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2013 Mountain West Conference football season
League	NCAA Division I FBS (Football Bowl Subdivision)
Sport	Football
Duration	August 30, 2013–January 1, 2014
Number of teams	12
TV partner(s)	CBS Sports Network, ESPN family
2014 NFL Draft
Top draft pick	DE DeMarcus Lawrence, Boise State
Picked by	Dallas Cowboys, 34th overall
Regular season
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The 2013 Mountain West Conference football season was the 15th season of college football for the Mountain West Conference (MW). In the 2013 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 third consecutive year in which the Mountain West saw changes in membership. In 2011, two of the conference's charter members, BYU (WCC and football independent) and Utah (Pac-12), left, while Boise State joined from the WAC. The following year, the MW lost TCU, members since 2005, to the Big 12, while gaining new all-sports members Fresno State and Nevada and football-only member Hawaii from the WAC. For 2013, the MW lost no schools, while adding two new full members from the WAC in San Jose State and Utah State. This brought the conference membership in football to 12, allowing the MW to split into divisions and launch a championship game.

Previous season

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Preseason

Award watch lists

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

Mountain West media days

Media poll

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All–Conference Team

Coaches

NOTE: Stats shown are before the beginning of the season

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

Rankings

Mountain West vs. BCS matchups

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Bowl games

The Mountain West Conference will have agreements with the following bowls for 2012–13:

• The MW champion will receive an automatic berth in one of the five BCS bowl games if they are the highest ranked non-automatic qualifying conference champion and either of the following:
  • Ranked in the top 12 of the BCS Rankings. (Utah qualified under this criterion in 2004-05 and 2008–09, and TCU in 2009-10 and 2010–11.)
  • Ranked in the top 16 of the BCS Rankings and its ranking is higher than that of an automatic qualifying conference champion.

Regular season

All dates, times, and TV are tentative and subject to change.

The Mountain West has teams in 3 different time zones. Times reflect start time in respective time zone of each team (Mountain—Air Force, Boise State, Colorado State, New Mexico, Wyoming; Pacific—Fresno State, Nevada, San Diego State, UNLV; Hawaii-Aleutian—Hawaiʻi). Conference games start times are that of the home team.

Home attendance

Awards and honors

All Conference teams

• Offensive Player of the Year: Derek Carr, SR., QB, Fresno State
• Defensive Player of the Year: Shaquil Barrett, SR., LB, Colorado State
• Special Teams Player of the Year: Carlos Wiggins, SO., KR, New Mexico
• Freshman of the Year: Tyler Winston, WR, San Jose State
• Coach of the Year: Matt Wells, Utah State

Offense:

Defense:

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