CFB TEAM RESEARCH · Conference USA
New Mexico State
Season leadership, recruiting classes, advanced metrics, player leaders and results.
SEASON SNAPSHOT
2026 regular season
2026 regular season · 5 completed games · Conference USA. Postseason and bowls are excluded. Scoring ranks compare 138 FBS teams with recorded results: PPG #76; PPG allowed #98. ATS coverage 5/5; totals coverage 5/5. Betting lines are source-reported; closing status and observation timestamps are not verified. Missing lines are excluded from market records. View source data.
Overall record including postseason: 2-3. Regular-season snapshot excludes bowls and playoffs.
SEASON LEADERSHIP
Coaching staff
Head-coaching records: CollegeFootballData. Coordinator history is not supplied by this source. Multiple coaches are shown when credited with games.
RECRUITING CLASS
Incoming signing class
2026 signing class · CollegeFootballData team recruiting rankings. This is the incoming recruiting class, not a roster or transfer-portal ranking.
ADVANCED METRICS
Offense and defense
CFBD season statistics, including postseason where supplied. Advanced metrics exclude garbage time. PPA is predicted points added per play. Explosiveness is the provider’s successful-play metric, not an explosive-play percentage. FBS ranks compare the same source metric and season; ties share ranks.
SEASON LEADERS
Players who led the team
Passing Leader
Trey Hedden
FBS #79 · 887 season total
63CMP116ATT887Yards5TD5INT54.31%CMP%124.14NCAA rating
Rushing Leader
James Jones
FBS #14 · 510 season total
77Carries510Yards3TD6.62Yards/carry
Receiving Leader
Tyler King
FBS #92 · 286 season total
20REC286Yards3TD14.30Yards/REC
Tackles Leader
Nicolas Sessions
FBS #48 · 38 season total
38Total25Solo13Assists1.50TFL0Sacks
Sacks Leader
Gabe Peterson
FBS #89 · 2.50 season total
2.50Sacks4.50TFL3QB hurries19Tackles
Defensive Interceptions Leader
Nicolas Sessions
FBS #64 · 1 season total
1INT3Passes defended1Defensive TDs0Return yards38Tackles
Full-season player totals include bowls and playoffs. Each category starts with its main metric and uses secondary statistics only to break team ties. FBS ranks use combined player totals across FBS teams; tied totals share ranks. Defensive TDs follow the provider’s defensive-return touchdown totals. A dash means the provider did not return that statistic. CFBD is the primary source; 2015 defensive statistics are supplemented from ESPN.
FULL SEASON SCHEDULE
Results and market lines
| Wk | Date | Site | Opponent | Result | Score | Spread | ATS | Total | O/U |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2026-08-29 | A | Florida State | L | 17–34 | +31 | W | 53.5 | U |
| 1 | 2026-09-06 | H | Mercyhurst | W | 51–14 | -29.5 | W | 52.5 | O |
| 2 | 2026-09-13 | A | Hawai'i | L | 19–29 | +7.5 | L | 50 | U |
| 4 | 2026-09-26 | H | New Mexico | L | 18–42 | +11.5 | L | 47.5 | O |
| 5 | 2026-10-02 | H | Western Kentucky | W | 34–13 | -1.5 | W | 56 | U |
| 6 | 2026-10-07 | A | Florida International | — | — | +6.5 | — | 46.5 | — |
| 8 | 2026-10-22 | A | Sam Houston | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 9 | 2026-10-29 | H | Jacksonville State | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 10 | 2026-11-07 | H | Liberty | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 11 | 2026-11-14 | A | Missouri State | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 12 | 2026-11-21 | H | Delaware | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 13 | 2026-11-28 | A | Middle Tennessee | — | — | — | — | — | — |
H = home · A = away · N = neutral · Post = postseason. Source-reported spreads and totals; unverified closing status. Conference championships follow the source's regular-season classification.
Sources: CollegeFootballData; logos and team identity: ESPN. Historical conferences follow each season's game records.