Final Mountain West rankings: Boise State ends where it began

Brett, Duke, and Jim break down Wolf Pack hoops and gridiron, along with a look at the 4A state championship game. Duke Ritenhouse, dritenhouse@rgj.com

Things ended right where they began in the RGJ’s Mountain West football rankings.

Boise State, with a division-winning 33-24 victory over a 10-2 Utah State team, moved up from second to first in the final rankings of the season. The Broncos began the season as our No. 1 pick way back in September.

It took many weeks to sort things out, but the MW’s top three teams — Boise State, Utah State and Fresno State — all separated themselves from the pack. Each finished 10-2 overall, 7-1 in conference games, and with at least a share of a divisional…