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New Mexico

University of New Mexico · 2026 · Mountain West

Efficiency
+2.6
61st FBS
Record
2-0
Conf. record
Conf. finish
2nd
proj. of 10
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New Mexico is 2-0 and ranked 61st in overall efficiency. Their 55th-ranked offense is the engine, backed by a 59th-ranked defense. They run the ball on 57% of offensive plays with a 34th-ranked rushing attack and pass the ball on the remaining 43% of plays with a 124th-ranked passing attack.

Quadrant record

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

Q1
0-0
+1 left
Q2
0-0
+1 left
Q3
0-0
Q4
2-0
+8 left

Projected wins

Per-game win probabilities combined across the full schedule.

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Expected: 9.1 wins
Strength of Record
50th
+0.0 wins above a 25th-ranked team's expectation
Strength of Schedule
to date
136th
full season
120th
AP poll
Unranked
Conf. sched. difficulty
118th
a 25th-ranked team would win ~7.2 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 Central MichiganMid-American#128W 387+22.7100%17.2Q4
2vs MercyhurstNECW 707+45.9100%-2.7Q4
3@ OklahomaSEC#15Preview-17.116%Q1
4@ New Mexico StateConference USA#120Preview+14.480%Q4
5vs UTEPMountain West#136Preview+27.995%Q4
7@ Hawai'iMountain West#116Preview+13.078%Q4
8vs North Dakota StateMountain West#40Preview-1.347%Q2
9@ San José StateMountain West#124Preview+15.181%Q4
10@ NevadaMountain West#114Preview+11.174%Q4
11vs UNLVMountain West#104Preview+14.680%Q4
12@ WyomingMountain West#132Preview+19.087%Q4
13vs Air ForceMountain West#95Preview+11.876%Q4

2 played · 2-0. 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, 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.

-1.2+7.2+15.617-3Week 0Week 2
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 124th
SR 132ndYPP 109thEPA 121st
RushingEff 34th
SR 31stYPP 51stEPA 30th
Defense
Pass defenseEff 26th
SR 32ndYPP 83rdEPA 11th
Rush defenseEff 44th
SR 40thYPP 51stEPA 49th
Dropback rate 43%Tempo -2.6 snaps/game vs. averageFaced pass defenses ranked 105th on average
Success rate by down

Their offense vs. what their defense allows.

1st · Offense: 50%1st · Defense allowed: 24%1st2nd · Offense: 48%2nd · Defense allowed: 24%2nd3rd/4th · Offense: 48%3rd/4th · Defense allowed: 28%3rd/4th
OffenseDefense allowed
Points by quarter

Scored vs. allowed, all regular-season games.

Q1 · Scored: 14.0Q1 · Allowed: 7.0Q1Q2 · Scored: 55.0Q2 · Allowed: 0.0Q2Q3 · Scored: 28.0Q3 · Allowed: 0.0Q3Q4 · Scored: 10.0Q4 · Allowed: 7.0Q4
ScoredAllowed

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 Offense vs Defense, 2026
Offensive EffRanked 55th
+1.9
Field position: +0.2Finishing drives: +1.6
Field position +0.2Finishing drives +1.6= +1.9
Offensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 56th · Finishing 55th

Defensive EffRanked 59th
+0.8
Field position: +1.7Finishing drives: -0.9
Field position +1.7Finishing drives -0.9= +0.8
Defensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 15th · Finishing 77th

3.48 points per drive on offense, 0.54 allowed — starting, on average, at their own 44.

Play-calling & efficiency

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

By quarter
Quarter (att.)Pass / rushSuccessYd/play
Q1(41)39% / 61%41%4.6
Q2(43)44% / 56%53%8.0
Q3(28)32% / 68%61%6.8
Q4(25)8% / 92%40%4.0
how play-calling and results shifted through games — (n) = plays, season total
Passing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(23)10.043%6.4
2nd(15)7.940%8.1
3rd(8)6.025%5.3
4th(0)
All (46)39%6.7
Rushing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(43)9.453%5.7
2nd(29)6.852%5.8
3rd(17)5.259%5.6
4th(2)1.050%1.5
All (91)54%5.6

New Mexico, all games.