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New Mexico State

New Mexico State University · 2025 · Conference USA

FanBoardHQ CFP
#119
Efficiency
-14.8
117th FBS
Record
4-8
Conf. record
2-6
Conf. finish
T-9th
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New Mexico State went 4-8 and was ranked 119th in the FanBoardHQ CFP Rankings (blended resume and efficiency). Their 85th-ranked defense carried them, with a 125th-ranked offense. They passed the ball on 62% of offensive plays with an 119th-ranked passing attack and ran the ball on the remaining 38% of plays with a 137th-ranked rushing attack.

Quadrant record

By opponent strength, adjusted for where the game was played.

Q1
0-1
Q2
0-0
Q3
0-3
Q4
4-4

Projected wins

Per-game win probabilities combined across the full schedule.

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Expected: 4.0 wins
Strength of Record
118th
-6.3 wins above a 25th-ranked team's expectation
Strength of Schedule
to date
121st
full season
121st
AP poll
Unranked
Conf. sched. difficulty
106th
a 25th-ranked team would win ~7.3 conference games on this schedule

The resume

Every game on the schedule. Click a row for the game breakdown (played) or the matchup projection (upcoming).

WkOpponentConfOpp rankResultExp. marginWin probGameScoreQuad
1vs BryantCoastal AthleticW 193+22.9100%-22.1Q4
2vs TulsaAmerican Athletic#109W 2114-2.4100%-4.5Q4
3@ Louisiana TechConference USA#75L 1449-13.30%-28.1Q3
5@ New MexicoMountain West#51L 2038-17.40%-14.3Q3
6vs Sam HoustonConference USA#133W 3710+14.7100%-4.6Q4
8@ LibertyConference USA#115L 2730-7.20%-3.8Q4
9vs Missouri StateConference USA#85L 1724-3.00%-12.2Q4
10@ Western KentuckyConference USA#68L 1635-11.70%-25.0Q3
11vs Kennesaw StateConference USA#61L 2124-5.40%-12.7Q4
12@ TennesseeSEC#33L 942-31.60%-13.5Q1
13@ UTEPConference USA#132W 3431+2.0100%-12.9Q4
14vs Middle TennesseeConference USA#129L 2431+8.10%-23.9Q4

12 played · 4-8. Expected margin and gamescore use the latest ratings — a completed game shows what the model would say now, not that week.

The season

The model’s read on New Mexico State, recomputed after every week. Toggle between overall, offensive, and defensive efficiency (each with a dot for that week’s game) or the FanBoardHQ CFP rank.

-25.8-14.0-2.2-22-5-28-14-5-4-12-25-13-14-13-24Week 0Week 20
Line = the model's read each week; dots = that week's game (green above the line, red below).

Passing & rushing

Opponent-adjusted, FBS-only. The bar is the blended Eff rank — EPA/play (scoring value), success rate (staying on schedule), and yards/play (explosiveness), each standardized against the FBS field. The three ranks below each bar are those components, so you can see what's driving it.

Offense
PassingEff 119th
SR 106thYPP 120thEPA 120th
RushingEff 137th
SR 137thYPP 137thEPA 136th
Defense
Pass defenseEff 131st
SR 132ndYPP 123rdEPA 121st
Rush defenseEff 90th
SR 103rdYPP 108thEPA 77th
Dropback rate 62%Tempo +2.0 snaps/game vs. averageFaced pass defenses ranked 90th on average
Success rate by down

Their offense vs. what their defense allows.

1st · Offense: 40%1st · Defense allowed: 45%1st2nd · Offense: 31%2nd · Defense allowed: 42%2nd3rd/4th · Offense: 44%3rd/4th · Defense allowed: 43%3rd/4th
OffenseDefense allowed
Points by quarter

Scored vs. allowed, all regular-season games.

Q1 · Scored: 30.0Q1 · Allowed: 89.0Q1Q2 · Scored: 77.0Q2 · Allowed: 72.0Q2Q3 · Scored: 37.0Q3 · Allowed: 68.0Q3Q4 · Scored: 101.0Q4 · Allowed: 80.0Q4
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What kind of team is this?

Every team by offensive and defensive efficiency (points/game vs. an average team, higher is better on both). Click a dot for that team.

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New Mexico State Offense vs Defense, 2025
Offensive EffRanked 125th
-10.1
Field position: -0.7Finishing drives: -9.4
Field position -0.7Finishing drives -9.4= -10.1
Offensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 91st · Finishing 126th

Defensive EffRanked 85th
-2.7
Field position: -0.6Finishing drives: -2.0
Field position -0.6Finishing drives -2.0= -2.7
Defensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 91st · Finishing 86th

1.47 points per drive on offense, 2.00 allowed — starting, on average, at their own 28.

Play-calling & efficiency

What the offense did, by quarter and by down — raw, not opponent-adjusted.

By quarter
Quarter (att.)Pass / rushSuccessYd/play
Q1(203)59% / 41%35%4.8
Q2(206)62% / 38%38%5.5
Q3(194)63% / 37%39%4.7
Q4(248)63% / 38%40%5.0
how play-calling and results shifted through games — (n) = plays, season total
Passing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(205)10.247%6.6
2nd(159)9.632%4.9
3rd(149)8.542%5.8
4th(10)5.530%3.5
All (523)41%5.8
Rushing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(160)9.931%3.9
2nd(112)7.630%3.7
3rd(48)5.850%4.9
4th(8)1.463%1.1
All (328)34%3.9

New Mexico State, all games.