New Mexico State
3–5 · 2–2 Conference USA · Tony Sanchez, 3rd season
Lost to Jacksonville State 24–0, Oct 28 · Next: vs Liberty, Sat, Nov 7 · analysis
Best by position: quarterbacks · running backs · wide receivers · tight ends · defenders · kickers · punters
Against the closing line
New Mexico State has beaten the line in 2 of its last 4, 2.6 points a game under it. Over the season it’s 0.5 a game under, 76th of 136.
Of the 8 teams at 3–5 against a schedule this hard, New Mexico State’s −0.5 is 5th.
last 4
−2.6
before
+1.6
-200
Oct 1, 2026 vs Western Kentucky +19.5
Oct 7, 2026 @ Florida International −12.0
Oct 21, 2026 @ Sam Houston +3.0
Oct 28, 2026 vs Jacksonville State −21.0
Lately
- Lost 6 of its last 10count
Nov 22, 2025 @ UTEP +3
Nov 29, 2025 vs Middle Tennessee −7
Aug 29 @ Florida State −17- M Sep 5 vs Mercyhurst +37
Sep 12 @ Hawaii −10
Sep 26 vs New Mexico −24- Oct 1 vs Western Kentucky +21
- Oct 7 @ Florida International −19
- Oct 21 @ Sam Houston +6
- Oct 28 vs Jacksonville State −24
- Covered 5 of its last 10count
- Nov 22, 2025 @ UTEP +7
- Nov 29, 2025 vs Middle Tennessee −10.5
- Aug 29 @ Florida State +13.5
- M Sep 5 vs Mercyhurst +8
- Sep 12 @ Hawaii −2.5
- Sep 26 vs New Mexico −12.5
- Oct 1 vs Western Kentucky +19.5
- Oct 7 @ Florida International −12
- Oct 21 @ Sam Houston +3
- Oct 28 vs Jacksonville State −21
- Won 5 of its last 10 at homecount
- B Aug 30, 2025 vs Bryant +16
Sep 6, 2025 vs Tulsa +7- Oct 2, 2025 vs Sam Houston +27
Oct 22, 2025 vs Missouri State −7
Nov 8, 2025 vs Kennesaw State −3- Nov 29, 2025 vs Middle Tennessee −7
- M Sep 5 vs Mercyhurst +37
- Sep 26 vs New Mexico −24
- Oct 1 vs Western Kentucky +21
- Oct 28 vs Jacksonville State −24
Against expected,
| a game | offense | defense |
|---|---|---|
| Points | −8.5 · 124th | +3.3 · 97th |
| Total yards | −42 · 104th | −3 · 66th |
| Touchdowns | −1.3 · 123rd | −0.1 · 68th |
| Passing efficiency | −38.5 · 135th | −7.7 · 46th |
| 3rd downs | −3.0% · 92nd | +2.5% · 91st |
| Turnovers | +0.8 · 132nd | −0.2 · 86th |
| Sacks | −0.3 · 50th | +0.1 · 58th |
| Penalty yards | −5.9 · 48th |
Over (+) or under (−) what its opponents usually allow, a game, and where that stands among 136 teams, the best first. Lit is the top ten or the bottom ten. Penalty yards read against the league’s mean, since nobody allows them.
Seasons
- 2026 3–5
- 2025 4–8
- 2024 3–9
- 2023 10–5
- 2022 7–6
- 2021 2–10
- 2020 1–1
- 2019 2–10
- 2018 3–9
- 2017 7–6
- 2016 3–9
- 2015 3–9
- 2014 2–10
- 2013 2–10
- 2012 1–11
- 2011 4–9
- 2010 2–10
- 2009 3–10
- 2008 3–9
- 2007 4–9
- 2006 4–8
- 2005 0–12
- 2004 5–6
- 2003 3–9
- 2002 7–5
- 2001 5–7
- 2000 3–8
- 1999 6–5
- 1998 3–8
- 1997 2–9
- 1996 1–10
- 1995 4–7
- 1994 3–8
- 1993 5–6
- 1992 5–5
- 1991 2–9
- 1990 1–10
- 1989 0–11
- 1988 1–10
- 1987 2–9
- 1986 1–10
- 1985 1–10
- 1984 2–9
- 1983 5–6
- 1982 3–8
- 1981 3–8
- 1980 3–7–1
- 1979 2–9
- 1978 6–5
- 1977 4–7
- 1976 4–6–1
- 1975 5–6
- 1974 5–6
- 1973 5–6
- 1972 2–9
- 1971 5–5–1
- 1970 4–6
- 1969 5–5
- 1968 5–5
- 1967 7–2–1
- 1966 7–3
- 1965 8–2
- 1964 6–4
- 1963 3–6–1
- 1962 4–6
- 1961 5–4–1
- 1960 11–0
- 1959 8–3
- 1958 4–6
- 1957 3–7
- 1956 1–9
- 1955 3–7
- 1954 0–9
- 1953 2–7
- 1952 2–6–1
- 1951 1–9
- 1950 2–7
- 1949 4–6
- 1948 3–7
- 1947 3–6
- 1946 5–5
- 1943 4–0
- 1942 1–8
- 1941 2–7
- 1940 3–6
- 1939 3–6
- 1938 7–2
- 1937 7–2
- 1936 6–4–1
- 1935 7–1–2
- 1934 4–1–3
- 1933 2–6
- 1932 4–5–1
- 1931 6–4
Method
- Against the line is each game’s points of margin less what the closing line expected, from College Football Streak King’s lines. A game nobody lined sits out, and a push hasn’t beaten it. Lately is the last 4 games with one.
- A schedule this hard means the mean rating of the opponents it’s played is within 5.2 points of the team’s, two thirds of a standard deviation of the league’s schedules, and a rating is what the season’s games say about a team’s margin against an average team. The teams beside it have its record.
- Against expected is each game against what the opponent usually gave up in its other games, with half the home edge, averaged. A game against a team with no other game here sits out.
- Passing efficiency is the NCAA’s passer rating. Turnovers on offense are the ones it lost, and on defense the ones it forced. Sacks on offense are the ones its quarterbacks took, and they start in 2024.