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Peak Perspective: 2021 Mountain West Defenses Ranked.

Related Topics: Mountain West Conference

Continuing the pre-season coverage, today’s post will look at the ranking order of the defenses in the Mountain West Conference, as voted on by Jeremy, Zach, and Mike. Take a look below.

All team stats are per the Mountain West official website. All turnover stats are from Sports Reference.

1. Wyoming

2020 stats: 21 ppg, 125.3 rushing ypg, 202.7 passing ypg, 17 sacks, 4 INTs, 2 FF

Regularly one of the best defensive units in the conference, this year will be no different for Wyoming’s defense. The Cowboys have a defense led by some of the top linebackers in the league and regularly reload at other units.