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Sat Oct 3, 3:00 PM CT · University Stadium (NM)
Our call: New Mexico by 24.8 ✓ right
Final: New Mexico 61, UTEP 7
Closest: SP+ (New Mexico by 34.2, missed by 19.8). 4 of 4 models named the winner. Our call was right.
Records on this page are each team's record entering the game; the team pages and the scores page count this result.
Model comparison
4 of 4 models favored New Mexico
| Model | Says | Pregame win chance | Missed by |
|---|---|---|---|
| SP+ Closest UTEP -24.0 vs New Mexico +7.7 | New Mexico by 34.2 ✓ | New Mexico 99% | 19.8 |
| Elo UTEP 1078 vs New Mexico 1589 | New Mexico by 22.9 ✓ | New Mexico 95% | 31.1 |
| Our model · experimental UTEP -16.7 vs New Mexico -2.0 | New Mexico by 17.3 ✓ | New Mexico 89% | 36.7 |
| Record New Mexico 3-1, UTEP 1-3 | New Mexico (better record) ✓ | – | – |
| Market no market margin | n/a | – | – |
| Our call average of SP+, Elo and Our model | New Mexico by 24.8 ✓ | – | 29.2 |
Each margin is from the same weekly ratings the team pages use: SP+ and Elo from their rating gap, the home team given 2.5 points (none at a neutral site); Our model is this site's experimental rating; Market is the margin the market expected before kickoff; ESPN FPI, SRS, Sagarin and Sonny Moore are rating gaps like SP+'s (each with its own home field), The Margin is that site's own model, and Record names the team with the better record (the home team on equal records). ✓ when a model named the winner, ✗ when it did not; Closest marks the one nearest the final margin (an exact tie goes to the first listed). How these work ›
How the models read it
All four models favored New Mexico.
SP+ had New Mexico by 34.2, Elo had New Mexico by 22.9, and Our model had New Mexico by 17.3. They were within 16.9 points of each other.
This page was first built after kickoff, so these are the week's projections as recorded then, from the same weekly ratings the season record scores.