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SC @ UNC77
LSU @ FSU77
LOU @ GT67
OSU @ IU67
ECU @ MICH65
UNM @ TA&M65
MTSU @ ALA64
CAL @ UNT63
UTSA @ HOU63
BGSU @ LIB62
ORST @ SJSU62
ARST @ OU61
NEB @ MINN60
M-OH @ MIA60
WSU @ CSU60
CLEM @ DUKE60
NCSU @ CONN59
NU @ RUTG59
FLA @ UTAH58
LT @ SMU58
WVU @ PSU58
BOIS @ WASH57
USA @ TULN57
COLO @ TCU56
RICE @ TEX55
CCU @ UCLA55
TXST @ BAY54
KENT @ UCF53
NIU @ BC53
TOL @ ILL53
FRES @ PUR51
ODU @ VT50
STAN @ HAW49
MASS @ AUB49
NEV @ USC49
UVA @ TENN48
BUF @ WIS48
TTU @ WYO48
USU @ IOWA45
BALL @ UK44
ARMY @ ULM43
CMU @ MSU42
USF @ WKU42
AKR @ TEM40
SHSU @ BYU39
FIDELITY
MEASURED
DERIVED
≈ ESTIMATED
DOT MARKS
NEW MEXICO STATE
FRESNO STATE
OVERVIEWPRESEASON PROFILE
MATCHUPHEAD TO HEAD
TEAMROOMS & PLAYERS
VINTAGE2023
SAT 17:45 ET|UNIVERSITY STADIUM (NM)NONCONFTENSIONVACATEDTALENT GAP27|O/U52.5COLLISION
75
AP · FPI
TEAM
PTS
2025
TAL
OFF
DEF
RET
PACE
SOS ▾
IMP
ML
SPREAD
AWAY
—AP
91FPI
NMSUCUSANEW MEXICO STATE
10
10-5
17
67
24
84%
10
9
27.8
-175
-3.0
HOME
—AP
80FPI
FRESPACFRESNO STATE
37
9-4
44
26
36
17%
69
5
24.8
+150
+3.0
IMP = IMPLIED TEAM TOTAL FROM SPREAD + O/U · OFF AND DEF ARE SCOUT TEAM GRADES AS FBS PERCENTILES · EVERY MEASURED FIGURE IS 2023CONSENSUS · BOVADA
FINALNMSU10—FRES37
CLOSED NMSU -3.0TOTAL 52.5FRES COVERED · 47 POINTS · UNDER
NMSU
OFFICIAL BOX SCORE
FRES
10
POINTS
37
200
TOTAL YARDS
500
58 (11-25)
PASSING
380 (31-40)
142 (35)
RUSHING
120 (25)
12
FIRST DOWNS
23
5-14
THIRD DOWN
8-13
0-3
FOURTH DOWN
0-1
29:10
TIME OF POSS.
30:50
7-42
PENALTIES
7-65
1
TURNOVERS
2
0
SACKS
4
0
QB HURRIES
4
NMSU
DERIVED · PLAY BY PLAY
FRES
-0.002
SEASON 0.328
EPA / PLAY
0.448
SEASON 0.210
39.7%
SEASON 48.4%
SUCCESS RATE
46.9%
SEASON 42.6%
12.1%
SEASON 20.0%
EXPLOSIVE RATE
20.3%
SEASON 13.5%
3.53
SEASON 7.01
YARDS / PLAY
7.75
SEASON 5.62
0.448
SEASON 0.219
EPA ALLOWED
-0.002
SEASON 0.178
46.9%
SEASON 43.9%
SUCCESS ALLOWED
39.7%
SEASON 41.1%
20.3%
SEASON 16.5%
EXPLOSIVE ALLOWED
12.1%
SEASON 15.9%
20.0%
SEASON 15.2%
STUFF RATE
10.0%
SEASON 18.1%
OFFICIAL FIGURES ARE THE BOX SCORE AS SCORED. DERIVED FIGURES COME FROM PLAY BY PLAY WITH GARBAGE TIME REMOVED, SO THEY COUNT A DIFFERENT SET OF PLAYS AND WILL NOT TIE OUT AGAINST THE OFFICIAL COLUMN. A BRIGHTENED SIDE LEADS THAT ROW BY THE DIRECTION IN ITS TOOLTIP; TIME OF POSSESSION IS UNMARKED BECAUSE IT IS A TENDENCY, NOT A VIRTUE. SEASON AVERAGES ARE REGULAR SEASON ONLY. MARKET FIGURES ARE BOOK CONSENSUS, NEVER MODEL OUTPUT.
DATA BASISNOTHING ON THIS TAB IS MEASURED YET · 2023 PRESEASON · NO GAMES PLAYED
MEASURED0 OF 12 GAMES
Real 2026 data. It accumulates weekly and replaces carried figures metric by metric, on the schedules below.
CARRIED14 ROOMS
What each roster did last season, applied player by player. Transfers name the school.
PROGRAM PRIOR2 STAFFS
The programme's own prior identity — or, where the staff is new, the coach's career fingerprint with its sample.
PRESEASON FACT7 PER TEAM
Talent, recruiting, vacated usage, portal and coach status. Preseason inputs.
ABSENT2 CLASSES
Current season luck and situational splits. Shown absent with the reason, never estimated.
FLIPS TO MEASUREDABSENTNOT MEASURED. This asks how many weeks into a season each number becomes trustworthy, which is a within-season question. The back-test measures relationships between one season and the next, so it cannot answer it.
MARKET LINE VS TEAM PROFILEGAME LEVEL · WEEK 1 FIELD n=45
MARKET
TOTAL52.5
SPREADNMSU -3.0
IMPLIED — NMSU27.8
IMPLIED — FRES24.8
PACE COLLISION
SLOW × FAST
NMSU PACE30.1s
10
FRES PACE26.8s
69
SHARED PACE28.5s
39
PLAY VOLUME127
39
CEILING CHARACTERIDENTITY · NOT QUALITY
NMSU28CEILING
EXPLOSIVE
42
PROE
33
TEMPO
10
EXPLOSIVE42p
42
PROE33p
33
TEMPO10p
10
FRES80CEILING
EXPLOSIVE
73
PROE
97
TEMPO
69
EXPLOSIVE73p
73
PROE97p
97
TEMPO69p
69
IS THE RECORD REAL2023 · FULL SEASON
NMSURECORD MATCHES
10-4ACTUALvs9.2-4.8FROM SCORING
GAP TO SCORING PROFILE+0.8 W
ONE SCORE RECORD3-1
POINT MARGIN / GAME+6.9
NEW MEXICO STATE won 10 of 14 against a scoring profile describing 9.2. Both are facts about the same season; the market prices the first.
FRESRECORD MATCHES
8-4ACTUALvs7.4-4.6FROM SCORING
GAP TO SCORING PROFILE+0.6 W
ONE SCORE RECORD5-2
POINT MARGIN / GAME+5.3
FRESNO STATE won 8 of 12 against a scoring profile describing 7.4. Both are facts about the same season; the market prices the first.
TEAM LEDGERNEW MEXICO STATEFRESNO STATE2023 PRESEASON · NO GAMES PLAYED
VACATED USAGE — AND DID THE ROSTER REFILL ITOPEN VOLUME IS A FACT, NOT AN ASSIGNMENT
VACATED USAGE BY ROOMLEFT OPEN, LARGEST FIRST
LB76%Chris OjohLB · 33% OF ROOM PARTICIPATIONTrevor BrohardLB · 30% OF ROOM PARTICIPATIONNicholas GiacolonePORTAL · KENT STATE · 7% OF ROOM PARTICIPATIONROTATION4 FURTHER DEPARTURES
DB57%Syrus DumasPORTAL · UTSA · 20% OF ROOM PARTICIPATIONBryce JacksonDB · 19% OF ROOM PARTICIPATIONLinwood CrumpDB · 15% OF ROOM PARTICIPATIONROTATION3 FURTHER DEPARTURES
DL54%Lazarus WilliamsDL · 20% OF ROOM PARTICIPATIONDonavan KingDL · 14% OF ROOM PARTICIPATIONLama LaveaPORTAL · AKRON · 9% OF ROOM PARTICIPATIONROTATION2 FURTHER DEPARTURES
WR/TE32%Justice PowersWR · 15% OF ROOM PARTICIPATIONEric MarshTE · 6% OF ROOM PARTICIPATIONJ.J. Jones IIITE · 6% OF ROOM PARTICIPATIONROTATION4 FURTHER DEPARTURES
RB5%O'Maury SamuelsRB · 4% OF ROOM PARTICIPATIONROTATION1 FURTHER DEPARTURE
QB2%Weston EgetQB · 2% OF ROOM PARTICIPATION
OL0%NOBODY LEFTTHE WHOLE ROOM RETURNS
SHARE OF LAST SEASON'S ROOM PARTICIPATION THAT DEPARTED, LARGEST FIRST · OPEN VOLUME IS A FACT, NOT AN ASSIGNMENT
PORTAL & CLASS INTAKE — WHO CAME INHEADCOUNT, NOT A PROJECTION
LBQuincy Davis · SIGNEE ★3Ishmael Aceves · SIGNEEPARTIAL
DBMyles Rowser · PORTAL ★4 · CAMPBELLKeonte Glinton · PORTAL ★3 · WYOMINGJordan Vincent · PORTAL · EASTERN ILLINOIS4 MORE ARRIVALSREFILLED
DLDion Wilson · PORTAL ★3 · ARIZONAAdam Parks · SIGNEE ★3Jalen Brown · SIGNEE ★21 MORE ARRIVALREFILLED
WR/TETyler Devera · PORTAL ★3 · STONY BROOKDonovan Faupel · SIGNEE ★2REFILLED
RBNO STARTING ROLE OPENEDINTACT
QBEli Stowers · PORTAL ★4 · TEXAS A&MMason Graham · SIGNEEBlaze Berlowitz · SIGNEEINTACT
OLNO DEPARTURE TO REFILLINTACT
PORTAL AND SIGNING-CLASS ARRIVALS AT EACH ROOM THAT LOST VOLUME · A HEADCOUNT, NEVER A USAGE PROJECTION
CARRIED GRADES & TEAM FACTS — THIS ROSTER, TODAYCARRIED FROM 2025, RE-HOMED PLAYER BY PLAYER · NEW MEXICO STATE
CARRIED COMPOSITE
52.044 PCTL
CARRIED OFFENSE
80.097 PCTL
CARRIED DEFENSE
38.715 PCTL
ROOM
GRADE
FBS PCTL
OPP-ADJ
TAL
RET
N
OBS
QB6767859552 OF 5 GRADED
RB55556698105 OF 10 GRADED
WR/TE474758602617 OF 26 GRADED
OL42425601814 OF 18 GRADED
DL464645721614 OF 16 GRADED
LB32327159207 OF 20 GRADED
DB383841512314 OF 23 GRADED
TEAM FACTS — FULLY KNOWN NOWPRESEASON FACT
TALENT COMPOSITE17th17
BLUE-CHIP RATIO9%54
RECRUITING CLASS#113 · 0/20 BC16
CLASS RANK TREND+1 · 3 CYCLES52
PORTAL NET BLUE-CHIP+2 · 7 IN / 7 OUT—
COACH STATUSRETURNING · 2nd YR—
DEV TRANSITION MIX34%40
EVERY ROW HERE IS KNOWABLE TODAY — NONE OF IT WAITS ON A GAME
COACH PRIOR — WHO APPLIES, AND WHAT A CHANGE MOVESBASIS · PROGRAM PRIOR
FRESJEFF TEDFORD2TH SEASON2 SEASONS · 1 PROGRAMME
The programme's own prior season applies, under the same returning staff.
PASS RATE OVER EXPECTED
9898
PACE
5959
PASS RATE
9393
EXPLOSIVENESS
2424
FOURTH-DOWN AGGRESSION
66
HAVOC
8181
HOW MUCH IDENTITY MOVES WITH A RETURNING STAFF
|Δ PACE|1.37sn=929
|Δ EXPLOSIVENESS|6.72%n=931
|Δ HAVOC|2.10%n=929
|Δ PASS RATE|4.28%n=929
|Δ PASS RATE OVER EXPECTED|4.07%n=311
MEDIAN ABSOLUTE SEASON-TO-SEASON SHIFT · 2016-2026 · MAGNITUDE, NOT DIRECTION — A NEW STAFF MOVES PASS RATE AND PACE BARELY MORE THAN A RETURNING ONE
NMSUJERRY KILL2TH SEASON2 SEASONS · 1 PROGRAMME
The programme's own prior season applies, under the same returning staff.
PASS RATE OVER EXPECTED
1818
PACE
22
PASS RATE
1616
EXPLOSIVENESS
8686
FOURTH-DOWN AGGRESSION
99
HAVOC
4343
HOW MUCH IDENTITY MOVES WITH A RETURNING STAFF
|Δ PACE|1.37sn=929
|Δ EXPLOSIVENESS|6.72%n=931
|Δ HAVOC|2.10%n=929
|Δ PASS RATE|4.28%n=929
|Δ PASS RATE OVER EXPECTED|4.07%n=311
MEDIAN ABSOLUTE SEASON-TO-SEASON SHIFT · 2016-2026 · MAGNITUDE, NOT DIRECTION — A NEW STAFF MOVES PASS RATE AND PACE BARELY MORE THAN A RETURNING ONE
POSITION GROUPS — WHERE THE VOLUME LIVESNMSU OFFENSEFRES OFFENSERETURNINGDEPARTED
COLLAPSE ALL
▾QBNEW MEXICO STATE OFFENSE
NATIONAL
30OF 133
TAL
85
PERF
67
RET
95
NATIONAL
85OF 133
RET
79
FULL DEFENSEFRESNO STATE DEFENSE
NMSU QUARTERBACKSn=55% VACATED
QUARTERBACKS · PLAYED THIS SEASON FIRST
OVR
EXP
PT%
TAL
★REC
vsCOH
DIEGO PAVIAQBRET
624TH YR8885★3+23
BLAZE BERLOWITZQBTRUE FR
504TH YR2478★3—
GAVIN FRAKESQBRET
484TH YR—9★3-22 2022
JEFF DAVISONQBRET
304TH YR——UNR—
PAUL CIEREMANSQBTRUE FR
302ND YR——UNR—
PARTICIPATION SHARE IS OF THIS ROOM · THESE SIX COLUMNS DESCRIBE THE ROSTER · UNIT-AGAINST-UNIT AND USAGE DETAIL IS ON THE MATCHUP TAB
FRES DEFENSE — GROUP GRADES3 ROOMS · 51 PLAYERS21% VACATED
DEFENSIVE ROOMS · GROUP GRADES
GRD
RET
BLU
DEFENSIVE LINEDL
4583%0%
LINEBACKERSLB
4290%8%
SECONDARYDB
4673%0%
THE QUARTERBACK PLAYS THE WHOLE SIDE — SHOWN AS ITS THREE ROOM GRADES, NOT MAN FOR MAN · PER PLAYER DETAIL LIVES IN THE OTHER DRAWERS
▾OLNEW MEXICO STATE OFFENSE
NATIONAL
102OF 133
TAL
56
PERF
42
RET
0
DL
83OF 133
DL RET
83
LB
94OF 133
LB RET
90
FRONT-7FRESNO STATE DEFENSE
NMSU OFFENSIVE LINEn=18100% VACATED
FIVE-MAN LINE · PLAYED THIS SEASON FIRST
OVR
EXP
PT%
TAL
★REC
vsCOH
AJ VAIPULUOLRET
604TH YR8864★3+19
JAI RODRIQUEZOLRET
362ND YR1345★3—
ISAIAH MURSALATOLRET
654TH YR638★2-46
CANAAN YARROOLRET
604TH YR9252★3+39
LOUIE CANEPAOLRET
514TH YR6364★3-21
SHOW TOP 10
PARTICIPATION SHARE IS OF THIS ROOM · THESE SIX COLUMNS DESCRIBE THE ROSTER · UNIT-AGAINST-UNIT AND USAGE DETAIL IS ON THE MATCHUP TAB
FRES FRONT-7n=29 · 2 ROOMS14% VACATED
PASS RUSH · PLAYED THIS SEASON FIRST
OVR
EXP
PT%
TAL
★REC
vsCOH
KEMARI MUNIER-BAILEYDLTRUE FR
633RD YR4478★3+34
EZRA CHRISTENSENDLTRUE FR
564TH YR3564★3—
MERHAUTI XEPERADLRET
524TH YR2835★3—
LEVELLE BAILEYLBRET
514TH YR9919★3+19
TANNER BLOUNTLBRET
504TH YR26—UNR—
SHOW TOP 10
THE DEFENDERS THIS ROOM FACES, BY GRADE · THESE SIX COLUMNS DESCRIBE THE ROSTER · PASS RUSH AND COVERAGE DETAIL LIVES ON THE MATCHUP TAB
▾RBNEW MEXICO STATE OFFENSE
NATIONAL
58OF 133
TAL
66
PERF
55
RET
98
DL
83OF 133
DL RET
83
LB
94OF 133
LB RET
90
FRONT-7FRESNO STATE DEFENSE
NMSU RUNNING BACKSn=102% VACATED
BACKFIELD · PLAYED THIS SEASON FIRST
OVR
EXP
PT%
TAL
★REC
vsCOH
STAR THOMASRBRET
634TH YR8664★3+15
MONTE WATKINSRBRET
573RD YR6289★4+32
MAKHILYN YOUNGRBRET
544TH YR4010★3+32
LARENZO MCMILLANRBRET
524TH YR14—UNR—
TIM GANSRBRET
494TH YR36—UNR+1
SHOW ALL 10
PARTICIPATION SHARE IS OF THIS ROOM · THESE SIX COLUMNS DESCRIBE THE ROSTER · UNIT-AGAINST-UNIT AND USAGE DETAIL IS ON THE MATCHUP TAB
FRES FRONT-72 ROOMS · 29 PLAYERS14% VACATED
ROOMS IN THE COMPOSITE
WT
GRD
RET
BLU
DEFENSIVE LINEDL
0.554583%0%
LINEBACKERSLB
0.454290%8%
EACH ROOM ON ITS OWN GRADE, NOT LISTED MAN FOR MAN · THE WEIGHTS DEFINE WHO PLAYS WHOM
▾WR/TENEW MEXICO STATE OFFENSE
NATIONAL
91OF 133
TAL
58
PERF
47
RET
60
DB
92OF 133
DB RET
73
SECONDARYFRESNO STATE DEFENSE
NMSU PASS CATCHERSn=2640% VACATED
PASS CATCHERS · PLAYED THIS SEASON FIRST
OVR
EXP
PT%
TAL
★REC
vsCOH
ELI STOWERSTEPORTAL · TEXAS A&M
784TH YR6289★3+20
THOMAZ WHITFORDTERET
584TH YR6562★3-18
TRENT HUDSONWRTRUE FR
584TH YR69—★3+32
RON TIAVAASUETETRUE FR
554TH YR38—UNR—
TREVOR STEPHENSTERET
493RD YR2913★2—
SHOW TOP 10
PARTICIPATION SHARE IS OF THIS ROOM · THESE SIX COLUMNS DESCRIBE THE ROSTER · UNIT-AGAINST-UNIT AND USAGE DETAIL IS ON THE MATCHUP TAB
FRES SECONDARYn=22 · 1 ROOM27% VACATED
COVERAGE · PLAYED THIS SEASON FIRST
OVR
EXP
PT%
TAL
★REC
vsCOH
MORICE NORRIS JR.SRET
774TH YR97—UNR+15
CAM LOCKRIDGEDBRET
634TH YR83—UNR-18
CARLTON JOHNSONDBRET
574TH YR91—UNR-24
DEAN CLARKDBPORTAL · KENT STATE
544TH YR8222★3+7
JULIAN NEALDBRET
534TH YR3797★4—
SHOW TOP 10
THE DEFENDERS THIS ROOM FACES, BY GRADE · THESE SIX COLUMNS DESCRIBE THE ROSTER · PASS RUSH AND COVERAGE DETAIL LIVES ON THE MATCHUP TAB
RETURNINGPORTAL — PRIOR SCHOOL AND PORTAL STARS NAMEDLAST YR ≈ — RATES FROM HIS LAST MEASURED SEASON, NOT THE PROJECTED ROLEDEPARTEDVS COH = PRODUCTION vs OWN RECRUITING COHORT MEDIAN · CURVE = AHEAD / ON / BEHIND AT ±8 · PT% IS HIS SHARE OF HIS OWN ROOM · UNIT-AGAINST-UNIT AND USAGE DETAIL IS ON THE MATCHUP TAB
TEAM QUALITYHOUSE GRADE + REFERENCES
METRIC
NMSU
FBS PCTL 0 ── 100
FRES
SCOUT TEAM GRADE
45.8
40.4
— OFFENSE
52.5
36.4
— DEFENSE
39.1
44.4
SP+ OVERALL
-1.8
2.5
FPI
-5.6
-3.5
ELO
1399
1588
TALENT
379
555
PRODUCTION
45
55
TALENT − PRODUCTION ▾
−31
−13
BLUE CHIP RATIO
0.09
0.05
SCOUT TEAM GRADE DECOMPOSES INTO OFFENSE AND DEFENSE, EACH BUILT FROM THE POSITION ROOM GRADES ABOVE · ROOM WEIGHTS ARE MEASURED AGAINST UNIT EPA, NOT ASSUMED · SPECIAL TEAMS ARE NOT IN IT YET
FIVE FACTORSNATIONAL PERCENTILES
METRIC
NMSU
FBS PCTL 0 ── 100
FRES
OFF EFFICIENCY
91
56
DEF EFFICIENCY
25
61
OFF EXPLOSIVENESS
43
73
DEF EXPLOSIVENESS
61
52
FINISHING DRIVES
62
72
FIELD POSITION
77
13
TURNOVER MARGIN
27
80
THE FIVE FACTORS ARE CORRELATED, NOT FIVE INDEPENDENT DIALS · TURNOVER MARGIN IS THE LEAST STABLE OF THEM YEAR OVER YEAR
TEAM IDENTITYTENDENCIES THAT SET VOLUME
METRIC
NMSU
FBS PCTL 0 ── 100
FRES
PASS RATE
44.8%
61.4%
PROE
−2.8
+12.9
PACE
30.1s
26.8s
4TH-DOWN GO RATE
19%
14%
RUN RATE — STANDARD DNS
63.9%
43.6%
PASS RATE — PASSING DNS
67.0%
71.7%
PLAYS / GAME
59.8
67.2
GARBAGE TIME SHARE
0.6%
0.4%
EVERY ROW HERE IS COUNTED FROM PLAY BY PLAY · NONE OF IT IS A QUALITY RATING — FURTHER RIGHT IS MORE OF THE THING, NOT BETTER · SCHEME DETAIL LIVES ON THE MATCHUP TAB
EVERY PERCENTILE READS HIGH-IS-GOOD · CELL SHADE = FBS PERCENTILE OF THE VALUE · DOTS PLOT BOTH TEAMS ON ONE 0–100 TRACK (GOLD = NMSU, ORANGE = FRES) · MEASURED FIGURES ARE 2023, GARBAGE-TIME FILTERED
≈ MARKS AN ESTIMATED VALUE · A CARRIED FIGURE IS WHAT A PLAYER DID LAST SEASON · PORTAL MARKS PARTICIPATION EARNED AT THE NAMED SCHOOL
VACATED VOLUME IS STATED AS OPEN AND NEVER ASSIGNED TO A SUCCESSOR · SPREAD, TOTAL, ML AND IMPLIED TOTALS ARE CONSENSUS MARKET FIGURES · NO PROJECTIONS ON THIS PAGE