Mountain West schedule — featuring a home game against coach Bronco Mendenhall and Utah State — was announced Tuesday via release. UNM will play the Aggies at University Stadium — the third straight season the two schools have met — in addition to hosting Colorado State,

Utah State introduced its new football coach at a press conference Monday morning in Logan. Proximity to family was a big reason Mendenhall said chose to leave New Mexico and take the Utah State job.

Utah State is expected to hire New Mexico 's Bronco Mendenhall as its next football coach, sources told ESPN's Pete Thamel on Thursday. Mendenhall just finished his first season with the Lobos, guiding them to a 5-7 overall record and a 3-4 mark in the Mountain West -- the same conference record as Utah State.