Mountain State
A former conference: seven schools on file. Our membership records under this name start in 1938. 1947 champion: Utah.
1947 standings
| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP | Elo | Last 5 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6–0 | 8–1–1 | 1580 | WWLWT | |||
| Denver | 3–2–1 | 5–4–1 | 1472 | WWLWW | ||
| 3–3 | 6–5 | 1436 | WWWLL | |||
| 3–3 | 4–5 | 1445 | WLLWL | |||
| 2–3–1 | 5–4–1 | 1360 | LLWWL | |||
| 2–4 | 4–5 | 1334 | LWLLL | |||
| 1–5 | 3–7 | 1313 | WLLLL |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied. AP: the AP poll, final (else the final AP rank). Elo is our own rating, a measure of strength, not a prediction.
Against other conferences, 1947
Mountain State teams are 15–11–1 outside the conference.
- Others6–1
- Pacific Coast Conference2–2
- Big Six1–2
- Border Conference0–2–1
- Division II0–3
- Missouri Valley Conference3–0
- Rocky Mountain Conference3–0
- Independent0–1
The bar is the share of those games won. Games against teams from lower divisions count together.
Champions
Conference titles as each program’s Wikipedia infobox lists them (CC BY-SA), shared titles counted for every co-champion; the conference’s earlier names count as the same conference.
Schools
Every school and its years (7)
Members
- BYU 1938–1942, 1946–1947
- Colorado 1938–1947
- Colorado State 1938–1942, 1945–1947
- Denver 1938–1947
- Utah 1938–1947
- Utah State 1938–1942, 1944–1947
- Wyoming 1938–1942, 1946–1947
Football membership as CollegeFootballData.com records it under this conference’s name, from 1938; a school’s separate stays are listed apart.
Who came and went
| Season | School | Move | Announced | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 | Colorado | Left for Big Seven | Source | |
| 1938 | BYU | Joined from Rocky Mountain Faculty Athletic Conference | Source | |
| 1938 | Colorado | Joined from Rocky Mountain Faculty Athletic Conference | Source | |
| 1938 | Colorado State | Joined from Rocky Mountain Faculty Athletic Conference | Source | |
| 1938 | Denver | Joined from Rocky Mountain Faculty Athletic Conference | Source | |
| 1938 | Utah | Joined from Rocky Mountain Faculty Athletic Conference | Source | |
| 1938 | Utah State | Joined from Rocky Mountain Faculty Athletic Conference | Source | |
| 1938 | Wyoming | Joined from Rocky Mountain Faculty Athletic Conference | Source |
Football moves from Wikipedia’s lists of NCAA Division I conference changes; the season is the first one played in the new conference, and the date the one the lists or their sources give for the announcement. SportsDataverse’s football memberships agree with ours in all 61 team-seasons from 1938. Conference realignment: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA); memberships: SportsDataverse.