The Mountain West said Friday's scheduled game between Fresno State and San Diego State will be declared a no contest because the Bulldogs don't have enough available players because of contact tracing from COVID-19.
Only in 2020 can we be celebrating the midway point before the Big Ten or Pac-12 has taken the field. But with seven weeks down and eight to go until conference title weekend, let's look back on the best of the year so far.
The Mountain West will not feature separate divisions this year, and the two teams with the best conference winning percentage will play in the football title game on Dec. 19.
The Mountain West became the second league Thursday to approve a fall football season, announcing it will play an eight-game slate starting the weekend of Oct. 24.
San Diego State will play home games 115 miles away in Carson during 2021 as construction begins on a new football stadium, the school announced Tuesday.
The Mountain West will postpone its fall sports season indefinitely. The conference is looking to the spring as an option for football and other fall sports.
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California State University schools will remain primarily online this fall, raising doubts about whether member schools will field athletic teams for the rest of 2020.
Pro Football Focus rates the 10 best returning college football safeties (plus one sleeper), and TCU's Trevon Moehrig and Ar'Darius Washington lead the way.
San Diego State and Fresno State appear to be the teams to beat in the MWC West in 2020, but both have new coaches, so it could be an unpredictable season.
Pro Football Focus rates the 10 best returning college football interior defensive linemen (plus one sleeper), and Florida State's Marvin Wilson tops the list.
Former New Mexico head coach Rocky Long is rejoining the Lobos as the defensive coordinator for Danny Gonzales, who played for Long at the university.
Zach Arnett, who recently left San Diego State to accept the defensive coordinator spot at Syracuse, instead has opted to run the defense at Mississippi State for new Bulldogs coach Mike Leach.
| TEAM | CONF | OVR |
|---|---|---|
| Nevada | 5-0 | 5-0 |
| San José State | 4-0 | 4-0 |
| Boise State | 4-0 | 4-1 |
| Fresno State | 3-1 | 3-1 |
| San Diego State | 3-2 | 3-2 |
| Hawai'i | 2-3 | 2-3 |
| Colorado State | 1-2 | 1-2 |
| Air Force | 1-2 | 2-2 |
| Wyoming | 1-2 | 1-2 |
| New Mexico | 0-4 | 0-4 |
| UNLV | 0-4 | 0-4 |
| Utah State | 0-4 | 0-4 |
| NAME | POS | STATUS | GRADE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Noah Avinger | ATH | Committed | 78 |
| Zyrus Fiaseu | OLB | Committed | 76 |
| Phillippe Wesley | WR | Committed | 75 |
| Darrion Dalton | DT | Committed | 74 |
| D.J. Herman | ILB | Committed | 74 |
