Just as everyone thought: The race for which teams play in the Mountain West football championship will come down to the final week of the regular season.

That was decided by results over the weekend.

For UNLV, the Rebels (9-2, 5-2) play at UNR (3-8, 2-5) on Saturday at 6 p.m.

There are paths for the Rebels to make the final.

The simplest: UNLV beats UNR and Boise State (7-4, 5-2) this week loses at Utah State while New Mexico (8-3, 5-2) loses at home to first-place San Diego State (9-2, 6-1).

In this instance, the Rebels would qualify and likely travel to San Diego for the championship game.

If UNLV does not advance to the final in this manner and beats UNR, things become more difficult.

Should the Aztecs lose to New Mexico and Boise State defeats Utah State, there would be a four-

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