CFB TEAM RESEARCH · Mountain West
UTEP
Season leadership, recruiting classes, advanced metrics, player leaders and results.
SEASON SNAPSHOT
2026 regular season
2026 regular season · 5 completed games · Mountain West. Postseason and bowls are excluded. Scoring ranks compare 138 FBS teams with recorded results: PPG #133; PPG allowed #137. 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: 1-4. 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
EJ Colson
FBS #129 · 541 season total
49CMP77ATT541Yards7TD3INT63.64%CMP%144.86NCAA rating
Rushing Leader
Raymond Moore III
FBS #90 · 294 season total
33Carries294Yards2TD8.91Yards/carry
Receiving Leader
Carver Cheeks
FBS #285 · 168 season total
13REC168Yards3TD12.92Yards/REC
Tackles Leader
Xavier Smith
FBS #226 · 28 season total
28Total13Solo15Assists0.50TFL0Sacks
Sacks Leader
Elijah Fields
FBS #244 · 1.50 season total
1.50Sacks3TFL0QB hurries12Tackles
Defensive Interceptions Leader
Kode Lowe
FBS #64 · 1 season total
1INT0Passes defended0Defensive TDs17Return yards7Tackles
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 | 2026-09-05 | A | Oklahoma | L | 0–51 | +41 | L | 51 | P |
| 2 | 2026-09-13 | H | Texas Southern | W | 51–10 | -27 | W | 53.5 | O |
| 3 | 2026-09-19 | A | Michigan | L | 17–52 | +34.5 | L | 48.5 | O |
| 4 | 2026-09-27 | H | Oregon State | L | 7–33 | +11.5 | L | 56.5 | U |
| 5 | 2026-10-03 | A | New Mexico | L | 7–61 | +23.5 | L | 47.5 | O |
| 6 | 2026-10-10 | H | Nevada | — | — | +9.5 | — | 49.5 | — |
| 7 | 2026-10-18 | H | San José State | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 9 | 2026-10-31 | A | North Dakota State | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 10 | 2026-11-07 | H | Hawai'i | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 11 | 2026-11-14 | H | Wyoming | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 12 | 2026-11-21 | A | Air Force | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 13 | 2026-11-28 | A | Northern Illinois | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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.