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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 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.

Past champions[edit]

Pre-championship game era (1999–2012)[edit]

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.

Results by team[edit]

• 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]

Selection criteria[edit]

The division champion is the team with the highest conference winning percentage.

Two-team tiebreaker procedure[edit]

1. Head-to-head record between the tied teams
2. Winning percentage of the tied teams within the division
3. 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
4. Winning percentage of the tied teams against common conference opponents
5. Higher College Football Playoff ranking (or composite of selected computer ranking if neither team is ranked) following the final week of the regular season
6. Overall winning percentage against FBS opponents
7. 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]

1. Head-to-head record among the tied teams
2. Winning percentage among the tied teams within the division
3. 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
4. Winning percentage among the tied teams against common conference opponents
5. 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]

National Championship Game 2018

Host determination[edit]

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]

1. Head-to-head record
2. 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
3. Composite of selected computer rankings
4. Record versus common conference opponents
5. Highest overall winning percentage (conference and non-conference excluding exempt games)
6. 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]

1. Team with better composite ranking among selected computer rankings
2. Head-to-head record
3. Record versus common conference opponents
4. Winning percentage against the next-highest placed common conference opponent and proceeding through the conference, with placing based on:
   1. Placement within the division
   2. Overall conference record
   3. Composite of selected computer rankings
5. 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]

1. ^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.
2. ^ ^abcdHost and divisional tiebreakers
3. ^'Mountain West Announces New Football Championship Host Determination Procedure'. Mountain West Conference. July 23, 2018. Retrieved November 23, 2018.

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.

Results by team[edit]

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.

Mac Championship Game 2018 Location 2017

MVPs[edit]

Photo gallery[edit]

• Before 2006 MAC Championship Game

• 2006 MAC Championship: Central Michigan vs. Ohio

See also[edit]

Mac Championship Game On Tv

References[edit]

Mac Championship Game 2018 Location Map