MWC 2021 Fall College Football Schedules

March 15, 2021 by Staff

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – The 2021 Mountain West football schedule features eight games against teams ranked in the top 25 of the final Associated Press poll in 2020, including No. 4 Texas A&M, No. 9 Iowa State, No. 11 BYU (twice), No. 16 Iowa, No. 20 Oklahoma State, No. 21 USC and No. 23 Ball State.

This represents the first phase in the 2021 football schedule process. Mountain West national television partners CBS Sports and FOX Sports will now initiate a selection procedure which will include the shifting of particular games to non-Saturday dates. That will be followed by the identification of network outlets and kick times.

The 2021 MW football membership includes Air Force, Boise State, Colorado State, New Mexico, Utah State and Wyoming in the Mountain Division and Fresno State, Hawai‘i, Nevada, San Diego State, San José State and UNLV in the West Division.

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The first nonconference game that stands out occurs on opening weekend when Hawai'i visits UCLA on August 28.

The following week, Boise State goes cross-country to Orlando to face UCF. That game will mark the debut of new head coaches for both schools - Andy Avalos for the Broncos and Gus Malzahn for the Knights.

Also on September 4, Mountain West teams have four games against PAC-12 schools with Utah State visiting Washington State, Fresno State heading to Oregon, Nevada traveling to CAL and one of last year's surprise teams, San Jose State, trekking downstate to USC. The Utah State game begins the Blake Anderson era.

Three more matchup with PAC-12 teams take place on September 11 when San Diego visits Arizona State, UNLV takes on Arizona, and Hawai'i faces a second PAC-12 opponent on a road trip to Oregon State.

On September 18, Fresno State faces a second PAC-12 team when the Bulldogs go to Pasadena to tackle UCLA. On that same date, Utah visits San Diego State. Until then, you can have fun with these slot machines.

Lest it be thought otherwise, the PAC-12 doesn't have a monopoly on Power 5 opposition status for the Mountain West. Games are also scheduled against the Big Ten, SEC and the Big 12 on September 18. That's when Oklahoma State visits Boise State, Nevada travels to Kansas State, New Mexico heads to Texas A&M and UNLV hosts Iowa State.

Air Force will look to capture the Commander-in-Chief's Trophy when the Falcons visit Navy on September 11 and host Army on November 6.

Some key conference games include Nevada at Boise State on October 2, San Diego State at Air Force on October 23, and Fresno State at San Jose State on November 27.

Last year, San Jose State captured its first-ever Mountain West title. It also the first time that neither Boise State, San Diego State or Fresno State did NOT win the championship since 2011.

2021 Mountain West Composite Schedule

Saturday, August 28
UConn at Fresno State
Hawai‘i at UCLA
Southern Utah at San José State

Thursday, September 2
Eastern Washington at UNLV

Saturday, September 4
Lafayette at Air Force
Boise State at Central Florida
South Dakota State at Colorado State
Houston Baptist at New Mexico
Utah State at Washington State
Montana State at Wyoming
Fresno State at Oregon
Portland State at Hawai‘i
Nevada at California
New Mexico State at San Diego State
San José State at USC

Saturday, September 11
Air Force at Navy
UTEP at Boise State
Vanderbilt at Colorado State
New Mexico State at New Mexico
North Dakota at Utah State
Wyoming at Northern Illinois
Cal Poly at Fresno State
Hawai‘i at Oregon State
Idaho State at Nevada
San Diego State at Arizona
UNLV at Arizona State

Saturday, September 18
Utah State at Air Force*
Oklahoma State at Boise State
Colorado State at Toledo
New Mexico at Texas A&M
Ball State at Wyoming
Fresno State at UCLA
San José State at Hawai‘i*
Nevada at Kansas State
Utah at San Diego State
Iowa State at UNLV

Saturday, September 25
Florida Atlantic at Air Force
Boise State at Utah State*
Colorado State at Iowa
New Mexico at UTEP
Wyoming at UConn
UNLV at Fresno State*
Hawai‘i at New Mexico State
Towson at San Diego State
San José State at Western Michigan

Friday, October 1
BYU at Utah State

Saturday, October 2
Air Force at New Mexico*
Nevada at Boise State*
Fresno State at Hawai‘i*
New Mexico State at San José State
UNLV at UTSA

Saturday, October 9
Wyoming at Air Force*
Boise State at BYU
San José State at Colorado State*
New Mexico at San Diego State*
New Mexico State at Nevada

Saturday, October 16
Air Force at Boise State*
Colorado State at New Mexico*
Utah State at UNLV*
Fresno State at Wyoming*
Hawai‘i at Nevada*
San Diego State at San José State*

Saturday, October 23
San Diego State at Air Force*
Colorado State at Utah State*
New Mexico at Wyoming*
Nevada at Fresno State*
New Mexico State at Hawai‘i
San José State at UNLV*

Saturday, October 30
Boise State at Colorado State*
Hawai‘i at Utah State*
Wyoming at San José State*
Fresno State at San Diego State*
UNLV at Nevada*

Saturday, November 6
Army vs. Air Force!
Boise State at Fresno State*
Colorado State at Wyoming*
UNLV at New Mexico*
Utah State at New Mexico State
San Diego State at Hawai‘i*
San José State at Nevada*

Saturday, November 13
Air Force at Colorado State*
Wyoming at Boise State*
New Mexico at Fresno State*
Utah State at San José State*
Hawai‘i at UNLV*
Nevada at San Diego State*

Saturday, November 20
Air Force at Nevada*
New Mexico at Boise State*
Colorado State at Hawai‘i*
Wyoming at Utah State*
San Diego State at UNLV*

Saturday, November 27
UNLV at Air Force*
Boise State at San Diego State*
Nevada at Colorado State*
Utah State at New Mexico
Hawai‘i at Wyoming*
Fresno State at San José State*

Saturday, December 4
Mountain West Football Championship Game

*MW Game
! Globe Life Field (Arlington, Texas)