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Mountain West Shake-up: 5 Teams Bolt Conference
29 Nov, 2025
Summary
- Five Mountain West schools are leaving the conference after this season.
- Longstanding series with UNM will end due to the conference change.
- This article revisits top games in the history of select UNM rivalries.
The landscape of the Mountain West Conference is set for a major shift as five member institutions have announced their departure at the conclusion of the current academic year. Boise State, San Diego State, Fresno State, Colorado State, and Utah State will be leaving the conference.
This significant realignment will bring an end to multiple long-standing football series, particularly impacting the University of New Mexico. As these traditional matchups cease, the significance of past games comes into sharper focus. The article highlights three memorable games from the New Mexico vs. San Diego State rivalry.
The revisited games include a dominant 70-7 victory for UNM in 2008, a historic 36-21 win in 1997 that snapped a 13-game losing streak, and a 35-7 loss to San Diego State in 2011, marking Rocky Long's first game against UNM as SDSU's coach.
