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Mountain West football standings 2026

UNLV leads the Mountain West at 2-0 in conference play and 4-2 overall, tied on record with the team below. 2 teams are unbeaten in Mountain West play, and 0 are in the AP Top 25. Every team's record, streak and this week's game.

Mountain West standings

Mountain West Conference standings
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1

UNLV

at Air Force, Sat, Oct 17, 3:30 PM ET on CBSSN

2-04-2
2

New Mexico

at Hawai'i, Sat, Oct 17, 10:30 PM ET on FS1

1-04-1
3

North Dakota State

vs Nevada, Sat, Oct 17, 7:00 PM ET on CBSSN

2-15-1
4

Air Force

vs UNLV, Sat, Oct 17, 3:30 PM ET on CBSSN

2-14-1
5

Wyoming

vs Northern Illinois, Sat, Oct 17, 3:30 PM ET on CW

2-13-3
6

San José State

at UTEP, Sat, Oct 17, 9:00 PM ET on MW+

1-13-3
7

Nevada

at North Dakota State, Sat, Oct 17, 7:00 PM ET on CBSSN

1-12-3
8

Northern Illinois

at Wyoming, Sat, Oct 17, 3:30 PM ET on CW

0-10-5
9

UTEP

vs San José State, Sat, Oct 17, 9:00 PM ET on MW+

0-21-5
10

Hawai'i

vs New Mexico, Sat, Oct 17, 10:30 PM ET on FS1

0-31-5

Teams are ordered by conference record, then losses, then overall record. Kickoffs are Eastern time. Source: ESPN standings and schedules; ranks from the AP Top 25, Week 7.

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What the Mountain West title means for the playoff

The Mountain West shares one automatic bid with the American, Conference USA, the MAC, the Mountain West, the Pac-12 and the Sun Belt: it goes to the highest-ranked team from those six.

Projected champion today: UNLV (tied on conference record; the higher-ranked team is listed).

See the full 12-team field if the season ended today.

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