Utah State football will have a hill to climb in the Mountain West Conference this year, if the preseason poll is to be taken at face value.
The Aggies were picked to finish fourth, with 78 points, in the MW's Mountain Division in the league's preseason poll unveiled Tuesday morning at the annual MW Media Summit in Las Vegas. Boise State was a consensus pick (22 first-place votes, 132 points) to finish first in the Mountain Division, followed by Wyoming (95) and Colorado State (82).
Air Force (52) and New Mexico (23) were fifth and sixth, respectively, in the Mountain Division in the poll.