2012 Mountain West Conference football season information
Sports season
2012 Mountain West Conference football season
League
NCAA Division I FBS (Football Bowl Subdivision)
Sport
Football
Duration
August 30, 2012–January 2013
Number of teams
10
TV partner(s)
The Mtn., CBS Sports Network, Versus
2013 NFL Draft
Top draft pick
TE Gavin Escobar, San Diego State
Picked by
Dallas Cowboys, 47th overall
Regular season
Co-champions
Fresno State, San Diego State, Boise State
Football seasons
← 2011
2013 →
2012 Mountain West Conference football standings
v
t
e
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
W
L
No. 18 Boise State +
7
–
1
11
–
2
Fresno State +
7
–
1
9
–
4
San Diego State +
7
–
1
9
–
4
Air Force
5
–
3
6
–
7
Nevada
4
–
4
7
–
6
Wyoming
3
–
5
4
–
8
Colorado State
3
–
5
4
–
8
UNLV
2
–
6
2
–
11
New Mexico
1
–
7
4
–
9
Hawaii
1
–
7
3
–
9
+ – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll
The 2012 Mountain West Conference football season was the 14th season of college football for the Mountain West Conference (MW). In the 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football season, the MW had 10 football members: Air Force, Boise State, Colorado State, Fresno State, Hawaiʻi, Nevada, New Mexico, San Diego State, UNLV, and Wyoming.
This was the second consecutive year in which the Mountain West saw changes in membership. After losing two of its charter members in 2011—BYU (WCC and football independent) and Utah (Pac-12)—the MW lost TCU, members since 2005, to the Big 12 in 2012. The conference reloaded with three new members—full conference members Fresno State and Nevada, and football-only Hawaiʻi.
This was originally intended to be the last season for Boise State and San Diego State in the MW. After the 2012–13 school year, both schools' football programs planned to join the Big East. Both schools also planned to join the Big West, a former conference home of both, for non-football sports. San Diego State, a charter member of the Big West, was set to return to that conference after a 35-year absence; Boise State was set to return after a 12-year absence. However, due to major instability in the Big East, culminating in the mass exodus of the conference's seven basketball-first schools in December 2012, Boise State chose to remain in the MW for 2013 and beyond.[1] San Diego State has since sought to remain in the MW, and as a part of Boise State's agreement to remain in the MW, the conference must offer an invitation to San Diego State to remain in the MW before it can invite any other school.[2]
In addition, San Jose State and Utah State will join the MW in 2013.
^McMurphy, Brett (December 31, 2012). "Boise St. sticking with Mountain West". ESPN. Retrieved December 31, 2012.
^Dodd, Dennis (January 2, 2013). "Boise State: San Diego State must be next invite to Mountain West". College Football Insider. CBS Sports. Retrieved January 2, 2013.
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