UNLV·Mountain West

2025 — The Ten-Win Year

UNLV's 2025 season (10-4) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.

Record 10-4
Final result 10-win season Lost the Frisco Bowl
AP final — post-bowls
SP+ +1.8 last-week
Era —
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
W vs Idah Sta 38-31 W @ Sam Hou 38-21 W vs UCLA 30-23 W @ Miam (OH 41-38 W @ Wyoming 31-17 W vs Air For 51-48 L @ Bois Sta 31-56 L vs New Mex 35-40 W @ Colo Sta 42-10 W vs Utah Sta 29-26 W vs Hawai'i 38-10 W @ Nevada 42-17 L @ Bois Sta 21-38 L @ Ohio 10-17 Bowl

Who carried it

Season leaders, 2025.

Defining moments
The statement

The 2025 season's largest margin: UNLV 42, Colorado State 10. A 32-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The setback

The season's deepest loss: UNLV 31, Boise State 56. A 25-point margin the season is remembered by.

The postseason

The season's last act: UNLV fell to Ohio 10-17 in the postseason.

"Rebel Up"
— UNLV fanbase voice · 2025· synthesized
What it meant

2025 is a middle chapter for UNLV — neither a crown year nor a crisis. It is the kind of season that fills the ledger between the named ones and gives the arc its shape.