2009 Western Athletic Conference football season

The 2009 Western Athletic Conference (WAC) football season was an NCAA football season played from September 3, 2009, to January 4, 2010. The Western Athletic Conference consists of 9 members: Boise State, Fresno State, Hawai'i, Idaho, Louisiana Tech, Nevada, New Mexico State, San Jose State, and Utah State. Boise State won the 2009 WAC title going 13–0, 8–0 in conference and were invited to play in the Fiesta Bowl, in which they defeated previously unbeaten TCU. Nevada, Fresno State, and Idaho also played in bowl games, the Hawaiʻi Bowl, New Mexico Bowl, and Humanitarian Bowl, respectively. Nevada lost to SMU and Fresno State lost to Wyoming, while Idaho beat Bowling Green.

2009 WAC football season
League	NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision
Sport	Football
Duration	September 3, 2009 through January 4, 2010
Number of teams	9
TV partner(s)	ESPN
2010 NFL Draft
Top draft pick	RB Ryan Mathews, Fresno State
Picked by	San Diego Chargers, 12th overall
Regular Season
Champions	Boise State
Season MVP	QB Kellen Moore, Boise State LB Dontay Moch, Nevada

2009 Western Athletic Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 4 Boise State $%		8	–	0					14	–	0
Nevada		7	–	1					8	–	5
Fresno State		6	–	2					8	–	5
Idaho		4	–	4					8	–	5
Hawaii		3	–	5					6	–	7
Louisiana Tech		3	–	5					4	–	8
Utah State		3	–	5					4	–	8
New Mexico State		1	–	7					3	–	10
San Jose State		1	–	7					2	–	10
% – BCS at-large representative $ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Preseason

Preseason poll

The 2009 WAC preseason poll was announced at the league's football preview in Salt Lake City on July 29.^[1] Boise State was overwhelmingly selected as the favorite to win the conference by both the league's coaches and media that cover the WAC. Although the Broncos did not receive all first-place votes in the coaches' poll, their selection was effectively unanimous; league rules prohibit coaches from casting first-place votes for their own teams. Accordingly, Broncos head coach Chris Petersen voted for Nevada.

Coaches poll

1. Boise State – 64 (8)
2. Nevada – 55 (1)
3. Fresno State – 45
4. Louisiana Tech – 45
5. Hawaiʻi – 36
6. San Jose State – 34
7. Utah State – 21
8. New Mexico State – 13
9. Idaho – 11

Media poll

1. Boise State – 519 (55)
2. Nevada – 444 (3)
3. Fresno State – 365
4. Louisiana Tech – 360
5. Hawai'i – 275
6. San Jose State – 263
7. Utah State – 170
8. Idaho – 110
9. New Mexico State – 104

Colin Kaepernick of Nevada was voted the preseason Offensive Player of the Year and Kyle Wilson of Boise State was voted the preseason Defensive player of the year.

Award watch lists

Award	School	Player
Bronko Nagurski Trophy[2]	Boise State	Kyle Wilson
	Nevada	Kevin Basped
Dave Rimington Trophy[3]	Boise State	Thomas Byrd
	Fresno State	Joe Bernardi
	Hawaiʻi	John Estes
Louisiana Tech	Lon Roberts
Lombardi Award[4]	Boise State	Ryan Winterswyk
	Fresno State	Ben Jacobs
	Fresno State	Andrew Jackson
	Idaho	Mike Iupati
	Louisiana Tech	Rob McGill
	Louisiana Tech	D'Anthony Smith
	Nevada	Kevin Basped
	Nevada	Alonzo Durham
	Nevada	Virgil Green
	San Jose State	Justin Cole
	San Jose State	Carl Ihenacho
	Utah State	Paul Igboeli
Manning Award[5]	Boise State	Kellen Moore
	Nevada	Colin Kaepernick
Maxwell Award[6]	Boise State	Kellen Moore
	Nevada	Colin Kaepernick
Lou Groza Award[7]	Boise State	Kyle Brotzman
	Fresno State	Kevin Goessling
Outland Trophy[8]	Idaho	Mike Iupati
Fred Biletnikoff Award[9]	Fresno State	Seyi Ajirotutu
	Hawai'i	Greg Salas
Walter Camp Award[10]	Boise State	Kellen Moore
Jim Thorpe Award[11]	Boise State	Kyle Wilson
	San Jose State	Duke Ihenacho
Bednarik Award[6]	Boise State	Kyle Wilson
Doak Walker Award[12]	Louisiana Tech	Daniel Porter
	Nevada	Vai Taua
Davey O'Brien Award[13]	Boise State	Kellen Moore
	Nevada	Colin Kaepernick

Mike Iupati of Idaho was one of three finalists named for the Outland Trophy,^[14] won by Ndamukong Suh of Nebraska.

Kellen Moore of Boise State was named one of the ten finalists for the Manning Award,^[15] won by Colt McCoy of Texas.

Regular season

Index to colors and formatting
WAC member won
WAC member lost
WAC teams in bold

The WAC has teams in 4 different time zones. Times reflect start time in respective time zone of each team (Central-Louisiana Tech, Mountain-New Mexico State, Boise State, Utah State, Pacific-Idaho, Fresno State, San Jose State, Nevada, Hawaiian-Hawai'i). Conference games start times are that of the home team.

Rankings reflect that of the USA Today Coaches poll for that week until week eight when the BCS poll will be used.

Week one

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 3	7:00 p.m.	Utah State	#18 Utah	Rice-Eccles Stadium • Salt Lake City	The Mtn.	L 17–35	45,333
September 3	8:15 p.m.	# 14 Oregon	#16 Boise State	Bronco Stadium • Boise, Idaho	ESPN	W 19–8	34,127
September 4	7:00 p.m.	Central Arkansas	Hawai'i	Aloha Stadium • Honolulu		W 25–20	33,298
September 5	12:30 p.m.	San Jose State	#4 USC	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles	FSN	L 3–56	84,325
September 5	12:30 p.m.	Nevada	#23 Notre Dame	Notre Dame Stadium • Notre Dame, Indiana	NBC	L 0–35	80,795
September 5	5:00 p.m.	Idaho	New Mexico State	Aggie Memorial Stadium • Las Cruces, New Mexico		IDA 21–6	16,772
September 5	6:00 p.m.	Louisiana Tech	Auburn	Jordan–Hare Stadium • Auburn, Alabama	ESPNU	L 13–37	81,143
September 5	7:00 p.m.	UC Davis	Fresno State	Bulldog Stadium • Fresno, California		W 51–0	37,267

Players of the week:^[16]

Offensive		Defensive		Special teams
Player	Team	Player	Team	Player	Team
Greg Salas	Hawai'i	Nico Herron	Fresno State	Bobby Cowan	Idaho

Week two

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 12	9:00 a.m.	Fresno State	Wisconsin	Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, Wisconsin	ESPN	L 31–34–2OT	80,353
September 12	12:30 p.m.	Idaho	Washington	Husky Stadium • Seattle	FSN	L 23–42	58,980
September 12	2:00 p.m.	Hawai'i	Washington State	Qwest Field • Seattle		W 38–20	42,912
September 12	2:30 p.m.	Louisiana Tech	Navy	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium • Annapolis, Maryland	CBS College Sports	L 14–32	29,102
September 12	6:00 p.m.	Miami (OH)	#11 Boise State	Bronco Stadium • Boise, Idaho		W 48–0	32,228
September 12	7:30 p.m.	#17 Utah	San Jose State	Spartan Stadium • San Jose, California	ESPNU	L 14–24	23,684
September 12	6:00 p.m.	Prairie View A&M	New Mexico State	Aggie Memorial Stadium • Las Cruces, New Mexico		W 21–18	15,902

Players of the week:^[17]

Offensive		Defensive		Special teams
Player	Team	Player	Team	Player	Team
Greg Alexander	Hawai'i	Corey Paredes	Hawai'i	Philip Livas	Louisiana Tech

Week three

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 18	6:00 p.m.	#10 Boise State	Fresno State	Bulldog Stadium • Fresno, California	ESPN	BSU 51–34	35,637
September 19	2:00 p.m.	Nevada	Colorado State	Sonny Lubick Field at Hughes Stadium • Fort Collins, Colorado		L 20–35	24,967
September 19	2:00 p.m.	San Diego State	Idaho	Kibbie Dome • Moscow, Idaho		W 34–20	10,324
September 19	5:00 p.m.	Utah State	Texas A&M	Kyle Field • College Station, Texas		L 30–38	73,599
September 19	5:00 p.m.	Hawai'i	UNLV	Sam Boyd Stadium • Las Vegas	CBS College Sports	L 33–34	29,717
September 19	6:00 p.m.	Nicholls State	Louisiana Tech	Joe Aillet Stadium • Ruston, Louisiana		W 48–13	19,400
September 19	6:00 p.m.	San Jose State	Stanford	Stanford Stadium • Stanford, California		L 17–42	33,560
September 19	6:00 p.m.	UTEP	New Mexico State	Aggie Memorial Stadium • Las Cruises, New Mexico		L 12–38	20,439

Players of the week:^[18]

Offensive		Defensive		Special teams
Player	Team	Player	Team	Player	Team
Ryan Mathews	Fresno State	JoJo Dickson	Idaho	Titus Young	Boise State

Week four

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 25	6:00 p.m.	#21 Missouri	Nevada	Mackay Stadium • Reno, Nevada	ESPN	L 21–32	18,269
September 26	9:00 a.m.	Fresno State	#15 Cincinnati	Nippert Stadium • Cincinnati		L 20–28	32,910
September 26	12:30 p.m.	Idaho	Northern Illinois	Huskie Stadium • DeKalb, Illinois		W 34–31	16,320
September 26	5:00 p.m.	#8 Boise State	Bowling Green	Doyt Perry Stadium • Bowling Green, Ohio		W 49–14	22,396
September 26	6:00 p.m.	Southern Utah	Utah State	Romney Stadium • Logan, Utah		W 53–34	18,472
September 26	5:00 p.m.	Cal Poly	San Jose State	Spartan Stadium • San Jose, California		W 19–9	13,510
September 26	8:00 p.m.	New Mexico State	New Mexico	University Stadium • Albuquerque, New Mexico	The Mtn.	W 20–17	35,248

Players of the week:^[19]

Offensive		Defensive		Special teams
Player	Team	Player	Team	Player	Team
Nathan Enderle	Idaho	Tanner Burns	San Jose State	Kyle Hughes	New Mexico State

Week five

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 30	7:00 p.m.	Hawai'i	Louisiana Tech	Joe Aillet Stadium • Ruston, Louisiana	ESPN2	LT 27–6	21,263
October 2	7:00 p.m.	Utah State	#21 BYU	LaVell Edwards Stadium • Provo, Utah	The Mtn.	L 17–35	64,103
October 3	1:00 p.m.	UNLV	Nevada	Mackay Stadium • Reno, Nevada		W 63–28	24,078
October 3	6:00 p.m.	UC Davis	#5 Boise State	Bronco Stadium • Boise, Idaho		W 34–16	32,497
October 3	6:00 p.m.	New Mexico State	San Diego State	Qualcomm Stadium • San Diego, California		L 17–34	21,184
October 3	7:30 p.m.	Colorado State	Idaho	Kibbie Dome • Moscow, Idaho	ESPNU	W 31–29	16,000

Players of the week:^[20]

Offensive		Defensive		Special teams
Player	Team	Player	Team	Player	Team
Mike Ball	Nevada	Shiloh Keo	Idaho	Trey Farquhar	Idaho

Week six

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
October 9	6:00 p.m.	Louisiana Tech	Nevada	Mackay Stadium • Reno, Nevada	ESPN	NEV 37–14	11,975
October 10	5:00 p.m.	Idaho	San Jose State	Spartan Stadium • San Jose, California		IDA 29–25	15,321
October 10	6:00 p.m.	Utah State	New Mexico State	Aggie Memorial Stadium • Las Cruises, New Mexico		NMSU 20–17	15,283
October 10	6:00 p.m.	Fresno State	Hawai'i	Aloha Stadium • Honolulu, HI		FRES 42–17	38,566

Players of the week:^[21]

Offensive		Defensive		Special teams
Player	Team	Player	Team	Player	Team
Colin Kaepernick	Nevada	Desia Dunn	Fresno State	Marcus Anderson	New Mexico State

Week seven

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
October 14	6:00 p.m.	#6 Boise State	Tulsa	Chapman Stadium • Tulsa, Oklahoma	ESPN	W 28–21	30,000
October 17	1:00 p.m.	Nevada	Utah State	Romney Stadium • Logan, Utah		NEV 35–32	15,103
October 17	2:00 p.m.	Hawai'i	Idaho	Kibbie Dome • Moscow, Idaho		IDA 35–23	12,763
October 17	3:00 p.m.	New Mexico State	Louisiana Tech	Joe Aillet Stadium • Ruston, Louisiana		LT 45–7	20,773
October 17	7:00 p.m.	San Jose State	Fresno State	Bulldog Stadium • Fresno, California		FRES 41–21	35,495

Players of the week:^[22]

Offensive		Defensive		Special teams
Player	Team	Player	Team	Player	Team
Ryan Mathews	Fresno State	Aaron Lavarias	Idaho	Robert Malone	Fresno State

Week eight

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
October 24	1:00 p.m.	Louisiana Tech	Utah State	Romney Stadium • Logan, Utah		USU 23–21	14,229
October 24	1:00 p.m.	Idaho	Nevada	Mackay Stadium • Reno, Nevada		NEV 70–45	16,611
October 24	6:00 p.m.	#4 Boise State	Hawai'i	Aloha Stadium • Honolulu		BSU 54–9	37,928
October 24	8:15 p.m.	Fresno State	New Mexico State	Aggie Memorial Stadium • Las Cruces, New Mexico	ESPNU	FRES 34–3	18,893

Players of the week:^[23]

Offensive		Defensive		Special teams
Player	Team	Player	Team	Player	Team
Colin Kaepernick	Nevada	Jeron Johnson	Boise State	Kyle Brotzman	Boise State

Week nine

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
October 31	10:00 a.m.	New Mexico State	#17 Ohio State	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, Ohio	Big Ten Network	L 0–45	104,719
October 31	1:00 p.m.	San Jose State	#7 Boise State	Bronco Stadium • Boise, Idaho		BSU 45–7	31,684
October 31	1:00 p.m.	Hawai'i	Nevada	Mackay Stadium • Reno, Nevada		NEV 31–21	13,889
October 31	2:00 p.m.	Louisiana Tech	Idaho	Kibbie Dome • Moscow, Idaho		IDA 35–34	15,236
October 31	2:00 p.m.	Utah State	Fresno State	Bulldog Stadium • Fresno, California		FRES 31–27	27,721

Players of the week:^[24]

Offensive		Defensive		Special teams
Player	Team	Player	Team	Player	Team
Ryan Mathews	Fresno State	Kyle Wilson	Boise State	Justin Veltung	Idaho

Week ten

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
November 6	7:00 p.m.	#7 Boise State	Louisiana Tech	Joe Aillet Stadium • Ruston, Louisiana	ESPN2	BSU 45–35	23,240
November 7	6:00 p.m.	Utah State	Hawai'i	Aloha Stadium • Honolulu, HI		HAW 49–36	31,499
November 7	7:15 p.m.	Fresno State	Idaho	Kibbie Dome • Moscow, Idaho	ESPNU	FRES 31–21	12,418
November 8	5:30 p.m.	Nevada	San Jose State	Spartan Stadium • San Jose, California	ESPN	NEV 62–7	11,103

Players of the week:^[25]

Offensive		Defensive		Special teams
Player	Team	Player	Team	Player	Team
Leon Wright-Jackson	Hawai'i	Lorne Bell	Fresno State	Kevin Goessling	Fresno State

Week eleven

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
November 14	1:00 p.m.	San Jose State	Utah State	Romney Stadium • Logan, Utah		USU 24–9	13,276
November 14	1:00 p.m.	Fresno State	Nevada	Mackay Stadium • Reno, Nevada		NEV 52–14	19,331
November 14	1:30 p.m.	Idaho	#6 Boise State	Bronco Stadium • Boise, Idaho	ESPNU	BSU 63–25	33,986
November 14	6:00 p.m.	New Mexico State	Hawai'i	Aloha Stadium • Honolulu, HI		HAW 24–6	32,628
November 14	7:00 p.m.	Louisiana Tech	#8 LSU	Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, Louisiana	ESPNU	L 16–24	92,584

Players of the week:^[26]

Offensive		Defensive		Special teams
Player	Team	Player	Team	Player	Team
Austin Pettis	Boise State	Jonathon Amaya	Nevada	Titus Young	Boise State

Week twelve

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
November 20	7:30 p.m.	#6 Boise State	Utah State	Romney Stadium • Logan, Utah	ESPN2	BSU 52–21	18,777
November 21	2:00 p.m.	Louisiana Tech	Fresno State	Bulldog Stadium • Fresno, California		FRES 30–28	31,769
November 21	5:00 p.m.	Nevada	New Mexico State	Aggie Memorial Stadium • Las Cruises, New Mexico	ESPNU	NEV 63–20	11,775
November 21	5:00 p.m.	Hawai'i	San Jose State	Spartan Stadium • San Jose, California		HAW 17–10 OT	18,327

Players of the week:^[27]

Offensive		Defensive		Special teams
Player	Team	Player	Team	Player	Team
Doug Martin	Boise State	Ben Jacobs	Fresno State	Kevin Goessling	Fresno State

Week thirteen

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
November 27	8:00 p.m.	Nevada	#6 Boise State	Bronco Stadium • Boise, Idaho	ESPN2	BSU 44–33	32,642
November 28	2:00 p.m.	Utah State	Idaho	Kibbie Dome • Moscow, Idaho		USU 52–49	8,532
November 28	5:00 p.m.	New Mexico State	San Jose State	Spartan Stadium • San Jose, California		SJSU 13–10	10,117
November 28	6:00 p.m.	Navy	Hawai'i	Aloha Stadium • Honolulu, HI	ESPNU	W 24–17	40,643

Players of the week:^[28]

Offensive		Defensive		Special teams
Player	Team	Player	Team	Player	Team
Robert Turbin	Utah State	Blaze Soares	Hawai'i	Titus Young	Boise State

Week fourteen

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
December 5	9:30 a.m.	Fresno State	Illinois	Memorial Stadium • Champaign, Illinois	Big Ten Network	W 53–52	48,538
December 5	1:00 p.m.	San Jose State	Louisiana Tech	Joe Aillet Stadium • Ruston, Louisiana		LT 55–20	15,324
December 5	1:00 p.m.	New Mexico State	#6 Boise State	Bronco Stadium • Boise, Idaho		BSU 42–7	32,308
December 5	6:30 p.m.	Wisconsin	Hawai'i	Aloha Stadium • Honolulu, HI	ESPN2	L 10–52	40,069

Players of the week:^[29]

Offensive		Defensive		Special teams
Player	Team	Player	Team	Player	Team
Daniel Porter	La Tech	Tank Calais	La Tech	Alex Dunnachie	Hawai'i

Records against other conferences

Conference	Wins	Losses
Big 12	0	2
Big East	0	1
Big Ten	1	3
CUSA	1	1
Independents	1	2
MAC	3	0
Mountain West	4	6
Pac-10	2	3
SEC	0	2
All FCS	7	0
Overall	19	20

All-WAC Teams

^[30]

First Team

Offense QB Kellen Moore- Boise State RB Ryan Mathews- Fresno State RB Vai Taua- Nevada WR Austin Pettis- Boise State WR Titus Young- Boise State WR Greg Salas- Hawai'i TE Dennis Morris- La Tech OL Nate Potter- Boise State OL Andrew Jackson- Fresno State OL John Estes- Hawai'i OL Mike Iupati- Idaho OL Alonzo Durham- Nevada

Defense DL Ryan Winterswyk- Boise State DL Chris Carter- Fresno State DL D'Anthony Smith- La Tech DL Dontay Moch- Nevada LB Ben Jacobs- Fresno State LB Blaze Soares- Hawai'i LB Adrien Cole- La Tech LB Bobby Wagner- Utah State DB Kyle Wilson- Boise State DB Shiloh Keo- Idaho DB Davon House- New Mexico State DB Duke Ihenacho- San Jose State

Specialists PK Kevin Goessling- Fresno State P Robert Malone- Fresno State ST Titus Young- Boise State

Second Team

Offense QB Colin Kaepernick- Nevada RB Jeremy Avery- Boise State RB Daniel Porter- La Tech RB Robert Turbin- Utah State WR Seyi Ajirotutu- Fresno State WR Max Komar- Idaho WR Brandon Wimberly- Nevada WR Kevin Jurovich- San Jose State TE Virgil Green- Nevada OL Kenny Wiggins- Fresno State OL Aaron Kia- Hawai'i OL Irv Stevens- Idaho OL Rob McGill- La Tech OL Kenneth Ackerman- Nevada

Defense DL Billy Winn- Boise State DL Aaron Lavarias- Idaho DL Kevin Basped- Nevada DL Carl Ihenacho- San Jose State LB Winston Venable- Boise State LB JoJo Dickson- Idaho LB James-Michael Johnson- Nevada LB Justin Cole- San Jose State DB Jeron Johnson- Boise State DB Lorne Bell- Fresno State DB Moses Harris- Fresno State DB Jonathon Amaya- Nevada

Specialists PK Trey Farquhar- Idaho P Philip Zavala- San Jose State ST Phillip Livas- La Tech

Players of the year

Offense Kellen Moore- Boise State

Defense Dontay Moch- Nevada

Freshman Brandon Wimberly- Nevada

Coach of the year

Chris Petersen- Boise State

Rankings

During the 2009 season the only WAC team to be ranked was Boise State, who would finish the season ranked #4.

See also: 2009 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings

Ranking movements of Boise State
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
( ) = First-place votes

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Final
AP	14	12	10	8	5	6	5	6	6	5	6	6	6	6	6	4
Coaches	16	11	10	8	5	6	6	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	4
Harris	Not released				5	5	5	5	5	4 (1)	6	6	6	6	6	Not released
BCS	Not released							4	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	Not released

Bowl games

Bowl Game	Date	Stadium	City	Television	Matchup/Result	Attendance
New Mexico Bowl	December 19, 2009	University Stadium	Albuquerque, New Mexico	ESPN	Wyoming 35, Fresno State 28, 2OT	24,898
Sheraton Hawaiʻi Bowl	December 24, 2009	Aloha Stadium	Honolulu, HI	ESPN	SMU 45, Nevada 10	32,650
Roady's Humanitarian Bowl	December 30, 2009	Bronco Stadium	Boise, Idaho	ESPN	Idaho 43, Bowling Green 42	26,726
Tostitos Fiesta Bowl	January 4, 2010	University of Phoenix Stadium	Glendale, Arizona	Fox	#6 Boise State 17, #4 TCU 10	73,227

Attendance

Team	Stadium (Capacity)	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5	Game 6	Game 7	Total	Average	% of Capacity
Boise State	Bronco Stadium (33,500)	34,127	32,228	32,497	31,684	33,986	32,642	32,308	229,472	32,782	97.9
Fresno State	Bulldog Stadium (41,031)	37,267	35,637	35,495	27,721	31,769			167,889	33,578	81.8
Hawai'i	Aloha Stadium (50,000)	33,298	38,566	37,928	31,499	32,628	40,643	40,069	254,631	36,376	72.8
Idaho	Kibbie Dome (16,000)	10,324	16,000	12,763	15,236	12,418	8,532		75,273	12,546	78.4
Louisiana Tech	Joe Aillet Stadium (30,600)	19,400	21,263	20,773	23,240	15,324			99,970	19,994	65.3
Nevada	Mackay Stadium (29,993)	18,269	24,078	11,975	16,611	13,889	19,331		104,153	17,359	57.9
New Mexico State	Aggie Memorial Stadium (30,343)	16,772	15,902	20,439	15,283	18,893	11,775		93,084	15,511	51.1
San Jose State	Spartan Stadium (31,218)	23,684	13,510	15,321	11,103	18,327	10,117		92,062	15,344	49.2
Utah State	Romney Stadium (25,513)	18,472	15,103	14,229	13,276	18,777			79,857	15,971	62.6

Expanded WAC standings

Western Athletic Conference
	Conf		Overall
Team – Bowl Game	W	L	W	L	PF	PA	STREAK
#4 Boise State – Fiesta Bowl	8	0	14	0	591	240	W 14
Nevada – Hawai'i Bowl	7	1	8	5	497	371	L 2
Fresno State – New Mexico Bowl	6	2	8	5	440	369	L 1
Idaho – Humanitarian Bowl	4	4	8	5	425	468	W 1
Hawaiʻi	3	5	6	7	296	384	L 1
Louisiana Tech	3	5	4	8	350	309	W 1
Utah State	3	5	4	8	349	408	W 1
New Mexico State	1	7	3	10	149	411	L 7
San Jose State	1	7	2	10	165	414	L 1