2016 New Mexico State

• Biggest winBeat Texas State 50–⁠10Nov 19

  By 40 points, its widest win.

• Most excitingBeat Louisiana 37–⁠31Oct 1

  The win probability swung the most, by CollegeFootballData.com’s excitement index.

Date	Opponent	Result	Elo
Sep 3	atUTEP	L 22–⁠38		33%
Sep 10	vsNew Mexico	W 32–⁠31		38%
Sep 17	atKentucky	L 42–⁠62		31%
Sep 24	atTroy	L 6–⁠52		24%
Oct 1	vsLouisiana	W 37–⁠31		41%
Oct 15	atIdaho	L 23–⁠55		39%
Oct 22	vsGeorgia Southern	L 19–⁠22		28%
Oct 29	at9Texas A&M	L 10–⁠52		7%
Nov 12	atArkansas State	L 22–⁠41		17%
Nov 19	vsTexas State	W 50–⁠10		59%
Nov 26	vsApp State	L 7–⁠37		18%
Dec 3	atSouth Alabama	L 28–⁠35		30%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

• Offense88th of 128
• Defense80th of 128
• Offense, opponent-adjusted100th of 128
• Defense, opponent-adjusted97th of 128

CORE rating -15.4, 118th of 128 (offense -8.1, defense 7.2).

A trip inside the 40 is a drive that reaches the opponent’s 40-yard line; points per trip is how many it scored on average (allowed, on defense). Average start is where drives began (the defense’s line is where its opponents started). Havoc is the share of plays ending in a tackle for loss, a forced fumble, an interception or a pass broken up. CORE is CollegeFootballData.com’s context- and opponent-adjusted rating (points better than an average team; lower is better on defense). From CollegeFootballData.com.

109 players, with numbers, heights, hometowns and each player’s 2016 line; 60 have a stat line. See the roster

Team	Conf.	Overall	AP final
App State	7–⁠1	10–⁠3
Arkansas State	7–⁠1	8–⁠5
Troy	6–⁠2	10–⁠3
Idaho	6–⁠2	9–⁠4
Louisiana	5–⁠3	6–⁠7
Georgia Southern	4–⁠4	5–⁠7
UL Monroe	3–⁠5	4–⁠8
South Alabama	2–⁠6	6–⁠7
New Mexico State	2–⁠6	3–⁠9
Georgia State	2–⁠6	3–⁠9
Texas State	0–⁠8	2–⁠10

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.