This is a list of conference champions in sports sponsored by the
Mountain West Conference
The Mountain West Conference (MW) is one of the collegiate athletic conferences affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) (formerly I-A). The MW officially began operations ...
, which sponsors eight men's and ten women's sports.
Member schools
Current members
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Air Force
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(since 1999)
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Boise State
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(since 2011)
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Colorado State
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(since 1999)
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Fresno State
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(since 2012)
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Nevada
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(since 2012)
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New Mexico
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(since 1999)
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San Diego State
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(since 1999)
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San Jose State
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(since 2013)
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UNLV
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(since 1999)
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Utah State
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(since 2013)
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Wyoming
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(since 1999)
Former members
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BYU
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: 1999–2010
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TCU: 2005–2011
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Utah
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: 1999–2010
Note: All years indicated are through the school year academic term
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, where it is assumed that a school year begins in fall 1999 and ends in spring 2020.
Current champions
As of March 8, 2020
Men's sports
Women's sports
Men's Basketball
Champions
† – A champion can claim two championships, where one is from the regular season and the other is from a postseason tournament.
Women's Basketball
Champions
Men's Cross Country
Champions
Women's Cross Country
Champions
Football
Affiliate Members
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Hawaii
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(since 2012)
Note: All years indicated in this table reflect college football seasons, which are held during the opening fall term of the academic year.
Champions
Men's Golf
Champions
Women's Golf
Champions
Men's Indoor Track & Field
Champions
Women's Indoor Track & Field
Champions
Soccer
Affiliate Members
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Colorado College
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(since 2014)
Note: All years indicated in this table reflect college soccer seasons, which are held during the opening fall term of the academic year.
Champions
Softball
Champions
† – From the formation of the MW in 1999 (2000 softball season) through 2006, a champion could claim two championships, with one from the regular season and the other from a postseason tournament. The MW abolished its softball tournament after the 2006 season (2005–06 school year).
Swimming and Diving
Champions
† – A champion can claim two championships, where one is from the regular season and the other is from a postseason tournament. The champion is determined by regular season play prior to the 2002–03 and 2010–11 thereafter.
Volleyball
Note: All years indicated in this table reflect college women's volleyball seasons, which are held during the opening fall term of the academic year. (This contrasts with men's volleyball, a sport not sponsored by the MW, whose season is in the spring term.)
Champions
† – From the formation of the MW in 1999 through the 2007 season (2007–08 school year), and also in the 2011 season, a champion could claim two championships, one from the regular season and the other from a postseason tournament. The MW abolished its women's volleyball tournament after its 2007 edition, and has held it in only one season since then (2011).
Conference championships
Men's championship winners
Source:
;Notes
* The regular-season championships in men's and women's tennis were discontinued after the 2012–13 school year, but returned in 2015–16.
Women's championship winners
;Notes
* The softball tournament was discontinued after the 2006 season.
* The regular-season championships in men's and women's tennis were discontinued after the 2012–13 school year, but returned in 2015–16.
See also
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List of Mountain West Conference football standings
The Mountain West Conference first sponsored football in 1999. This is a list of its annual standings since establishment.
Standings
References
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Champions
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Mountain West
The Mountain West Conference (MW) is one of the collegiate athletic conferences affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) (formerly I-A). The MW officially began operations ...