Jun 13 min read

Mountain West Announces Select Start Times, Networks

The Mountain West Conference, in conjunction with their television partners CBS Sports and FOX Sports, announced the dates, times and stations for six members for the 2024 season. Oregon State, who along with Washington State have a schedule agreement with the MWC for 2024, also announced updates to their schedule.

Highlights of the release include Fresno State opening the season at defending National Champion Michigan, and Boise State hosting Oregon State on FOX to close out the regular season. The annual tilts for Air Force against Army and Navy will be nationally televised on CBS, as will San Jose State’s home game against Stanford. Nevada will play at Minnesota on the Big Ten Network in Week 3. Four of the six teams below will have new coaches roaming the sidelines.

Mountain West Conference Schedule Announcements

Air Force Falcons

Troy Calhoun's Air Force Falcons have 11 games scheduled to be televised in 2024. Two games will be on CBS, five games will be on CBS Sports Network while four games will appear on the FOX Sports Networks.

The games to watch on the Air Force schedule are the one against Navy on CBS at noon EST on Oct. 5 and the one at Army on Nov. 2 at noon EST on CBS. The Falcons will be looking to regain the Commander-in-Chief’s Trophy that they won in 2022 and shared in 2021.

Boise State Broncos

All 12 of Boise State’s games in 2024 will be nationally televised. The Broncos will have six on the FOX Sports Networks, four on CBS Sports Network and one each on ESPNU and Peacock.

Boise State and first-year head coach Spencer Danielson open on the road in the first two weeks of the season, traveling to Statesboro, Ga., to face Georgia Southern on Aug. 31, which will be televised on ESPNU. Then the Broncos travel to Eugene, Ore., to face the Oregon Ducks on Sept. 7, which will be televised on Peacock.

Fresno State Bulldogs

The start and finish of the 2024 season for the Fresno State Bulldogs are going to be tough. The Bulldogs draw a road game at defending National Champion Michigan at 7:30 p.m. EST on Aug. 31 on NBC. Then Fresno State finishes the season on the road at UCLA on Nov. 30, however, this game has not been assigned a network yet. Only six of coach Jeff Tedford's Bulldogs’ games have been assigned TV with three on the FOX Sports Networks, two on CBS Sports Network and one on NBC.

Nevada Wolf Pack

Nine of Nevada’s 12 games have already been assigned for TV. Five games have been scheduled to be shown on CBS Sports Network, including Jeff Choate's coaching debut with Nevada in Week Zero at home against SMU. The Wolf Pack will also invade Big Ten Conference country on Sept. 14 when they visit Minnesota. That game will be shown on the Big Ten Network. Nevada will have five games on CBS Sports Network, two on the FOX Sports Networks, one on Big Ten Network and one on ESPN+.

Oregon State Beavers

Thanks to a scheduling agreement the Beavers will play seven MWC opponents in 2024. The two gems on Oregon State’s schedule are both going to be televised on FOX, Sept. 14, when they host Oregon and Nov. 30 at Boise State to finish out the season. All of first-year coach Trent Bray's 12 Oregon State games will be televised in 2024 with six on The CW, three on CBS Sports Network and two on FOX. The game against California has not been assigned a network yet.

San Jose State Spartans

Six games for new San Jose State coach Ken Niumatalolo are slated for national television in 2024. The marquee matchup is the season-ending game at home against Stanford on Nov. 29, which will be televised on CBS. The Spartans have road games against both Pac-2 Conference teams, Washington State and Oregon State, that will be televised on The CW. In addition to these games, the Spartans will play two games on CBS Sports Network and one game on FS1.