2023 Mountain West football schedule announced

By Kevin Kelley -

The 2023 Mountain West football schedule has been announced. Conference play begins on Saturday, Sept. 16 with Utah State at Air Force.

Featured non-conference match-ups for each MWC team in 2023 include Air Force vs. Army (in Denver, Colo.), Boise State at Washington, Colorado State at Colorado, Fresno State at Purdue, Hawaii at Oregon, Nevada at USC, New Mexico at Texas A&M, UCLA at San Diego State, San Jose State at USC, UNLV at Michigan, Utah State at Iowa, and Wyoming at Texas.

The 2023 Mountain West Championship Game will be played on Saturday, Dec. 2. The contest will feature the top two seeds in Mountain West play and will be hosted by the highest ranked team.

Additional releases from the Mountain West will come this Spring, which will shift certain games to Thursdays and Fridays.

2023 Mountain West Football Schedules

2023 Mountain West Football Schedule

Saturday, Aug. 26
Hawai‘i at Vanderbilt
Ohio at San Diego State
San José State at USC

Friday, Sept. 1
Stanford at Hawai‘i

Saturday, Sept. 2
Robert Morris at Air Force
Boise State at Washington
Washington State at Colorado State
Fresno State at Purdue
Nevada at USC
New Mexico at Texas A&M
Idaho State at San Diego State
Bryant at UNLV
Utah State at Iowa
Texas Tech at Wyoming

Sunday, Sept. 3
Oregon State at San José State

Saturday, Sept. 9
Air Force at Sam Houston
Central Florida at Boise State
Eastern Washington at Fresno State
Albany at Hawai‘i
Idaho at Nevada
Tennessee Tech at New Mexico
UCLA at San Diego State
Cal Poly at San José State
UNLV at Michigan
Idaho State at Utah State
Portland State at Wyoming

Saturday, Sept. 16
Utah State at Air Force
North Dakota at Boise State
Colorado State at Colorado
Fresno State at Arizona State
Hawai‘i at Oregon
Kansas at Nevada
New Mexico State at New Mexico
San Diego State at Oregon State
San José State at Toledo
Vanderbilt at UNLV
Wyoming at Texas

Friday, Sept. 22
Boise State at San Diego State

Saturday, Sept. 23
Air Force at San José State
Colorado State at Middle Tennessee State
Kent State at Fresno State
New Mexico State at Hawai‘i
Nevada at Texas State
New Mexico at UMass
UNLV at UTEP
James Madison at Utah State
Appalachian State at Wyoming

Saturday, Sept. 30
Boise State at Memphis
Utah Tech at Colorado State
Hawai‘i at UNLV
Nevada at Fresno State
New Mexico at Wyoming
San Diego State at Air Force
Utah State at UConn

Saturday, Oct. 7
Colorado State at Utah State
Fresno State at Wyoming
San José State at Boise State

Saturday, Oct. 14
Boise State at Colorado State
Fresno State at Utah State
San Diego State at Hawai‘i
San José State at New Mexico
UNLV at Nevada
Wyoming at Air Force

Saturday, Oct. 21
Air Force at Navy
Colorado State at UNLV
Hawai‘i at New Mexico
Nevada at San Diego State
Utah State at San José State

Saturday, Oct. 28
Air Force at Colorado State
New Mexico at Nevada
San José State at Hawai‘i
UNLV at Fresno State
Wyoming at Boise State

Saturday, Nov. 4
Air Force vs. Army (in Denver)
Boise State at Fresno State
Colorado State at Wyoming
Hawai‘i at Nevada
UNLV at New Mexico
Utah State at San Diego State

Saturday, Nov. 11
Air Force at Hawai‘i
Fresno State at San José State
Nevada at Utah State
New Mexico at Boise State
San Diego State at Colorado State
Wyoming at UNLV

Saturday, Nov. 18
Boise State at Utah State
Hawai‘i at Wyoming
Nevada at Colorado State
New Mexico at Fresno State
San Diego State at San José State
UNLV at Air Force

Saturday, Nov. 25
Air Force at Boise State
Colorado State at Hawai‘i
Fresno State at San Diego State
San José State at UNLV
Utah State at New Mexico
Wyoming at Nevada

Saturday, Dec. 2
Mountain West Football Championship Game

Comments (2)

San José State at USC – Saturday, Aug. 26
Stanford at Hawai‘i – Friday, Sept. 1
Boise State at Washington – Saturday, Sept. 2
Washington State at Colorado State – Saturday, Sept. 2
Nevada at USC – Saturday, Sept. 2
Oregon State at San José State – Sunday, Sept. 3
UCLA at San Diego State – Saturday, Sept. 9
Colorado State at Colorado – Saturday, Sept. 16
Fresno State at Arizona State – Saturday, Sept. 16
Hawai‘i at Oregon – Saturday, Sept. 16
San Diego State at Oregon State – Saturday, Sept. 16
San José State at Toledo – Saturday, Sept. 16

Rivalry weekend in November means nothing to these conferences anymore. Terrible slate for the November 25 weekend.

Easy fix:

Boise St/Utah St
Colorado St/Wyoming
Air Force/New Mexico St
UNLV/Nevada
Fresno St/San Jose St
San Diego St/Hawaii