2016 West Virginia Mountaineers football team

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Ranking
Coaches	No. 13
AP	No. 14
CFP	No. 16

2016 Big 12 Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 5 Oklahoma $	9	–	0	11	–	2
No. 11 Oklahoma State	7	–	2	10	–	3
No. 18 West Virginia	7	–	2	10	–	3
Kansas State	6	–	3	9	–	4
TCU	4	–	5	6	–	7
Baylor	3	–	6	7	–	6
Texas	3	–	6	5	–	7
Texas Tech	3	–	6	5	–	7
Iowa State	2	–	7	3	–	9
Kansas	1	–	8	2	–	10

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 2016 West Virginia Mountaineers football team represents West Virginia University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Mountaineers play as members of the Big 12 Conference (Big 12) the are led by head coach Dana Holgorsen, in his sixth year. West Virginia will play its home games at Mountaineer Field at Milan Puskar Stadium in Morgantown, West Virginia. 2016 marks the 125th season of West Virginia fooball.

Schedule

West Virginia announced its 2016 football schedule on November 24, 2015. The 2016 schedule consists of 7 home, 4 away, and 1 neutral site game in the regular season. The Mountaineers will host Big 12 foes Baylor, Kansas, Kansas State, Oklahoma, and TCU, and will travel to Iowa State, Oklahoma State, Texas, and Texas Tech.^[1]

The team will play three non–conference games, two home games against the Missouri Tigers from the Southeastern Conference (SEC) and Youngstown State Penguins from the Missouri Valley Football Conference, and one neutral site game which is against the BYU Cougars at FedExField in Landover, Maryland.

September 312:00 p.m.Missouri*

FS1W 26–1160,125 September 102:00 p.m.No. 20 (FCS) Youngstown State*

Mountaineer Field
Morgantown, WV

RTPTW 38–2156,261 September 243:30 p.m.vs. BYU*

ESPN2W 35–3238,207 October 13:30 p.m.Kansas State

Mountaineer Field
Morgantown, WV

ESPNUW 17–1661,701 October 1512:00 p.m.at Texas TechNo. 20

FS1W 48–1754,111 October 223:30 p.m.TCUNo. 12

Mountaineer Field
Morgantown, WV

ABCW 34–1061,780 October 2912:00 p.m.at Oklahoma StateNo. 10

FOXL 20–3759,584 November 57:00 p.m.KansasNo. 14

Mountaineer Field
Morgantown, WV

ESPN2W 48–2156,343 November 1212:00 p.m.at TexasNo. 11

FS1W 24–2096,367 November 198:00 p.m.No. 8 OklahomaNo. 10

Mountaineer Field
Morgantown, WV

ABCL 28–5657,645 November 263:30 p.m.at Iowa StateNo. 19

FS1W 49–1951,365 December 33:30 p.m.BaylorNo. 14

Mountaineer Field
Morgantown, WV

FS1W 24–2149,229

Template:CFB Schedule End

Schedule Source:^[2]

Game notes

Missouri

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tigers	0	3	0	8	11
Mountaineers	10	3	10	3	26

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–3	1998	MIZZOU, 34–31

Youngstown State

	1	2	3	4	Total
#20 (FCS) Penguins	0	14	0	7	21
Mountaineers	7	7	17	7	38

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–0	1938	WVU, 27–6

vs. BYU

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cougars	7	6	6	13	32
Mountaineers	7	14	7	7	35

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

Kansas State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wildcats	7	6	3	0	16
Mountaineers	0	0	3	14	17

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–5	2015	KSU, 24–23

at Texas Tech

	1	2	3	4	Total
#20 Mountaineers	10	14	3	21	48
Red Raiders	7	0	3	7	17

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
3–2	2015	WVU, 31–26

TCU

	1	2	3	4	Total
Horned Frogs	3	7	0	0	10
#12 Mountaineers	14	7	10	3	34

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–3	2015	TCU, 40–10

at Oklahoma State

	1	2	3	4	Total
#10 Mountaineers	3	7	0	10	20
Cowboys	6	14	7	10	37

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
4–3	2015	OSU, 33–26

Kansas

	1	2	3	4	Total
Jayhawks	0	0	14	7	21
#14 Mountaineers	10	21	14	3	48

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
4–1	2015	WVU, 49–0

at Texas

	1	2	3	4	Total
#11 Mountaineers	10	7	7	0	24
Longhorns	3	10	7	0	20

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
3–2	2015	WVU, 38–20

Oklahoma

	1	2	3	4	Total
#8 Sooners	21	13	7	15	56
#10 Mountaineers	0	7	7	14	28

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–6	2015	OU, 44–24

at Iowa State

	1	2	3	4	Total
#19 Mountaineers	14	7	14	14	49
Cyclones	13	3	3	0	19

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
3–1	2015	WVU, 30–6

Baylor

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bears					0
#14 Mountaineers					0

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–2	2015	BAY, 62–38

Rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Final
AP	—	RV	—	—	RV	22	20	12	10	14	11	10	19	14	14
Coaches	—	RV	RV	RV	RV	20	18	13	9	15	10	9	17	13
CFP	Not released										16	14	18	16		Not released

References

^ "2016 Football Schedule Released" (Press release). University of West Virginia Department of Athletics. July 11, 2013. Retrieved December 22, 2015.
^ "2016 West Virginia Mountaineers Football Schedule". FB Schedules. Retrieved December 22, 2015.

[UWV16-1] "2016 Football Schedule Released" (Press release). University of West Virginia Department of Athletics. July 11, 2013. Retrieved December 22, 2015.

[2] "2016 West Virginia Mountaineers Football Schedule". FB Schedules. Retrieved December 22, 2015.

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