| Mode: | football |
| Year: | 2016 |
| Team: | West Virginia Mountaineers |
| Conference: | Big 12 Conference |
| Short Conf: | Big 12 |
| Coachrank: | 17 |
| Aprank: | 18 |
| Record: | 10–3 |
| Conf Record: | 7–2 |
| Head Coach: | Dana Holgorsen |
| Hc Year: | 6th |
| Off Scheme: | Spread |
| Def Coach: | Tony Gibson |
| Dc Year: | 3rd |
| Def Scheme: | 3–3–5 |
| Stadium: | Mountaineer Field at Milan Puskar Stadium |
| Bowl Result: | L 14–31 vs. Miami (FL) |
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.[1]
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.[2]
| Big 12 media poll | |||
| 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 | |
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.[3]
The team will play three non–conference games, two home games against the Missouri Tigers from the Southeastern Conference (SEC) and Youngstown State Penguins from the Missouri Valley Football Conference, and one neutral site game which is against the BYU Cougars at FedExField in Landover, Maryland.
Schedule Source:[4]
See also: 2016 Missouri Tigers football team.
See also: 2016 Youngstown State Penguins football team.
See also: 2016 BYU Cougars football team.
See also: 2016 Kansas State Wildcats football team.
See also: 2016 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team.
See also: 2016 TCU Horned Frogs football team.
See also: 2016 Oklahoma State Cowboys football team.
See also: 2016 Kansas Jayhawks football team.
See also: 2016 Texas Longhorns football team.
See also: 2016 Oklahoma Sooners football team.
See also: 2016 Iowa State Cyclones football team.
See also: 2016 Baylor Bears football team.
See also: 2016 Miami Hurricanes football team and 2016 Russell Athletic Bowl.