Skip to content
cropped-cropped-SuperWest-Circle-Logo.png

SuperWest Sports

Covering the Top Teams and Athletes in the West



COVERING THE CONFERENCE OF CHAMPIONS

  • News Feed
  • CFB Stats
    • Player Passing Stats
    • Player Rushing Stats
    • Player Receiving Stats
    • Defensive Player Stats
    • Team Offense Stats
    • Team Defense Stats
  • Sports
    • College Football
    • College Basketball
    • NFL
      • NFL Draft
        • Combine Results
          • Historical SuperWest NFL Combine Results: 40-Yd Dash
          • Historical SuperWest NFL Combine Results: Bench Press
          • Historical SuperWest NFL Combine Results: Vert Jump
        • CA Draft Picks
          • All-Time Cal Picks
          • All-Time Stanford Picks
          • All-Time UCLA Picks
          • All-Time USC Picks
        • NW Draft Picks
          • All-Time Oregon Picks
          • All-Time OSU Picks
          • All-Time Washington Picks
          • All-Time WSU Picks
        • SW/MTN Draft Picks
          • All-Time ASU Picks
          • All-Time Arizona Picks
          • All-Time Colorado Picks
          • All-Time Utah Picks
    • NBA
      • NBA Draft
  • Trackers
    • College Football Trackers
      • Updated 2026 SuperWest Football Commitment Tracker
      • 2025 Spring Portal Tracker
      • 2025 Decommitment Tracker
      • Top Class of 2026 Football Recruiters
    • College Basketball Trackers
      • 2025 Men’s Hoops Commitment Tracker
      • 2025 Men’s Hoops Transfer Portal Tracker
      • 2025 Women’s Hoops Transfer Portal Tracker
  • Resources
    • Schedules
      • 2025 College Football Schedule for Teams in the West
    • Standings
      • 2025 SuperWest Combined College Football Standings
      • Compiled 2024-25 SuperWest Men’s Basketball Standings
    • 2025 Football Attendance
    • Rankings
      • 2024-25 Preseason Composite Men’s Hoops Rankings
      • Updated 2025 Preseason Composite Top 25 CFB Rankings
    • Buy Tickets
      • Football Tickets
      • Basketball Tickets
    • Stats & Records
    • Special Topics
      • Conference Business
      • Mailbag Columns
      • Serious Fun
      • Player Profiles
      • Sports Law
      • SuperWest Websites
  • High Schools
    • West
      • Alaska High Schools
      • California High Schools
      • Hawaii High Schools
      • Idaho High Schools
      • Montana High Schools
      • Oregon High Schools
      • American Samoa High Schools
      • Washington High Schools
      • Wyoming High Schools
    • SW/Mountain
      • Arizona High Schools
      • Colorado High Schools
      • Nevada High Schools
      • New Mexico High Schools
      • Oklahoma High Schools
      • Texas High Schools
      • Utah High Schools
    • Midwest
      • Indiana High Schools
      • Illinois High Schools
      • Iowa High Schools
      • Kansas High Schools
      • Michigan High Schools
      • Minnesota High Schools
      • Missouri High Schools
      • Nebraska High Schools
      • North Dakota High Schools
      • Ohio High Schools
      • South Dakota High Schools
      • Wisconsin High Schools
    • Southeast
      • Alabama High Schools
      • Arkansas High Schools
      • Florida High Schools
      • Georgia High Schools
      • Kentucky High Schools
      • Louisiana High Schools
      • Mississippi High Schools
      • North Carolina High Schools
      • South Carolina High Schools
      • Tennessee High Schools
      • Virginia High Schools
      • West Virginia High Schools
    • Northeast
      • Connecticut High Schools
      • Delaware High Schools
      • New Jersey High Schools
      • Maine High Schools
      • Maryland High Schools
      • Massachusetts High Schools
      • New Hampshire High Schools
      • New York High Schools
      • Pennsylvania High Schools
      • Rhode Island High Schools
      • Washington D.C. High Schools
  • Writers
    • Senior Writers
      • Nick Bartlett
      • Aidin Ebrahimi
      • Dane Miller
      • Stephen Vilardo
    • Contributors
      • Jack Follman
      • Spencer Kelly and Aaron Price
      • Rowan Kent
      • Greg Kokot
      • Mark Schmor
      • Spencer McLaughlin
      • Eli Ritchie
      • Steve Ritchie
      • Cody Schoeler
      • Matt Wadleigh

Author: Stephen Vilardo

Josh Allen
NFL SuperWest Pros West Coast Football 

2024 Top Week 1 NFL Performances by SuperWest Players

> Our Stephen Vilardo summarizes the highlights 0f some standout alumni veterans and rookies

featured, recent 5 min read

The Top 10 performances by alumni of SuperWest schools and stats of some notable rookies who didn’t make the main list.

Read More
Oregon vs Boise State football
Big Ten Football College Football 

2024 Week 2 Big Ten Football Top Games, Best Bets & Picks

> Stephen Vilardo analyzes the matchups and breaks down what each team must do to win

featured, recent 15 min read

The Broncos and Ducks are both coming off wins, but neither can be even remotely satisfied with the performances.

Read More
SDSU vs OSU 2
College Football Mountain West Football 

2024 Week 2 MW+P2 Football Top Games, Best Bets & Picks

> Stephen Vilardo analyzes the matchups and breaks down what each team must do to win

featured, recent 14 min read

fter having the national spotlight in Week 0, Mountain West teams found themselves in the limelight again with a few

Read More
Zachariah Branch
Big Ten Football College Football 

2024 Week 1 Big Ten Football Top Games, Best Bets & Picks

> Stephen Vilardo analyzes the matchups and breaks down what each team must do to win

featured, recent 19 min read

The expanded Big Ten opens Week 1 with a full slate from Thursday through Sunday with all 18 conference members in action.

Read More
UNLV vs Houston
College Football Mountain West Football Pac-12 Football 

2024 Week 1 MW+P2 Football Top Games, Best Bets & Picks

> Stephen Vilardo analyzes the matchups and breaks down what each team must do to win

featured, recent 19 min read

The UNLV Rebels are looking to end a three-game losing streak to the Houston Cougars in what could be a close game on Saturday.

Read More
Nevada wp
College Football Mountain West Football West Coast Football 

Bets & Picks for Week 0 Mountain West Football Games

> The season kicks off an abbreviated slate of four FBS games, three involving SuperWest teams

featured, recent 6 min read

The 2024 college football season opens this weekend with an abbreviated schedule of four games for Week 0.

Read More
TEz Johnson 2
Big 12 Football College Football 

2024 Preseason Big Ten Conference Football Preview

> The new-look Big Ten could account for a third of the newly expanded 12-team playoff

featured, recent 21 min read

The coast-to-coast new-look Big Ten could end up with as much as a third of the new expanded 12-team playoff.

Read More
Ashton Jeanty
College Football Mountain West Football West Coast Football 

2024 Preseason Mountain West Football Previews

> Boise State seems poised for a big year at the top, but the depth extends through the next three

featured, recent 16 min read

The 2024 season in the Mountain West figures to be a memorable one, with the conference having a legitimate shot at the expanded playoffs.

Read More
OSU vs WSU
College Football Pac-12 Football 

2024 Preseason Football Previews: OSU and WSU in ‘Pac-2’

> The athletic futures of the two schools may depend on how well they perform the field this fall

featured, recent 4 min read

The Beavers and Cougars will play in a new rivalry game as the last two members standing in the former Pac-12.

Read More
Dillon Gabriel Feature
College Football 

2024 Preseason SuperWest All-America Teams and Awards

> Our Stephen Vilardo's choices for First, Second, and Third Teams with Coach & Players of Year

featured, recent 6 min read

First, Second, and Third-Team lists for offense, defense, and special teams with annual awards for the top coach and players.

Read More
Oregon football vs Ohio state in 2021
College Football College Football Playoff 

2024 Preseason SuperWest College Football Top 25

> Plus Stephen Vilardo's projected seeds for the 12-team Playoff, based on the new guidelines

featured, recent 20 min read

Ohio State and Oregon of the Big Ten are ranked No. 1 and No. 2 in the 2024 Preseason SuperWest College Football Top 25.

Read More
Big Ten New Ad Image
Big Ten Football College Football 

What Former Pac-12 Fans Need to Know about the Big Ten

> Our resident Midwest writer Stephen Vilardo gives us a light-hearted introduction to the league

featured, recent 5 min read

When it comes to football in the Big Ten there are a few things to know ahead of the inaugural season in the league.

Read More
UO vs OSU Feature
Big Ten Football College Football West Coast Football 

Top 2024 Big Ten Football Games with SuperWest Teams

> Our Stephen Vilardo highlights the 12 best contests in Year 1 of the expanded 18-team league

featured, recent 11 min read

Entering the season with not one but two of the top three teams in the nation, this could be a special year in the Big Ten.

Read More
Oregon's Dan Lanning & Dillon Gabriel and CU's Travis Hunter
College Football West Coast Football 

2024 Preseason All-SuperWest College Football Teams

> Stephen Vilardo's selections, three teams deep, with Coach and Players of the Year Awards

featured, recent 14 min read

Oregon’s Dan Lanning & Dillon Gabriel and Colorado’s Travis Hunter are our SuperWest Coach and Players of the Year.

Read More
Brant Kuithe
2024 Preseason Player Rankings College Football West Coast Football 

Ranking the Top 12 SuperWest Tight Ends for 2024

> There never seems to be any shortage of great TEs in the 11 Western U.S. States we cover

featured, recent 7 min read

Some schools in the SuperWest coverage area always seem to produce an abundance of talent at the tight end position.

Read More
Travis Hunter Feature
2024 Preseason Player Rankings College Football West Coast Football 

Ranking the Top 12 SuperWest Defensive Backs for 2024

> The region's DBs include the most dynamic player in the country and some lockdown defenders

featured, recent 8 min read

Defensive back in the SuperWest include the most dynamic player in the country and some lockdown defenders

Read More
Bear Alexander
2024 Preseason Player Rankings College Football West Coast Football 

Ranking the Top 12 SuperWest Defensive Linemen for 2024

> Stephen Vilardo's assessment of the best DL from the former Pac-12, the Mountain West & BYU

featured, recent 7 min read

A ranking of the Top 12 SuperWest Defensive Linemen from the former Pac-12, the Mountain West & BYU for the 2024 season.

Read More
AShton Jeanty Feature
2024 Preseason Player Rankings College Football West Coast Football 

Ranking the Top 12 SuperWest Running Backs for 2024

> Stephen Vilardo's assessment of the best RBs from the former Pac-12, the Mountain West & BYU

featured, recent 6 min read

A ranking of the Top 12 SuperWest Running Backs from the former Pac-12, the Mountain West & BYU for the 2024 season.

Read More
Scott G Winterton/Deseret News
College Football West Coast Football 

Ranking the SuperWest College Football Coaches for 2024

> Our Stephen Vilardo gives us his assessment of how the head men stack up in preseason

featured, recent 17 min read

Kyle Whittingham’s career winning percentage of .672 stands as the second-best among active Big 12 head coaches.

Read More
Ted S. Warren/AP
College Basketball March Madness MW Men's Hoops 

Stephen Vilardo’s San Diego State-UConn Sweet 16 Preview

> Will the Aztecs be able to match the results from last season’s run against the Huskies?

featured, recent 4 min read

Darrion Trammell and the Aztecs get a chance to avenge last year’s title game loss when they face UConn in the Sweet 16.

Read More
Young Kwak/AP
College Basketball March Madness MW Men's Hoops 

Stephen Vilardo’s MW Second-Round Big Dance Previews

> Three different teams won an NCAA Tournament game for the first time in conference history

featured, recent 7 min read

San Diego State takes on Yale in the Round of 32 as they look to move on to the Sweet 16 in the NCAA Tournament.

Read More
Darius Brown II and the Utah State Aggies won their first outright regular season MW Title and take on TCU in the first round
College Basketball March Madness MW Men's Hoops 

Steve Vilardo’s MW Friday 1st-Round Big Dance Previews

> SDSU, New Mexico, and Utah State give the Conference three shots at redemption today

featured, recent 12 min read

Darius Brown II and the Utah State Aggies won their first outright regular-season MW Title and take on TCU in the first round.

Read More
Boise State Athletics
College Basketball MW Men's Hoops SuperWest College Basketball 

Stephen Vilardo’s Mountain West NCAA First Four Preview

> Both Boise State and Colorado arguably are under-seeded as opponents in tonight's matchup

featured, recent 2 min read

Boise State guard Max Rice and the Broncos face the Colorado Buffaloes in the NCAA First Four on Wednesday.

Read More
San Diego State and New Mexico split their games in the regular season and now meet for the MW Tournament Title | K.C. Alfred/The San Diego Union-Tribune
College Basketball MW Men's Hoops 

Stephen Vilardo’s 2024 Mtn West Tournament Title Preview

> For the first time since 2020, the No. 1 seed will not win the MW Conference Tournament

featured, recent 6 min read

San Diego State and New Mexico split their games in the regular season and now meet for the Mountain West Tournament Title.

Read More
The Wolf Pack enter the Mountain West Tournament on a seven game winning streak and ranked No. 23 in the AP poll | Jason Bean/Reno Gazette Journal
College Basketball MW Men's Hoops 

Vilardo: Final 2024 MW Hoops Power Rankings & Outlook

> The Conference could see as many as six teams hear their names called on Selection Sunday

featured, recent 10 min read

Nevada enters the Mountain West Conference Tournament on a seven-game winning streak and ranked No. 23 in the AP poll.

Read More
Heading into the final week of conference play the Broncos are tied for first and are the only MW team with six Quad 1 wins | Boise State Athletics
College Basketball MW Men's Hoops 

Stephen Vilardo’s ’23-24 WK 10 MW Hoops Power Rankings

> With six schools in the top 41 in the NET, the league could land six NCAA Tournament bids

featured, recent 8 min read

Heading into the final week of conference play, the Boise State Broncos are tied for first and are the only MW team with six Quad 1 wins.

Read More
Utah State took down No. 19 San Diego State on the road and are now in first place in the Mountain West | Eli Lucero/AP
College Basketball MW Men's Hoops 

Stephen Vilardo’s 2023-24 WK 9 MW Hoops Power Rankings

> With two weeks and the conference tourney remaining, there's time for teams to make moves

featured, recent 10 min read

Utah State took down No. 19 San Diego State on the road and the Aggies are now in first place in the Mountain West.

Read More
Jaedon LeDee and the Aztecs are back on top of the MW standings and a projected 4-seed in the NCAA tournament | K.C. Alfred/The San Diego Union-Tribune
College Basketball MW Men's Hoops 

Stephen Vilardo’s 2023-24 WK 8 MW Hoops Power Rankings

> The league's current RPI has it ranked as the fourth best in the nation, just behind the Big Ten

featured, recent 11 min read

Jaedon LeDee and San Diego State are back on top of the Mountain West standings and a projected 4-seed in the NCAA tourney.

Read More
Nevada is on a 3-game win streak including a win over Utah State on the road and are now in the conference hunt | Jason Bean/Reno Gazette Journal
College Basketball MW Men's Hoops 

Stephen Vilardo’s 2023-24 WK 7 MW Hoops Power Rankings

> Seven teams are within one game in the loss column of conference leader Utah State

featured, recent 12 min read

Nevada is on a three-game win streak including a win over Utah State on the road and are now in the conference title hunt.

Read More
Travic Kelce
NFL NFL West Divisions 

Stephen Vilardo’s 2024 NFL Super Bowl LVIII Preview

> Both teams feature dominant defenses, and both are loaded with offensive playmakers

featured, recent 9 min read

Kansas City TE Travis Kelce was back in form vs Baltimore with 116 yards and a TD to send the Chiefs to the Super Bowl.

Read More
BSU vs New Mexico
College Basketball MW Men's Hoops 

Stephen Vilardo’s 2023-24 WK 6 MW Hoops Power Rankings

> New Mexico and Utah State both suffered defeats and the standings have tightened up

featured, recent 10 min read

Boise State guard Max Rice scored 35 pts at New Mexico and now the Broncos are tied for first place in the Mountain West Conference.

Read More
Utah St vs BSU
College Basketball MW Men's Hoops 

Stephen Vilardo’s 2023-24 WK 5 MW Hoops Power Rankings

> If we've learned anything, it's that we can expect just about anything in the Mountain West

featured, recent 12 min read

Utah State guard Ian Martinez and the Utah State Aggies beat the Broncos in Boise for the first time since 2019.

Read More
Brock Purdy
Uncategorized 

Stephen Vilardo’s NFL Conference Championship Previews

> With a trip to the Super Bowl on the line, which two teams will advance for one more game?

featured, recent 10 min read

The top three scoring defenses in the NFL are still playing football while three of the top five scoring offenses are also playing.

Read More
UNM vs Utah St
College Basketball MW Men's Hoops 

Stephen Vilardo’s 2023-24 WK 4 MW Hoops Power Rankings

> The top two teams both went 1-1 last week, but the teams nipping at their heels also fell

featured, recent 13 min read

Donovan Dent and the New Mexico Lobos upset No. 16 Utah St last week and take a 3-game win streak to San Jose State.

Read More
Christian McCaffrey
NFL NFL West Divisions 

Vilardo: NFL West Divisional Playoff Previews

> The temperatures outside may be plummeting but the excitement on the field is heating up

featured, recent 8 min read

49ers RB Christian McCaffrey has over 2,000 scrimmage yds in a season for the 2nd time and is ready to go against the Packers.

Read More
Osobor Utah St
College Basketball MW Men's Hoops 

Stephen Vilardo’s 2023-24 WK 3 MW Hoops Power Rankings

> USU's 16 wins are tied for the most nationally & BSU leads the NCAA with 22 straight home wins

featured, recent 12 min read

]he Mountain West Conference has two weeks in the books and things are looking competitive in the top half.

Read More
Chiefs Week 18
NFL NFL West Divisions 

2023 Final NFL West Power Rankings & Wild Card Previews

> The Kansas City Chiefs, LA Rams, and San Francisco 49ers will be playing in the postseason

featured, recent 13 min read

Three teams from the West will be playing in the postseason: The Kansas City Chiefs, the Los Angeles Rams, and the San Francisco 49ers.

Read More
Holden Oregon
College Football 

Stephen Vilardo’s Way-Too-Early 2024 CFB Top 25

> A pre-preseason look at how the nation's best teams stack up after the National Title Game

featured, recent 17 min read

With the 2023-24 college football National Championship decided in Michigan’s favor, it’s time to look ahead to the 2024 season.

Read More
SDSU hoops
College Basketball MW Men's Hoops 

Stephen Vilardo’s 2023-24 WK 2 MW Hoops Power Rankings

> After one week it appears that any of the top six teams in the league could knock off anyone

featured, recent 11 min read

San Diego State guard Lamont Butler and the Aztecs are 2-0 to start Mountain West Conference play this season.

Read More
Mark Bruener UW vs MI
College Football West Coast Football 

Vilardo: 1991 Title History Repeating for 2023 Huskies?

> The parallels between the two Washington teams—32 years apart—are nothing short of uncanny

featured, recent 3 min read

The parallels between the two Washington teams—32 years apart—are nothing short of uncanny.

Read More
49ers NFC
NFL NFL West Divisions 

Vilardo: 2023 Week 18 NFL West Power Rankings & Previews

> With one week left in the regular season, the playoffs and 2024 draft order will take shape

featured, recent 13 min read

San Francisco beat the Washington Commanders to clinch the top seed in the NFC with one week remaining before the NFL playoffs.

Read More
Mikey Keene
College Football Mountain West Football 

Stephen Vilardo’s 2023-24 All-Mountain West Bowl Team

> The Conference's top postseason football performers with a few brief statistics where relevant

featured, recent 3 min read

The Mountain Wests Conference’s top preseason football performers with a few brief statistics where relevant.

Read More
Colorado State
College Basketball MW Men's Hoops 

Stephen Vilardo’s 2023-24 WK 1 MW Hoops Power Rankings

> The League may not be as deep overall as last year but plenty of talent remains for this season

featured, recent 7 min read

The Colorado State men’s basketball team is ranked No. 13 in the Associated Press poll as they head into conference play.

Read More
Andrew Peasley
College Football Mountain West Football 

Stephen Vilardo’s 2023 Arizona Bowl Preview

> Wyoming squares off against Toledo in the Mountain West's last game of the postseason

featured, recent 4 min read

Wyoming quarterback Andrew Peasley is a dual-threat and a balanced attack will be key to a Arizona Bowl victory.

Read More
Jack-Jones2
NFL NFL West Divisions 

Vilardo: 2023 Week 17 NFL West Power Rankings & Previews

> The Chiefs' offensive woes continue as they failed to wrap up an eighth-straight division title

featured, recent 14 min read

The potential Super Bowl preview was shockingly one-sided. The 49ers still control their fate but the margin for error is thin.

Read More
Ricky White #3
College Football Mountain West Football 

Stephen Vilardo’s Mtn West Bowl Previews for Dec 23-26

> The Conference went 1-1 in postseason last week and will have four teams in action this weekend

featured, recent 12 min read

The Mountain West opened its bowl season last week with a 1-1 mark, and four more of the conference’s teams will be in action this weekend.

Read More
McCaffrey 49ers
NFL NFL West Divisions 

Vilardo: 2023 Week 16 NFL West Power Rankings & Previews

> The 49ers wrapped up their division in the NFC and the Chiefs have a two-game lead in the AFC

featured, recent 17 min read

The 49ers wrapped up their division in the NFC and the Chiefs find themselves with a two-game lead in the AFC.

Read More
Arizona falls to Purdue mens hoops 2023
Big Ten Men's Hoops College Basketball Pac-12 Men's Basketball 

Arizona Falls to Purdue in High-Level December Showdown

> History repeats as the Boilermakers defeat the No. 1 Wildcats as they did 23 years ago

featured, recent 3 min read

But the biggest matchup of the day pitted the top teams from the Pac-12 and Big Ten in No. 1 Arizona and No. 3 Purdue in the Indy Classic.

Read More

Posts pagination

  • 1
  • …
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • …
  • 10

About Us


Covering the best teams in the West from the Big Ten, Big 12, Mountain West, Pac-12, WCC basketball, and SuperWest players in the pros.






award
Selected by Feedspot.com for a Fourth-Straight Year as "One of the World's Top 80 Sports News Websites."




Follow @SuperWestSports

Writers/Broadcasters

avatar for Nick BartlettNick Bartlett

Writes about football and basketball as a Senior Writer and hosts "The Nick Bartlett S...

avatar for Aidin EbrahimiAidin Ebrahimi

Aidin Ebrahimi covers the NBA for SuperWest Sports.

avatar for Spencer McLaughlinSpencer McLaughlin

Spencer McLaughlin contributes videos to SuperWest Sports and is the host of "Locke...

Writers/Broadcasters

avatar for Dane MillerDane Miller

Miller covers College Basketball and College Football as well as Formu...

avatar for Steve RitchieSteve Ritchie

Writes about track and field and Oregon football as a columnist for Super...

avatar for Stephen VilardoStephen Vilardo

writes about various topics for SuperWest sports, including stats and reco...

  • About SuperWest Sports
  • Contact Us
  • Privacy Policy
  • Editorial Standards and Ethics Policy
  • California Privacy Rights
  • Cookie Policy (EU)
  • Legal Disclaimer
  • Affiliate/Advertiser Disclosure
  • SuperWest Mailbag
  • Free SuperWest Sports Newsletter


© Copyright 2025 SuperWest Sports LLC

Use of this site constitutes acceptance of our Privacy Policy | Terms of Service |California Privacy Rights | GDPR/EU Cookie Policy | Legal Disclaimer | Advertiser Disclosure