The 2007 Mountain West Conference football season was the ninth since eight former members of the Western Athletic Conference banded together to form the Mountain West Conference. It began on August 30 when UNLV defeated Utah State. The same night, Utah fell to Oregon State in Corvallis, Oregon. Brigham Young University won its fourth conference title.
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