The 2010 Mountain West Conference football season was the 12th since eight former members of the Western Athletic Conference banded together to form the MW.
This was the last season for two of the conference's charter members. Utah left the MW to join the Pac-10 in 2011. At the same time, the Utes' historic rival, BYU, will become a football independent and join the West Coast Conference in other sports. In the 2011 season, Boise State joined from the WAC, while three other WAC members, Fresno State, Hawaiʻi and Nevada, have accepted invitations to join the MW in 2012. For more details on these developments, see 2010 NCAA conference realignment.
Previous season
TCU won its second Mountain West Conference Championship during an undefeated regular season. TCU beat Wisconsin in the Rose Bowl.
Rankings
Mountain West vs. BCS matchups
Schedule
Week one
Week two
Week three
Week four
Week five
Week six
Week seven
Week eight
Week nine
Week ten
Week eleven
Week twelve
Week thirteen
Week fourteen
Statistics
- Team
- Scoring offense: TCU (520 points, 43.3 average)
- Scoring defense: TCU (137 points, 11.4 average)
- Rushing offense: Air Force (317.9 yards per game)
- Rushing defense: TCU (89.2 yards per game)
- Pass offense: San Diego State (297.0 yards per game)
- Total offense: TCU (491.5 yards per game)
Bowl games
Mountain West teams finished 4–1 in bowl games in 2011, the best record out of all conferences to win the Bowl Challenge Cup for the second consecutive year.
Home attendance
Awards and honors
All Conference teams
- Offensive Player of the Year: Andy Dalton, SR., QB, TCU
- Defensive Player of the Year: Tank Carder, JR., LB, TCU
- Special Teams Player of the Year: Jeremy Kerley, SR., KR/PR, TCU
- Freshman of the Year: Ronnie Hillman, RB, San Diego State
- Coach of the Year: Brady Hoke, San Diego State
Offense:
Defense:
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