MWC 2024 sneak peek: Boise State and Fresno State are the

Expense Connelly, ESPN Staff WriterJun 18, 2024, 07:30 AM ET Close Expense Connelly is a staff author for ESPN.com.There’s a lot of brand-new in the Mountain West this year. Six of the conference’s 12 groups have new head coaches, and eight will have new beginning quarterbacks, some more promising than others.There are two new pseudo-members, too: Though Oregon State and Washington State have not joined the MWC(and are for that reason not in this sneak peek), they have entered into a scheduling plan with the conference.As we dive further into this brand-new era of college football– with particularly devastating conference realignment relocations, NIL money, heavier transfer volume and a newly expanded College Football Playoff– it feels like the MWC is looking for its location. It hasn’t produced the very best Group of 5 team in nine seasons (according to the CFP committee ), but with new members comes new opportunity. The AAC has actually been damaged by recent realignment moves, and while the Sun Belt grades out as the very best Group of 5 conference, per SP+, the MWC has 2 stalwart competitors (Boise State and Fresno State)and, UNLV, an exciting up-and-comer. Can among these groups catch the G5’s guaranteed playoff area? Can some of the new members find immediate success and bring a little bit more depth back to what is now the only FBS conference based in the west?Let’s sneak peek the Mountain West!Every week through the summertime, Expense Connelly will preview another FBS conference exclusively for ESPN +, eventually consisting of all 134 FBS groups.