The Most Important Games for the conference are those conference games in the upcoming week whose outcome most changes the final playoff picture. The Importance Factor provides a relative importance between games. Use this table to identify the most interesting Mountain West Football games in the upcoming week of play. Click a team name to proceed to the team standings page.
| Game | Importance Factor (0‑∼100) |
|
|---|---|---|
| Home | Visitor | |
| New Mexico (5‑1) |
North Dakota St. (6‑1) |
54 |
| Wyoming (4‑3) |
Air Force (5‑1) |
35 |
| Nevada (2‑4) |
San José State (4‑3) |
10 |
| Northern Illinois (0‑6) |
Hawaii (1‑6) |
1 |