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New Mexico

8–4 FBS · Mountain West · 2025
Rating
+2.1
Rank
58
Résumé
49
Our picks
6–6
Expected wins · what our pregame odds said the games were worth
4.9expected wins · finished 8–4
Bowl (6+)35%
9+ wins1%
11+ wins0%

8–4 against 4.9 expected wins. Second-order wins — the record their play deserved — put them at 6.5.

Ranking by week151025Wk 0Wk 7Wk 14Wk 23
Ours 58thFinal

Luck & what-ifs

2025 final
One-score record
4–2
decided by 8 or fewer
Wins vs expected
+3.1
8–4 vs 4.9
One-score games flipped
6–6
what-if record
Turnover margin
−3
expected −2.0

Luck: +1.4 wins versus the record their play deserved. Banked wins keep; the pace is what regresses.

ConjPWR profile

2025 final · 80th · −3.5 pts vs avg
What repeats — the ratingvs averagepts / game
Offense efficiency−1.089th
Offense play value−0.474th
Defense efficiency−0.162nd
Defense play value−1.891st
Drive finishing+0.349th
Field position−0.484th
What doesn't — luckvs averagepts / game
Ball security−0.099th
Third-down conversion0.060th

Points per game vs an average team, opponent-adjusted and weighted by how much the factor repeats — the tagged luck factors are already discounted to near zero. Luck added −1.0 pts/game to results; in CFB that pace regresses.

Hidden game

special teams · disruption · style
Special teams EPA / game
+1.2
28th
Havoc rate
12.1%
31st
Rush rate over expected
−0.1%
60th · pass-leaning

The pieces the ConjPWR factors don't cover: kicking-game value, defensive disruption, and run/pass lean (style, not quality).

Where they sit · offense vs defensepinch or ⌘/ctrl + scroll to zoom
−0.200.00+0.20FBS averageKansas StateIowa StateKansasFresno StateWestern KentuckySam HoustonHawai'iStanfordSouth FloridaBoise StateRutgersOhioAkronWyomingNC StateEast CarolinaUCFJacksonville StateMinnesotaBuffaloCincinnatiNebraskaWisconsinMiami (OH)Michigan StateWestern MichiganCharlotteApp StateWake ForestKennesaw StateBaylorAuburnColoradoGeorgia TechUNLVSan José StateCentral MichiganMarylandFlorida AtlanticPurdueBall StateTennesseeSyracuseSouthern MissMississippi StateOhio StateTexasTulaneNorthwesternKentuckyToledoIndianaOld DominionPenn StateNevadaFlorida StateAlabamaMassachusettsTempleGeorgiaMarshallVirginiaCoastal CarolinaTexas A&MUTSAUtah StateUTEPClemsonLSUMichiganUSCMissouri StateOle MissGeorgia StateLouisianaRiceTexas StateEastern MichiganGeorgia SouthernOregon StateCaliforniaArizonaWashingtonColorado StateUCLAUtahSouth CarolinaVirginia TechMiamiNotre DameNorth CarolinaTCULouisvilleJames MadisonNorthern IllinoisPittsburghFlorida InternationalIowaDukeIllinoisLibertyUConnTexas TechKent StateSMUDelawareTroyMissouriBowling GreenOregonOklahoma StateNorth TexasNavyUABMiddle TennesseeWest VirginiaFloridaArkansasArkansas StateMemphisArmySouth AlabamaHoustonVanderbiltLouisiana TechOklahomaArizona StateBoston CollegeUL MonroeNew Mexico StateTulsaBYUWashington StateSan Diego StateAir ForceUNMgood offense, good defense →Offense EPA/play →better defense →
New Mexicooff +0.06 52nddef +0.06 80th

Every FBS team, 2025 final. EPA is garbage-time filtered. Tap a logo for its numbers.

Pick record · our line vs the close
6–6against the closing line
Pick was the favorite3–3
Pick was the dog3–3
Home / away side4–4 / 2–2
Average gap to the close+4.0 pts
Our line beat the close4 of 12

Graded against the closing line, not the open. A push counts as neither.

Schedule strength

opponent rating, points vs average
Avg opponentFBS rank
Played−3.299th
Full season−3.299th

Model ledger

2025 · our line against every result
DateOpponentOur lineCloseResultPerformancePick
Sat, Aug 30at MichiganUNM +39.0+36.5L 17–349LOSS
Fri, Sep 12at UCLAUNM +21.6+15.5W 35–1073LOSS
Sat, Sep 27New Mexico StateUNM −11.5−16.5W 38–2074LOSS
Fri, Oct 3at San José StateUNM +6.0+1.5L 28–3537WIN
Sat, Oct 11at Boise StateUNM +17.7+14.5L 25–4116WIN
Sat, Oct 18NevadaUNM −9.2−14.0W 24–2260WIN
Sat, Oct 25Utah StateUNM PK−3.0W 33–1491LOSS
Sat, Nov 1at UNLVUNM +6.9+3.5W 40–3553LOSS
Sat, Nov 15Colorado StateUNM −10.2−15.5W 20–1763WIN
Sat, Nov 22at Air ForceUNM +2.4−3.5W 20–380LOSS
Fri, Nov 28San Diego StateUNM +0.9+1.5W 23–1738WIN
Fri, Dec 26at MinnesotaUNM +5.8+1.5L 17–20—WIN

How to read this page

EPA/playExpected points added per play.
Success rateShare of plays gaining enough for the down.
Quality driveA drive reaching a first down inside the opponent's 40.
Points per QDFinishing — points scored per quality drive.
QD ratioOur quality drives against theirs. Game control.
RROERush rate over expected for down, distance, score and time.
Game percentileThis performance against every FBS game this season.
Expected winsOur pregame win probabilities summed — computed exactly, no simulations.
Havoc rateTFLs, sacks, passes defensed, forced fumbles per defensive snap.
Second-order winsThe record a team's play-by-play performance deserved.

Records and stats cover FBS-vs-FBS games only — the games the model grades. Every number comes from a leak-checked walk-forward pipeline — no retroactive edits, no deleted picks. Picks grade against the closing line. Rate stats exclude garbage time (win probability outside 5–95%); turnovers are counted whole. Not betting advice.