It’s another week of the Mountain West Recruiting Roundup.We have made it through early signing day and all 12 Mountain West teams have added talent to their roster. All of their signing classes can be found here. Following Signing Day, recruiting is taking a big pause, with one lone offer since Wednesday. Now that classes are official, the conference recruiting rankings carry more significance. See below for our site’s Mountain West Recruiting Rankings for the 2026 class.As for the cover photo, this week goes to the Broncos for both the way they closed their class and being at the top of the recruiting rankings at this checkpoint. Class of 2026 Cover Photo Total:Boise State: 5Colorado State: 4Hawaii: 4New Mexico: 4UNLV: 4Air Force: 3Fresno State: 3San Diego State: 3San Jose State: 3Wyoming: 3Nevada: 2Recruiting Calendar:Starting today and extending through January 5th, we are in a dead period. This is the most restrictive recruiting period, as no face-t0-face contact of any kind is allowed. As always, coaches can still talk to recruits via phone, text, email, or DM.RECRUITs: Here are the updated 2025-2026 recruiting calendars for Division 1 football (FBS & FCS). Outside the dead periods, you can visit campuses. Coaches will be on the road during evaluation and contact periods to see you.#Recruiting101pic.twitter.com/vE1eT3f7UY— Coach J.R. Sandlin (@JR_Sandlin) July 23, 2025Next College Student Athlete says:The most restrictive of all the recruiting periods is the NCAA Dead Period. During the dead period, coaches may not have any in-person contact with recruits and/or their parents. In other words, coaches are not allowed to talk to recruits at their college campus, the athlete’s school, an athletic camp or even the grocery store.While the term “dead period” makes it seem like all recruiting stops during this time, that’s actually not the case. Athletes and coaches are still allowed to communicate via phone, email, social media and other digital communication channels. While NCAA Division 1 programs are prohibited from conducting any in-person recruiting, D1 college coaches can still contact student-athletes via digital forms of communication during the dead period.Air Force Commitment Tracker:Since the Air Force Academy regularly has by far the most commits among Mountain West recruiting classes, it’s fun to track them over the course of the year.Number of Falcon verbal commits: 39 signees2026 November Team Recruiting RankingHere is the latest version of these monthly rankings. Here are last month’s for comparison. Plus, the tier rankings below.1) Boise State2) UNLV3) Colorado State4) San Diego State5) Fresno State6) New Mexico7) Utah State8) San Jose State9) Wyoming10) Nevada11) Hawaii12) Air ForceTier Rankings:Tier 1: Boise StateTier 2: UNLV, Colorado StateTier 3: San Diego State, Fresno State, New MexicoTier 4: Utah State, San Jose StateTier 5: Wyoming, Nevada, HawaiiTier 6: Air ForceCommitment Spotlight:Visit Recap:Recruiting Updates:All updates are from 12/4/25 or later. Offers:WR Eli Rich: Air ForceVisitsCommits:DecommitsFollow @Mike_SBN on Twitter for all the latest recruiting news and updates.