | 0 — at or above the median (Top-10 classes in the 5 recruiting cycles before that season: median of 12 Mountain West teams in 2017. Range 0–0.) | 0 (0 regular-season wins over top-10 teams · none added in the postseason) | 0 (0 regular-season wins over top-25 teams · none added in the postseason) | #49 (of 130 teams · 417.0 yds/g · 5,004 yards) | #44 (of 130 teams · 31.4 pts/g · 377 points) | #66 (of 130 teams · 393.9 yds/g allowed · 4,727 yards) | #101 (of 130 teams · 32.4 pts/g allowed · 389 points) | #80 (of 130 teams · -1.0 /g · -12 on the season) | #120 (of 130 teams · -10 on the season · 10 taken, 20 given · -0.83 /g) | #7 — top 10 (of 130 teams · 33:27 /g · 6h 41m on the season) | #29 (of 130 teams · 99% of last season's passing production returning) | #97 (of 130 teams · 42% of last season's receiving production returning) | #86 (of 130 teams · 48% of last season's rushing production returning) | #130 (of 130 teams · 21.1 composite · a squad total, so not comparable across seasons) | #32 (of 130 teams · 0.214 predicted points added per play · not opponent-adjusted) | #111 (of 130 teams · 0.235 allowed per play · lower is better, so #1 is the best defence) | #7 — top 10 (of 130 teams · 49% of plays successful) | #73 (of 130 teams · 42% of opponent plays successful · lower is better) | #124 (of 130 teams · 1.072 average PPA on successful plays) | #119 (of 130 teams · 1.349 allowed on opponent successes · lower is better) |
| 2017 | Colorado State7–6 | 0 — at or above the median (Top-10 classes in the 5 recruiting cycles before that season: median of 12 Mountain West teams in 2017. Range 0–0.) | 0 (0 regular-season wins over top-10 teams · none added in the postseason) | 0 (0 regular-season wins over top-25 teams · none added in the postseason) | #11 (of 130 teams · 492.5 yds/g · 6,402 yards) | #31 (of 130 teams · 33.4 pts/g · 434 points) | #98 (of 130 teams · 431.6 yds/g allowed · 5,611 yards) | #72 (of 130 teams · 27.8 pts/g allowed · 361 points) | #51 (of 130 teams · +5.6 /g · +73 on the season) | #56 (of 130 teams · +2 on the season · 18 taken, 16 given · +0.15 /g) | #21 (of 130 teams · 31:56 /g · 6h 55m on the season) | #53 (of 130 teams · 91% of last season's passing production returning) | #35 (of 130 teams · 72% of last season's receiving production returning) | #17 (of 130 teams · 93% of last season's rushing production returning) | #78 (of 130 teams · 442.0 composite · a squad total, so not comparable across seasons) | #16 (of 130 teams · 0.261 predicted points added per play · not opponent-adjusted) | #92 (of 130 teams · 0.202 allowed per play · lower is better, so #1 is the best defence) | #5 — top 10 (of 130 teams · 49% of plays successful) | #87 (of 130 teams · 44% of opponent plays successful · lower is better) | #58 (of 130 teams · 1.221 average PPA on successful plays) | #86 (of 130 teams · 1.246 allowed on opponent successes · lower is better) |
| 2017 | Fresno State10–4 | 0 — at or above the median (Top-10 classes in the 5 recruiting cycles before that season: median of 12 Mountain West teams in 2017. Range 0–0.) | 0 (0 regular-season wins over top-10 teams · none added in the postseason) | 1 (1 regular-season win over top-25 teams · none added in the postseason — #25 Boise State) | #72 (of 130 teams · 392.9 yds/g · 5,501 yards) | #77 (of 130 teams · 27.1 pts/g · 380 points) | #15 (of 130 teams · 320.6 yds/g allowed · 4,488 yards) | #10 — top 10 (of 130 teams · 17.9 pts/g allowed · 251 points) | #28 (of 130 teams · +9.2 /g · +129 on the season) | #25 (of 130 teams · +8 on the season · 21 taken, 13 given · +0.57 /g) | #34 (of 130 teams · 31:17 /g · 7h 18m on the season) | #67 (of 130 teams · 79% of last season's passing production returning) | #39 (of 130 teams · 70% of last season's receiving production returning) | #109 (of 130 teams · 34% of last season's rushing production returning) | #92 (of 130 teams · 374.6 composite · a squad total, so not comparable across seasons) | #56 (of 130 teams · 0.162 predicted points added per play · not opponent-adjusted) | #18 (of 130 teams · 0.041 allowed per play · lower is better, so #1 is the best defence) | #34 (of 130 teams · 45% of plays successful) | #57 (of 130 teams · 41% of opponent plays successful · lower is better) | #130 (of 130 teams · 1.010 average PPA on successful plays) | #9 — top 10 (of 130 teams · 1.067 allowed on opponent successes · lower is better) |
| 2017 | Hawai'i3–9 | 0 — at or above the median (Top-10 classes in the 5 recruiting cycles before that season: median of 12 Mountain West teams in 2017. Range 0–0.) | 0 (0 regular-season wins over top-10 teams · none added in the postseason) | 0 (0 regular-season wins over top-25 teams · none added in the postseason) | #63 (of 130 teams · 402.7 yds/g · 4,832 yards) | #106 (of 130 teams · 22.8 pts/g · 273 points) | #115 (of 130 teams · 458.8 yds/g allowed · 5,505 yards) | #106 (of 130 teams · 33.9 pts/g allowed · 407 points) | #112 (of 130 teams · -11.2 /g · -134 on the season) | #59 (of 130 teams · +1 on the season · 15 taken, 14 given · +0.08 /g) | #26 (of 130 teams · 31:28 /g · 6h 18m on the season) | #70 (of 130 teams · 76% of last season's passing production returning) | #59 (of 130 teams · 59% of last season's receiving production returning) | #79 (of 130 teams · 55% of last season's rushing production returning) | #110 (of 130 teams · 330.6 composite · a squad total, so not comparable across seasons) | #69 (of 130 teams · 0.147 predicted points added per play · not opponent-adjusted) | #121 (of 130 teams · 0.268 allowed per play · lower is better, so #1 is the best defence) | #59 (of 130 teams · 43% of plays successful) | #108 (of 130 teams · 46% of opponent plays successful · lower is better) | #81 (of 130 teams · 1.166 average PPA on successful plays) | #116 (of 130 teams · 1.330 allowed on opponent successes · lower is better) |
| 2017 | Nevada3–9 | 0 — at or above the median (Top-10 classes in the 5 recruiting cycles before that season: median of 12 Mountain West teams in 2017. Range 0–0.) | 0 (0 regular-season wins over top-10 teams · none added in the postseason) | 0 (0 regular-season wins over top-25 teams · none added in the postseason) | #67 (of 130 teams · 397.6 yds/g · 4,771 yards) | #67 (of 130 teams · 28.2 pts/g · 338 points) | #120 (of 130 teams · 471.3 yds/g allowed · 5,656 yards) | #106 (of 130 teams · 33.9 pts/g allowed · 407 points) | #97 (of 130 teams · -5.8 /g · -69 on the season) | #82 (of 130 teams · -2 on the season · 19 taken, 21 given · -0.17 /g) | #127 (of 130 teams · 25:44 /g · 5h 09m on the season) | #85 (of 130 teams · 43% of last season's passing production returning) | #83 (of 130 teams · 44% of last season's receiving production returning) | #116 (of 130 teams · 31% of last season's rushing production returning) | #103 (of 130 teams · 341.1 composite · a squad total, so not comparable across seasons) | #73 (of 130 teams · 0.140 predicted points added per play · not opponent-adjusted) | #99 (of 130 teams · 0.209 allowed per play · lower is better, so #1 is the best defence) | #91 (of 130 teams · 41% of plays successful) | #122 (of 130 teams · 49% of opponent plays successful · lower is better) | #23 (of 130 teams · 1.286 average PPA on successful plays) | #28 (of 130 teams · 1.135 allowed on opponent successes · lower is better) |
| 2017 | New Mexico3–9 | 0 — at or above the median (Top-10 classes in the 5 recruiting cycles before that season: median of 12 Mountain West teams in 2017. Range 0–0.) | 0 (0 regular-season wins over top-10 teams · none added in the postseason) | 0 (0 regular-season wins over top-25 teams · none added in the postseason) | #99 (of 130 teams · 359.5 yds/g · 4,314 yards) | #114 (of 130 teams · 20.7 pts/g · 248 points) | #70 (of 130 teams · 398.0 yds/g allowed · 4,776 yards) | #94 (of 130 teams · 31.8 pts/g allowed · 382 points) | #112 (of 130 teams · -11.2 /g · -134 on the season) | #127 (of 130 teams · -16 on the season · 13 taken, 29 given · -1.33 /g) | #17 (of 130 teams · 32:24 /g · 6h 29m on the season) | #86 (of 130 teams · 43% of last season's passing production returning) | #64 (of 130 teams · 57% of last season's receiving production returning) | #60 (of 130 teams · 68% of last season's rushing production returning) | #102 (of 130 teams · 344.6 composite · a squad total, so not comparable across seasons) | #114 (of 130 teams · 0.065 predicted points added per play · not opponent-adjusted) | #104 (of 130 teams · 0.215 allowed per play · lower is better, so #1 is the best defence) | #116 (of 130 teams · 38% of plays successful) | #62 (of 130 teams · 41% of opponent plays successful · lower is better) | #57 (of 130 teams · 1.222 average PPA on successful plays) | #120 (of 130 teams · 1.352 allowed on opponent successes · lower is better) |
| 2017 | San Diego State10–3 | 0 — at or above the median (Top-10 classes in the 5 recruiting cycles before that season: median of 12 Mountain West teams in 2017. Range 0–0.) | 0 (0 regular-season wins over top-10 teams · none added in the postseason) | 1 (1 regular-season win over top-25 teams · none added in the postseason — #13 Stanford) | #64 (of 130 teams · 400.1 yds/g · 5,202 yards) | #45 (of 130 teams · 30.8 pts/g · 400 points) | #11 (of 130 teams · 314.5 yds/g allowed · 4,088 yards) | #21 (of 130 teams · 20.2 pts/g allowed · 263 points) | #24 (of 130 teams · +10.5 /g · +137 on the season) | #26 (of 130 teams · +7 on the season · 20 taken, 13 given · +0.54 /g) | #22 (of 130 teams · 31:54 /g · 6h 55m on the season) | #22 (of 130 teams · 99% of last season's passing production returning) | #40 (of 130 teams · 70% of last season's receiving production returning) | #99 (of 130 teams · 41% of last season's rushing production returning) | #82 (of 130 teams · 419.4 composite · a squad total, so not comparable across seasons) | #30 (of 130 teams · 0.215 predicted points added per play · not opponent-adjusted) | #36 (of 130 teams · 0.074 allowed per play · lower is better, so #1 is the best defence) | #57 (of 130 teams · 43% of plays successful) | #48 (of 130 teams · 40% of opponent plays successful · lower is better) | #18 (of 130 teams · 1.300 average PPA on successful plays) | #19 (of 130 teams · 1.096 allowed on opponent successes · lower is better) |
| 2017 | San José State2–11 | 0 — at or above the median (Top-10 classes in the 5 recruiting cycles before that season: median of 12 Mountain West teams in 2017. Range 0–0.) | 0 (0 regular-season wins over top-10 teams · none added in the postseason) | 0 (0 regular-season wins over top-25 teams · none added in the postseason) | #121 (of 130 teams · 318.1 yds/g · 4,135 yards) | #126 (of 130 teams · 15.8 pts/g · 206 points) | #125 (of 130 teams · 499.3 yds/g allowed · 6,491 yards) | #127 (of 130 teams · 41.7 pts/g allowed · 542 points) | #130 (of 130 teams · -25.9 /g · -336 on the season) | #130 (of 130 teams · -26 on the season · 16 taken, 42 given · -2.00 /g) | #130 (of 130 teams · 24:48 /g · 5h 22m on the season) | #99 (of 130 teams · 18% of last season's passing production returning) | #61 (of 130 teams · 57% of last season's receiving production returning) | #118 (of 130 teams · 29% of last season's rushing production returning) | #90 (of 130 teams · 378.6 composite · a squad total, so not comparable across seasons) | #127 (of 130 teams · -0.015 predicted points added per play · not opponent-adjusted) | #115 (of 130 teams · 0.246 allowed per play · lower is better, so #1 is the best defence) | #124 (of 130 teams · 37% of plays successful) | #115 (of 130 teams · 47% of opponent plays successful · lower is better) | #89 (of 130 teams · 1.148 average PPA on successful plays) | #27 (of 130 teams · 1.135 allowed on opponent successes · lower is better) |
| 2017 | UNLV5–7 | 0 — at or above the median (Top-10 classes in the 5 recruiting cycles before that season: median of 12 Mountain West teams in 2017. Range 0–0.) | 0 (0 regular-season wins over top-10 teams · none added in the postseason) | 0 (0 regular-season wins over top-25 teams · none added in the postseason) | #41 (of 130 teams · 427.1 yds/g · 5,125 yards) | #61 (of 130 teams · 28.8 pts/g · 346 points) | #114 (of 130 teams · 458.7 yds/g allowed · 5,504 yards) | #93 (of 130 teams · 31.8 pts/g allowed · 381 points) | #90 (of 130 teams · -2.9 /g · -35 on the season) | #38 (of 130 teams · +4 on the season · 19 taken, 15 given · +0.33 /g) | #37 (of 130 teams · 31:09 /g · 6h 14m on the season) | #75 (of 130 teams · 69% of last season's passing production returning) | #13 (of 130 teams · 85% of last season's receiving production returning) | #42 (of 130 teams · 79% of last season's rushing production returning) | #109 (of 130 teams · 331.2 composite · a squad total, so not comparable across seasons) | #50 (of 130 teams · 0.183 predicted points added per play · not opponent-adjusted) | #106 (of 130 teams · 0.218 allowed per play · lower is better, so #1 is the best defence) | #40 (of 130 teams · 45% of plays successful) | #124 (of 130 teams · 50% of opponent plays successful · lower is better) | #96 (of 130 teams · 1.135 average PPA on successful plays) | #8 — top 10 (of 130 teams · 1.064 allowed on opponent successes · lower is better) |
| 2017 | Utah State6–7 | 0 — at or above the median (Top-10 classes in the 5 recruiting cycles before that season: median of 12 Mountain West teams in 2017. Range 0–0.) | 0 (0 regular-season wins over top-10 teams · none added in the postseason) | 0 (0 regular-season wins over top-25 teams · none added in the postseason) | #68 (of 130 teams · 397.4 yds/g · 5,166 yards) | #51 (of 130 teams · 30.1 pts/g · 392 points) | #73 (of 130 teams · 398.9 yds/g allowed · 5,185 yards) | #67 (of 130 teams · 26.9 pts/g allowed · 350 points) | #62 (of 130 teams · +3.2 /g · +42 on the season) | #30 (of 130 teams · +5 on the season · 29 taken, 24 given · +0.38 /g) | #120 (of 130 teams · 26:39 /g · 5h 46m on the season) | #1 — top 10 (of 130 teams · 100% of last season's passing production returning) | #122 (of 130 teams · 26% of last season's receiving production returning) | #46 (of 130 teams · 77% of last season's rushing production returning) | #111 (of 130 teams · 330.2 composite · a squad total, so not comparable across seasons) | #102 (of 130 teams · 0.083 predicted points added per play · not opponent-adjusted) | #31 (of 130 teams · 0.063 allowed per play · lower is better, so #1 is the best defence) | #102 (of 130 teams · 40% of plays successful) | #46 (of 130 teams · 40% of opponent plays successful · lower is better) | #64 (of 130 teams · 1.212 average PPA on successful plays) | #13 (of 130 teams · 1.083 allowed on opponent successes · lower is better) |
| 2017 | Wyoming8–5 | 0 — at or above the median (Top-10 classes in the 5 recruiting cycles before that season: median of 12 Mountain West teams in 2017. Range 0–0.) | 0 (0 regular-season wins over top-10 teams · none added in the postseason) | 0 (0 regular-season wins over top-25 teams · none added in the postseason) | #126 (of 130 teams · 286.0 yds/g · 3,718 yards) | #105 (of 130 teams · 23.5 pts/g · 305 points) | #23 (of 130 teams · 335.2 yds/g allowed · 4,358 yards) | #9 — top 10 (of 130 teams · 17.5 pts/g allowed · 228 points) | #49 (of 130 teams · +5.9 /g · +77 on the season) | #1 — top 10 (of 130 teams · +24 on the season · 38 taken, 14 given · +1.85 /g) | #111 (of 130 teams · 27:39 /g · 6h 00m on the season) | #14 (of 130 teams · 100% of last season's passing production returning) | #127 (of 130 teams · 19% of last season's receiving production returning) | #124 (of 130 teams · 24% of last season's rushing production returning) | #122 (of 130 teams · 277.1 composite · a squad total, so not comparable across seasons) | #123 (of 130 teams · 0.029 predicted points added per play · not opponent-adjusted) | #8 — top 10 (of 130 teams · 0.016 allowed per play · lower is better, so #1 is the best defence) | #120 (of 130 teams · 38% of plays successful) | #37 (of 130 teams · 39% of opponent plays successful · lower is better) | #104 (of 130 teams · 1.119 average PPA on successful plays) | #14 (of 130 teams · 1.083 allowed on opponent successes · lower is better) |