2010 Western Athletic Conference football season

2010 WAC football season
League NCAA Division I FBS (Football Bowl Subdivision)
Sport football
Duration September 2, 2010
January 9, 2011
Number of teams 9
TV partner(s) ESPN
Regular season
Season champions Boise State (7–1)
Hawaiʻi (7–1)
Nevada (7–1)
2010 WAC football standings
Conf     Overall
Team   W   L         W   L  
#11 Nevada +   7 – 1         13 – 1  
#9 Boise State +   7 – 1         12 – 1  
Hawaii +   7 – 1         10 – 4  
Fresno State   5 – 3         8 – 5  
Louisiana Tech   4 – 4         5 – 7  
Idaho   3 – 5         6 – 7  
Utah State   2 – 6         4 – 8  
New Mexico State   1 – 7         2 – 10  
San Jose State   0 – 8         1 – 12  
  • + – Conference co-champions
As of January 11, 2011; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2010 Western Athletic Conference (WAC) football season was a NCAA football season played from September 2, 2010 – January 9, 2011. The Western Athletic Conference in 2010 consisted of 9 members: Boise State, Fresno State, Hawaiʻi, Idaho, Louisiana Tech, Nevada, New Mexico State, San Jose State, and Utah State.

Boise State, Hawaiʻi, and Nevada all went 7–1 in conference play to share the WAC title. All three teams finished the regular season ranked in the top 25 of all four major polls. Boise State (12–1) was invited to the Maaco Bowl Las Vegas where they defeated Utah 26–3. Hawaiʻi (10–4) was invited to the Hawaiʻi Bowl where they lost to Tulsa 35–62. Nevada (13–1) was invited to the Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl where they defeated Boston College 20–13. The only other WAC team to be bowl eligible was Fresno State (8–5), and they were invited to the Humanitarian Bowl where they lost to Northern Illinois 17–40.

This was Boise State's final season as a WAC member. Amid a realignment of NCAA conferences, the school announced on June 11, 2010 that it would leave the WAC for the Mountain West Conference effective July 1, 2011.[1]

Previous season

Boise State went 13–0 during the regular season, their second straight undefeated season, to win the conference championship for the second straight year and seventh time in eight years. They would be ranked #6 in the BCS at the end of the regular season and received an invitation to the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl to become the first team from a non automatic qualifying conference to receive an at-large berth to a BCS bowl (other non-AQ teams had received automatic bids under BCS rules). The Broncos faced BCS #4 ranked TCU in the first matchup of two teams from non-AQ conferences in a BCS bowl. They defeated the Horned Frogs 17–10 and finished the season #4 in AP and coache's polls.

Other bowl-eligible teams in 2009 were Nevada (8–4), Fresno State (8–4), and Idaho (7–5). Nevada was invited to play in the Sheraton Hawaiʻi Bowl, where they lost 45–10 to SMU. Fresno State was invited to play in the New Mexico Bowl for the second straight year where they lost to Wyoming 35–28 in 2 overtimes. Idaho was invited to play in the Roady's Humanitarian Bowl where they defeated Bowling Green 43–42.

Spring ball[2]

Team Start of Practice Spring Game
Boise State March 8 April 17
Fresno State March 15 April 16
Hawai'i April 1 April 30
Idaho March 23 April 23
Louisiana Tech March 17 April 10
New Mexico State April 5 May 1
Nevada March 5 April 3
San Jose State March 12 April 22
Utah State March 23 April 24

Preseason

WAC media days

During the WAC's football preview on July 26 in Salt Lake City, Utah,[3] Boise State was selected by both the coaches and media as favorites to win the conference. They received 42 of a possible 43 first place votes in the media poll with Nevada coming in second and receiving the other first place vote. The Broncos received eight of nine first place votes in the coaches poll, but Boise State head coach Chris Petersen was not allowed to vote for his own team in first place, thus the Broncos received all 8 possible first place votes.

Boise State quarterback Kellen Moore was selected as the preseason offensive player of the year and Nevada defensive end Dontay Moch was selected as the preseason defensive player of the year. Moore and Moch were the 2009 WAC players of the year.

Media poll

  1. Boise State – 386 (42)
  2. Nevada – 333 (1)
  3. Fresno State – 300
  4. Idaho – 207
  5. Louisiana Tech – 200
  6. Utah State – 196
  7. Hawai'i – 166
  8. New Mexico State – 81
  9. San Jose State – 66

Coaches poll

  1. Boise State – 64 (8)
  2. Nevada – 55 (1)
  3. Fresno State – 50
  4. Utah State – 37
  5. Hawai'i – 36
  6. Idaho – 33
  7. Louisiana Tech – 26
  8. New Mexico State – 14
  9. San Jose State – 9

WAC vs. BCS matchups

WAC teams finished the season 5–9 against teams from BCS conferences. Boise State and Fresno State defeated two each with Nevada gaining the other win.

Date Visitor Home Notes Winning Team
September 2 USC Hawaiʻi USC
September 4 Cincinnati Fresno State Fresno State
September 4 San Jose State #1 Alabama Alabama
September 4 Utah State #8 Oklahoma Oklahoma
September 6 #5 Boise State #6 Virginia Tech Played at FedExField in Landover, MD Boise State
September 11 Idaho #7 Nebraska Nebraska
September 11 Louisiana Tech Texas A&M Texas A&M
September 11 San Jose State #11 Wisconsin Wisconsin
September 17 #24 California Nevada Nevada
September 18 Hawaiʻi Colorado Colorado
September 25 Oregon State #3 Boise State ESPN's College GameDay broadcast from Bronco Stadium Boise State
September 25 Fresno State Mississippi Mississippi
September 25 New Mexico State Kansas Kansas
December 3 Illinois Fresno State Fresno State

Regular season

Index to colors and formatting
WAC member won
WAC member lost
WAC teams in bold

The WAC has teams in 4 different time zones. Times reflect start time in respective time zone of each team (Central-Louisiana Tech, Mountain-New Mexico State, Boise State, Utah State, Pacific-Idaho, Fresno State, San Jose State, Nevada, 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

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
September 2 5:00 PM USC Hawaiʻi Aloha Stadium • Honolulu, HI ESPN L 36–49 44,204
September 2 6:00 PM North Dakota Idaho Kibbie Dome • Moscow, ID Altitude W 45–0 11,466
September 2 6:00 PM Eastern Washington Nevada Mackay Stadium • Reno, NV W 49–24 16,313
September 4 4:00 PM San Jose State #1 Alabama Bryant–Denny Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL L 3–48 101,821
September 4 5:00 PM Utah State #8 Oklahoma Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK FSN L 24–31 85,151
September 4 6:00 PM Grambling State Louisiana Tech Independence Stadium • Shreveport, LA
(Port City Classic) 		W 20–6 34,762
September 4 7:00 PM Cincinnati Fresno State Bulldog Stadium • Fresno, CA ESPN2 W 28–14 37,238
September 6 6:00 PM #5 Boise State #6 Virginia Tech FedEx Field • Landover, MD
(Allstate Kickoff in the Capital) 		ESPN/ESPN 3D W 33–30 86,587

Players of the Week[4]

Offensive Defensive Special teams
Player Team Player Team Player Team
Kellen Moore Boise State Logan Harrell Fresno State Kyle Brotzman Boise State

Week two

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
September 11 7:00 AM Hawaiʻi Army Michie Stadium • West Point, NY CBSCS W 31–28 30,042
September 11 9:30 AM Idaho #7 Nebraska Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, NE FSN L 17–38 85,732
September 11 11:00 AM San Jose State #11 Wisconsin Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI ESPN L 14–27 78,469
September 11 6:00 PM Louisiana Tech Texas A&M Kyle Field • College Station, TX L 16–48 77,579
September 11 6:00 PM San Diego State New Mexico State Aggie Memorial Stadium • Las Cruces, NM Altitude L 21–41 16,891
September 11 6:00 PM Idaho State Utah State Romney Stadium • Logan, UT W 38–17 18,347
September 11 7:30 PM Colorado State Nevada Mackay Stadium • Reno, NV ESPNU W 51–6 18,098

Players of the Week[5]

Offensive Defensive Special teams
Player Team Player Team Player Team
Bryant Moniz Hawaiʻi James-Michael Johnson Nevada Anthony Martinez Nevada

Week three

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
September 17 7:00 PM #24 California Nevada Mackay Stadium • Reno, NV ESPN2 W 52–31 28,809
September 18 9:30 AM Hawaiʻi Colorado Folsom Field • Boulder, CO FCS L 13–31 47,840
September 18 5:00 PM Southern Utah San Jose State Spartan Stadium • San Jose, CA W 16–11 16,739
September 18 6:00 PM #3 Boise State Wyoming War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY CBSCS W 51–6 29,014
September 18 6:00 PM Navy Louisiana Tech Joe Aillet Stadium • Ruston, LA ESPN3 L 23–37 23,122
September 18 6:00 PM Fresno State Utah State Romney Stadium • Logan, UT WAC Sports Network FRES 41–24 19,059
September 18 7:00 PM New Mexico State UTEP Sun Bowl Stadium • El Paso, TX
(The Battle of I-10) 		L 10–42 39,214
September 18 7:30 PM UNLV Idaho Kibbie Dome • Moscow, ID ESPNU W 30–7 15,390

Players of the Week[6]

Offensive Defensive Special teams
Player Team Player Team Player Team
Colin Kaepernick Nevada Aaron Lavarias Idaho Trey Farquhar Idaho

Week four

ESPN's College GameDay broadcast from inside Bronco Stadium on the blue turf for the #3 Boise State vs Oregon State game.[7] This is the first time that College Gameday was broadcast from a WAC school.

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
September 25 1:00 PM Idaho Colorado State Hughes Stadium • Fort Collins, CO L 34–36 23,925
September 25 3:00 PM Nevada BYU LaVell Edwards Stadium • Provo, UT The Mtn. W 24–13 61,471
September 25 4:30 PM Fresno State Mississippi Vaught–Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS CSS L 38–55 55,267
September 25 5:00 PM New Mexico State Kansas Memorial Stadium • Lawrence, KS FCS L 16–42 46,719
September 25 5:00 PM San Jose State #13 Utah Rice–Eccles Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT L 3–56 45,099
September 25 5:30 PM Charleston Southern Hawaiʻi Aloha Stadium • Honolulu, HI Oceanic PPV W 66–7 30,300
September 25 6:00 PM Oregon State #3 Boise State Bronco Stadium • Boise, ID ABC W 37–24 34,137
September 25 6:00 PM Southern Mississippi Louisiana Tech Joe Aillet Stadium • Ruston, LA ESPN3 L 12–13 22,344
September 25 6:00 PM Utah State San Diego State Qualcomm Stadium • San Diego, CA L 7–41 45,682

Players of the Week[6]

Offensive Defensive Special teams
Player Team Player Team Player Team
Kellen Moore (2) Boise State James-Michael Johnson (2) Nevada Rufus Porter La Tech

Week five

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
October 1 6:00 PM BYU Utah State Romney Stadium • Logan, UT
(Beehive Boot) 		ESPN W 31–16 24,152
October 2 11:00 AM Idaho Western Michigan Waldo Stadium • Kalamazoo, MI WAC Sports Network W 33–13 18,508
October 2 5:00 PM UC Davis San Jose State Spartan Stadium • San Jose, CA L 13–14 17,844
October 2 5:30 PM Louisiana Tech Hawaiʻi Aloha Stadium • Honolulu, HI Oceanic PPV HAW 41–21 29,469
October 2 6:00 PM #3 Boise State New Mexico State Aggie Memorial Stadium • Las Cruces, NM WAC Sports Network BSU 59–0 19,661
October 2 7:00 PM Cal Poly Fresno State Bulldog Stadium • Fresno, CA W 38–17 37,069
October 2 7:00 PM #25 Nevada UNLV Sam Boyd Stadium • Whitney, NV
(Fremont Cannon) 		The Mtn. W 44–26 28,958

Players of the Week[8]

Offensive Defensive Special teams
Player Team Player Team Player Team
Kealoha Pilares Hawaiʻi Robert Siavii Idaho Shawn Plummer Fresno State

Week six

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
October 9 3:00 PM Utah State Louisiana Tech Joe Aillet Stadium • Ruston, LA Alt/CST LT 24–6 16,073
October 9 6:00 PM Toledo #4 Boise State Bronco Stadium • Boise, ID WAC Sports Network W 57–14 33,833
October 9 6:00 PM New Mexico New Mexico State Aggie Memorial Stadium • Las Cruces, NM
(Rio Grande Rivalry) 		ESPN3 W 16–14 21,437
October 9 7:00 PM Hawaiʻi Fresno State Bulldog Stadium • Fresno, CA ESPN3 HAW 49–27 38,494
October 9 7:30 PM San Jose State #23 Nevada Mackay Stadium • Reno, NV ESPNU NEV 35–13 20,636

Players of the Week[9]

Offensive Defensive Special teams
Player Team Player Team Player Team
Vai Taua Nevada Donte Savage New Mexico State Tyler Stampler New Mexico State

Week seven

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
October 16 3:00 PM Idaho Louisiana Tech Joe Aillet Stadium • Ruston, LA Alt/CST LT 48–35 19,750
October 16 5:00 PM #3 Boise State San Jose State Spartan Stadium • San Jose, CA WAC Sports Network BSU 48–20 20,239
October 16 5:30 PM #21 Nevada Hawaiʻi Aloha Stadium • Honolulu, HI WAC Sports Network HAW 27–21 42,031
October 16 7:00 PM New Mexico State Fresno State Bulldog Stadium • Fresno, CA ESPNU FRES 33–10 32,334

Players of the Week[10]

Offensive Defensive Special teams
Player Team Player Team Player Team
Ross Jenkins La Tech Corey Paredes Hawaiʻi Chris Potter Boise State

Week eight

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
October 23 2:00 PM New Mexico State Idaho Kibbie Dome • Moscow, ID SWX IDA 37–14 13,812
October 23 3:00 PM Hawaiʻi Utah State Romney Stadium • Logan, UT Alt HAW 45–7 17,111
October 23 5:00 PM Fresno State San Jose State Spartan Stadium • San Jose, CA
(Rivalry) 		WAC Sports Network FRES 33–18 11,314

Players of the Week[11]

Offensive Defensive Special teams
Player Team Player Team Player Team
Alex Green Hawaiʻi Corey Paredes (2) Hawaiʻi Kevin Goessling Fresno State

Week nine

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
October 26 6:00 PM Louisiana Tech #3 Boise State Bronco Stadium • Boise, ID ESPN2 BSU 49–20 32,026
October 30 5:30 PM Idaho Hawaiʻi Aloha Stadium • Honolulu, HI ESPN3 HAW 45–10 37,466
October 30 6:00 PM San Jose State New Mexico State Aggie Memorial Stadium • Las Cruces, NM Altitude NMSU 29–27 13,117
October 30 7:30 Utah State #24 Nevada Mackay Stadium • Reno, NV ESPNU NEV 56–42 11,558

Players of the Week[12]

Offensive Defensive Special teams
Player Team Player Team Player Team
Bryant Moniz (2) Hawaiʻi Mana Silva Hawaiʻi Tyler Stampler (2) New Mexico State

Week ten

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
November 6 1:00 PM New Mexico State Utah State Romney Stadium • Logan, UT USU 27–22 14,524
November 6 1:30 PM Hawaiʻi #4 Boise State Bronco Stadium • Boise, ID ESPNU/ESPN 3D BSU 42–7 34,060
November 6 2:00 PM #23 Nevada Idaho Kibbie Dome • Moscow, ID WAC Sports Network NEV 63–17 11,247
November 6 3:00 PM Fresno State Louisiana Tech Joe Aillet Stadium • Ruston, LA
(Battle for the Bone) 		WAC Sports Network FRES 40–34 17,057

Players of the Week[13]

Offensive Defensive Special teams
Player Team Player Team Player Team
Kellen Moore (3) Boise State Bobby Wagner Utah State Phillip Livas La Tech

Week eleven

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
November 12 6:00 PM #4 Boise State Idaho Kibbie Dome • Moscow, ID
(Battle for the Governor's Trophy) 		ESPN2/ESPN 3D BSU 52–14 16,453
November 13 5:00 PM Utah State San Jose State Spartan Stadium • San Jose, CA USU 38–34 12,239
November 13 6:00 PM Louisiana Tech New Mexico State Aggie Memorial Stadium • Las Cruces, NM Alt 2 LT 41–20 12,486
November 13 7:30 PM #21 Nevada Fresno State Bulldogs Stadium • Fresno, CA ESPN NEV 35–34 37,116

Players of the Week[14]

Offensive Defensive Special teams
Player Team Player Team Player Team
Colin Kaepernick (2) Nevada Javontay Crowe La Tech Chris Potter (2) Boise State

Week twelve

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
November 19 7:30 PM Fresno State #4 Boise State Bronco Stadium • Boise, ID
(Battle for the Milk Can) 		ESPN2 BSU 51–0 33,454
November 20 1:00 PM New Mexico State #18 Nevada Mackay Stadium • Reno, NV NEV 52–6 10,906
November 20 5:30 PM San Jose State Hawaiʻi Aloha Stadium • Honolulu, HI ESPN3 HAW 41–7 30,011
November 20 12:00 PM Idaho Utah State Romney Stadium • Logan, UT IDA 28–6 14,072

Players of the Week[15]

Offensive Defensive Special teams
Player Team Player Team Player Team
Bryant Moniz (3) Hawaiʻi Aaron Brown Hawaiʻi Kyle Brotzman (2) Boise State

Week thirteen

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
November 26 7:15 PM #4 Boise State #19 Nevada Mackay Stadium • Reno, NV ESPN NEV 34–31 OT 30,712
November 27 5:00 PM Louisiana Tech San Jose State Spartan Stadium • San Jose, CA LT 45–38 8,467
November 27 6:00 PM Hawaiʻi New Mexico State Aggie Memorial Stadium • Las Cruces, NM WAC Sports Network HAW 59–24 11,841
November 27 7:00 PM Idaho Fresno State Bulldog Stadium • Fresno, CA WAC Sports Network FRES 23–20 25,965

Players of the Week[16]

Offensive Defensive Special teams
Player Team Player Team Player Team
Alex Green (2) Hawaiʻi Travis Brown Fresno State Phillip Livas (2) La Tech

Week fourteen

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
December 3 7:15 PM Illinois Fresno State Bulldog Stadium • Fresno, CA ESPN2 W 25–23 30,625
December 4 1:00 PM Utah State #11 Boise State Bronco Stadium • Boise, ID WAC Sports Network BSU 50–14 32,101
December 4 2:00 PM San Jose State Idaho Kibbie Dome • Moscow, ID IDA 26–23 OT 8,011
December 4 2:00 PM #17 Nevada Louisiana Tech Joe Aillet Stadium • Ruston, LA WAC Sports Network NEV 35–17 18,562
December 4 5:30 PM UNLV Hawaiʻi Aloha Stadium • Honolulu, HI W 59–21 34,746

Players of the Week[17]

Offensive Defensive Special teams
Player Team Player Team Player Team
Bryant Moniz (4) Hawaiʻi Dontay Moch Nevada Kevin Goessling (2) Fresno State

All-WAC Teams[18]

First Team

Offense
QB Kellen Moore–Boise State
QB Colin Kaepernick–Nevada
RB Doug Martin–Boise State
RB Vai Taua–Nevada
WR Austin Pettis–Boise State
WR Titus Young–Boise State
WR Greg Salas–Hawaiʻi
TE Virgil Green–Nevada
OL Thomas Byrd–Boise State
OL Nate Potter–Boise State
OL Kenny Wiggins–Fresno State
OL Rob McGill–Louisiana Tech
OL John Bender–Nevada
Defense
DL Shea McClellin–Boise State
DL Ryan Winterswyk–Boise State
DL Chris Carter–Fresno State
DL Logan Harrell–Fresno State
DL Dontay Moch–Nevada
LB Winston Venable–Boise State
LB Ben Jacobs–Fresno State
LB Corey Paredes–Hawaiʻi
LB Bobby Wagner–Utah State
DB George Iloka–Boise State
DB Jeron Johnson–Boise State
DB Mana Silva–Hawaiʻi
DB Davon House–New Mexico State
Specialists
PK Kevin Goessling–Fresno State
P Bobby Cowan–Idaho
ST Phillip Livas–Louisiana Tech

Second Team

Offense
QB Bryant Moniz–Hawaiʻi
RB Alex Green–Hawaiʻi
RB Lennon Creer–Louisiana Tech
WR Jamel Hamler–Fresno State
WR Kealoha Pilares–Hawaiʻi
WR Eric Greenwood–Idaho
WR Rishard Matthews–Nevada
TE Daniel Hardy–Idaho
OL Bryce Harris–Fresno State
OL Lupepa Letuli–Hawaiʻi
OL Adrian Thomas–Hawaiʻi
OL Chris Barker–Nevada
OL Ailao Eliapo–San Jose State
Defense
DL Billy Wynn–Boise State
DL Kaniela Tuipulotu–Hawaiʻi
DL Aaron Lavarias–Idaho
DL Matt Broha–Louisiana Tech
LB Byron Hout–Boise State
LB Travis Brown–Fresno State
LB Adrien Cole–Louisiana Tech
LB James-Michael Johnson–Nevada
LB Kevin Smigh–San Jose State
DB Brandyn Thompson–Boise State
DB Desia Dunn–Fresno State
DB Shiloh Keo–Idaho
DB Isaiah Frey–Nevada
DB Curtis Marsh–Utah State
Specialists
PK Scott Enos–Hawaiʻi
P Harrison Waid–San Jose State
ST Taveon Rogers–New Mexico State

Players of the year

Offense
Kellen Moore–Boise State
Colin Kaepernick–Nevada
Defense
Chris Carter–Fresno State
Freshman
Keith Smith–San Jose State

Coach of the year

Chris Ault–Nevada

Rankings

During the season Boise State, Hawaiʻi, and Nevada were the only WAC teams to be ranked.

Boise State
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. ██ Not ranked the previous week. ( )= First place votes.
Poll Pre Wk 1 Wk 2 Wk 3 Wk 4 Wk 5 Wk 6 Wk 7 Wk 8 Wk 9 Wk 10 Wk 11 Wk 12 Wk 13 Wk 14 Final
AP 3 (1) 3 (8) 3 (1) 3 (1) 3 (1) 4 (1) 3 (8) 2 (15) 2 (11) 2 (7) 4 (7) 3 (9) 3 (10) 9 10 9
Coaches 5 3 3 3 3 4 3 (1) 2 (11) 2 (5) 3 (3) 4 (3) 3 (5) 3 (5) 10 10 7
Harris Not released 3 (10) 2 (29) 2 (14) 3 (12) 4 (9) 3 (11) 3 (14) 10 10
BCS Not released 3 3 4 4 4 4 11 10
Hawaiʻi
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. ██ Not ranked the previous week. RV=receiving votes.
Poll Pre Wk 1 Wk 2 Wk 3 Wk 4 Wk 5 Wk 6 Wk 7 Wk 8 Wk 9 Wk 10 Wk 11 Wk 12 Wk 13 Wk 14 Final
AP RV RV RV RV 25 24 RV
Coaches RV RV RV RV RV RV RV 25 RV
Harris Not released RV RV RV RV RV RV RV 24
BCS Not released 24
Nevada
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. ██ Not ranked the previous week. RV=receiving votes.
Poll Pre Wk 1 Wk 2 Wk 3 Wk 4 Wk 5 Wk 6 Wk 7 Wk 8 Wk 9 Wk 10 Wk 11 Wk 12 Wk 13 Wk 14 Final
AP RV RV 25 21 19 RV RV 25 21 19 19 14 13 11
Coaches RV RV RV RV 25 23 21 RV RV 23 21 18 19 17 15 13
Harris Not released 20 25 24 23 21 18 19 15 14
BCS Not released 24 23 21 18 19 17 15

Bowl games

Bowl Date Winner* Score Loser* Score Location Time+ Network Notes
UDrove Humanitarian Dec. 18, 2010 Northern Illinois 40 Fresno State 17 Boise, Idaho 2:30 PM ESPN
Maaco Bowl Las Vegas Dec. 22, 2010 #10 Boise State 26 #19 Utah 3 Whitney, Nevada 5:00 PM ESPN
Sheraton Hawaiʻi Bowl Dec. 24, 2010 Tulsa 62 #25 Hawaiʻi 35 Honolulu, Hawaii 5:00 PM ESPN
Kraft Fight Hunger Jan. 9, 2011 #15 Nevada 20 Boston College 13 San Francisco, California 6:00 PM ESPN
*WAC team is bolded. +Time given is Pacific Time Rankings reflect Coaches Poll

Attendance

Team Stadium (Capacity) Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5 Game 6 Game 7 Total Average % of Capacity
Boise State Bronco Stadium (33,500) 34,137 33,833 32,026 34,060 33,454 32,101 199,611 33,269 99.3%
Fresno State Bulldog Stadium (41,031) 37,238 37,069 38,494 32,334 37,116 25,965 30,625 238,841 34,120 83.2%
Hawaiʻi Aloha Stadium (50,000) 44,204 30,300 29,469 42,031 37,466 30,011 34,746 248,227 35,461 70.9%
Idaho Kibbie Dome (16,000) 11,466 15,390 13,812 11,247 16,453 8,011 76,379 12,730 79.6%
Louisiana Tech Joe Aillet Stadium (30,600) 23,122 22,344 16,073 19,750 17,057 18,562 116,908 19,485 63.7%
Nevada Mackay Stadium (29,993) 16,313 18,098 28,809 20,636 11,558 10,906 30,712 136,032 19,433 64.8%
New Mexico State Aggie Memorial Stadium (30,343) 16,891 19,661 21,437 13,117 12,486 11,841 95,433 15,906 52.4%
San Jose State Spartan Stadium (31,218) 16,739 17,844 20,239 11,314 12,239 8,467 86,842 14,474 46.4%
Utah State Romney Stadium (25,513) 18,347 19,059 24,152 17,111 14,524 14,072 107,265 17,878 70.1%

Expanded WAC standings

Western Athletic Conference
Conf Overall
Team W L W L PF PA STREAK
T1 #13 Nevada 7 1 13 1 574 300 W 7
T1 #10 Boise State 7 1 12 1 586 166 W 2
T1 #24 Hawaiʻi 7 1 10 4 554 357 L 1
4 Fresno State 5 3 8 5 377 390 L 1
5 Louisiana Tech 4 4 5 7 321 368 L 1
6 Idaho 3 5 6 7 346 322 W 1
7 Utah State 2 6 4 8 264 405 L 2
8 New Mexico State 1 7 2 10 188 474 L 4
9 San Jose State 0 8 1 12 209 451 L 10

References

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