# 2014 Mountain West Conference football season

The 2014 Mountain West Conference football season was 16th season of college football for the Mountain West Conference (MW). In the 2014 NCAA Division I FBS football season, the MW had 12 football members: Air Force, Boise State, Colorado State, Fresno State, Hawaiʻi, Nevada, New Mexico, San Diego State, San Jose State, UNLV, Utah State, and Wyoming.
This was the first time in four years that the membership of the MW did not change. Initially, UNLV was ineligible for postseason play due to their failure to meet Academic Progress Rate (APR) guidelines. However, the NCAA later accepted an updated APR report from UNLV, showing that the school had met guidelines, and lifted the ban.

## Rankings

Legend :
| | Increase in ranking |
| | Decrease in ranking |
| | Unranked the previous week |
| RV | Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25 of poll |
| | | Pre | Wk 2 | Wk 3 | Wk 4 | Wk 5 | Wk 6 | Wk 7 | Wk 8 | Wk 9 | Wk 10 | Wk 11 | Wk 12 | Wk 13 | Wk 14 | Wk 15 | Wk 16 |
| Air Force | AP | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | RV | RV |
| Air Force | C | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | RV | RV |
| Air Force | CFP | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | | | | | | | |
| Boise State | AP | RV | | | | | | | | | | | RV | RV | 25 | 22 | 21 |
| Boise State | C | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | | | | | RV | RV | RV | RV | 25 | 22 | 21 |
| Boise State | CFP | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | | | | | 23 | 22 | 20 |
| Colorado State | AP | | | | | | | | RV | RV | RV | RV | 23 | 22 | 21 | RV | RV |
| Colorado State | C | RV | RV | | | | | | RV | RV | RV | RV | 25 | 23 | 21 | RV | RV |
| Colorado State | CFP | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | | | | | | | |
| Fresno State | AP | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Fresno State | C | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Fresno State | CFP | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | | | | | | | |
| Hawaiʻi | AP | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Hawaiʻi | C | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Hawaiʻi | CFP | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | | | | | | | |
| Nevada | AP | RV | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Nevada | C | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Nevada | CFP | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | | | | | | | |
| New Mexico | AP | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| New Mexico | C | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| New Mexico | CFP | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | | | | | | | |
| San Diego State | AP | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| San Diego State | C | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| San Diego State | CFP | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | | | | | | | |
| San José State | AP | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| San José State | C | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| San José State | CFP | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | | | | | | | |
| UNLV | AP | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| UNLV | C | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| UNLV | CFP | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | | | | | | | |
| Utah State | AP | RV | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Utah State | C | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | RV | |
| Utah State | CFP | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | | | | | | | |
| Wyoming | AP | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Wyoming | C | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Wyoming | CFP | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | | | | | | | |

## Schedule

A schedule for the season can be viewed here.

## Championship game

The championship game will be played on December 6, 2014. It will feature the highest ranked teams from two division championships.

## Awards and honors
### All Conference teams

* Offensive Player of the Year: Garrett Grayson, SR., QB, Colorado State
* Defensive Player of the Year: Zach Vigil, SR., LB, Utah State
* Special Teams Player of the Year: Will Conant, SR., PK/P, Air Force
* Freshman of the Year: Devonte Boyd, WR, UNLV
* Coach of the Year: Jim McElwain, Colorado State
Offense:
| Pos. | Name | Yr. | School | Name | Yr. | School |
| First Team | First Team | First Team | First Team | Second Team | Second Team | Second Team | Second Team |
| QB | Garrett Grayson | SR. | Colorado State | Grant Hedrick | SR. | Boise State |
| WR | Josh Harper | SR. | Fresno State | Tyler Winston | SO. | San Jose State |
| WR | Rashard Higgins | SO. | Colorado State | Devonte Boyd | FR. | UNLV |
| RB | Jay Ajayi | JR. | Boise State | Marteze Waller | JR. | Fresno State |
| RB | Donnel Pumphrey | SO. | San Diego State | Dee Hart | JR. | Colorado State |
| TE | Steven Walker | JR. | Colorado State | Jarred Gipson | SO. | Nevada |
| OL | Michael Husar, Jr. | SR. | Air Force | Rees Odhiambo | JR. | Boise State |
| OL | Marcus Henry | JR. | Boise State | Cody Wichmann | SR. | Fresno State |
| OL | Ty Sambrailo | SR. | Colorado State | Matt Galas | SR. | Nevada |
| OL | LaMar Bratton | SR. | New Mexico | Terry Poole | SR. | New Mexico |
| OL | Kevin Whimpey | JR. | Utah State | Brett Boyko | SR. | UNLV |
| PK | Will Conant | SR. | Air Force | Nick Diaz | SO. | Utah State |
| PR/KR | JoJo Natson | JR. | Utah State | Lloyd Mills | SO. | San Diego State |
Defense:
| Pos. | Name | Yr. | School | Name | Yr. | School |
| First Team | First Team | First Team | First Team | Second Team | Second Team | Second Team | Second Team |
| DL | Kamalei Correa | SO. | Boise State | Alex Hansen | JR. | Air Force |
| DL | Tyeler Davison | JR. | Fresno State | Travis Raciti | SR. | San Jose State |
| DL | B. J. Larsen | SR. | Utah State | Brock Hekking | SR. | Nevada |
| DL | Eddie Yarbrough | JR. | Wyoming | Ian Seau | JR. | Nevada |
| LB | Dakota Cox | SO. | New Mexico | Jordan Pierce | SR. | Air Force |
| LB | Nick Vigil | SO. | Utah State | Tanner Vallejo | SO. | Boise State |
| LB | Zach Vigil | SR. | Utah State | Aaron Davis | SR. | Colorado State |
| DB | Weston Steelhammer | SO. | Air Force | Donte Deayon | JR. | Boise State |
| DB | Darian Thompson | JR. | Boise State | Damontae Kazee | SO. | San Diego State |
| DB | Derron Smith | SR. | Fresno State | J.J. Whittaker | SR. | San Diego State |
| DB | Frankie Sutera | SR. | Utah State | Cleveland Wallace III | SO. | San Jose State |
| P | Scott Harding | SR. | Hawai'i | Alex Boy | SO. | Nevada |