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Mountain West Conference Football Championship Game | |
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Conference Football Championship | |
Sport | College football |
Conference | Mountain West Conference |
Current stadium | Hosted by selected division winner (see below) |
Current location | Varies by year |
Played | 2013–present |
Last contest | 2019 |
Current champion | Boise State |
Most championships | Boise State (3) |
TV partner(s) | Fox |
Official website | League Site |
Sponsors | |
Hampton by Hilton |
The Mountain West Conference Football Championship Game is an annual postseason college football game played to determine the champion of the Mountain West Conference (MW). From 1999 to 2012, the champion of the Mountain West was determined by regular season record. Beginning in 2013, following the expansion to twelve members and the division of the conference into Mountain and West Divisions, the conference championship game is held between the two division winners. The Mountain West is one of four conferences to have its championship game at a campus site, along with the American Athletic Conference, Conference USA, and the Sun Belt Conference.
The 2018 MAC Championship Game was a NCAA Division I college football conference championship game for the Mid-American Conference (MAC), that was played on November 30, 2018. It was the 22nd Mid-American Conference Championship, and was played at Ford Field in Detroit, Michigan. The official athletics website for Mid-American Conference. Detroit Football Classic: Southern University vs Tennessee State University. Event Starts 1:00 PM. However, Northern Illinois was back on top in 2018, edging a 10-win Buffalo team with a 30-29 comeback victory. NIU now has the most MAC title game victories (four) among active members. They were able to erase a 22-10 halftime deficit to stun the Bulls in the end.
The inaugural MW Championship Game was played on December 7, 2013 at Fresno State's Bulldog Stadium and televised by CBS.[1]
The Mountain West Conference champion customarily receives a berth to play in the Las Vegas Bowl. However, if the MW champion finishes ranked ahead of the champions from the other 'Group of Five' mid-major conferences (American Athletic Conference, Conference USA, MAC, and Sun Belt) by the selection committee of the College Football Playoff, it is guaranteed a berth in one of the non-semifinal 'New Year's Six' bowls. If ranked in the top four, the conference champion will play in the national championship playoff.
Divisions[edit]
Membership reflects changes that took effect with the 2013 season.
Mountain Division | West Division |
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Air Force | Fresno State |
Boise State | Hawaii |
Colorado State | Nevada |
New Mexico | San Diego State |
Utah State | San Jose State |
Wyoming | UNLV |
Past champions[edit]
Pre-championship game era (1999–2012)[edit]
Season | Champion(s) | Conf. record | Overall record | Bowl result |
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1999 | Utah | 5–2 | 9–3 | WonLas Vegas Bowl |
BYU | 5–2 | 8–4 | Lost Motor City Bowl | |
Colorado State | 5–2 | 8–4 | Lost Liberty Bowl | |
2000 | No. 14Colorado State | 6–1 | 10–2 | WonLiberty Bowl |
2001 | No. 25BYU | 7–0 | 12–2 | Lost Liberty Bowl |
2002 | Colorado State | 6–1 | 10–4 | Lost Liberty Bowl |
2003 | No. 21Utah | 6–1 | 10–2 | WonLiberty Bowl |
2004 | No. 4Utah | 7–0 | 12–0 | WonFiesta Bowl |
2005 | No. 11TCU | 8–0 | 11–1 | WonHouston Bowl |
2006 | No. 16BYU | 8–0 | 11–2 | WonLas Vegas Bowl |
2007 | No. 14BYU | 8–0 | 11–2 | WonLas Vegas Bowl |
2008 | No. 2Utah | 8–0 | 13–0 | WonSugar Bowl |
2009 | No. 6TCU | 8–0 | 12–1 | Lost Fiesta Bowl |
2010 | No. 2TCU | 8–0 | 13–0 | WonRose Bowl |
2011 | No. 14TCU | 7–0 | 11–2 | WonPoinsettia Bowl |
2012 | No. 18Boise State | 7–1 | 11–2 | WonMaaco Bowl Las Vegas |
Fresno State | 7–1 | 9–4 | Lost Hawaii Bowl | |
San Diego State | 7–1 | 9–4 | Lost Poinsettia Bowl |
Final AP Poll rankings shown.
Mountain West Conference Championship Game (2013–present)[edit]
Below are the results from all Mountain West Conference Football Championship Games played. The winning team appears in bold font, on a background of their primary team color. Rankings are from the AP Poll released prior to the game.
Year | West | Mountain | Site | Attendance | ||
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2013 | 24Fresno State Bulldogs | 24 | Utah State Aggies | 17 | Bulldog Stadium • Fresno, CA | 31,362 |
2014 | Fresno State Bulldogs | 14 | 22Boise State Broncos | 28 | Albertsons Stadium • Boise, ID | 26,101 |
2015 | San Diego State Aztecs | 27 | Air Force Falcons | 24 | Qualcomm Stadium • San Diego, CA | 20,959 |
2016 | San Diego State Aztecs | 27 | Wyoming Cowboys | 24 | War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY | 24,001 |
2017 | 25Fresno State Bulldogs | 14 | Boise State Broncos | 17 | Albertsons Stadium • Boise, ID | 24,515 |
2018 | 25Fresno State Bulldogs | 19 | 19Boise State Broncos | 16OT | 23,662 | |
2019 | Hawaii Rainbow Warriors | 10 | 19Boise State Broncos | 31 | 23,561 |
Results by team[edit]
Games | School | W | L | Pct | Titles | Runners-up |
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4 | Fresno State | 2 | 2 | .500 | 2013, 2018 | 2014, 2017 |
4 | Boise State | 3 | 1 | .750 | 2014, 2017, 2019 | 2018 |
2 | San Diego State | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 2015, 2016 | |
1 | Air Force | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2015 | |
1 | Utah State | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2013 | |
1 | Wyoming | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2016 | |
1 | Hawaii | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2019 |
- Colorado State, Nevada, New Mexico, San Jose State, and UNLV have yet to make an appearance in a Mountain West Championship Game.
Championship game MVPs[edit]
Season | MVP | Team | Position | |
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2013 | Derek Carr | Fresno State | QB | |
2014 | Offensive | Grant Hedrick | Boise State | QB |
Defensive | Tanner Vallejo | MLB | ||
2015 | Offensive | Christian Chapman | San Diego State | QB |
Defensive | Na'im McGee | DB | ||
2016 | Offensive | Rashaad Penny | San Diego State | RB |
Defensive | Damontae Kazee | DB | ||
2017 | Offensive | Brett Rypien | Boise State | QB |
Defensive | Leighton Vander Esch | LB | ||
2018 | Offensive | Alexander Mattison | Boise State | RB |
Defensive | Mykal Walker | Fresno State | DE | |
2019 | Offensive | Jaylon Henderson | Boise State | QB |
Defensive | Sonatane Lui | Boise State | DT |
Selection criteria[edit]
The division champion is the team with the highest conference winning percentage.
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Two-team tiebreaker procedure[edit]
- Head-to-head record between the tied teams
- Winning percentage of the tied teams within the division
- Winning percentage against the next-highest placed team in the division, with placing based on the team's conference record, and proceeding through the division
- Winning percentage of the tied teams against common conference opponents
- Higher College Football Playoff ranking (or composite of selected computer ranking if neither team is ranked) following the final week of the regular season
- Overall winning percentage against FBS opponents
- Coin toss
NOTE: If inclement weather forces the head-to-head game between the two tied teams to be cancelled or end in a tie, the tiebreaker procedure ensures the tie will be broken by other means if necessary.
Three or more-team tiebreaker procedure[edit]
- Head-to-head record among the tied teams
- Winning percentage among the tied teams within the division
- Winning percentage among the tied teams against the next-highest placed team in the division, with placing based on the team's conference record, and proceeding through the division
- Winning percentage among the tied teams against common conference opponents
- Higher College Football Playoff ranking (or composite of selected computer ranking if neither team is ranked) following the final week of the regular season
Once the tie is reduced to two teams, then the two-team tiebreaker is used.[2]
Host determination[edit]
Sec Championship Game 2018
Current procedure[edit]
The division champion with the better conference record will host the championship game. If the teams have the same record, the following tie-breaking procedure is used:[3]
- Head-to-head record
- Higher College Football Playoff ranking going into the final week of regular season, excluding teams who are not ranked and/or that lost their final regular season game
- Composite of selected computer rankings
- Record versus common conference opponents
- Highest overall winning percentage (conference and non-conference excluding exempt games)
- Coin toss
2013–2017 procedure[edit]
From 2013 to 2017, the division champion with the higher College Football Playoff ranking going into the final week of regular season was designated as the host school unless it lost its final regular season game. If the latter occurred, or neither team was ranked in the latest available College Football Playoff rankings, then the following procedure was used:[2]
- Team with better composite ranking among selected computer rankings
- Head-to-head record
- Record versus common conference opponents
- Winning percentage against the next-highest placed common conference opponent and proceeding through the conference, with placing based on:
- Placement within the division
- Overall conference record
- Composite of selected computer rankings
- Coin toss
This procedure was discontinued after the 2017 Mountain West Conference Football Championship Game after Boise State was selected to host the game despite having the same conference record as their opponent Fresno State and losing to Fresno State during the regular season.
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^Published August 19, 2013. 'CBS Sports Gets TV Rights To Mountain West Football Championship - SportsBusiness Daily SportsBusiness Journal SportsBusiness Daily Global'. SportsBusiness Daily. Retrieved 2013-08-30.
- ^ abcdHost and divisional tiebreakers
- ^'Mountain West Announces New Football Championship Host Determination Procedure'. Mountain West Conference. July 23, 2018. Retrieved November 23, 2018.
Marathon MAC Football Championship Game | |
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Conference Football Championship | |
Sport | College football |
Conference | Mid-American Conference |
Current stadium | Ford Field |
Current location | Detroit, Michigan |
Played | 1997–present |
Last contest | 2019 |
Current champion | Miami RedHawks |
Most championships | Marshall Thundering Herd (5) |
TV partner(s) | ESPN2 |
Official website | MAC-Sports.com football |
Sponsors | |
Marathon Petroleum (2003–present) | |
Host stadiums | |
Marshall University Stadium (1997–2000, 2002) Glass Bowl (2001) Doyt Perry Stadium (2003) Ford Field (2004–present) | |
Host locations | |
Huntington, West Virginia (1997–2000, 2002) Toledo, Ohio (2001) Bowling Green, Ohio (2003) Detroit, Michigan (2004–present) |
The MAC Football Championship Game is a football game between the winners of the East and West divisions of the Mid-American Conference (MAC) to determine the conference champion. The game has been played since 1997, when the conference was first divided into divisions and since 2003 has been sponsored by Marathon Petroleum (officially known as the Marathon MAC Football Championship Game). The winner of the game is guaranteed a berth in a bowl game which the MAC has contractual obligations to field a team. Unlike the MAC's Group of Five contemporaries, which hold their respective championship games on campus sites, the MAC Championship Game is held at a neutral site, Ford Field in Detroit, Michigan since 2004.
In 2000, 2001, and 2007, due to an unbalanced conference schedule, the team with best division record within each division was awarded that division's championship game berth. In other years, the teams with the best overall conference records received a berth.
The game is held on the first Saturday in December, on the same weekend that other NCAA Division I FBS conferences hold their championship games.
Results by year[edit]
Below are the results from all MAC Football Championship Games played. The winning team appears in bold font, on a background of their primary team color. Rankings are from the AP Poll released prior to the game.
From 1997 through 2003, the championship game was played at campus sites. Since 2004, the game has been played at Ford Field in Detroit.
Year | East | West | Site | Attendance | ||
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1997 | Marshall Thundering Herd | 34 | Toledo Rockets | 14 | Marshall University Stadium • Huntington, WV | 28,021 |
1998 | Marshall Thundering Herd | 23 | Toledo Rockets | 17 | 28,085 | |
1999 | 11Marshall Thundering Herd | 34 | Western Michigan Broncos | 30 | 28,069 | |
2000 | Marshall Thundering Herd | 19 | Western Michigan Broncos | 14 | 24,816 | |
2001 | 20Marshall Thundering Herd | 36 | Toledo Rockets | 41 | Glass Bowl • Toledo, OH | 20,025 |
2002 | 24Marshall Thundering Herd | 49 | Toledo Rockets | 45 | Marshall University Stadium • Huntington, WV | 24,582 |
2003 | 13Miami RedHawks | 49 | 20Bowling Green Falcons | 27 | Doyt Perry Stadium • Bowling Green, OH | 24,813 |
2004 | Miami RedHawks | 27 | Toledo Rockets | 35 | Ford Field • Detroit, MI | 22,138 |
2005 | Akron Zips | 31 | Northern Illinois Huskies | 30 | 12,051 | |
2006 | Ohio Bobcats | 10 | Central Michigan Chippewas | 31 | 25,483 | |
2007 | Miami RedHawks | 10 | Central Michigan Chippewas | 35 | 25,013 | |
2008 | Buffalo Bulls | 42 | 12Ball State Cardinals | 24 | 12,871 | |
2009 | Ohio Bobcats | 10 | Central Michigan Chippewas | 20 | 23,714 | |
2010 | Miami RedHawks | 26 | 24Northern Illinois Huskies | 21 | 12,031 | |
2011 | Ohio Bobcats | 20 | Northern Illinois Huskies | 23 | 13,052 | |
2012 | 18Kent State Golden Flashes | 37 | 19Northern Illinois Huskies | 442OT | 18,132 | |
2013 | Bowling Green Falcons | 47 | 16Northern Illinois Huskies | 27 | 21,106 | |
2014 | Bowling Green Falcons | 17 | Northern Illinois Huskies | 51 | 15,110 | |
2015 | Bowling Green Falcons | 34 | Northern Illinois Huskies | 14 | 16,425 | |
2016 | Ohio Bobcats | 23 | 13Western Michigan Broncos | 29 | 45,615 | |
2017 | Akron Zips | 28 | Toledo Rockets | 45 | 16,225 | |
2018 | Buffalo Bulls | 29 | Northern Illinois Huskies | 30 | 10,255 | |
2019 | Miami RedHawks | 26 | Central Michigan Chippewas | 21 | 22,427 |
Alabama 2018 Championship Game
Results by team[edit]
Appearances | School | Wins | Losses | Win % | Year(s) Won | Year(s) Lost |
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8 | Northern Illinois | 4 | 4 | .500 | 2011, 2012, 2014, 2018 | 2005, 2010, 2013, 2015 |
6 | Marshall | 5 | 1 | .833 | 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002 | 2001 |
6 | Toledo | 3 | 3 | .500 | 2001, 2004, 2017 | 1997, 1998, 2002 |
5 | Miami | 3 | 2 | .600 | 2003, 2010, 2019 | 2004, 2007 |
4 | Central Michigan | 3 | 1 | .750 | 2006, 2007, 2009 | 2019 |
4 | Bowling Green | 2 | 2 | .500 | 2013, 2015 | 2003, 2014 |
4 | Ohio | 0 | 4 | .000 | 2006, 2009, 2011, 2016 | |
3 | Western Michigan | 1 | 2 | .333 | 2016 | 1999, 2000 |
2 | Akron | 1 | 1 | .500 | 2005 | 2017 |
2 | Buffalo | 1 | 1 | .500 | 2008 | 2018 |
1 | Kent State | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2012 | |
1 | Ball State | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2008 |
Eastern Michigan is the only team currently in the conference to have not attended a Championship Game. Marshall is the only Championship Game Winner to not be a current member of the MAC.
MVPs[edit]
Year | MVP(s) | Team | Position |
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1997 | Randy Moss | Marshall | WR |
1998 | Chad Pennington | Marshall | QB |
1999 | Chad Pennington | Marshall | QB |
2000 | Byron Leftwich | Marshall | QB |
2001 | Chester Taylor | Toledo | RB |
2002 | Byron Leftwich | Marshall | QB |
2003 | Ben Roethlisberger | Miami | QB |
2004 | Bruce Gradkowski | Toledo | QB |
2005 | Luke Getsy | Akron | QB |
2006 | Damien Linson | Central Michigan | WR |
2007 | Dan LeFevour | Central Michigan | QB |
2008 | Mike Newton | Buffalo | DB |
2009 | Dan LeFevour | Central Michigan | QB |
2010 | Thomas Merriweather | Miami | RB |
2011 | Nathan Palmer | Northern Illinois | WR |
2012 | Jordan Lynch | Northern Illinois | QB |
2013 | Matt Johnson | Bowling Green | QB |
2014 | Drew Hare | Northern Illinois | QB |
2015 | Travis Greene | Bowling Green | RB |
2016 | Corey Davis | Western Michigan | WR |
Photo gallery[edit]
Before 2006 MAC Championship Game
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2006 MAC Championship: Central Michigan vs. Ohio