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Mountain Division<\/em><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Place<\/td>Team<\/td>Win-Share (Conf)<\/td>Record (Conf)<\/td>Rating<\/td><\/tr>
1<\/td>Boise St
Broncos<\/td>		9.6 (6.9)<\/td>10-2 (7-1)<\/td>4.12<\/td><\/tr>
2<\/td>Utah State
Aggies<\/td>		6.4 (4.2)<\/td>8-4 (6-2)<\/td>3.45<\/td><\/tr>
3<\/td>Wyoming
Cowboys<\/td>		5.6 (3.5)<\/td>7-5 (5-3)<\/td>3.11<\/td><\/tr>
4<\/td>Air Force
Falcons<\/td>		6.1 (4.1)<\/td>7-5 (4-4)<\/td>3.33<\/td><\/tr>
5<\/td>Colorado St
Rams<\/td>		6.0 (3.9)<\/td>4-8 (3-5)<\/td>3.35<\/td><\/tr>
6<\/td>New Mexico
Lobos<\/td>		3.7 (2.2)<\/td>3-9 (1-7)<\/td>2.66<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\n\n\n\n

West Division<\/em><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Place<\/td>Team<\/td>Win-Share (Conf)<\/td>Record (Conf)<\/td>Rating<\/td><\/tr>
1<\/td>San Diego St
Aztecs<\/td>		7.8 (5.2)<\/td>9-3 (6-2)<\/td>3.74<\/td><\/tr>
2<\/td>Fresno St
Bulldogs<\/td>		7.1 (4.7)<\/td>8-4 (5-3)<\/td>3.51<\/td><\/tr>
2<\/td>Hawaii
Rainbow Warriors<\/td>		7.4 (4.6)<\/td>7-5 (5-3)<\/td>3.53<\/td><\/tr>
4<\/td>Nevada
Wolfpack<\/td>		5.4 (3.5)<\/td>5-7 (3-5)<\/td>3.10<\/td><\/tr>
5<\/td>UNLV Rebels<\/td>4.3 (2.6)<\/td>4-8 (2-6)<\/td>3.02<\/td><\/tr>
6<\/td>San Jose St
Spartans<\/td>		4.4 (2.6)<\/td>2-10 (1-7)<\/td>2.90<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\n\n\n\n

Championship Game<\/em><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Boise St over San Diego St<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Notes<\/em><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Boise St like UCF is a team that with their schedule could end up as a Group of 5 Playoff team. They would have to run the gauntlet and hope FSU reclaimed past glory (top 25 at least). As well as hoping 1-2 more of their opponents finished with 10 or 11 wins. Their chances are less than UCF, but they aren’t zero. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I expect Boise to be a top 25 team by season’s end and San Diego St to hover around the top 25 for much of the season (although not finish in it or receiving votes). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Should be a good year for the Mountain West. No NY6 bowl however. 7 bowl eligible teams. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bowl Projections<\/em><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Team<\/td>Bowl Projection<\/td><\/tr>
Boise St<\/td>Las Vegas Bowl<\/td><\/tr>
San Diego St<\/td>Idaho Potato Bowl<\/td><\/tr>
Fresno St<\/td>New Mexico Bowl<\/td><\/tr>
Utah St<\/td>Arizona<\/td><\/tr>
Hawaii<\/td>Hawaii<\/td><\/tr>
Wyoming<\/td>Frisco Bowl<\/td><\/tr>
Air Force<\/td>Armed Forces Bowl<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Mountain Division Place Team Win-Share (Conf) Record (Conf) Rating 1 Boise St Broncos 9.6 (6.9) 10-2 (7-1) 4.12 2 Utah StateAggies 6.4 (4.2) 8-4 (6-2) 3.45 3 WyomingCowboys 5.6 (3.5) 7-5 (5-3) 3.11 4 Air ForceFalcons 6.1 (4.1) 7-5 (4-4) 3.33 5 Colorado StRams 6.0 (3.9) 4-8 (3-5) 3.35 6 New Mexico Lobos 3.7 (2.2) […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":431,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[177,116,119,90,180,181,182,178,120,179,183,118],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.simplifiedfootball.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.simplifiedfootball.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.simplifiedfootball.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.simplifiedfootball.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.simplifiedfootball.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=430"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.simplifiedfootball.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.simplifiedfootball.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/431"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.simplifiedfootball.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=430"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.simplifiedfootball.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=430"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.simplifiedfootball.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=430"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}