Each week, RGJ sports writer Chris Murray will rank the Mountain West football teams. Here are this week's rankings, with each team's overall record, next opponent and a comment.
Comment: Boise State lost the turnover battle, 5-0, to BYU but still prevailed thanks to a blocked field goal on the game's penultimate play. This is the second week in a row Boise State has pulled out a close victory and this week's game at Wyoming also could come down to the final minutes. It is the last big hurdle before a potential MW title game as the season closes with SJSU, Hawaii, UNLV and Air Force.