Mountain West Football Bowl Projections After Week 5
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We welcome Nevada this week
This week of still way-too-early bowl projections welcomes the Nevada Wolf Pack to the fold after it won its first road conference game in about two years for its third win of the year. The victory over Air Force is huge if the Wolf Pack are going to go to the postseason and get six wins on the year.
This now means that the Mountain West could get to seven teams and there is a chance that all seven can get to a bowl game even if a team from the conference earns a spot in the New Year’s Six Bowl game.
Previous projections: | Week 0 | Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4
1. Las Vegas vs. Pac-12
– Famous Idaho Potato Bowl vs. MAC
– Gildan New Mexico Bowl vs. Conference USA
– Hawai’i Bowl (Hawaii if they are bowl eligible) vs. Conference USA
– NOVA Home Loans Arizona Bowl vs. Sun Belt (New Mexico State is a backup.
– Cheez-It Bowl (Pac-12 vs. Big 12 and this is a backup spot for the Mountain West)
Gildan New Mexico Bowl
Saturday, December 15
2:00 p.m. ET, ESPN
Branch Field at Dreamstyle Stadium, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Conference USA vs. Mountain West
Projection: San Diego State vs. Middle Tennessee State
Las Vegas Bowl
Saturday, December 15
3:30 pm. ET, ABC
Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas, Nevada
Mountain West vs. Pac-12
Projection: Boise State vs. Utah
Famous Idaho Potato Bowl
Friday, December 21
4:00 p.m. ET, ESPN
Albertsons Stadium, Boise, Idaho
MAC vs. Mountain West
Projection: Fresno State vs. Buffalo
Hawai’i Bowl
Saturday, December 22
10:30 p.m. ET, ESPN
Aloha Stadium, Honolulu, Hawaii
Conference USA vs. Mountain West
Projection: Hawai’i vs. Marshall
First Responder Bowl
Wednesday, December 26
1:30 p.m. ET, ESPN
Cotton Bowl Stadium, Dallas, TX
Big Ten or Big 12 vs. Conference USA
Projection: Nevada vs. North Texas
Cheez-It Bowl
Wednesday, December 26
9:00 p.m. ET, ESPN
Chase Field, Phoenix, Arizona
Big 12 vs. Pac-12
(Mountain West the conditional tie-in)
Projection: Utah State vs. Texas Tech
NOVA Home Loans Arizona Bowl
Friday, December 28
5:30 p.m. ET, CBS Sports Network
Arizona Stadium, Tucson, Arizona
Sun Belt (New Mexico State is a backup) vs. Mountain West
Projection: UNLV vs. Coastal Carolina
