Middle Tennessee vs. New Mexico State

Middle Tennessee and New Mexico State have 7 meetings on file, the first in 2001; New Mexico State leads the series 4–⁠3 in the games on file. Over the last 7 meetings it’s New Mexico State 4–⁠3.

Middle Tennessee wins
3
New Mexico State wins
4
Ties
0
Earliest on file
2001
Longest streak
3 New Mexico State
Current streak
1 Middle Tennessee
Last 10 meetings
New Mexico State 4–⁠3
Most recent
2025

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
2000s2–⁠2
2020s1–⁠2
Average margin
12.3 points; 4 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Middle Tennessee
2–⁠1 Middle Tennessee’s record at home
At New Mexico State
3–⁠1 New Mexico State’s record at home

Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.

Games that tell the story

  1. Middle Tennessee’s biggest win2003: Middle Tennessee 35, New Mexico State 18by 17 points
  2. New Mexico State’s biggest win2004: New Mexico State 44, Middle Tennessee 10by 34 points
  3. Upset2025: Middle Tennessee 31, New Mexico State 24Middle Tennessee had a 31% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Coach against coach

YearsMiddle TennesseeSeriesNew Mexico State
2001–⁠2004Andy McCollum2–⁠2Tony Samuel

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Middle Tennessee’s side (McCollum 2–⁠2 against Samuel). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Middle Tennessee and New Mexico State, 2001 on13001500170020052010201520202025

Our Elo rating at the end of each season, a measure of how strong a team was, not a forecast; 1500 is an average FBS team.

Stars of the series

Biggest days

Tyler King New Mexico State10 catches, 178 yards, 2 TD2025 Receiving

Biggest days: the week’s best individual games by our big-days rule, from box scores (2004 on).

Every game

Nov 28, 2026New Mexico State at Middle Tennessee upcomingat Middle Tennessee
Nov 29, 2025Middle Tennessee 31, New Mexico State 24at New Mexico State
Nov 23, 2024New Mexico State 36, Middle Tennessee 21at Middle Tennessee
Nov 4, 2023New Mexico State 13, Middle Tennessee 7at New Mexico State
Nov 6, 2004New Mexico State 44, Middle Tennessee 10at New Mexico State
Oct 11, 2003Middle Tennessee 35, New Mexico State 18at Middle Tennessee
Nov 2, 2002New Mexico State 24, Middle Tennessee 21at New Mexico State
Oct 27, 2001Middle Tennessee 39, New Mexico State 35at Middle Tennessee

Every game is listed as played on the field.