When most people see the Mountain West Football, they think of three teams: Brigham Young, Utah, and Texas Christian University. Over the past couple of years no one could blame them, as they not only won games inside the conference, but purely dominated all other foes. This year is different, shown by week 3 of the season. BYU obliterated UCLA 59-0, TCU took care of Stanford at home. Not much has been made of UNLV's huge victory over then 15th ranked Arizona State and normal bottom feeder New Mexico beating a solid Arizona team. One thing is for certain, this conference is proving to be just as good as the others.
Many make the argument that USC and Oregon are the two best teams in the Pac-10... and they are right. They didn't play any of the MWC teams. However, there is no doubt the Pac 10 is better than the Big East and ACC. It is disgraceful that a team who wins in those easy conferences gets an AUTOMATIC bid to a BCS Bowl game, and if they get a bid, why not the MWC?
The ACC and Big East do not have a clear top team. Not because there is parity, but because they have no team dominant enough. The MWC has BYU, who is ranked 11th in the coaches poll right now, and might be even BETTER next year. As for depth? Utah is ranked right now and could also be a BCS buster this year, TCU is consistently ranked or nearly ranked. And with the emergence of Air Force this conference starts to look great. The New Mexico's and UNLV's of the world that on any given night, they can hang with the big boys. Every conference has their bottom feeders, and if these supposed "Bottom Feeders" can beat quality Pac-10 teams, than opponents should start getting scared, and the Mountain West should start getting respect.
Keywords: BYU, BYU Football, Cougars, Football, Mountain West Conference, MWC, Pac 10
