Boise State was selected by a media panel as the preseason favorite to win the Mountain West Championship in 2025.
The Broncos have been the preseason favorite in the conference for 15 consecutive seasons. They won the league last year and made an appearance in the College Football Playoff. Boise State has won the conference the past two years.
Broncos quarterback Maddux Madsen was named the Preseason Mountain West Offensive Player of the Year. San Diego State players received two top honors, as Aztecs EDGE Trey White was named the Preseason Defensive Player of the Year while kicker Gabe Plascencia is the MW’s Preseason Special Teams Player of the Year.
Mountain West Preseason Poll
- 1. Boise State
- 2. UNLV
- 3. San José State
- 4. Colorado State
- 5. Fresno State
- 6. Air Force
- 7. Hawai’i
- 8. San Diego State
- 9. Utah State
- 10. Wyoming
- 11. New Mexico
- 12. Nevada
Mountain West Preseason All-Conference Players
Offense
- QB Maddux Madsen, Boise State
- WR Latrell Caples, Boise State
- WR Pofele Ashlock, Hawai‘i
- WR Nick Cenacle, Hawai‘i
- RB Scottre Humphrey, New Mexico
- RB Jai’Den Thomas, UNLV
- OL Kage Casey, Boise State
- OL Mason Randolph, Boise State
- OL Peseti Lapuaho, San José State
- OL Caden Barnett, Wyoming
- OL Jack Walsh, Wyoming
- TE Matt Lauter, Boise State
Defense
- DL Braxton Fely, Boise State
- DL Jayden Virgin-Morgan, Boise State
- DL Trey White, San Diego State
- DL Gafa Faga, San José State
- LB Marco Notarainni, Boise State
- LB Tano Letuli, San Diego State
- LB Jordan Pollard, San José State
- LB Marsel McDuffie, UNLV
- DB Ty Benefield, Boise State
- DB A’Marion McCoy, Boise State
- DB Al’zillion Hamilton, Fresno State
- DB Ike Larsen, Utah State
Specialists
- P Luke Freer, Air Force
- PK Gabe Plascencia, San Diego State
- PR Marcus Bellon, Nevada
- KR Abraham Williams, New Mexico
