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Mountain West

2026 Season · 10 ranked teams

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Failing +
Avg Rank
92.4
Power Up Rank
Avg Rating
3.885
Failing +
Non-Conf Record
16-18
vs other conferences

2026 Standings

PlaceTeamConfConf %RecordWin %RankRatingTierNOWGame Status
1UNLV2-01.0004–20.667521.878Rebuilding ++7at Air Force (Sat 3:30 PM ET)
2New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)1-01.0004–10.800551.947Rebuilding ++4at Hawai'i (Sat 10:30 PM ET)
3North Dakota State (NORTH DAKOTA STATE)2-1.6675–10.833311.073Developing ++10vs Nevada (Sat 7:00 PM ET)
4Air Force (AIR FORCE)2-1.6674–10.800592.077Rebuilding ++3vs UNLV (Sat 3:30 PM ET)
5Wyoming (WYOMING)2-1.6673–30.5001084.167Failing +-3vs Northern Illinois (Sat 3:30 PM ET)
6San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)1-1.5003–30.5001003.737Struggling −-1at UTEP (Sat 9:00 PM ET)
7Nevada (NEVADA)1-1.5002–30.4001184.980Failing-1at North Dakota State (Sat 7:00 PM ET)
8Hawai'i (HAWAII)0-3.0001–50.1671326.212Rock Bottom-12vs New Mexico (Sat 10:30 PM ET)
9UTEP0-2.0001–50.1671336.245Rock Bottom-10vs San José State (Sat 9:00 PM ET)
10Northern Illinois (NORTHERN ILLINOIS)0-1.0000–50.0001366.530Rock Bottom-4at Wyoming (Sat 3:30 PM ET)

Place is by conference win %, then conference wins, then Power Up rank. Conference championship tiebreakers are not applied.

Rank by Week — Every Team
255484114143Air ForceAir Force — W2: #104Air Force — W3: #103Air Force — W4: #89Air Force — W5: #73Air Force — W6: #59Hawai'iHawai'i — W2: #116Hawai'i — W3: #122Hawai'i — W4: #128Hawai'i — W5: #132Hawai'i — W6: #132NevadaNevada — W2: #127Nevada — W3: #129Nevada — W4: #133Nevada — W5: #133Nevada — W6: #118New MexicoNew Mexico — W2: #54New Mexico — W3: #70New Mexico — W4: #72New Mexico — W5: #53New Mexico — W6: #55North Dakota StateNorth Dakota State — W2: #78North Dakota State — W3: #67North Dakota State — W4: #52North Dakota State — W5: #31North Dakota State — W6: #31Northern IllinoisNorthern Illinois — W2: #129Northern Illinois — W3: #136Northern Illinois — W4: #136Northern Illinois — W5: #137Northern Illinois — W6: #136San José StateSan José State — W2: #98San José State — W3: #111San José State — W4: #104San José State — W5: #82San José State — W6: #100UNLVUNLV — W2: #88UNLV — W3: #109UNLV — W4: #99UNLV — W5: #83UNLV — W6: #52UTEPUTEP — W2: #131UTEP — W3: #126UTEP — W4: #132UTEP — W5: #134UTEP — W6: #133WyomingWyoming — W2: #118Wyoming — W3: #124Wyoming — W4: #112Wyoming — W5: #112Wyoming — W6: #108W2W3W4W5W6

Power Up rank each week; higher = better. Hover a logo for details, click to open the team page. Larger logo = latest week.

Average Rating Tier
3.885
Paramount (best)Rock Bottom

Conference average on the 12-tier scale.

NOW by Team
North Dakota State
+10
UNLV
+7
New Mexico
+4
Air Force
+3
San José State
-1
Nevada
-1
Wyoming
-3
Northern Illinois
-4
UTEP
-10
Hawai'i
-12

Green = positive Net Opponent Wins, red = negative.

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