Game times for San Jose State University's 2019 football season opener and the Spartans' Homecoming game top the news coming out of Las Vegas, Nev., during the Mountain West Football Preview.
San Jose State will host Northern Colorado, Thursday, August 29, 7:00 p.m., and San Diego State, Saturday, October 19, at 4:00 p.m. inside CEFCU Stadium, Home of the Spartans. Tickets for both games and for all San Jose State home contests are available at www.sjsuspartans.com/tickets.
In addition, the Spartans' game at Hawaii on Saturday, November 9, will kick off at 6:00 p.m. (HT)/8:00 p.m. (PT).
Game times for the September 21 non-conference contest at Arkansas and the November 30 regular-season finale at home against Fresno State will be announced at a later date.
2019 San Jose State University Football Schedule
| Thurs. | Aug. 29 | Northern Colorado | CEFCU Stadium | 7:00 p.m. (PT) |
| Sat. | Sept. 7 | Tulsa (ESPN3) |
CEFCU Stadium | 6:00 p.m. (PT) |
| Sat. | Sept. 21 | Arkansas | Fayetteville, Ark. | TBA |
| Fri. | Sept. 27 | *Air Force (CBS SN) |
Colorado Springs, Colo. | 6:00 p.m. (MT) |
| Fri. | Oct. 4 | *New Mexico (CBS SN) |
CEFCU Stadium | 7:00 p.m. (PT) |
| Sat. | Oct. 12 | *Nevada | Reno, Nev. | 1:00 p.m. (PT) |
| Sat. | Oct. 19 | *San Diego State (Homecoming) |
CEFCU Stadium | 4:00 p.m. (PT) |
| Sat. | Oct. 26 | Army West Point (CBS SN) | New York, N.Y. | 12:00 p.m. (ET) |
| Sat. | Nov. 2 | *Boise State (CBS SN) |
CEFCU Stadium | 7:30 p.m. (PT) |
| Sat. | Nov. 9 | *Hawai'i | Honolulu, Hawaii | 6:00 p.m. (HT) |
| Sat. | Nov. 23 | *UNLV | Las Vegas, Nev. | 1:00 p.m. (PT) |
| Sat. | Nov. 30 | *Fresno State (ESPN Networks) |
CEFCU Stadium | TBA |
| Sat. | Dec. 7 | Mountain West Championship | TBD | TBA |
Predicted Order Of Finish
Las Vegas, NEV.----- Twenty-one media members covering Mountain West football picked San Jose State University to finish sixth in the conference's West Division standings this season.
Defending champion Fresno State was picked first in the division with 17 first-place votes and 122 poll points. San Diego State received three votes to finish first and 106 points. Hawaii, fourth in the poll with 67 points, had the other first-place vote.
On the Mountain Division side, Boise State had 15 first-place votes and 120 points to finish as the favorite. Utah State, with six first-place votes, was a close second with 108 points. Air Force, the Spartans' first conference opponent on September 27, was third with 73. Wyoming, 66, Colorado State, 52, and New Mexico, 21, round out the projected order of finish for the conference's Mountain Division.
2019 Mountain West Preseason Football Poll
| Mountain Division | |
| 1. Boise State (15) | 120 |
| 2. Utah State (6) | 108 |
| 3. Air Force | 73 |
| 4. Wyoming | 66 |
| 5. Colorado State | 52 |
| 6. New Mexico | 22 |
| West Division | |
| 1. Fresno State (17) | 122 |
| 2. San Diego State (3) | 106 |
| 3. Nevada | 74 |
| 4. Hawaii (1) | 67 |
| 5. UNLV | 51 |
| 6. San Jose State | 21 |
| First-place votes in parentheses |
LAUNCH OF CONFERENCE'S "AT THE PEAK" BRAND CAMPAIGN
SAN JOSE, Calif. – The Mountain West and its member institutions announced a new branding and marketing campaign for the conference to further define the MW's strong, energetic brand as it begins its 21st year as an NCAA Division I athletic conference.
Designed to make clearer the league's purpose, vision and values the conference has adopted "At the Peak" as its tagline. The new high-impact moniker resonates the league's personality and uniqueness as one of the elite conferences in college athletics.
The brand platform was unveiled Tuesday in a coordinated campaign, including MW member institutions and the MW headquarters working together to promote the "At the Peak" brand direction. The campaign will continue throughout the academic year and beyond on multiple platforms, including social media, print, traditional advertising, television and radio.