Stats Corner: Wyoming and Boise Big Wins

Photo by Andy Cross/The Denver Post via Getty ImagesWhat an opening week for the Mountain West: Hawaii, Nevada, Boise State, and Wyoming picked up wins over Power 5 schools and all from different conferences. San Jose State and New Mexico both won, sometimes you take any victory you can get. Wins for Air Force, UNLV, and San Diego State are all pluses for the conference. A Utah State or Fresno State win would have helped, but all the conference loses were to Power 5 schools, so loses aren’t too bad. Throw in some National Player of the Week awards, and some freshman getting some national attention from their clutch performances and let’s be honest, if someone had said the MWC was going to go 4-3 against Power 5 and have a victory against both the ACC and SEC everyone would have agreed it was a good weekend.

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