Mountain West Connection,

New Mexico moved up to the Top 3 in CBSSports.com's Mid-Major Power Rankings, but the league is down to five teams in the rating overall. And the league's participating is down the other ratings out this week as well. MW Connection takes a look.

The Mountain West Conference stands as the third best conference in the nation in RPI and second in the nation according to USA Today's Jeff Sagarin. MW Connection looks at these two polls as well as ratings from CBSSports.com and ESPN.