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).
28-518: 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 was 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
56-689: A 23 hour day. On the first Sunday in November, at 2:00 a.m. EDT, clocks are moved back to 1:00 a.m. EST, which results in a 25 hour day. The boundaries of the Eastern Time Zone have moved westward since the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) took over time-zone management from railroads in 1938. The easternmost and northernmost counties in Kentucky were added to the zone in the 1940s, and in 1961 most of
84-582: A rule change that gave all FBS conferences full freedom to determine the participants in their football championship games. The inaugural MW Championship Game was played on December 7, 2013, at Fresno State's Bulldog Stadium and televised by CBS . 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
112-704: Is a college football game currently held by the American Athletic Conference (The American) each year to determine the conference's season champion. The inaugural game was held on December 5, 2015, at 12:00 pm ET . The game previously pitted the champion of the Eastern Division ( UCF , Cincinnati , Connecticut , East Carolina , South Florida , and Temple ) against the champion of the Western Division ( Houston , Memphis , Navy , SMU , Tulane , and Tulsa ). The game
140-530: Is the tie breaker. If the two teams did not play, the team with the higher CFP Ranking will host. The latest CFP Rankings will be used to break ties. If a team or teams lose in the final weekend of the Conference season to create a tie, and there are subsequent CFP rankings, those subsequent rankings break ties. If regular season ends and the Championship Game is scheduled for the next Saturday,
168-553: The American Athletic Conference , Conference USA , and the Sun Belt Conference . The most recent 2022 championship game was the last to feature division winners. On May 20, 2022, the MW announced that it would eliminate its football divisions effective with the 2023 season, instead sending the top two teams in the conference standings to the title game. Two days earlier, the NCAA Division I Council had approved
196-694: The Apalachicola River , which would be on Eastern Standard Time year-round). A similar bill was proposed for the Canadian province of Ontario by its legislative assembly in late 2020, which would have a similar effect on the province if passed. For those in the United States, daylight saving time for the Eastern Time Zone was introduced by the Uniform Time Act of 1966, which specified that daylight saving time would run from
224-561: The U.S. Naval Academy joined the conference for football, bringing the membership total in that sport to twelve teams. At which time, the conference split into two six-team divisions and established a football conference championship game. On July 1, 2020, UConn officially left The American, with its football team becoming an FBS independent once the school joined the Big East. After a brief exploration period, The American elected not to add another team to rebalance divisions. Beginning with
252-463: The 2020 game was played behind closed doors without fans. The Tiebreaking procedures for both selection for the Championship game and determination of the host for the 2023 Season are as follows. This procedure is used until two teams remain tied, then the two-team tiebreaker procedures will be used. Once the tie is reduced to two teams, then the two-team tiebreaker is used. The team with
280-525: The 2020 season, divisions were eliminated, and since then the championship game has been played by the two teams that achieved the best record in regular season conference play. Despite further conference expansion in 2023–24, division play did not return. The 2013 and 2014 American Athletic Conference football champions were determined by the team(s) with the best conference record. There was no championship game held. In years when two or more teams tied in conference record, co-champions were declared. Below are
308-437: The Championship Game is scheduled for the next Saturday, the following tiebreakers are used: The following procedures are used when there's a multiple team tie. If regular season ends and the Championship Game is scheduled for the next Saturday, the following tiebreakers are used to break multi-team ties: The team with the highest winning percentage in Conference play will host. If both participants are tied, Head-to-head
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#1732798231861336-409: The Championship Game. In the event that two teams are tied for second place, head-to head result would break the tie. If the two teams did not play, the team with higher CFP Rankings will be in the Championship game. If a team or teams lose in the final weekend of the Conference play to create a tie, and there are subsequent CFP rankings, those subsequent rankings break ties. If regular season ends and
364-824: The Eastern Time Zone. They are: Five states are divided between the Eastern Time Zone and the Central Time Zone . The following locations observe Eastern Time: Additionally, Phenix City, Alabama , and several nearby communities in Russell County, Alabama , unofficially observe Eastern Time. This is due to their close proximity to Columbus, Georgia , which is on Eastern Time. In addition Smiths Station in Lee County along with Valley and Lanett in Chambers county honor Eastern Time. The Bahamas and Haiti officially observe both Eastern Standard Time during
392-524: The United States, with the exception of Saskatchewan , Yukon , and several other very localized areas. None of those areas are in the Eastern Time Zone. The boundary between time zones is set forth in the Code of Federal Regulations , with the boundary between the Eastern and Central Time Zones being specifically detailed in 49 C.F.R. part 71. Washington, D.C. , and 17 states are located entirely within
420-414: The best conference record hosts the championship game. The tiebreaker procedure for determining which teams are selected for the championship game also serves as the tiebreaking procedure for determining who is the host. The team with the best conference record hosts the championship game. Before 2023, the division champion with the better conference record hosted the game. If the teams have the same record,
448-482: 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 the conference champion is the highest ranked among group of 5 conference champions, the conference champion will play in
476-647: The conference. After a settlement in 2013 between the non-FBS schools and the FBS schools regarding the use of the conference name, the ten remaining football playing members renamed themselves the American Athletic Conference. In 2014, Louisville and Rutgers departed the conference and joined the ACC and Big Ten , respectively. Their departure was succeeded on the same day by the entrance of East Carolina , Tulane , and Tulsa for all sports. In 2015,
504-498: The first Sunday in November. In Canada, daylight saving time begins and ends on the same days and at the same times as it does in the United States. In Canada , the following provinces and territories are part of the Eastern Time Zone: Within Canada, as with the United States, the Eastern Time Zone is the most populous time zone. Most of Canada observes daylight saving time synchronously with
532-403: The following tie-breaking procedure is used: 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
560-628: The following tiebreakers are used: *Note: If the number one seed is unable to host, the other team will host. Eastern Time Zone The Eastern Time Zone ( ET ) is a time zone encompassing part or all of 23 states in the eastern part of the United States , parts of eastern Canada , and the state of Quintana Roo in Mexico . On the second Sunday in March, at 2:00 a.m. EST, clocks are advanced to 3:00 a.m. EDT, creating
588-623: The last Sunday of April until the last Sunday in October. The act was amended to make the first Sunday in April the beginning of daylight saving time beginning in 1987. Later, the Energy Policy Act of 2005 extended daylight saving time in the United States, beginning in 2007. Since then, local times change at 2:00 a.m. EST to 3:00 a.m. EDT on the second Sunday in March, and return from 2:00 a.m. EDT to 1:00 a.m. EST on
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#1732798231861616-631: The national championship playoff. Membership reflects changes that took effect with the 2013 season . Final AP Poll rankings shown. 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. † Due to the COVID-19 pandemic ,
644-447: The results from all AAC 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. ‡ 2020 game attendance limited due to the COVID-19 pandemic . Source: The two teams with the best winning percentage in conference play will play in the Championship Game. If there's a two-team tie for first place, both teams will play in
672-596: The state went Eastern. In 2000, Wayne County , on the Tennessee border, switched from Central to Eastern Time. Within the United States, the Eastern Time Zone is the most populous region, with nearly half of the country's population. In March 2019, the Florida Legislature passed a bill requesting authorization from Congress for year-round daylight saving time, which would effectively put Florida on Atlantic Standard Time year-round (except for west of
700-400: The winter months and Eastern Daylight Time during the summer months. Cuba generally follows the U.S. with Eastern Standard Time in the winter, and Eastern Daylight Time in the summer, but the exact day of change varies year to year. The Cayman Islands and Jamaica use Eastern Standard Time year-round. The Turks and Caicos Islands followed Eastern Time with daylight saving until 2015, when
728-419: Was played at the home stadium of the division winner with the better conference record. In 2020, UConn left the conference, leading to the dissolution of the divisions. Because of new NCAA rules regarding conference championships, the game has become a matchup between the top two teams in the conference. Television broadcast rights to the game are owned by ESPN , with the game airing on ABC . The American
756-602: Was reorganized following the tumultuous period of realignment that hobbled the Big East between 2010 and 2013. In all, 14 member schools announced their departure for other conferences, and 15 other schools announced plans to join the conference (eight as all-sports members, and four for football only). In December 2012, the Big East's seven remaining non-FBS schools, all Catholic institutions – DePaul , Georgetown , Marquette , Providence , St. John's , Seton Hall , and Villanova – announced that they voted unanimously to leave
784-530: Was used: 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. Source: American Athletic Conference Football Championship Game The American Athletic Conference Football Championship Game
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