The 2016 West Virginia Mountaineers football team represented West Virginia University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season.
The Mountaineers played as members of the Big 12 Conference (Big 12) and were led by head coach Dana Holgorsen, in his sixth year. West Virginia played its home games at Mountaineer Field at Milan Puskar Stadium in Morgantown, West Virginia. 2016 was the 125th season of West Virginia football. They finished the season 10–3, 7–2 in Big 12 play to finished in a tie for second place. They received an invitation to the Russell Athletic Bowl where they lost to Miami.
The 2016 Big 12 media days were held July 18–19, 2016 in Dallas, Texas. In the Big 12 preseason media poll, West Virginia was predicted to finish seventh in the standings.
Big 12 media poll
Predicted finish
Team
Votes (1st place)
1
Oklahoma
258 (24)
2
TCU
222 (2)
3
Oklahoma State
202
4
Baylor
156
5
Texas
151
6
Texas Tech
141
7
West Virginia
126
8
Kansas State
88
9
Iowa State
59
10
Kansas
27
Schedule
West Virginia announced its 2016 football schedule on November 24, 2015. The 2016 schedule consists of 7 home, 4 away, and 1 neutral site game in the regular season. The Mountaineers will host Big 12 foes Baylor, Kansas, Kansas State, Oklahoma, and TCU, and will travel to Iowa State, Oklahoma State, Texas, and Texas Tech.
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