2025 Mountain West Football Weekly Release - Week 13

WEEK 13 ACTION

All 12 Mountain West teams are in action in Week 13, with five of the six games appearing on national television. Hawai‘i and UNLV get things started with a critical matchup in Las Vegas on Friday at 7:30 p.m. PT on FS1. Nevada and Wyoming have a 12 p.m. MT kick on the Mountain West Network and Altitude on Saturday, followed by a pair of 5 p.m. MT kicks, when Air Force hosts New Mexico on CBSSN and Boise State welcomes Colorado State on FS1. Utah State visits Fresno State on CBSSN and San Diego State hosts San José State on FS1, both kicking at 7:30 p.m. PT.

MW CHAMPIONSHIP RACE

With two weeks left in the regular season, seven MW teams are still alive for a spot in the MW Football Championship Game and the host is still to be determined. … San Diego State could clinch a spot on Saturday with a win over San José State and losses by Fresno State, New Mexico and Boise State. … The championship race promises to be an exciting one, as the possibility exists for a seven-way tie at 5-3 in the league standings.

MOST COMPETITIVE LEAGUE

The MW leads the FBS with 50 percent of its teams boasting two or fewer conference losses. … With Nevada’s win on Saturday, the Mountain West became the only FBS conference this season to have every team record a conference win.

BOWL ELIGIBILITY

Half of the Mountain West (Boise State, Fresno State, Hawai‘i, New Mexico, San Diego State and UNLV) is bowl eligible. The SEC (.625), Big 12 (.563), Big Ten (.556) and the MW (.500) have the highest percentages of their teams eligible. … Utah State would become bowl eligible with a win at Fresno State on Saturday. The Aggies are vying for their fourth bowl bid in the last five seasons. … Boise State is bowl eligible for the 28th consecutive season, the second-longest active streak in the FBS. … Fresno State is bowl eligible for the fifth straight season. … Hawai‘i is bowl eligible for the first time since 2019. … New Mexico is bowl eligible for the first time since 2016. … San Diego State is bowl eligible for the 14th time in 16 seasons. … UNLV is bowl eligible for the third straight season.

FBS LEADERS

San José State's Danny Scudero leads with 115.5 receiving yards per game and 1,155 total receiving yards. … Air Force leads the nation with 17.83 passing yards per completion. … Hawai‘i's Kansei Matsuzawa is among three qualified kickers still perfect on field goals this season, while Matsuzawa leads the FBS with 22 field goals made and 2.20 field goals per game. … Fresno State's Jahzon Jacks leads the FBS with four fumbles recovered. … Colorado State's Jace Bellah leads the FBS with 0.50 interceptions per game, while teammate Owen Long leads in total tackles (122) and tackles per game (12.2) and Nevada's Dylan Labarbera leads in tackles for loss per game with 1.60.

AZTECS' STIFLING DEFENSE

San Diego State is fourth in the FBS in scoring defense at 12.5 points allowed per game and is seventh nationally in total defense with 262.4 yards allowed per game. … The Aztecs are the only FBS squad with a trio of shutouts this season. This marks the first time in SDSU’s Division I history (since 1969) with three shutouts in a single season. … SDSU has allowed seven or fewer points in six different games this season, the most in the FBS. That is the most such games by a Mountain West team in a single campaign since the TCU had seven such games in 2010. … San Diego State is allowing just 7.6 points per game at home this season, third-fewest in the FBS behind Ohio State (7.2) and Toledo (7.4). It is on pace to set a new MW record, besting TCU’s home slate in 2008 (8.7).

UNLV'S MAGIC NUMBER

UNLV has scored at least 20 points in each of its last 32 regular-season games (excluding MW championship games), marking the second-longest active such streak in the FBS, behind only Memphis (46 straight). The Rebels are 26-6 over that stretch.

TURNING ON THE JETS

Of the 140 FBS players with at least 100 rushing attempts this season, UNLV’s Jai’Den Thomas is the leader with 7.6 yards per carry. That’s on pace to be the highest by an MW player with 100+ carries since SDSU’s Rashaad Penny in 2017 (7.8). Thomas’ three games this season with 100+ rushing yards and fewer than 15 carries are tied for the most in the FBS (Ohio State’s Bo Jackson, Louisville’s Isaac Brown).

STELLAR PASS DEFENSE

In its last two games, Boise State has held its opponents to a combined 52 yards passing. That's the fewest ever allowed by a MW team in consecutive games. The Broncos allowed 35 passing yards against Fresno State in Week 10 and just 17 against San Diego State in Week 12. … That marks just the fifth time since 1996 and first since 2017 that an FBS team has held consecutive opponents to that few combined passing yards.

HOME (BLUE) FIELD ADVANTAGE

Over the last 26 seasons, Boise State is 145-16 (.901) at home. The 16 losses are tied for the fewest over that time (with Oklahoma) among teams that have been in the FBS every season since 2000.

CENTURY-MARK RUSHING STREAK

The longest active streak for games with at least 100 rushing yards by an FBS team belongs to Air Force, which has done so in 95 consecutive games. … The Falcons are third in the FBS in rushing with 271.1 yards per game.

EXCITEMENT IN THE DUKE CITY

Under first-year head coach Jason Eck, New Mexico is having a resurgent season. At 7-3, the Lobos have their most wins since 2016's 9-4 campaign and are in the hunt for a spot in the MW Championship game. And the fans in Albuquerque have noticed – New Mexico's attendance is up 51 percent over last season, including the Lobos' first sellout since 2007.

THE TOKYO TOE

Hawai‘i kicker Kansei Matsuzawa is currently 22-for-22 on field-goal attempts this year, setting program and MW records for consecutive made field goals to start a season and setting Hawai‘i's single-season record for made field goals. He has hit 23 in a row dating back to last season, a program record for consecutive makes and the second-longest streak in MW history. He currently has the longest active streak in the FBS.

JOHNNY ON THE SPOT

With an FBS-best four fumble recoveries this season, Fresno State's Jahzon Jacks is just one back of matching the MW's single-season record, set in 2000 and last achieved in 2021. … Colorado State's Andrew Laurich had three recoveries against New Mexico in Week 12, making him the first Ram with three fumble recoveries in a game since at least 1995.

MIDSEASON ALL-AMERICANS

Five MW players earned spots on The Associated Press Midseason All-America football teams, including a pair of first-team selections. Hawai‘i senior kicker Kansei Matsuzawa and San Diego State senior defensive back Chris Johnson earned first-team nods. San José State sophomore wide receiver Danny Scudero, Colorado State sophomore linebacker Owen Long and UNLV senior defensive back Aamaris Brown were named to the second team. The MW’s two first-team selections are as many as the other non-autonomous conferences combined, while the Conference’s five total selections surpassed the combined total of its peer leagues.

MW AGAINST THE A4 AT HOME

MW teams went 3-1 against A4 opponents at home this season. Hawai‘i earned the MW's first A4 win of the 2025 season with its 23-20 win over Stanford in Week 0. UNLV made it 2-0 with a 30-23 win over UCLA in Week 2. San Diego State picked up a third MW home win over an A4 when it throttled California 34-0 in Week 4.

MW AGAINST THE A4, PART II

New Mexico outscored UCLA 21-0 in the fourth quarter of its 35-10 win in Week 3. The 21 points were the most scored by a MW team in the fourth quarter of a win against an ACC/Big Ten/Big 12/SEC opponent since BYU scored 21 at Virginia in a 38-35 overtime win on Sept. 2, 2000. … San Diego State’s 34-0 victory over Cal in Week 4 was the second-largest shutout win ever by a MW team against an autonomous conference school. The only larger such win was BYU’s 59-0 win versus UCLA in 2008. It was one of just four shutouts by a Group of 5 program over an autonomous conference team in the last 10 seasons.

MW AGAINST THE A4, PART III

MW teams have played 16 autonomous conference opponents in 2025, including three of the four CFP semifinalists from last season (Nevada at Penn State, San José State at Texas, and Boise State at Notre Dame). … Since 2018, the MW has the best winning percentage over Autonomous 5 teams (30.0) among its peer conferences. MW teams have collected 45 wins over such teams in that span, also the most among its peer conferences (the American is second with 39).

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