2016 West Virginia Mountaineers football team

2016 West Virginia Mountaineers football
Conference	Big 12 Conference
2016 record	0–0 (0–0 Big 12)
Head coach	Dana Holgorsen (6th year)
Offensive coordinator	Joe Wickline (1st year)
Offensive scheme	Spread
Defensive coordinator	Tony Gibson (3rd as coordinator, 10th overall year)
Base defense	3–3–5
Home stadium	Mountaineer Field at Milan Puskar Stadium (60,000)

2016 Big 12 football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Baylor		0	–	0					0	–	0
Iowa State		0	–	0					0	–	0
Kansas		0	–	0					0	–	0
Kansas State		0	–	0					0	–	0
Oklahoma		0	–	0					0	–	0
Oklahoma State		0	–	0					0	–	0
TCU		0	–	0					0	–	0
Texas		0	–	0					0	–	0
Texas Tech		0	–	0					0	–	0
West Virginia		0	–	0					0	–	0
+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

The 2016 West Virginia Mountaineers football team will represent West Virginia University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Mountaineers will play as members of the Big 12 Conference (Big 12), the team will be led by head coach Dana Holgorsen, in his sixth year. West Virginia will play its home games at Mountaineer Field at Milan Puskar Stadium in Morgantown, West Virginia.

Schedule

West Virginia announced its 2016 football schedule on November 24, 2015. The 2016 schedule consists of 7 home, 4 away, and 1 neutral site game in the regular season. The Mountaineers will host Big 12 foes Baylor, Kansas, Kansas State, Oklahoma, and TCU, and will travel to Iowa State, Oklahoma State, Texas, and Texas Tech.^[1]

The team will play three non–conference games, two home games against the Missouri Tigers from the Southeastern Conference (SEC) and Youngstown State Penguins from the Missouri Valley Football Conference, and one neutral site game which is against the BYU Cougars at FedExField in Landover, Maryland.

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 3		Missouri*		Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, WV
September 10		Youngstown State*		Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, WV
September 24		vs. BYU*		FedExField • Landover, MD
October 1		Kansas State		Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, WV
October 15		at Texas Tech		Jones AT&T Stadium • Lubbock, TX
October 22		TCU		Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, WV
October 29		at Oklahoma State		Boone Pickens Stadium • Stillwater, OK
November 5		Kansas		Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, WV
November 12		at Texas		Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX
November 19		Oklahoma		Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, WV
November 26		at Iowa State		Jack Trice Stadium • Ames, IA
December 3		Baylor		Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, WV
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Schedule Source:^[2]

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. ( ) = First place votes.

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Final
AP
Coaches'
CFP	Not released															Not released

References

1. "2016 Football Schedule Released" (Press release). University of West Virginia Department of Athletics. July 11, 2013. Retrieved December 22, 2015.
2. "2016 West Virginia Mountaineers Football Schedule". FB Schedules. Retrieved December 22, 2015.