Boise State Selected Atop 2024 MW Football Preseason Poll

BOISE, Idaho – Boise State was selected as the preseason favorite to win the Mountain West, the league announced at its annual media days.

The preseason poll marks the 17th-straight season that the Broncos have been picked to claim either a conference or division crown, including every year since joining the MW in 2011.

Boise State, who claimed the 2023 regular season MW title and won last year's Mountain West Football Championship game, earned 38 of 46 first place votes and 543 total points. Spencer Danielson, who coached Boise State's final four games of the 2023 campaign in an interim role, was named the permanent coach after becoming the first coach in FBS history to lead a team to a conference championship in an interim capacity.

UNLV, who also earned a share of the 2023 regular season crown, is second in the preseason poll with 471 points and four first place votes.

Fresno State follows in third with 460 points and the remaining four first-place votes, followed by Air Force in fourth with 384 points. Colorado State is fifth with 337 points, followed by Wyoming (296), Utah State (285), San Diego State (251), Hawai'i (214) and defending 2023 MW regular-season tri-champion San José State (185). New Mexico (85) and Nevada (77) round out the poll.

In addition to Boise State, six other MW programs are under the leadership of new head coaches this season, as Jeff Choate (Nevada), Bronco Mendenhall (New Mexico), Sean Lewis (San Diego State), Ken Niumatalolo (San José State), Nate Dreiling (Utah State, interim) and Jay Sawvel (Wyoming) enter their first seasons at the helms of their respective programs. Mendenhall was a head coach in the MW at BYU from 2005-10.

The two MW programs with the best Conference records this season will square off in the 2024 Old Trapper Mountain West Football Championship, which will kick off Friday, Dec. 6, at 6 p.m. MT/5 p.m. PT/3 p.m. HT at the site of the Conference team with the best winning percentage in MW play. The contest will be nationally televised on FOX for the fifth consecutive year.

Season tickets are on sale now and can be purchased by visiting BroncoSports.com/tickets, by calling (208) 426-4737 or by visiting the Boise State Athletic Ticket Office located at the southwest corner of Albertsons Stadium.

2024 Mountain West Predicted Order of Finish

Rank	Team (first-place votes)	Points
1.	Boise State (38)	543
2.	UNLV (4)	471
3.	Fresno State (4)	460
4.	Air Force	384
5.	Colorado State	337
6.	Wyoming	296
7.	Utah State	285
8.	San Diego State	251
9.	Hawai'I	214
10.	San José State	185
11.	New Mexico	85
12.	Nevada	77

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--BroncoSports.com--

Boise State Selected Atop 2024 MW Football Preseason Poll

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