It’s another week of the Mountain West Recruiting Roundup.
We have made it through early signing day and all 12 Mountain West teams have added talent to their roster. All of their signing classes can be found here. Following Signing Day, recruiting is taking a big pause, with one lone offer since Wednesday.
Now that classes are official, the conference recruiting rankings carry more significance. See below for our site’s Mountain West Recruiting Rankings for the 2026 class.
As for the cover photo, this
week goes to the Broncos for both the way they closed their class and being at the top of the recruiting rankings at this checkpoint.
Class of 2026 Cover Photo Total:
- Boise State: 5
- Colorado State: 4
- Hawaii: 4
- New Mexico: 4
- UNLV: 4
- Air Force: 3
- Fresno State: 3
- San Diego State: 3
- San Jose State: 3
- Wyoming: 3
- Nevada: 2
Recruiting Calendar:
Starting today and extending through January 5th, we are in a dead period. This is the most restrictive recruiting period, as no face-t0-face contact of any kind is allowed. As always, coaches can still talk to recruits via phone, text, email, or DM.
Next College Student Athlete says:
The most restrictive of all the recruiting periods is the NCAA Dead Period. During the dead period, coaches may not have any in-person contact with recruits and/or their parents. In other words, coaches are not allowed to talk to recruits at their college campus, the athlete’s school, an athletic camp or even the grocery store.
While the term “dead period” makes it seem like all recruiting stops during this time, that’s actually not the case. Athletes and coaches are still allowed to communicate via phone, email, social media and other digital communication channels. While NCAA Division 1 programs are prohibited from conducting any in-person recruiting, D1 college coaches can still contact student-athletes via digital forms of communication during the dead period.
Air Force Commitment Tracker:
Since the Air Force Academy regularly has by far the most commits among Mountain West recruiting classes, it’s fun to track them over the course of the year.
Number of Falcon verbal commits: 39 signees
2026 November Team Recruiting Ranking
Here is the latest version of these monthly rankings. Here are last month’s for comparison. Plus, the tier rankings below.
1) Boise State
2) UNLV
3) Colorado State
4) San Diego State
5) Fresno State
6) New Mexico
7) Utah State
8) San Jose State
9) Wyoming
10) Nevada
11) Hawaii
12) Air Force
Tier Rankings:
Tier 1: Boise State
Tier 2: UNLV, Colorado State
Tier 3: San Diego State, Fresno State, New Mexico
Tier 4: Utah State, San Jose State
Tier 5: Wyoming, Nevada, Hawaii
Tier 6: Air Force
Commitment Spotlight:
Visit Recap:
Recruiting Updates:
All updates are from 12/4/25 or later.
Offers:
- WR Eli Rich: Air Force
Visits
Commits:
Decommits
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