2015 Mountain West Conference football season

The 2015 Mountain West Conference football season was the 17th season of college football for the Mountain West Conference (MW). In the 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season, the MW had 12 football members: Air Force, Boise State, Colorado State, Fresno State, Hawaii, Nevada, New Mexico, San Diego State, San Jose State, UNLV, Utah State, and Wyoming.

Mountain West Media
2015 Mountain West Media Day will be held at The Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas, NV on July 28, 2015.

Preseason polls

 *  Predicted Mountain West Championship Game Winner: Boise State is picked to win the Mountain West title game over San Diego State.

Preseason All-Mountain West Teams

 * Preseason Offensive Player of the Year:
 * Rashard Higgins, Jr., WR, Colorado State
 * Preseason Defensive Player of the Year:
 * Kyler Fackrell, Sr., LB, Utah State
 * Preseason Special Teams Player of the Year:
 * Donny Hageman Sr., PK, San Diego State

(* - member of the 2014 All-Mountain West first team)

(** - member of the 2014 All-Mountain West second team)

Award watch lists
The following Mountain West players were named to preseason award watch lists.

Maxwell Award:
 * Rashard Higgins–Colorado State
 * Chuckie Keeton–Utah State
 * Donnel Pumphrey–San Diego State

Chuck Bednarik Award:
 * Kamalei Correa–Boise State
 * Kyler Fackrell–Utah State
 * Darian Thompson–Boise State

John Mackey Award:
 * Kivon Cartwright–Colorado State
 * Billy Freeman–San Jose State
 * Jarred Gipson–Nevada
 * Jake Phillips–UNLV
 * Steven Walker–Colorado State

Fred Biletnikoff Award:
 * Devonte Boyd–UNLV
 * Rashard Higgins–Colorado State
 * Jalen Robinette–Air Force
 * Hunter Sharp–Utah State
 * Thomas Sperbeck–Boise State

Bronko Nagurski Trophy:
 * Kamalei Correa–Boise State
 * Kyler Fackrell–Utah State
 * Ian Seau–Nevada
 * Darian Thompson–Boise State

Outland Trophy:
 * Austin Corbett–Nevada
 * Marcus Henry–Boise State

Jim Thorpe Award:
 * Donte Deayon–Boise State
 * Damontae Kazee–San Diego State
 * Trent Matthews–Colorado State
 * Weston Steelhammer–Air Force
 * Darian Thompson–Boise State
 * JJ Whitaker–San Diego State

Lombardi Award:
 * Kamalei Correa–Boise State
 * Marcus Henry–Boise State
 * Rees Odhiambo–Boise State
 * Tanner Vallejo–Boise State
 * Ben Clarke–Hawai'i
 * Ian Seau–Nevada
 * Alex Barrett–San Diego State
 * Darrell Greene–San Diego State
 * Pearce Slater–San Diego State
 * Christian Tago–San Diego State
 * Nick Vigil–Utah State
 * Kyler Fackrell–Utah State
 * Eddie Yarbrough–Wyoming

Rimington Trophy:
 * Bo Bonnheim–Fresno State
 * Austin Stephens–Utah State
 * Marcus Henry–Boise State

Davey O'Brien Award:
 * Chuckie Keeton–Utah State

Doak Walker Award:
 * Tyler Ervin–San Jose State
 * Brian Hill–Wyoming
 * Marteze Waller–Fresno State
 * Shaun Wick–Wyoming
 * LaJuan Hunt–Utah State
 * Don Jackson–Nevada
 * Donnel Pumphrey–San Diego State

Walter Camp Award:
 * Rashard Higgins–Colorado State
 * Darian Thompson–Boise State

Lott Trophy:
 * Calvin Munson–San Diego State
 * Weston Steelhammer–Air Force

Lou Groza Award:
 * Donny Hageman–San Diego State

Coaches
NOTE: Stats shown are before the beginning of the season

*first year as conference member, ^achieved as head coach of New Mexico from 99 to 08

Championship game
The championship game was played on December 5, 2015. It featured the Air Force Falcons, champions of the Mountain Division, and the San Diego State Aztecs, champions of the West Division. The game was played at Qualcomm Stadium in front of 20,959. San Diego State won the game 27–24 to claim their first outright conference championship since 1986, and their first ever outright Mountain West Conference championship.

Records against other conferences
2015 records against non-conference foes:

Regular season

Post Season

All Conference teams

 * Offensive Player of the Year: Donnel Pumphrey, JR., RB, San Diego State
 * Defensive Player of the Year: Damontae Kazee, JR., DB, San Diego State
 * Special Teams Player of the Year: Rashaad Penny, SO., RS, San Diego State
 * Freshman of the Year: Brett Rypien, QB, Boise State
 * Coach of the Year: Rocky Long, San Diego State

Offense:

Defense: (* - Two-Time First-Team Selection) (** - Two-Time Second-Team Selection) (*** - Three-Time Second-Team Selection)

Home game attendance
Bold – Exceed capacity

†Season High