Lets take a look, U.S. News & World Report published its Best Colleges 2023 rankings, and there was a good bit of movement from 2022 to 2023 rankings among Mountain West schools here they are:
No. 105-tie: San Diego State (previous four years of rankings: 151, 148, 143, 140)
No. 151-tie: Colorado State (previous four years of rankings: 151, 148, 153, 166)
No. 170: Hawaii (previous four years of rankings: 166, 162, 170, 166)
No. 185-tie: Fresno State (previous four years of rankings: 250, 213, 196, 211)
No. 195-tie: Nevada (previous four years of rankings: 263, 227, 227, 240)
No. 216-tie: Wyoming (previous four years of rankings: 202, 196, 196, 228)
No. 236: New Mexico (previous four years of rankings: 212, 196, 187, 218)
No. 269-tie: Utah State (previous four years of rankings: 250, 249, 241, 254)
No. 269-tie: UNLV (previous four years of rankings: 285, 249, 258, Tier II school)
No. 332-tie: Boise State (previous four years of rankings: was ranked as a Tier II school the last four years)