Today we take a look ahead. All off-season, we’ve talked about the Mountain West needing to be more successful. What exactly will that look like in 2023? Some might be funny. Some might be very important. Some we might forget to write on here. Last year was a definite success for the conference, as outlined in our review article from January. Anyway, here is what we think will make for a successful MWC season. We used pretty much the same categories as last year but switched up the standards in each.
Wins Against Power 5 Teams
This year, the Mountain West has 21 games in their non-conference slate against teams from Power 5 conferences, which is a few more than last year.