Thanks to beating Boise State in Logan, USU (4-3, 3-1 MW) can claim the MW's Mountain Division title by winning its four remaining conference games vs. Wyoming, New Mexico, Air Force and Nevada. San Diego State (5-3, 4-0) is very well positioned in the West. Yet even with a head-to-head win, the Aztecs would have to overtake USU in "a composite of selected computer rankings," according to MW procedures, to earn the host's role in the title game.
The College Football Playoff committee rankings are the No. 1 factor, but MW members are unlikely to be among those 25 teams.