Welcome to Kickoff Week here at MWCConnection! Coinciding with MWC Media Days week, it is the unofficial start to the football season. It’s a great time to get hyped about your team and start getting nuggets of football news. Yesterday was our all-conference team, which can be found here.
Today, we are releasing our preseason awards as well as our predictions for division standings and conference champion. Like yesterday’s post, our team members submitted their picks and the players and teams with the most votes won out. Take a look at what we compiled below:
Awards
Offensive Player of the Year:
- Jake Haener (Fresno State)
Defensive Player of the Year:
- Caden McDonald (San Diego State)
Special Teams Player of the Year:
- Jordan Byrd (San Diego State)
Offensive Breakout Player of the Year:
- Clay Millen (Colorado State)
Defensive Breakout Player of the Year:
- Brennon Scott (UNLV)
Offensive Freshman of the Year:
- Ashton Jeanty (Boise State)
Defensive Freshman of the Year:
- CJ Baskerville (San Diego State)
Coach of the Year:
- Jeff Tedford (Fresno State)
Predictions
The points for voting went as followed: 6 points for a first-place vote, 5 for second, 4 for third place, and so on.