The 2010 Mountain West Conference football schedule began with the first game of the MWC Conference on September 2, 2010 between the University of Utah and the University of Pittsburgh. The Panthers, who were ranked #15 before the game, lost by a field goal to the Utes at Utah's home stadium in Salt Lake City. The final score was 27 to 24.http://espn.go.com/ncf/recap?gameId=302450254 The first day of full MWC Conference football action was September 4, which featured games between the University of Colorado and Colorado State University, the University of Washington and Brigham Young University and UNLV taking on the 12th-ranked]] University of Wisconsin.http://espn.go.com/college-football/conferences/schedule/_/id/17/mountain-west-conference

Several of the games on the MWC Conference regular season schedule are slated for national television coverage, beginning with the September 4 game between Texas Christian University and Oregon State University which aired on ESPN, the September 18 game between Boise State University and the University of Wyoming which will be broadcast on CBS College Sports Network and the October 2 game between Air Force and Navy which will air on Versus.http://www.themwc.com/sports/m-footbl/sched/mwc-m-footbl-sched-full.html

The final day of the 2010 MWC Conference football schedule will be December 4, 2010. The season will conclude with a game between the UNLV Rebels and the University of Hawaii in Honolulu, Hawaii.http://www.themwc.com/sports/m-footbl/sched/mwc-m-footbl-sched-full.html