The 2017 West Virginia Mountaineers football team represented West Virginia University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Mountaineers played their home games at the Mountaineer Field at Milan Puskar Stadium, in Morgantown, West Virginia, and competed in the Big 12 Conference. They were led by seventh-year head coach Dana Holgorsen. They finished the season 7–6, 5–4 in Big 12 play to finish in a four-way tie for fourth place. They were invited to the Heart of Dallas Bowl where they lost to Utah.
Preseason
Big 12 Media poll The 2017 Big 12 media days were held July 17–18, 2017 in Frisco, Texas. In the Big 12 preseason media poll, West Virginia was predicted to finish sixth in the standings.
Big 12 media poll 1 Oklahoma 303 (19) 2 Oklahoma State 294 (12) 3 Kansas State 231 (1) 4 Texas 213 5 TCU 202 6 West Virginia 183 7 Baylor 129 8 Texas Tech 85 9 Iowa State 83 10 Kansas 37
Coaching staff Dana HolgorsenHead coachTony GibsonAssociate head coach, Defensive coordinator/linebackersJake SpavitalOffensive coordinator/quarterbacksDoug BelkCornerbacksMatt CaponiSafetiesTyron CarrierReceiversTony DewsRunning backsMark ScottDefense/special teamsBruce TallDefensive lineJoe WicklineOffensive line
Schedule West Virginia announced its 2017 football schedule on December 13, 2016. The 2017 schedule consists of six home, five away, and one neutral site game in the regular season. The Mountaineers will host Big 12 foes Iowa State, Oklahoma State, Texas, and Texas Tech, and will travel to Baylor, Kansas, Kansas State, Oklahoma, and TCU.
The Mountaineers will host two of the three non-conference opponents, Delaware State from the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference and East Carolina from the American Athletic Conference and travel to Landover, Maryland to face Virginia Tech.
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