Week 5 Mountain West Football Power Rankings
UNLV, San Jose State moving up
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Is this the upside down?
The Mountain West has seen a lot of different teams this year be better and worse than expected. Fresno State is playing with a backup quarterback and looked lost and bad against the loss against UConn. UNLV is surprising us all and is seven points away from being undefeated, yeah that is right.
Those Rebels are facing the 3-1 San Jose State Spartans that regained its 2020 magic and a slow start vs. Portland State and in a game that could determine the West Division representative for the Mountain West title game.
Power rankings for Week 5 of @MWCwire
1. Air Force ↔️
2. UNLV ↔️
3. San Jose State ⬆️
4. Boise State ⬆️
5. Fresno State ⬇️
6. Wyoming ⬇️
7. Utah State ⬆️
8. San Diego State ⬇️
9. New Mexico ↔️
10. Nevada ↔️
11. Hawaii ↔️
12. Colorado State ↔️ https://t.co/yDYvd373zE— Jeremy Mauss (@JeremyMauss) October 2, 2022
Power Rankings after week 5. @MWCwire
1. Air Force
2. San Jose State
3. UNLV
4. Boise State
5. Wyoming
6. San Diego State
7. Fresno State
8. New Mexico
9. Nevada
10. Utah State
11. Hawaii
12. Colorado State— Roger Holien (@rogeraholien) October 2, 2022
I missed last weeks, but here is my @MountainWest Power Rankings for @MWCwire
1. Air Force
2. UNLV
3. San Jose State
4. Boise State
5. San Diego State
6. Fresno State
7. Wyoming
8. New Mexico
9. Nevada
10. Utah State
11. Hawaii
12. Colorado State https://t.co/aW8JR2p54f— Erik Smiley (@erik_smiley54) October 2, 2022
Boise State was looking left for dead in an embarrassing loss to UTEP, but then came in Dirk Koetter from the analyst roll to offensive coordinator and used two quarterbacks to crush San Diego State. Broncos fans are wondering if it was a one-week boost or if this is sustainable.
This is all to say that the Mountain West is wild and pretty this year and once again these power polls took a turn with some movement after surprising results from last week and some interesting games heading into Week 6.