The 2020 Mountain West Conference Championship Game was a college football game played on Saturday, December 19, 2020, at Sam Boyd Stadium in Whitney, Nevada, to determine the 2020 champion of the Mountain West Conference (MWC).
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the game was played behind closed doors without fans.
[5][6] Boise State entered the championship game with a 5–1 record (5–0 in conference play).
Their only loss of the season was to BYU, then ranked ninth in the AP Poll, in early November.
This was San Jose State's first appearance in a Mountain West Conference Championship Game.