Mountain West Conference Preseason Rankings

Boise State Broncos
2018 Rank: 10
2017 Rank: 13
2017 Ended: A Mountain West title and a Las Vegas Bowl win over Oregon.
2018 Starts With: Troy (45)
Coached By: Bryan Harsin, 42-12 (5th Season)
Fresno St Bulldogs
2018 Rank: 32
2017 Rank: 26
2017 Ended: Winning the Hawai'i Bowl over Houston and the West half of the Mountain West.
2018 Starts With: Recently demoted to FCS, Idaho (131)
Coached By: Jeff Tedford, 10-4 (2nd Season)
San Diego St Aztecs
2018 Rank: 38
2017 Rank: 24
2017 Ended: A loss in the Armed Forces Bowl to Army.
2018 Starts With: A 31-10 loss to Stanford (1-0).
Coached By: Rocky Long, 64-30 (8th Season)
Wyoming Cowboys
2018 Rank: 59
2017 Rank: 43
2017 Ended: Winning the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl over Central Michigan and getting Josh Allen drafted in the first round.
2018 Starts With: A win over New Mexico St (0-2) 29-7.
Coached By: Craig Bohl, 23-29, (5th Season)
Colorado St Rams
2018 Rank: 72
2017 Rank: 70
2017 Ended: A Tough loss to Marshall in the New Mexico Bowl.
2018 Starts With: A loss to Hawai'i (1-0) and getting dismantled by instate rival Colorado (1-0)
Coached By: Mike Bobo, 21-20 (4th Season)
Utah St Aggies
2018 Rank: 87
2017 Rank: 82
2017 Ended: Losing to New Mexico St in the Arizona Bowl.
2018 Starts With: Nearly upsetting Michigan St (1-0) 38-31.
Coached By: Matt Wells, 34-33, (6th Season)
UNLV Rebels
2018 Rank: 97
2017 Rank: 89
2017 Ended: Losing to a two win Nevada team to miss out on a bowl bid.
2018 Starts With: USC (14)
Coached By: Tony Sanchez, 12-24 (4th Season)
Air Force Falcons
2018 Rank: 102
2017 Rank: 87
2017 Ended: By snapping a three-game losing streak by beating Utah St.
2018 Starts With: Stony Brook (131)
Coached By: Troy Calhoun, 82-60 (12th Season)
Nevada Wolfpack
2018 Rank: 104
2017 Rank: 111
2017 Ended: Claiming the Fremont Cannon from UNLV and keeping them from going bowling.
2018 Starts With: A 72-19 win over Portland St (0-1) after trailing 9-0.
Coached By: Jay Norvell, 4-9 (2nd Season)
New Mexico Lobos
2018 Rank: 117
2017 Rank: 113
2017 Ended: Seven straight losses after a 3-2 start.
2018 Starts With: Incarnate Word (131)
Coached By: Bob Davie, 30-45 (7th Season)
Hawai'i Rainbow Warriors
2018 Rank: 121
2017 Rank: 116
2017 Ended With: Five straight losses
2018 Starts With: A win over Colorado St (0-2).
Coached By: Nick Rolovich, 11-16 (3rd Season)
San Jose State Spartans
2018 Rank: 124
2017 Rank: 124
2017 Ended: Snapped 10 game losing streak with win against Wyoming.
2018 Starts With: Starting that losing streak over by losing to FCS UC Davis (1-0).
Coached By: Brent Brennan, 2-12 (2nd Season)