Mountain West Football’s 2023 Schedule Released

The Mountain West brought a little light into the long off-season by unveiling its full schedule for the 2023 college football season.

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Mark your calendars.

There are still 177 days until college football season gets underway, but that didn’t stop the Mountain West Conference from releasing its full 2023 conference schedule today.

This will be the first schedule since 2012 not to feature divisions, as was announced by former commissioner Craig Thompson last May. It will instead be the first part of a new schedule rotation unveiled by the conference last July which features two protected games for each team.

Much like last season, the conference will feature prominently in Week 0 with three games on the season-opening docket for August 26: Hawaii will travel to Nashville to face Vanderbilt, San Jose State will head south to battle USC, and Ohio will visit Snapdragon Stadium to clash with San Diego State.

Mountain West play will begin the week of September 16 when Air Force hosts Utah State. That will be followed by two more conference games the following week, four during the week of September 30, and three on October 7, all of which lead up to the first full week of conference play on October 14.

The Mountain West football championship game is scheduled for Saturday, December 2.

Air Force

Saturday, September 2 – vs. Robert Morris
Saturday, September 9 – at Sam Houston State (in Houston)
Saturday, September 16 – vs. Utah State
Saturday, September 23 – at San Jose State
Saturday, September 30 – vs. San Diego State
Saturday, October 14 – vs. Wyoming
Saturday, October 21 – at Navy
Saturday, October 28 – at Colorado State
Saturday, November 4 – vs. Army (in Denver)
Saturday, November 11 – at Hawaii
Saturday, November 18 – vs. UNLV
Saturday, November 25 – at Boise State

Boise State

Saturday, September 2 – at Washington
Saturday, September 9 – vs. UCF
Saturday, September 16 – vs. North Dakota
Friday, September 22 – at San Diego State
Saturday, September 30 – at Memphis
Saturday, October 7 – vs. San Jose State
Saturday, October 14 – at Colorado State
Saturday, October 28 – vs. Wyoming
Saturday, November 4 – at Fresno State
Saturday, November 11 – vs. New Mexico
Saturday, November 18 – at Utah State
Saturday, November 25 – vs. Air Force

Colorado State

Saturday, September 2 – vs. Washington State
Saturday, September 16 – at Colorado
Saturday, September 23 – at Middle Tennessee State
Saturday, September 30 – vs. Utah Tech
Saturday, October 7 – at Utah State
Saturday, October 14 – vs. Boise State
Saturday, October 21 – at UNLV
Saturday, October 28 – vs. Air Force
Saturday, November 4 – at Wyoming
Saturday, November 11 – vs. San Diego State
Saturday, November 18 – vs. Nevada
Saturday, November 25 – at Hawaii

Fresno State

Saturday, September 2 – at Purdue
Saturday, September 9 – vs. Eastern Washington
Saturday, September 16 – at Arizona State
Saturday, September 23 – vs. Kent State
Saturday, September 30 – vs. Nevada
Saturday, October 7 – at Wyoming
Saturday, October 14 – at Utah State
Saturday, October 28 – vs. UNLV
Saturday, November 4 – vs. Boise State
Saturday, November 11 – at San Jose State
Saturday, November 18 – vs. New Mexico
Saturday, November 25 – at San Diego State

Hawaii

Saturday, August 26 – at Vanderbilt
Friday, September 1 – vs. Stanford
Saturday, September 9 – vs. Albany
Saturday, September 16 – at Oregon
Saturday, September 23 – vs. New Mexico State
Saturday, September 30 – at UNLV
Saturday, October 14 – vs. San Diego State
Saturday, October 21 – at New Mexico
Saturday, October 28 – vs. San Jose State
Saturday, November 4 – at Nevada
Saturday, November 11 – vs. Air Force
Saturday, November 18 – at Wyoming
Saturday, November 25 – vs. Colorado State

Nevada

Saturday, September 2 – at USC
Saturday, September 9 – vs. Idaho
Saturday, September 16 – vs. Kansas
Saturday, September 23 – at Texas State
Saturday, September 30 – at Fresno State
Saturday, October 14 – vs. UNLV
Saturday, October 21 – at San Diego State
Saturday, October 28 – vs. New Mexico
Saturday, November 4 – vs. Hawaii
Saturday, November 11 – at Utah State
Saturday, November 18 – at Colorado State
Saturday, November 25 – vs. Wyoming

New Mexico

Saturday, September 2 – at Texas A&M
Saturday, September 9 – vs. Tennessee Tech
Saturday, September 16 – vs. New Mexico State
Saturday, September 23 – at Massachusetts
Saturday, September 30 – at Wyoming
Saturday, October 14 – vs. San Jose State
Saturday, October 21 – vs. Hawaii
Saturday, October 28 – at Nevada
Saturday, November 4 – vs. UNLV
Saturday, November 11 – at Boise State
Saturday, November 18 – at Fresno State
Saturday, November 25 – vs. Utah State

San Diego State

Saturday, August 26 – vs. Ohio
Saturday, September 2 – vs. Idaho State
Saturday, September 9 – vs. UCLA
Saturday, September 16 – at Oregon State
Friday, September 22 – vs. Boise State
Saturday, September 30 – at Air Force
Saturday, October 14 – at Hawaii
Saturday, October 21 – vs. Nevada
Saturday, November 4 – vs. Utah State
Saturday, November 11 – at Colorado State
Saturday, November 18 – at San Jose State
Saturday, November 25 – vs. Fresno State

San Jose State

Saturday, August 26 – at USC
Sunday, September 3 – vs. Oregon State
Saturday, September 9 – vs. Cal Poly
Saturday, September 16 – at Toledo
Saturday, September 23 – vs. Air Force
Saturday, October 7 – at Boise State
Saturday, October 14 – at New Mexico
Saturday, October 21 – vs. Utah State
Saturday, October 28 – at Hawaii
Saturday, November 11 – vs. Fresno State
Saturday, November 18 – vs. San Diego State
Saturday, November 25 – at UNLV

UNLV

Saturday, September 2 – vs. Bryant
Saturday, September 9 – at Michigan
Saturday, September 16 – vs. Vanderbilt
Saturday, September 23 – at UTEP
Saturday, September 30 – vs. Hawaii
Saturday, October 14 – at Nevada
Saturday, October 21 – vs. Colorado State
Saturday, October 28 – at Fresno State
Saturday, November 4 – at New Mexico
Saturday, November 11 – vs. Wyoming
Saturday, November 18 – at Air Force
Saturday, November 25 – vs. San Jose State

Utah State

Saturday, September 2 – at Iowa
Saturday, September 9 – vs. Idaho State
Saturday, September 16 – at Air Force
Saturday, September 23 – vs. James Madison
Saturday, September 30 – at UConn
Saturday, October 7 – vs. Colorado State
Saturday, October 14 – vs. Fresno State
Saturday, October 21 – at San Jose State
Saturday, November 4 – at San Diego State
Saturday, November 11 – vs. Nevada
Saturday, November 18 – vs. Boise State
Saturday, November 25 – at New Mexico

Wyoming

Saturday, September 2 – vs. Texas Tech
Saturday, September 9 – vs. Portland State
Saturday, September 16 – at Texas
Saturday, September 23 – vs. Appalachian State
Saturday, September 30 – vs. New Mexico
Saturday, October 7 – vs. Fresno State
Saturday, October 14 – at Air Force
Saturday, October 28 – at Boise State
Saturday, November 4 – vs. Colorado State
Saturday, November 11 – at UNLV
Saturday, November 18 – vs. Hawaii
Saturday, November 25 – at Nevada