{"id":803296,"date":"2026-03-10T00:18:15","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T00:18:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/803296\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T00:18:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T00:18:15","slug":"2026-mountain-west-football-schedule-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/803296\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 Mountain West football schedule announced"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The 2026 Mountain West football schedule has been <a href=\"https:\/\/themw.com\/news\/2026\/03\/09\/mountain-west-announces-2026-football-schedule\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">announced<\/a>. Conference play begins on Saturday, Sept. 5 with UNLV at Hawaii.<\/p>\n<p>For the 2026 season, the Mountain West Conference features a revised lineup following the departures of Boise State, Colorado State, Fresno State, San Diego State, and Utah State to the Pac-12. New members joining the Mountain West this season include Northern Illinois from the MAC and UTEP from Conference USA, along with North Dakota State from the FCS.<\/p>\n<p>Northern Illinois, North Dakota State, and UTEP will join the following returning MWC members \u2014 Air Force, Hawaii, Nevada, New Mexico, San Jose State, UNLV, and Wyoming \u2014 to form a 10-team lineup.<\/p>\n<p>Each Mountain West team will play an eight-game league schedule and four non-conference opponents. Hawaii and teams playing in Hawaii can opt to schedule an extra non-conference game.<\/p>\n<p>Featured non-conference match-ups for each MWC team in 2026 include Air Force at Army, Hawaii at Arizona State, Nevada at UCLA, New Mexico at Oklahoma, Jax State at North Dakota State, Northern Illinois at Iowa, Fresno State at San Jose State, California at UNLV, UTEP at Oklahoma, and Wyoming at Colorado State.<\/p>\n<p>The 2026 Mountain West Championship Game will be played on Friday, Dec. 4 or Saturday, Dec. 5. The contest will feature the top two seeds in Mountain West play and will be hosted by the highest ranked team.<\/p>\n<p>The MW\u2019s national television partners CBS Sports, FOX Sports and CW Sports will now initiate a selection procedure that will include shifting some games to non-Saturday dates. That will be followed by the identification of network outlets and kick times.<\/p>\n<p>2026 Mountain West Football Schedules<\/p>\n<p>2026 Mountain West Football Schedule<\/p>\n<p>Saturday, Aug. 29<br \/>Hawai\u2018i at Stanford<br \/>Jacksonville State at North Dakota State<br \/>San Jos\u00e9 State at USC<br \/>Memphis at UNLV<\/p>\n<p>Friday, Sept. 4<br \/>San Jos\u00e9 State at Eastern Michigan<\/p>\n<p>Saturday, Sept. 5<br \/>Duquesne at Air Force<br \/>UNLV at Hawai\u2018i*<br \/>Western Kentucky at Nevada<br \/>Central Michigan at New Mexico<br \/>Fordham at North Dakota State<br \/>NIU at Iowa<br \/>UTEP at Oklahoma<br \/>Wyoming at Colorado State<\/p>\n<p>Saturday, Sept. 12<br \/>New Mexico State at Hawai\u2018i<br \/>Montana State at Nevada<br \/>Mercyhurst at New Mexico<br \/>North Dakota State at Air Force*<br \/>Illinois State at NIU<br \/>Cal Poly at San Jos\u00e9 State<br \/>UNLV at North Texas<br \/>Texas Southern at UTEP<br \/>Northern Colorado at Wyoming<\/p>\n<p>Saturday, Sept. 19<br \/>Nevada at MTSU<br \/>New Mexico at Oklahoma<br \/>North Dakota State at Sacramento State<br \/>NIU at Arizona<br \/>Fresno State at San Jos\u00e9 State<br \/>UTEP at Michigan<br \/>Wyoming at Central Michigan<\/p>\n<p>Saturday, Sept. 26<br \/>Air Force at Nevada*<br \/>Hawai\u2018i at Wyoming*<br \/>New Mexico at New Mexico State<br \/>NIU at Georgia State<br \/>UNLV at Akron<br \/>Oregon State at UTEP<\/p>\n<p>Saturday, Oct. 3<br \/>Navy at Air Force<br \/>San Jos\u00e9 State at Hawai\u2018i*<br \/>UTEP at New Mexico*<br \/>Wyoming at North Dakota State*<br \/>Cal at UNLV<\/p>\n<p>Saturday, Oct. 10<br \/>Air Force at NIU*<br \/>Arizona State at Hawai\u2018i<br \/>Nevada at UTEP*<br \/>North Dakota State at UNLV*<br \/>Wyoming at San Jos\u00e9 State*<\/p>\n<p>Saturday, Oct. 17<br \/>Nevada at North Dakota State*<br \/>New Mexico at Hawai\u2018i*<br \/>NIU at Wyoming*<br \/>San Jos\u00e9 State at UTEP*<br \/>UNLV at Air Force*<\/p>\n<p>Saturday, Oct. 24<br \/>Air Force at Wyoming*<br \/>Hawai\u2018i at NIU*<br \/>North Dakota State at New Mexico*<br \/>San Jos\u00e9 State at Nevada*<\/p>\n<p>Saturday, Oct. 31<br \/>UConn at Air Force<br \/>Nevada at UCLA<br \/>New Mexico at San Jos\u00e9 State*<br \/>NIU at UNLV*<br \/>UTEP at North Dakota State*<\/p>\n<p>Saturday, Nov. 7<br \/>Air Force at Army<br \/>Hawai\u2018i at UTEP*<br \/>New Mexico at Nevada*<br \/>NIU at San Jos\u00e9 State*<br \/>Wyoming at UNLV*<\/p>\n<p>Saturday, Nov. 14<br \/>Nevada at NIU*<br \/>North Dakota State at Hawai\u2018i*<br \/>San Jos\u00e9 State at Air Force*<br \/>UNLV at New Mexico*<br \/>Wyoming at UTEP*<\/p>\n<p>Saturday, Nov. 21<br \/>Hawai\u2018i at Nevada*<br \/>New Mexico at Wyoming*<br \/>NIU at North Dakota State*<br \/>UNLV at San Jos\u00e9 State*<br \/>UTEP at Air Force*<\/p>\n<p>Saturday, Nov. 28<br \/>Air Force at New Mexico*<br \/>Sacramento State at Hawai\u2018i<br \/>Nevada at UNLV*<br \/>North Dakota State at San Jos\u00e9 State<br \/>UTEP at NIU*<br \/>UConn at Wyoming<\/p>\n<p>* Mountain West game<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">2026 Mountain West Football Schedule Grid <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oIrqNQchs9\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/oIrqNQchs9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 FBSchedules.com (@FBSchedules) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FBSchedules\/status\/2031068003874349103?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">March 9, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 2026 Mountain West football schedule has been announced. 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