Mountain West Football Bowl Projections After Week 7
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A new week means new bowl guesses
After the Week 7 results there are some changes in our bowl projections. The favorites won this week for the most part.
There are five Mountain West teams that are a lock with Boise State, Fresno State, Hawaii, Utah State, and San Diego State.
On the other end, no one is officially eliminated but San Jose State is not going to rattle off six straight wins to become bowl eligible.
The way UNLV has been playing without Armani Rogers makes them equally as doubtful to get three more wins and get to the six needed.
Also, Wyoming is probably on the outside looking in because their offense has not been able to do much of anything, however, that defense should keep them around in games and the final four matchups give the Cowboys a long shot chance to get to six wins.
Previous projections: | Week 0 | Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6
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. Louisiana Tech
Las Vegas Bowl
Saturday, December 15
3:30 pm. ET, ABC
Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas, Nevada
Mountain West vs. Pac-12
Projection: Utah State vs. Washington State
Famous Idaho Potato Bowl
Friday, December 21
4:00 p.m. ET, ESPN
Albertsons Stadium, Boise, Idaho
MAC vs. Mountain West
Projection: Boise State vs. Toledo
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. UAB
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: Fresno State vs. Stanford
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: Nevada vs. Arkansas State
