Wk 5 · 2026
UTEP Miners at New Mexico Lobos — Sat, Oct 3
Sat, Oct 3 ·
University Stadium (NM), Albuquerque
· MW+
Mountain West · no games yet
at
TBDET
no line posted yet
Ratings differential UNM by 15.4
Mountain West · no games yet
What is at stake
A Mountain West game — it counts in the standings that decide that league's championship game. Run the race.
What the ratings imply
The differential above is arithmetic on two published numbers:
The College King’s 2025 final efficiency ratings, plus
2.4 points of home field.
It is not a projection, a value, an edge or a lean, and nothing on this site
compares it with the betting line to tell you one is better. Until 2026
games are played it is last season’s measurement of two teams that have
changed.
Efficiency · 2025 ratings
Efficiency margin
Offense (pts/100)
Defense (pts/100)
Pace (plays/g)
Yards / play
Yards / play allowed
Opponent-adjusted ratings from The College
King's 2025 final numbers. Bars share a scale within each row; the
brighter side is the better of the two, and a longer bar is always the better number
— including the rows where a lower figure is the good one.
Team stats · 2025 per game
Points / game
Points allowed
Yards / game
Yards allowed
Pass yds allowed
Rush yds allowed
Turnovers / game
From completed 2025 box scores;
defensive yardage covers the regular season and conference championships.
UTEP form
L 31-61at DELL 31-34vs NMSUL 24-38at MOSTL 27-30vs JXSTL 20-33at KENN
2025 season
New Mexico form
W 23-17vs SDSUW 20-3at AFW 20-17vs CSUW 40-35at UNLVW 33-14vs USU
2025 season
UTEP this season
No graded games yet this season. Lines are captured before kickoff and graded when a game goes final, so these records start at Week 1.
New Mexico this season
No graded games yet this season. Lines are captured before kickoff and graded when a game goes final, so these records start at Week 1.
Lines are captured from ESPN's board before kickoff and locked when the game goes final. There is no line archive before this season, so these records begin with 2026 Week 1.
Common opponents · 7
| Opponent | UTEP | New Mexico |
|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma SEC | at Wk 1 · scheduled preview | at Wk 3 · scheduled preview |
| Nevada Mountain West | vs Wk 6 · scheduled preview | at Wk 10 · scheduled preview |
| San José St Mountain West | vs Wk 7 · scheduled preview | at Wk 9 · scheduled preview |
| N Dakota St Mountain West | at Wk 9 · scheduled preview | vs Wk 8 · scheduled preview |
| Hawai'i Mountain West | vs Wk 10 · scheduled preview | at Wk 7 · scheduled preview |
| Wyoming Mountain West | vs Wk 11 · scheduled preview | at Wk 12 · scheduled preview |
| Air Force Mountain West | at Wk 12 · scheduled preview | vs Wk 13 · scheduled preview |
Open these two in the
comparison tool for every shared and unshared opponent.
Series history · 2006–2026
UTEP leads the series 4–3 · New Mexico won the last one
7 meetings
in 2006–2026 · average margin
0.1 points toward New Mexico
| Yr | Date | Result | Site | Won |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2022-09-17 | UTEP 10 — 27 New Mexico | at UNM | New Mexico |
| 2021 | 2021-09-25 | New Mexico 13 — 20 UTEP | at UTEP | UTEP |
| 2014 | 2014-08-30 | UTEP 31 — 24 New Mexico | at UNM | UTEP |
| 2013 | 2013-09-07 | New Mexico 42 — 35 UTEP | at UTEP | New Mexico |
| 2010 | 2010-10-02 | UTEP 38 — 20 New Mexico | at UNM | UTEP |
| 2007 | 2007-09-01 | New Mexico 6 — 10 UTEP | at UTEP | UTEP |
| 2006 | 2006-09-23 | UTEP 13 — 26 New Mexico | at UNM | New Mexico |
UTEP leaders 2025 regular season
| Passing | Skyler Locklear QB #9 | 117/211, 1418 YDS, 13 TD, 11 INT |
| Malachi Nelson QB #16 | 104/190, 1163 YDS, 8 TD, 9 INT | |
| Rushing | Ashten Emory RB #20 | 119 CAR, 569 YDS, 4 TD |
| Skyler Locklear QB #9 | 103 CAR, 396 YDS, 8 TD | |
| Hahsaun Wilson RB #14 | 46 CAR, 225 YDS, 1 TD | |
| Receiving | Wondame Davis Jr. WR #7 | 25 REC, 604 YDS, 6 TD |
| Kenny Odom WR #18 | 62 REC, 582 YDS, 6 TD | |
| Eric Willis III WR #19 | 27 REC, 290 YDS, 2 TD | |
| Trevon Tate WR #15 | 22 REC, 235 YDS, 1 TD |
Defense
| Tackles | Micah Davey LB #48 | 131 |
| Jayden Wilson LB #10 | 92 | |
| Solo Barnes S #5 | 66 | |
| Sacks | Udoka Ezeani DL #6 | 5 |
| KD Johnson DT #7 | 3.5 | |
| Elijah Baldwin LB #32 | 3.5 | |
| Interceptions | Solo Barnes S #5 | 2 |
| Xavier Smith S #2 | 1 | |
| Jayden Wilson LB #10 | 1 |
New Mexico leaders 2025 regular season
| Passing | Jack Layne QB #2 | 199/302, 2398 YDS, 13 TD, 9 INT |
| James Laubstein QB #12 | 10/14, 96 YDS, 2 TD | |
| Rushing | Damon Bankston RB #1 | 104 CAR, 578 YDS, 5 TD |
| DJ McKinney RB #4 | 109 CAR, 454 YDS, 7 TD | |
| Scottre Humphrey RB #22 | 77 CAR, 349 YDS, 5 TD | |
| Receiving | Keagan Johnson WR #6 | 57 REC, 730 YDS, 3 TD |
| Dorian Thomas TE #0 | 53 REC, 545 YDS, 4 TD | |
| Damon Bankston RB #1 | 26 REC, 374 YDS, 3 TD | |
| Cade Keith TE #88 | 20 REC, 253 YDS, 3 TD |
Defense
| Tackles | Jaxton Eck LB #6 | 126 |
| Tavian Combs S #7 | 67 | |
| Jon Johnson CB #12 | 50 | |
| Sacks | Keyshawn James-Newby EDGE #1 | 8 |
| Brett Karhu DE #45 | 7 | |
| Gabriel Lopez DT #9 | 2 | |
| Interceptions | Austin Brawley S #0 | 3 |
| Tavian Combs S #7 | 1 | |
| Caleb Coleman S #18 | 1 |
These are regular-season totals for
the season named on each card — the players who led that team that year,
taken from ESPN's team leaders. That list is keyed to the season, not to today's
roster, so a leader who has since transferred or run out of eligibility still
appears against the year he earned it; the
roster
pages and the depth chart on each team page are where the current squad is.
A team switches to this season's numbers once it has played a game. The roster
pages count bowl games too, so a player's two lines can differ by a game.