2020 Mountain West Conference football season

On May 12, 2020, California State University system chancellor Timothy White announced that all of its 23 campuses would hold essentially all classes in the 2020 fall term online. This in turn raised serious questions whether its member campuses—three of which (Fresno State, San Diego State, and San Jose State) are MW members—would be able to field teams in fall sports, including football, in light of statements by NCAA president Mark Emmert made on that organization's Twitter account on May 8:[2]

All of the [conference] commissioners and every [school] president that I've talked to is in clear agreement: If you don't have students on campus, you don't have student-athletes on campus. That doesn't mean [the school] has to be up and running in the full normal model, but you have to treat the health and well-being of the athletes at least as much as the regular students. ... If a school doesn't reopen, then they're not going to be playing sports. It's really that simple.

No decision on football at any of the CSU institutions has been made. However, on the same day that the CSU chancellor made his remarks, the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA), an NCAA Division II non-football league whose members are all CSU campuses, publicly announced that it had canceled its 2020 fall sports season.[2][lower-alpha 1]

The Mountain West Media days will be held at the Cosmopolitan July 28 and 29.

The Preseason Poll will be released in August 2020.

They Were Six Coaching Changes for the 2020 season New Mexico Aggies coach Bob Davie Resigned on November 25 and Danny Gonzales was hired On December 17. Later that same day UNLV Rebels Head Coach Tony Sanchez also resigned and he was replaced by Marcus Arroyo On December 11. On December 4 Colorado State Rams Coach Mike Bobo Resigned and he was replaced on December 14 by former Boston College Coach Steve Addazio. The Following Day December 5 Fresno State Bulldogs Coach Jeff Tedford Resigned and was replaced on December 17 by Kalen DeBoer. On January 8 San Diego State Aztecs Coach Rocky Long Announced his retirement from coaching and was replaced that same day by Ex-Coach Brady Hoke. And on January 14 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors Coach Nick Rolovich was hired by Washington State and was replaced by Todd Graham On January 21.