LOGAN, Utah — The Mountain West announced its 2025 football matchups on Tuesday, including home and away designations. During the 2025 campaign, Utah State will play host to Air Force, Boise State, Nevada and San José State. The Aggies will venture on the road in 2025 at New Mexico, Fresno State, Hawai’i and UNLV. The 2025 schedule features eight conference matchups for each MW school and departs from the 7+1 model used in 2024 with additional games versus Washington State and Oregon State. The schedule will play out over 14 weeks, culminating in the MW Football Championship Game featuring the two teams with the highest Conference winning percentages. The 2025 MW football membership includes Air Force, Boise State, Colorado State, Fresno State, Hawai’i, Nevada, New Mexico, San Diego State, San José State, UNLV, Utah State and Wyoming. It will be the final season for USU in the MW before joining Washington State and Oregon State in the Pac-12 alongside BSU, CSU, FS and SDSU. Dates for all MW contests will be announced at a later date, as will Utah State’s non-conference schedule. Source link

LOGAN – Utah State’s 31st football head coach, Bronco Mendenhall, received a standing ovation from the assembled crowd on the third floor of the West Stadium Center by Merlin Olsen Field Monday. The crowd filled with boosters, fellow coaches, current and former players and quite a few fans were there to witness what is being billed as the next chapter of Utah State football. But for all the questions that may end up being asked about what happens on the field, a lot more was asked about things off the field. Mendenhall has no plans to depart from his philosophy of prioritizing turning his players into those who will capable of “influencing (the) community in a positive way.” Mendenhall spoke proudly about having programs that would set new records for best grade point average and most service hours along with some of the best success on the field in school history. “Many in the world of college athletics today think those are mutually exclusive. That there’s not enough time and all we care about is football. It will take everything our players have to keep up with the football demands. And quite frankly, it won’t be for everyone,” Mendenhall said,

LOGAN – Following a week of rumors, speculation and even some fans pouring over flight tracker sights, Utah State has announced its next football head coach in Bronco Mendenhall. The news was first reported Thursday evening by ESPN’s Pete Thamel before being officially announced by USU Friday morning.  The hire officially ended the tenure of interim head coach Nate Dreiling and gives the Aggies their first full-time coach since the July firing of Blake Anderson.  “Bronco is one of the most experienced coaches in college football. His leadership, proven record, and deep understanding of the game make him the ideal choice to elevate our program,” said Utah State Athletics Director Diana Sabau in a statement. “Bronco’s success goes far beyond football. He has a profound connection and care for developing young men. His student-athletes are proven leaders, and he has consistently built programs that emphasize character, discipline, and excellence in every aspect of their lives.” Mendenhall, a native of Utah and graduate of American Fork High School has 18 years of head coaching experience at the FBS level. His most notable accomplishments were with BYU where he spent 11 years from 2005 to 2015, going 99-43 and going to a

LOGAN – Following a week of rumors, speculation and even some fans pouring over flight tracker sights, some unofficial confirmation came from ESPN college football senior writer Pete Thamel late Thursday night. He reported that Utah State will hire Bronco Mendenhall as its next football head coach. Sources: Utah State is expected to hire New Mexico coach Bronco Mendenhall as the school’s next head coach. The deal is expected to be completed in the near future. pic.twitter.com/Rx65lQafW0 — Pete Thamel (@PeteThamel) December 6, 2024 The hire would officially end the tenure of interim head coach Nate Dreiling and give the Aggies their first full-time coach since the July firing of Blake Anderson. Mendenhall, a native of Utah and graduate of American Fork High School has 18 years of head coaching experience at the FBS level. His most notable accomplishments were with BYU where he spent 11 years from 2005 to 2015, going 99-43 and going to a bowl game every year of his tenure with the Cougars. His time in Provo revitalized a program that had struggled following the retirement of LaVell Edwards. In 2016, Mendenhall made the move to Virginia. Following a 2-10 initial season, the Cavaliers won at

Amid all of the chaos in the early days of the offseason for Utah State football, replete with rumors about who will be the next head coach of the Aggies, the staff that is still here have put in the… Source link

LOGAN, Utah – Utah State football had eight players garner all-Mountain West honors, including three second-team selections, as the league office announced its postseason football awards Tuesday. In all, USU had four offensive, and four defensive players recognized. Utah State had three players named to the Mountain West second team in senior running back Rahsul Faison, senior wide receiver Jalen Royals and senior defensive end Cian Slone. And four more Aggies were named honorable mention all-MW in graduate quarterback Spencer Petras, senior safety Jordan Vincent, redshirt junior cornerback DJ Graham II, junior defensive tackle Gabriel Iniguez Jr., and sophomore offensive lineman Teague Andersen. Royals is receiving Mountain West honors for the second time as he was a first team selection a year ago. Boise State running back Ashton Jeanty was named the Mountain West Offensive Player of the Year, while UNLV linebacker Jackson Woodard was named the Defensive Player of the Year. UNLV returner Ricky White III was named the MW Special Teams Player of the Year and UNLV placekicker Caden Chittenden was named Freshman of the Year. Boise State’s Spencer Danielson was named the MW Coach of the Year. Faison, a 5-foot-11, 200-pound running back from Pottstown, Pennsylvania (Salisbury (CT)

Every season must come to its conclusion and we’ve reached the end for the 2024 Utah State Football Aggies. From a chaotic start under an interim coach to a disappointing ending with Friday’s blown lead against Colorado State. The final 4-8 record is what will be put down in the history books with the most notable impact of this season being that it’s just the third time since 2011 that the Aggies have not gone to a bowl game. Long story short, it’ll be a forgotten season. Much like 2016 or 2020, this year will be chalked up to being an outlier, a departure from the norm. Since 2011, if you exclude this year and the 2016/2020 campaigns, Utah State would have a 90-56 overall record with five bowl game wins, four 10-win season, three Mountain West title game appearances and one conference title. Fans were already looking beyond this season, as evidenced by the mere 12,000 that showed up for USU’s Senior Day — considerably down from the sold-out Utah game, 20,000 for the UNLV matchup, or even the 17,000 that showed up for the Aggies FCS game against Robert Morris. It’s hard to watch a team go through

It’s refreshing to not be inventing reasons to be positive about this Utah State team. Most teams that end up starting the season 1-6 are on a crash-course for an historically-awful season with a head coach desperately trying to explain that “actually, our team is improving late in the season and is holding together well.” USU head coach Nate Dreiling does not have to conjure up talking points about why his Aggies are improving. Because they actually are. Utah State has now won three of its last four games, including a match in Wyoming, a place USU has struggled to get wins in even the best of years (see also, 2018). And while you can bring up the fact those opponents are a combined 9-24, that actually kind of helps prove the point a little. Nine weeks ago on the road against a now 3-8 Temple team (that recently fired its coach), the Aggies collapsed and lost by multiple touchdowns in an utterly humiliating showing. Cut to more recent weeks and teams with very similar records to the Owls are now getting plastered by what is only technically the same Utah State team. Here’s a look at some of the

LOGAN – Utah State is fresh off its most dynamic victory of the season but must now focus on getting more of the same against San Diego State. Much like Hawai’i, the Aztecs aren’t the same caliber of opponent the Aggies were getting pummeled by early in the season. But the Aggies have already stumbled against below-average opponents this season, such as Temple or New Mexico. Just because the opponent is lesser on paper is far from a guarantee that Utah State will find a way to have a lot of success. The hope, however, is that last week’s 55-10 domination of Hawai’i is an indication that improvements have been made and that more wins are on the horizon. Game Info: Kickoff: 1:30 p.m. (Mountain Time) Location: Merlin Olsen Field (Logan, UT) TV Broadcast/Stream: CBS Sports Network Radio: KVNU (102.1 FM, 610 AM) KVNU Aggie Gameday pregame show with Stockton Jewkes and J.D. Walker: Begins 11:30 a.m. on 102.1 FM, 610 AM KVNU KVNU Aggie Call Postgame: Starts immediately after Coach Nate Dreiling’s post-game comments. Text (435) 554-1175 or call (435) 753-5868 during the pregame or postgame show to give your thoughts and reactions for the game. Utah State Depth Chart USU Football Week 12 Depth Chart