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Mountain West football stories
Oct 24, 2026
Oct 17, 2026
Nevada (2-3) at North Dakota State (5-1)
7:00 PM ET Sat Oct 17 · Fargodome, Fargo, ND · CBSSN
New Mexico (4-1) at Hawai'i (1-5)
10:30 PM ET Sat Oct 17 · Clarence T.C. Ching Athletics Complex, Honolulu, HI · FS1
Northern Illinois (0-5) at Wyoming (3-3)
3:30 PM ET Sat Oct 17 · War Memorial Stadium, Laramie, WY · CW
UNLV (4-2) at Air Force (4-1)
3:30 PM ET Sat Oct 17 · Falcon Stadium, USAF Academy, CO · CBSSN
Fanatic articles and insider reports
- "Yep.": Colter Sprague (Briefly) Previews Air Force in LaramieColter Sprague · Wyoming Insider
- "That's Hatch-hot": Ernesto 'Neto' Galindo Takes the Open Week
- "And that's the show, folks": Vegas Monroe-Kalani Takes the Open Week
- "Ship It to Prod": Tessa Nakagawa-Ruiz Launches Spartan Week in Reno
- "Knee-High by the Fourth of July": Nola Brandvik Hosts Hawai'i in DeKalbNola Brandvik · Northern Illinois Insider
- "Oh for Cute": Inga Halvorsen Brings Hotdish to Albuquerque
- "Red or Green? Both.": Paloma Begaye-Ortiz Welcomes the Bison to Albuquerque
- "Send It": Ridge Corbell Celebrates 130 Years of Wolf Pack Football
- "Island Time, but on Schedule": Kainoa Akana-Baird Flies the Rainbow Warriors to DeKalbKainoa Akana-Baird · Hawai'i Insider
- "Call Sign: Correct": Lt. Col. Marissa Okonkwo-Hale Flies the Falcons Into LaramieLt. Col. (Ret.) Marissa Okonkwo-Hale · Air Force Insider
- Yep: Tyler Hughes Ran for 183 and Threw for 196, and Now Air Force Rides Up to the Highest Stadium in FBS, Where a Team That Throws for 65 Yards a Game Learns What Thin Air MeansColter Sprague, The Wyoming Fanatic
- Outgained and Out of Luck: UTEP Piled Up 462 Yards and Lost to San Jose State, Takes an Open Week, Then Trades 302 Days of Sun for a Dome in a Town Where January Averages 9.2 DegreesErnesto 'Neto' Galindo, The UTEP Fanatic
- Intermission, Darling: UNLV Took a Fourth-Act Hit in Colorado Springs, Takes an Open Week Backstage, Then Raises the Curtain on Halloween Night Against a Winless Northern Illinois From the Town That Invented the FenceVegas Monroe-Kalani, The UNLV Fanatic
- Ship It to Prod: SJSU's Ground Game Pushed a 156-Yard Release in El Paso, and Now the Spartans Head to Reno, a City Whose Famous Slogan Was Written by a CalifornianTessa Nakagawa-Ruiz, The San José State Fanatic
- Knee-High by the Fourth of July, Winless by Late October: NIU Hosts a Hawai'i Offense That Ranks 138th in Rushing, and This Is the Week the Harvest Comes InNola Brandvik, The Northern Illinois Fanatic
- Oh, for Cute: A Hundred-Yard Hotdish Delivery Beat Nevada, and Now the Bison Take the Nation's Second-Ranked Defense to Albuquerque, a City That Spells Its Own Namesake WrongIngeborg 'Inga' Halvorsen, The North Dakota State Fanatic
- Red or Green? Both: New Mexico Leads the Nation in Takeaways and Scoring Defense, and Now the Bison Climb 4,200 Feet From a Domed Stadium to Face Them Under the SandiasPaloma Begaye-Ortiz, The New Mexico Fanatic
- Send It on Your 130th Birthday: Nevada Shakes Off a Fargo Wipeout and Hosts an SJSU Offense That Ranks 111th on Third Down, From a Town That Gave Itself a NicknameRidge Corbell, The Nevada Fanatic
- Call Sign: No Fumbles: Air Force Ran for 430 Yards Past UNLV and Now Climbs 600 Feet Higher to Laramie, Where the Cowboys Throw for 146 a GameLt. Col. (Ret.) Marissa Okonkwo-Hale, The Air Force Fanatic