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

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