Mountain West Conference Football Championship Game

Final AP Poll rankings shown.

Below are the results from all Mountain West Conference Football Championship Games played. The winning team appears in bold font, on a background of their primary team color. Rankings are from the AP Poll released prior to the game.

Year	West		Mountain		Site	Attendance	MVP
2013	24 Fresno State Bulldogs	24	Utah State Aggies	17	Bulldog Stadium • Fresno, CA	31,362	QB Derek Carr, Fresno State
2014	Fresno State Bulldogs	14	22 Boise State Broncos	28	Albertsons Stadium • Boise, ID	26,101	Offensive: QB Grant Hedrick, Boise State Defensive: MLB Tanner Vallejo, Boise State
2015	San Diego State Aztecs	27	Air Force Falcons	24	Qualcomm Stadium • San Diego, CA	20,959	Offensive: QB Christian Chapman, San Diego State Defensive: S Na'im McGee, San Diego State
2016	San Diego State Aztecs	27	Wyoming Cowboys	24	War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY	24,001	Offensive: RB Rashaad Penny, San Diego State Defensive: S Damontae Kazee, San Diego State
2017	25 Fresno State Bulldogs	14	Boise State Broncos	17	Albertsons Stadium • Boise, ID	24,515	Offensive: QB Brett Rypien, Boise State Defensive: LB Leighton Vander Esch, Boise State
2018	25 Fresno State Bulldogs	19	19 Boise State Broncos	16OT		23,662	Offensive: RB Alexander Mattison, Boise State Defensive: DE Mykal Walker, Fresno State
2019	Hawaii Rainbow Warriors	10	19 Boise State Broncos	31		23,561	Offensive: QB Jaylon Henderson, Boise State Defensive: DT Sonatane Lui, Boise State
Year	No. 1 seed		No. 2 seed		Site	Attendance	MVP
2020	25 San Jose State Spartans	34	Boise State Broncos	20	Sam Boyd Stadium • Whitney, NV	0	Offensive: QB Nick Starkel, San Jose State[2] Defensive: DE Cade Hall, San Jose State

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 game was played behind closed doors without fans.[3]

1. Head-to-head record between the tied teams
2. Winning percentage of the tied teams within the division
3. Winning percentage against the next-highest placed team in the division, with placing based on the team's conference record, and proceeding through the division
4. Winning percentage of the tied teams against common conference opponents
5. Higher College Football Playoff ranking (or composite of selected computer ranking if neither team is ranked) following the final week of the regular season
6. Overall winning percentage against FBS opponents
7. Coin toss

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NOTE: If inclement weather forces the head-to-head game between the two tied teams to be cancelled or end in a tie, the tiebreaker procedure ensures the tie will be broken by other means if necessary.

1. Head-to-head record among the tied teams
2. Winning percentage among the tied teams within the division
3. Winning percentage among the tied teams against the next-highest placed team in the division, with placing based on the team's conference record, and proceeding through the division
4. Winning percentage among the tied teams against common conference opponents
5. Higher College Football Playoff ranking (or composite of selected computer ranking if neither team is ranked) following the final week of the regular season

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Once the tie is reduced to two teams, then the two-team tiebreaker is used.[4]

The division champion with the better conference record will host the championship game. If the teams have the same record, the following tie-breaking procedure is used:[5]

1. Head-to-head record
2. Higher College Football Playoff ranking going into the final week of regular season, excluding teams who are not ranked and/or that lost their final regular season game
3. Composite of selected computer rankings
4. Record versus common conference opponents
5. Highest overall winning percentage (conference and non-conference excluding exempt games)
6. Coin toss

From 2013 to 2017, the division champion with the higher College Football Playoff ranking going into the final week of regular season was designated as the host school unless it lost its final regular season game. If the latter occurred, or neither team was ranked in the latest available College Football Playoff rankings, then the following procedure was used:[4]

1. Team with better composite ranking among selected computer rankings
2. Head-to-head record
3. Record versus common conference opponents
4. Winning percentage against the next-highest placed common conference opponent and proceeding through the conference, with placing based on:
   1. Placement within the division
   2. Overall conference record
   3. Composite of selected computer rankings
5. Coin toss

This procedure was discontinued after the 2017 Mountain West Conference Football Championship Game after Boise State was selected to host the game despite having the same conference record as their opponent Fresno State and losing to Fresno State during the regular season.