2011 Western Athletic Conference football season
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| League | NCAA Division I FBS (Football Bowl Subdivision) |
| Sport | football |
| Duration | September 1, 2011–TBD |
| Number of teams | 8 |
| TV partner/s | ESPN |
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| 2011 WAC football standings | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||
| Fresno State | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Hawaiʻi | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Idaho | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Louisiana Tech | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Nevada | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| New Mexico State | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| San Jose State | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Utah State | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Rankings from AP Poll | ||||||||||||||||||||
The 2011 Western Athletic Conference football season is a College Football season for the Western Athletic Conference. The 2011 season will consist of eight members: Fresno State, Hawaiʻi, Idaho, Louisiana Tech, Nevada, New Mexico State, San Jose State, and Utah State.
This season the WAC's membership changed for the first time since 2005. Boise State, who joined the conference in 2001, left to join the Mountain West Conference.
This season will also be the last year of membership for three other schools: Fresno State, Hawaiʻi, and Nevada. All will become members of the Mountain West in 2012 (Hawaiʻi as a football only member, other sports will join the Big West Conference). In response to their departure the WAC will add five new members in 2012. However only Texas State and Texas-San Antonio have football programs.
Previous season
After going 14–0 in 2009, Boise State started the season in the top 5 in both the AP and Coaches preseason polls and was picked to win the conference. Boise State spent a majority of the season ranked in the top 4, including climbing as high as #2 in the AP and Harris polls, while running their nation leading win streak to 24 games before their day after thanksgiving matchup with #19 Nevada. Nevada, whos only loss of the season was at Hawaiʻi, defeated the #3 ranked Broncos in overtime. Boise State, Nevada, and Hawaiʻi all finished the season 7–1 to share the WAC title.
In bowl games, Boise State (12–1) defeated Utah 26–3 in the Maaco Bowl Las Vegas. Hawaiʻi (10–4) lost to Tulsa 35–62 in the Hawaiʻi Bowl. Nevada (13–1) defeated Boston College 20–13 in the Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl. Fresno State (8–5) lost to Northern Illinois 17–40 in the Humanitarian Bowl.
Preseason
Award watch lists
The following WAC players were named to preseason award watch lists.
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WAC Football Preview
During the WAC Football Preview in Las Vegas on July 27–28, Hawaiʻi was selected as the favorite to win the conference by both the media and the coaches. In the media poll, Hawaiʻ received 18 first place votes. Fresno State and Nevada both received 11 first place votes with Utah State receiving one. In the coaches poll, Hawaiʻi received five first place votes while Fresno State, who ranked second, received one first place vote and Nevada, who ranked third, received two first place votes.
Media Poll
- Hawaiʻi – 292 (18)
- Fresno State – 284 (11)
- Nevada – 264 (11)
- Louisiana Tech – 184
- Utah State – 164 (1)
- Idaho – 141
- San Jose State – 85
- New Mexico State – 60
Coaches Poll
- Hawaiʻi – 47 (5)
- Fresno State – 41 (1)
- Nevada – 40 (2)
- Louisiana Tech – 31
- Utah State – 22
- Idaho – 21
- San Jose State – 15
- New Mexico State – 7
The media also voted on the WAC preseason players of the year. Hawaiʻi's Bryant Moniz was selected as the offensive player of the year and Utah State's Bobby Wagner was selected as the defensive player of the year.
Coaches
NOTE: Stats shown are before the beginning of the season
*Ault has been at Nevada for 27 years but Nevada's only been in the WAC since 2005
WAC vs. BCS matchups
Regular season
All dates, times, and TV are tentative and subject to change.
The WAC has teams in four different time zones. Times reflect start time in respective time zone of each team (Central–Louisiana Tech, Mountain–New Mexico State, Utah State, Pacific–Fresno State, Idaho, Nevada, San Jose State, Hawaiian–Hawaiʻi). Conference games start times are that of the home team.
Rankings reflect that of the USA Today Coaches poll for that week until week eight when the BCS poll will be used.
Week one
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Week two
Week three
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Week five
Week six
Week seven
Week eight
Week nine
Week ten
Week eleven
Week twelve
Week thirteen
Week fourteen
Home attendance
References
Retrieved from : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Western_Athletic_Conference_football_season
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