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2014 Mountain West Conference football season

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2014 Mountain West Conference football season
LeagueNCAA Division I FBS (Football Bowl Subdivision)
SportFootball
DurationAugust 2014–January 2015
Number of teams12
TV partner(s)The Mtn., CBS Sports Network, ESPN on ABC, Versus
2015 NFL Draft
Top draft pickOT Ty Sambrailo, Colorado State
Picked byDenver Broncos, 59th pick
Regular Season
Football seasons
← 2013
2015 →
2014 Mountain West Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
Mountain Division
No. 16 Boise State x$   7 1     12 2  
Colorado State   6 2     10 3  
Utah State   6 2     10 4  
Air Force   5 3     10 3  
New Mexico   2 6     4 8  
Wyoming   2 6     4 8  
West Division
Fresno State x   5 3     6 8  
San Diego State   5 3     7 6  
Nevada   4 4     7 6  
Hawaii   3 5     4 9  
San Jose State   2 6     3 9  
UNLV   1 7     2 11  
Championship: Boise State 28, Fresno State 14
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2014 Mountain West Conference football season was 16th season of college football for the Mountain West Conference (MW). In the 2014 NCAA Division I FBS football season, the MW had 12 football members: Air Force, Boise State, Colorado State, Fresno State, Hawaiʻi, Nevada, New Mexico, San Diego State, San Jose State, UNLV, Utah State, and Wyoming.[1]

This was the first time in four years that the membership of the MW did not change.[1] Initially, UNLV was ineligible for postseason play due to their failure to meet Academic Progress Rate (APR) guidelines.[2] However, the NCAA later accepted an updated APR report from UNLV, showing that the school had met guidelines, and lifted the ban.[3]

Rankings

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  Unranked the previous week
RV Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25 of poll
  Pre Wk
2
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Final
Air Force AP RV RV
C RV RV
CFP Not released
Boise State AP RV RV RV 25 22 21
C RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV 25 22 21
CFP Not released 23 22 20
Colorado State AP RV RV RV RV 23 22 21 RV RV
C RV RV RV RV RV RV 25 23 21 RV RV
CFP Not released
Fresno State AP
C
CFP Not released
Hawaiʻi AP
C
CFP Not released
Nevada AP RV
C
CFP Not released
New Mexico AP
C
CFP Not released
San Diego State AP
C
CFP Not released
San José State AP
C
CFP Not released
UNLV AP
C
CFP Not released
Utah State AP RV
C RV
CFP Not released
Wyoming AP
C
CFP Not released

Schedule

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A schedule for the season can be viewed here.

Championship game

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The championship game will be played on December 6, 2014. It will feature the highest ranked teams from two division championships.[4]

Awards and honors

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All Conference teams

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[5]

  • Offensive Player of the Year: Garrett Grayson, SR., QB, Colorado State
  • Defensive Player of the Year: Zach Vigil, SR., LB, Utah State
  • Special Teams Player of the Year: Will Conant, SR., PK/P, Air Force
  • Freshman of the Year: Devonte Boyd, WR, UNLV
  • Coach of the Year: Jim McElwain, Colorado State

Offense:

Pos. Name Yr. School Name Yr. School
First Team Second Team
QB Garrett Grayson SR. Colorado State Grant Hedrick SR. Boise State
WR Josh Harper SR. Fresno State Tyler Winston SO. San Jose State
WR Rashard Higgins SO. Colorado State Devonte Boyd FR. UNLV
RB Jay Ajayi JR. Boise State Marteze Waller JR. Fresno State
RB Donnel Pumphrey SO. San Diego State Dee Hart JR. Colorado State
TE Steven Walker JR. Colorado State Jarred Gipson SO. Nevada
OL Michael Husar, Jr. SR. Air Force Rees Odhiambo JR. Boise State
OL Marcus Henry JR. Boise State Cody Wichmann SR. Fresno State
OL Ty Sambrailo SR. Colorado State Matt Galas SR. Nevada
OL LaMar Bratton SR. New Mexico Terry Poole SR. New Mexico
OL Kevin Whimpey JR. Utah State Brett Boyko SR. UNLV
PK Will Conant SR. Air Force Nick Diaz SO. Utah State
PR/KR JoJo Natson JR. Utah State Lloyd Mills SO. San Diego State

Defense:

Pos. Name Yr. School Name Yr. School
First Team Second Team
DL Kamalei Correa SO. Boise State Alex Hansen JR. Air Force
DL Tyeler Davison JR. Fresno State Travis Raciti SR. San Jose State
DL B. J. Larsen SR. Utah State Brock Hekking SR. Nevada
DL Eddie Yarbrough JR. Wyoming Ian Seau JR. Nevada
LB Dakota Cox SO. New Mexico Jordan Pierce SR. Air Force
LB Nick Vigil SO. Utah State Tanner Vallejo SO. Boise State
LB Zach Vigil SR. Utah State Aaron Davis SR. Colorado State
DB Weston Steelhammer SO. Air Force Donte Deayon JR. Boise State
DB Darian Thompson JR. Boise State Damontae Kazee SO. San Diego State
DB Derron Smith SR. Fresno State J.J. Whittaker SR. San Diego State
DB Frankie Sutera SR. Utah State Cleveland Wallace III SO. San Jose State
P Scott Harding SR. Hawai'i Alex Boy SO. Nevada

References

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  1. ^ a b Mountain West Chronology.
  2. ^ UNLV's appeal of postseason ban denied. Archived 2014-07-16 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "UNLV football's postseason ban is lifted this season". Las Vegas Sun. June 26, 2014. Retrieved June 28, 2014.
  4. ^ SDSU to get early shots at payback | UTSanDiego.com
  5. ^ "Football All-Mountain West Teams and Superlative Awards" (Press release). Mountain West Conference.