UTEP
Miners · Mountain West
- GIE rank
- #136
- of 138 FBS
- Rating
- 1253
- 2026 Week 10
- Record
- 1-7
- 2026 season
- Proj record
- 2-10
- 12-game season
Head coach Scotty Walden Year 3 with UTEP
Year-3 HCs (2015-2024) averaged -0.10 W vs. preseason expectation
Season projection
- Expected wins
- 2.1
- 1.1 more wins in 4 left
- Win range (90%)
- 1 to 4
- Final rank (90%)
- #137 (133–138)
- Make playoff
- 0%
- Win conference
- 0%
Path to glory
No remaining game changes UTEP's playoff odds. Make playoff 0%
Schedule
Full 2026 slate. Tap a row for the matchup breakdown.
| Week | Opponent | Result or win prob.Result or win probability |
|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 Sep 5 | at Oklahoma SEC | Loss, 0-51 Final |
| Wk 2 Sep 13 | vs Texas Southern Non-FBS | Win, 51-10 Final |
| Wk 3 Sep 19 | at Michigan Big Ten | Loss, 17-52 Final |
| Wk 4 Sep 27 | vs Oregon State Pac-12 | Loss, 7-33 Final |
| Wk 5 Oct 3 | at New Mexico Mountain West | Loss, 7-61 Final |
| Wk 6 Oct 10 | vs Nevada Mountain West | Loss, 13-30 Final |
| Wk 7 Oct 18 | vs San José State Mountain West | Loss, 11-24 Final |
| Wk 8 | Bye | |
| Wk 9 Oct 31 | at North Dakota State Mountain West | Loss, 7-31 Final |
| Wk 10 Nov 8 | vs Hawai'i Mountain West | |
| Wk 11 Nov 14 | vs Wyoming Mountain West | |
| Wk 12 Nov 21 | at Air Force Mountain West | |
| Wk 13 Nov 28 | at Northern Illinois Mountain West | |
In the news
- Quarterback Toa Fa'avae, defense shine in New Mexico's dominant win over UTEP (opens in a new tab)
- OU football overwhelms UTEP as Lloyd Avant, Rocky Beers shine in debut | Takeaways (opens in a new tab)
- Oklahoma Dominates UTEP 51-0 in Statement Season Opener (opens in a new tab)
- Mateer throws 3 TD passes as Oklahoma rolls past UTEP 51-0 in warmup for Michigan (opens in a new tab)
- Oklahoma-UTEP: Sooners Stock Report (opens in a new tab)
- Oklahoma blanks UTEP behind 3 John Mateer passing TDs (opens in a new tab)
More coming. Per-team pages get the full treatment in Phase 3: current rating, season projection histogram, schedule with win probabilities, and live overlays on Pylon stream days. For now, this page exists so stories and news have a permanent home as content rolls in.
If QB1 is out
GIE projects a -1.6 rating drop and a -6.5pp shift in playoff probability if UTEP loses its QB1 for an extended stretch. (n=3 historical samples; pooled across recent seasons.)
Returning production · 2026
45 score
Share of last season's production each unit returns. Higher means more continuity: 70%+ is healthy, 45–70% a normal rebuild, under 45% a major turnover.
Portal additions · 2026
−0.7 rating
20 proven transfers in, carrying the production below from their prior school.
| Player | From | Impact |
|---|---|---|
| Carver CheeksWR From Northern Colorado | Northern Colorado | 85 |
| Sterling MilesDE From Eastern Michigan | Eastern Michigan | 72 |
| EJ Colson Jr.QB From Incarnate Word | Incarnate Word | 50 |
| Lamar SperlingRB From Buffalo | Buffalo | 34 |
| Kaleb MilesCB From East Texas A&M | East Texas A&M | 33 |
| Raymond Moore IIIQB From Morgan State | Morgan State | 25 |
Impact scores offensive skill additions (QB/RB/WR/TE) — prior-season production normalized within position (100 ≈ a 90th-percentile producer at that spot) and discounted for non-FBS competition, so a top back counts alongside a top quarterback. Defensive and O-line additions count as transfers but aren't box-score measurable, so they carry no impact score. The rating figure is this class's portal contribution vs. the FBS average, capped at ±2.5.
Situational efficiency · 2025
Percentile is across all FBS teams with play-by-play data for the season. "Late & close" is yards per play in Q4+ with a one-score margin — a proxy for clutch offensive performance.