

North Dakota State: Mountaintop View 10-29-26.
North Dakota State · UTEPCatch the latest news and links for the day as we get closer to football games. Mountain West additions have been mixed.
Chris Murray looks at how the new MW... Chris Murray looks at how the new MW football teams are faring this season.
He states that while North Dakota State has proven they belong, the other additions have struggled. At least they will get another win when they play each other to end the year.
Murray highlights the lowlights both on and off the field for those teams and the Mountain West itself. But at the end of the day, the MW did enough to surivive conference realignment, which wasn't always a sure thing.
KEY POINTS
- Conference Realignment, Top MBB Players, Bowl Projections, Maxwell Award, Kellen Moore..
- UTEP and Northern Illinois only have 1 win between them, and that was the Miners' win over lowly Texas Southern.
- Jake Hall is at #76, and then there is a big gap until Mason Falslev at 44th.
- At 36th is Massamba Diop of Gonzaga and his teammate Braden Huff is 7th.