2023 Weber State Wildcats football team

The 2023 Weber State Wildcats football team represented Weber State University as a member of the Big Sky Conference during the 2023 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Wildcats were led by first-year head coach Mickey Mental and played at Stewart Stadium in Ogden, Utah. Mental took over for longtime coach Jay Hill who left for the defensive coordinator job with BYU.

2023 Weber State Wildcats football
Conference	Big Sky Conference
Record	6–5 (4–4 Big Sky)
Head coach	Mickey Mental (1st season)
Offensive coordinator	Mickey Mental (2nd season)
Co-defensive coordinator	Grant Duff (3rd season)
Co-defensive coordinator	Joe Dale (3rd season)
Home stadium	Stewart Stadium

2023 Big Sky Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 2 Montana $^		7	–	1					13	–	2
No. 8 Idaho ^		6	–	2					9	–	4
No. 9 Montana State ^		6	–	2					8	–	4
Northern Arizona		5	–	3					5	–	6
No. 24 UC Davis		5	–	3					7	–	4
No. 13 Sacramento State ^		4	–	4					8	–	5
Portland State		4	–	4					5	–	6
Weber State		4	–	4					6	–	5
Eastern Washington		3	–	5					4	–	7
Idaho State		3	–	5					3	–	8
Cal Poly		1	–	7					3	–	8
Northern Colorado		0	–	8					0	–	11
$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from STATS Poll

Preseason

Polls

On July 23, 2023, during the virtual Big Sky Kickoff, the Wildcats were predicted to finish fourth in the Big Sky by the coaches and sixth by the media.

Coaches poll

Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
1	Montana State	120 (10)
2	UC Davis	96 (1)
3	Sacramento State	94 (1)
4	Weber State	91
5	Idaho	89
6	Montana	84
7	Eastern Washington	52
8	Portland State	45
9	Northern Arizona	44
10	Northern Colorado	37
11	Cal Poly	25
12	Idaho State	15

Media poll

Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
1	Montana State	447 (26)
2	Idaho	410 (8)
3	Montana	359 (2)
4	Sacramento State	334 (3)
5	UC Davis	330
6	Weber State	320
7	Eastern Washington	216
8	Northern Arizona	178
9	Portland State	167
10	Northern Colorado	109
11	Cal Poly	103
12	Idaho State	69

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 31	6:00 p.m.	Central Washington*	No. 13	Stewart Stadium Ogden, UT	ESPN	W 35–10	6,316
September 9	3:00 p.m.	at No. 21 Northern Iowa*	No. 12	UNI-Dome Cedar Falls, IA	ESPN	W 34–17	7,967
September 16	12:00 p.m.	at No. 12 (FBS) Utah*	No. 9	Rice–Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City, UT	P12N	L 7–31	51,532
September 23	6:00 p.m.	No. 3 Montana State	No. 10	Stewart Stadium Ogden, UT	ESPN	L 0–40	10,905
September 30	1:00 p.m.	at Northern Colorado	No. 13	Nottingham Field Greeley, CO	ESPN	W 28–21	3,375
October 7	6:00 p.m.	Northern Arizona	No. 13	Stewart Stadium Ogden, UT	ESPN	L 10–27	7,694
October 14	6:00 p.m.	UC Davis	No. 22	Stewart Stadium Ogden, UT	ESPN	L 16–17	7,121
October 21	5:00 p.m.	at Eastern Washington		Roos Field Cheney, WA	ESPN	L 23–31	7,514
November 4	4:00 p.m.	at Idaho State		Holt Arena Pocatello, ID	ESPN	W 33–21	8,233
November 11	1:00 p.m.	No. 4 Idaho		Stewart Stadium Ogden, UT	ESPN	W 31–29	8,741
November 18	6:00 p.m.	at Cal Poly		Alex G. Spanos Stadium San Luis Obispo, CA	ESPN	W 48–21	4,829
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Mountain time

Rankings

Further information: 2023 NCAA Division I FCS football rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
STATS	13	12	9	10	13	13	22	RV
Coaches	10	9	7	8	14	14	23	—