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Mountain West

Nevada

2018 Season Performance

#79
Rank
7-5
Record
16.0
Points
0.437
SOS

Current Form

L1 streak
COLD
Last 3 2-1
Last 5 4-1

Key Games

Best W vs #47 San Diego State 28-24
Worst L @ #113 UNLV 29-34

Record Splits

Home 4-2
Away 3-3
Conference 5-3
Non-Conf 2-2
Close (7 pts or less) 3-2
FCS Opponents 1

Rank Progression

#59
#76
#93
#110
#128
Pre
#118
W3
#64
W6
#99
W9
#80
W12
#73
W15
#79

Season Breakdown

Hover Wk 15 pts for details
Week
Game
Score
Wk 15
1
09/01
W
NR vs FCS Portland State
72-19
+0.0
Point Breakdown
FCS Opponent - 0 pts
2
09/08
L
#71 @ #35 Vanderbilt
10-41
-7.9
Point Breakdown
Base Points
-8.0 -8.0
Location Modifiers
+2.0 -6.0
Loss Opp Modifier
+2.2 -3.8
Loss Record Modifier
+0.3 -3.5
Margin Scaling
-3.2 -6.7
Recency Weighting
-1.2 -7.9
Total -7.9 pts
3
09/15
W
#92 vs #80 Oregon State
37-35
+5.1
Point Breakdown
Base Points
+10.0 10.0
Location Modifiers
-1.0 9.0
Win Opp Modifier
-4.7 4.3
Margin Scaling
+0.8 5.1
Total 5.1 pts
4
09/22
L
#64 @ #105 Toledo
44-63
-7.9
Point Breakdown
Base Points
-8.0 -8.0
Location Modifiers
+2.0 -6.0
Loss Opp Modifier
-0.3 -6.3
Loss Record Modifier
-0.1 -6.4
Margin Scaling
-1.5 -7.9
Total -7.9 pts
5
09/29
W
#93 @ #109 Air Force
28-25
+10.5
Point Breakdown
Base Points
+10.0 10.0
Location Modifiers
+3.5 13.5
Win Opp Modifier
-3.8 9.7
Margin Scaling
+0.8 10.5
Total 10.5 pts
6
10/07
L
#75 vs #55 Fresno State
3-21
-10.3
Point Breakdown
Base Points
-8.0 -8.0
Location Modifiers
-2.4 -10.4
Loss Opp Modifier
+0.4 -10.0
Loss Record Modifier
+1.3 -8.6
Margin Scaling
-1.7 -10.3
Total -10.3 pts
7
10/14
L
#99 vs #49 Boise State
27-31
-9.6
Point Breakdown
Base Points
-8.0 -8.0
Location Modifiers
-2.4 -10.4
Loss Opp Modifier
+0.4 -10.0
Loss Record Modifier
+1.1 -8.9
Margin Scaling
-0.7 -9.6
Total -9.6 pts
8
10/21
W
#105 @ #57 Hawai'i
40-22
+16.0
Point Breakdown
Base Points
+10.0 10.0
Location Modifiers
+3.5 13.5
Win Opp Modifier
-0.5 13.0
Margin Scaling
+3.0 16.0
Total 16.0 pts
9
10/28
W
#84 vs #47 San Diego State
28-24
+9.5
Point Breakdown
Base Points
+10.0 10.0
Location Modifiers
-1.0 9.0
Win Opp Modifier
-0.8 8.2
Margin Scaling
+1.3 9.5
Total 9.5 pts
11
11/11
W
#78 vs #108 Colorado State
49-10
+8.9
Point Breakdown
Base Points
+10.0 10.0
Location Modifiers
-1.0 9.0
Win Opp Modifier
-4.0 5.0
Margin Scaling
+3.9 8.9
Total 8.9 pts
12
11/17
W
#69 @ #125 San José State
21-12
+7.1
Point Breakdown
Base Points
+10.0 10.0
Location Modifiers
+3.5 13.5
Win Opp Modifier
-8.3 5.2
Margin Scaling
+1.9 7.1
Total 7.1 pts
13
11/25
L
#73 @ #113 UNLV
29-34
-8.3
Point Breakdown
Base Points
-8.0 -8.0
Location Modifiers
+2.0 -6.0
Loss Opp Modifier
-0.7 -6.7
Loss Record Modifier
-1.0 -7.7
Margin Scaling
-0.6 -8.3
Total -8.3 pts
Total
7-5 Record
13.0

All-Time Summary (2016-2026)

11
Seasons
49-74
Record
40%
Win Rate
#95
Avg Rank
#1
Best Rank
0.438
Avg SOS

Final Rank by Season

#1
#34
#67
#100
#134
2016
#95
2017
#109
2018
#79
2019
#74
2020
#33
2021
#53
2022
#126
2023
#131
2024
#125
2025
#124
2026
#98

Season-by-Season Breakdown

Year Conference Record Final Rank Best Rank Points SOS Champion
2026 Mountain West 2-3 (40%) #98 #11 -9.6 0.340 -
2025 Mountain West 3-9 (25%) #124 #93 -62.3 0.462 -
2024 Mountain West 3-10 (23%) #125 #38 -64.6 0.497 -
2023 Mountain West 2-10 (17%) #131 #111 -79.3 0.431 -
2022 Mountain West 2-10 (17%) #126 #1 -73.4 0.467 -
2021 Mountain West 8-4 (67%) #53 #16 44.9 0.444 -
2020 Mountain West 7-2 (78%) #33 #32 50.2 0.419 -
2019 Mountain West 7-5 (58%) #74 #14 14.6 0.430 -
2018 Mountain West 7-5 (58%) #79 #64 16.0 0.437 -
2017 Mountain West 3-9 (25%) #109 #91 -50.0 0.478 -
2016 Mountain West 5-7 (42%) #95 #74 -31.5 0.418 -