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UTEP Miners
1-5, 1-5 ATS
7
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New Mexico Lobos
4-1, 5-0 ATS
61
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Closing number

Spread
UTEP +23.5
UNM -23.5
Open –
Total
Over 47.5
Under 47.5

Source: DraftKings.

UTEP 7, UNM 61. UNM covered by 30.5, over by 20.5.

Our crowd

Who's on what before kickoff, from the cappers we track and picks our users log.

Public cappers

SpreadSplit 1-1
UTEP 11 New Mexico

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Common opponents

Same opponents, side by side: how each team did, by how much, and whether they covered. Margin is points scored minus allowed; the line is that team's closing spread.

Opponent UTEP New Mexico
Oklahoma
L 0-51 away
-51 · +40.5 Didn't cover
L 6-14 away
-8 · +21.5 Covered

Against 1 common opponent: UTEP lost by 51.0 on average, 0-1 against the spread. New Mexico lost by 8.0 on average, 1-0 against the spread.

Last season (2025): 2 common opponents
Opponent UTEP New Mexico
New Mexico St
L 31-34 home
-3 · -4.5 Didn't cover
W 38-20 home
+18 · -17.5 Covered
Utah St
L 16-28 away
-12 · +4.5 Didn't cover
W 33-14 home
+19 · -2.5 Covered

Against 2 common opponents: UTEP lost by 7.5 on average, 0-2 against the spread. New Mexico won by 18.5 on average, 2-0 against the spread.

What the public cappers like

Spread
1 UTEP1 New Mexico
UTEP -22.51
Josh Pate *Line -22.5 · Price -110 (assumed, not posted) · No unit size given · Collected after the fact from the public post · Posted Oct 2 7:11 PM ET · Flat record 34-31, -0.1u (Incomplete record. We're still adding the rest of their picks.) · Original post
New Mexico -22.51
Big Cat *Line -22.5 · Price -110 (assumed, not posted) · No unit size given · Collected after the fact from the public post · Posted Oct 1 1:20 PM ET · Flat record 94-66-4, +19.5u (Incomplete record. We're still adding the rest of their picks.) · Original post
Total
No picks
Moneyline
No picks

* price not posted, -110 assumed. Tracked from public posts, not endorsed. All public picks

Betting form, 2026 to date

UTEP LWLLLL

ATSTotals
All games1-5 17%Small sample3-3 50% overSmall sample
Road0-3 0%Small sample2-1 67% overSmall sample
As underdog0-5 0%Small sample
Last 51-4 20%Small sample

6 graded games this season. Small sample: read it as a hint, not a trend.

New Mexico WWWWW

ATSTotals
All games5-0 100%Small sample3-2 60% overSmall sample
Home3-0 100%Small sample2-1 67% overSmall sample
As favorite4-0 100%Small sample
Last 55-0 100%Small sample

5 graded games this season. Small sample: read it as a hint, not a trend.

CFB (FBS), 2026 so far · regular season only · graded vs the closing spread (ESPN odds archive, DraftKings for 70% of games); over-under vs the closing total

Head to head since 2019

DateScoreCloseATSTotalO-U
Oct 3, 2026UTEP 7, UNM 61UNM -23.5UNM covered47.5Over
Sep 17, 2022UTEP 10, UNM 27UTEP -2.5UNM covered38.5Under
Sep 25, 2021UNM 13, UTEP 20UNM -2.5UTEP covered54Under

UTEP 1-2 ATS in these meetings. 3 meetings is not a trend, and rosters turn over.

CFB (FBS), 2021-2025 + 2026 so far · regular season + postseason · graded vs the closing spread (ESPN odds archive, DraftKings for 70% of games); totals vs the closing total

Side by side

UTEPUNM
1-5Record4-1
1-5Against the spread5-0
3-3Over-under3-2
-8.2Avg cover margin+19.3
15.8Points per game43.4
39.5Points allowed10.6
4.38Yards per play5.71
257.0Yards per game386.2
3.70Rush yards per carry4.70
61.8Completion %57.8
23.0Third down %42.2
+3Turnover margin+19
25Sacks allowed13
56.0Penalty yards per game44.8

Season to date. Stats from ESPN. Points from final scores. Bold is the better number.

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