2014–2026 performance history

New Mexico over time

Season-by-season offense and defense game grades, with head-coaching changes placed on the timeline.

Mountain WestHead coach: Jason EckView New Mexico games →
Offense · 2026 estimate50.3/100

63.5 average through 2 games

46.9 prior · 8 equivalent games
Defense · 2026 estimate57.2/100

70.0 average through 2 games

53.9 prior · 8 equivalent games

The trajectory

Game and Season Unit Ratings

Each small dot is one offensive or defensive game rating, arranged in the order played. For completed seasons, the short bar is that season’s average game rating. Both dot and bar values are labeled on a percentile scale. For 2026, the bar is the Bayesian estimate, while the outlined circle is the empirical games-only mean. Labeled background bands show each head coach’s era.

New Mexico individual offense and defense game grades by seasonEach small point is one game. Horizontal bars show completed-season means and the Bayesian estimate for 2026. The outlined 2026 circle is the empirical games-only mean. Alternating labeled bands identify head-coaching eras.Davie · ’14–’19Bob Davie, 2014–2019Gonzales · ’20–’23Danny Gonzales, 2020–2023MendenhallBronco Mendenhall, 2024Eck · ’25–’26Jason Eck, 2025–2026offenseGame-grade percentile · higher is better9975502512014 Week 1: New Mexico vs. UTEP · L 24–31; offense 59.0 percentile2014 Week 2: New Mexico vs. Arizona State · L 23–58; offense 24.0 percentile2014 Week 4: New Mexico at New Mexico State · W 38–35; offense 89.6 percentile2014 Week 5: New Mexico vs. Fresno State · L 24–35; offense 40.5 percentile2014 Week 6: New Mexico at UTSA · W 21–9; offense 73.1 percentile2014 Week 7: New Mexico vs. San Diego State · L 14–24; offense 7.9 percentile2014 Week 8: New Mexico at Air Force · L 31–35; offense 66.6 percentile2014 Week 10: New Mexico at UNLV · W 31–28; offense 17.8 percentile2014 Week 11: New Mexico vs. Boise State · L 49–60; offense 94.2 percentile2014 Week 12: New Mexico at Utah State · L 21–28; offense 63.0 percentile2014 Week 13: New Mexico at Colorado State · L 20–58; offense 79.3 percentile2014 Week 14: New Mexico vs. Wyoming · W 36–30; offense 31.4 percentile2015 Week 1: New Mexico vs. Mississippi Valley State · W 66–0; offense 54.3 percentile2015 Week 2: New Mexico vs. Tulsa · L 21–40; offense 7.0 percentile2015 Week 3: New Mexico at Arizona State · L 10–34; offense 15.0 percentile2015 Week 4: New Mexico at Wyoming · W 38–28; offense 64.2 percentile2015 Week 5: New Mexico vs. New Mexico State · W 38–29; offense 13.3 percentile2015 Week 6: New Mexico at Nevada · L 17–35; offense 11.4 percentile2015 Week 7: New Mexico vs. Hawai'i · W 28–27; offense 28.6 percentile2015 Week 8: New Mexico at San José State · L 21–31; offense 53.1 percentile2015 Week 10: New Mexico vs. Utah State · W 14–13; offense 7.7 percentile2015 Week 11: New Mexico at Boise State · W 31–24; offense 54.4 percentile2015 Week 12: New Mexico vs. Colorado State · L 21–28; offense 68.5 percentile2015 Week 13: New Mexico vs. Air Force · W 47–35; offense 68.9 percentile2015 Week 1: New Mexico vs. Arizona · L 37–45; offense 39.9 percentile2016 Week 1: New Mexico vs. South Dakota · W 48–21; offense 81.1 percentile2016 Week 2: New Mexico at New Mexico State · L 31–32; offense 50.1 percentile2016 Week 3: New Mexico at Rutgers · L 28–37; offense 17.5 percentile2016 Week 5: New Mexico vs. San José State · W 48–41; offense 75.4 percentile2016 Week 6: New Mexico vs. Boise State · L 21–49; offense 47.1 percentile2016 Week 7: New Mexico vs. Air Force · W 45–40; offense 94.4 percentile2016 Week 8: New Mexico vs. UL Monroe · W 59–17; offense 95.6 percentile2016 Week 9: New Mexico at Hawai'i · W 28–21; offense 33.6 percentile2016 Week 10: New Mexico vs. Nevada · W 35–26; offense 72.5 percentile2016 Week 11: New Mexico at Utah State · W 24–21; offense 49.1 percentile2016 Week 12: New Mexico at Colorado State · L 31–49; offense 55.8 percentile2016 Week 13: New Mexico vs. Wyoming · W 56–35; offense 97.9 percentile2016 Week 1: New Mexico vs. UTSA · W 23–20; offense 62.3 percentile2017 Week 1: New Mexico vs. Abilene Christian · W 38–14; offense 56.7 percentile2017 Week 2: New Mexico vs. New Mexico State · L 28–30; offense 39.5 percentile2017 Week 3: New Mexico at Boise State · L 14–28; offense 17.3 percentile2017 Week 4: New Mexico at Tulsa · W 16–13; offense 16.4 percentile2017 Week 5: New Mexico vs. Air Force · W 56–38; offense 93.7 percentile2017 Week 7: New Mexico at Fresno State · L 0–38; offense 10.7 percentile2017 Week 8: New Mexico vs. Colorado State · L 24–27; offense 33.3 percentile2017 Week 9: New Mexico at Wyoming · L 3–42; offense 9.0 percentile2017 Week 10: New Mexico vs. Utah State · L 10–24; offense 23.5 percentile2017 Week 11: New Mexico at Texas A&M · L 14–55; offense 4.7 percentile2017 Week 12: New Mexico vs. UNLV · L 35–38; offense 64.8 percentile2017 Week 13: New Mexico at San Diego State · L 10–35; offense 7.9 percentile2018 Week 1: New Mexico vs. Incarnate Word · W 62–30; offense 48.0 percentile2018 Week 2: New Mexico at Wisconsin · L 14–45; offense 21.1 percentile2018 Week 3: New Mexico at New Mexico State · W 42–25; offense 15.7 percentile2018 Week 5: New Mexico vs. Liberty · L 43–52; offense 53.2 percentile2018 Week 6: New Mexico at UNLV · W 50–14; offense 63.4 percentile2018 Week 7: New Mexico at Colorado State · L 18–20; offense 4.2 percentile2018 Week 8: New Mexico vs. Fresno State · L 7–38; offense 38.5 percentile2018 Week 9: New Mexico at Utah State · L 19–61; offense 26.1 percentile2018 Week 10: New Mexico vs. San Diego State · L 23–31; offense 24.6 percentile2018 Week 11: New Mexico at Air Force · L 24–42; offense 39.6 percentile2018 Week 12: New Mexico vs. Boise State · L 14–45; offense 28.5 percentile2018 Week 13: New Mexico vs. Wyoming · L 3–31; offense 0.2 percentile2019 Week 1: New Mexico vs. Sam Houston · W 39–31; offense 5.8 percentile2019 Week 3: New Mexico at Notre Dame · L 14–66; offense 27.1 percentile2019 Week 4: New Mexico vs. New Mexico State · W 55–52; offense 90.7 percentile2019 Week 5: New Mexico at Liberty · L 10–17; offense 43.7 percentile2019 Week 6: New Mexico at San José State · L 21–32; offense 37.0 percentile2019 Week 7: New Mexico vs. Colorado State · L 21–35; offense 30.7 percentile2019 Week 8: New Mexico at Wyoming · L 10–23; offense 53.4 percentile2019 Week 9: New Mexico vs. Hawai'i · L 31–45; offense 18.2 percentile2019 Week 10: New Mexico at Nevada · L 10–21; offense 22.2 percentile2019 Week 12: New Mexico at Boise State · L 9–42; offense 16.0 percentile2019 Week 13: New Mexico vs. Air Force · L 22–44; offense 81.7 percentile2019 Week 14: New Mexico vs. Utah State · L 25–38; offense 19.2 percentile2020 Week 10: New Mexico at Hawai'i · L 33–39; offense 80.3 percentile2020 Week 11: New Mexico vs. Nevada · L 20–27; offense 16.1 percentile2020 Week 12: New Mexico at Air Force · L 0–28; offense 19.0 percentile2020 Week 13: New Mexico at Utah State · L 27–41; offense 28.0 percentile2020 Week 14: New Mexico vs. Wyoming · W 17–16; offense 28.6 percentile2020 Week 15: New Mexico vs. Fresno State · W 49–39; offense 95.7 percentile2021 Week 2: New Mexico vs. New Mexico State · W 34–25; offense 13.0 percentile2021 Week 3: New Mexico at Texas A&M · L 0–34; offense 17.1 percentile2021 Week 4: New Mexico at UTEP · L 13–20; offense 15.2 percentile2021 Week 5: New Mexico vs. Air Force · L 10–38; offense 35.7 percentile2021 Week 6: New Mexico at San Diego State · L 7–31; offense 2.4 percentile2021 Week 7: New Mexico vs. Colorado State · L 7–36; offense 1.1 percentile2021 Week 8: New Mexico at Wyoming · W 14–3; offense 16.3 percentile2021 Week 10: New Mexico vs. UNLV · L 17–31; offense 5.0 percentile2021 Week 11: New Mexico at Fresno State · L 7–34; offense 11.3 percentile2021 Week 12: New Mexico at Boise State · L 0–37; offense 0.7 percentile2021 Week 13: New Mexico vs. Utah State · L 10–35; offense 0.6 percentile2022 Week 1: New Mexico vs. Maine · W 41–0; offense 49.7 percentile2022 Week 2: New Mexico vs. Boise State · L 14–31; offense 0.8 percentile2022 Week 3: New Mexico vs. UTEP · W 27–10; offense 1.4 percentile2022 Week 4: New Mexico at LSU · L 0–38; offense 2.2 percentile2022 Week 5: New Mexico at UNLV · L 20–31; offense 29.7 percentile2022 Week 6: New Mexico vs. Wyoming · L 14–27; offense 18.0 percentile2022 Week 7: New Mexico at New Mexico State · L 9–21; offense 6.8 percentile2022 Week 8: New Mexico vs. Fresno State · L 9–41; offense 4.4 percentile2022 Week 10: New Mexico at Utah State · L 10–27; offense 13.7 percentile2022 Week 11: New Mexico at Air Force · L 3–35; offense 11.3 percentile2022 Week 12: New Mexico vs. San Diego State · L 10–34; offense 5.4 percentile2022 Week 13: New Mexico at Colorado State · L 0–17; offense 1.0 percentile2023 Week 1: New Mexico at Texas A&M · L 10–52; offense 12.5 percentile2023 Week 2: New Mexico vs. Tennessee Tech · W 56–10; offense 83.1 percentile2023 Week 3: New Mexico vs. New Mexico State · L 17–27; offense 43.2 percentile2023 Week 4: New Mexico at Massachusetts · W 34–31; offense 47.0 percentile2023 Week 5: New Mexico at Wyoming · L 26–35; offense 87.7 percentile2023 Week 7: New Mexico vs. San José State · L 24–52; offense 22.1 percentile2023 Week 8: New Mexico vs. Hawai'i · W 42–21; offense 92.0 percentile2023 Week 9: New Mexico at Nevada · L 24–34; offense 16.9 percentile2023 Week 10: New Mexico vs. UNLV · L 14–56; offense 6.5 percentile2023 Week 11: New Mexico at Boise State · L 14–42; offense 45.1 percentile2023 Week 12: New Mexico at Fresno State · W 25–17; offense 95.2 percentile2024 Week 1: New Mexico vs. Montana State · L 31–35; offense 5.5 percentile2024 Week 1: New Mexico at Arizona · L 39–61; offense 39.2 percentile2024 Week 3: New Mexico at Auburn · L 19–45; offense 83.9 percentile2024 Week 4: New Mexico vs. Fresno State · L 21–38; offense 52.6 percentile2024 Week 5: New Mexico at New Mexico State · W 50–40; offense 97.8 percentile2024 Week 7: New Mexico vs. Air Force · W 52–37; offense 98.7 percentile2024 Week 9: New Mexico at Colorado State · L 6–17; offense 43.9 percentile2024 Week 10: New Mexico vs. Wyoming · L 45–49; offense 95.5 percentile2024 Week 11: New Mexico at San Diego State · W 21–16; offense 68.5 percentile2024 Week 12: New Mexico vs. Washington State · W 38–35; offense 87.6 percentile2024 Week 14: New Mexico at Hawai'i · L 30–38; offense 73.6 percentile2025 Week 1: New Mexico at Michigan · L 17–34; offense 16.1 percentile2025 Week 2: New Mexico vs. Idaho State · W 32–22; offense 34.4 percentile2025 Week 3: New Mexico at UCLA · W 35–10; offense 71.1 percentile2025 Week 5: New Mexico vs. New Mexico State · W 38–20; offense 73.7 percentile2025 Week 6: New Mexico at San José State · L 28–35; offense 73.2 percentile2025 Week 7: New Mexico at Boise State · L 25–41; offense 14.1 percentile2025 Week 8: New Mexico vs. Nevada · W 24–22; offense 61.8 percentile2025 Week 9: New Mexico vs. Utah State · W 33–14; offense 56.7 percentile2025 Week 10: New Mexico at UNLV · W 40–35; offense 78.9 percentile2025 Week 12: New Mexico vs. Colorado State · W 20–17; offense 6.9 percentile2025 Week 13: New Mexico at Air Force · W 20–3; offense 44.5 percentile2025 Week 14: New Mexico vs. San Diego State · W 23–17; offense 53.5 percentile2026 Week 1: New Mexico vs. Central Michigan · W 38–7; offense 71.4 percentile2026 Week 2: New Mexico vs. Mercyhurst · W 70–7; offense 55.0 percentile2014 offense season mean: 54.9 percentile2015 offense season mean: 33.8 percentile2016 offense season mean: 69.1 percentile2017 offense season mean: 28.2 percentile2018 offense season mean: 24.1 percentile2019 offense season mean: 35.7 percentile2020 offense season mean: 47.0 percentile2021 offense season mean: 6.7 percentile2022 offense season mean: 7.3 percentile2023 offense season mean: 51.5 percentile2024 offense season mean: 74.4 percentile2025 offense season mean: 46.9 percentile2026 offense Bayesian estimate: 50.3 percentile2026 offense empirical mean: 63.5 percentiledefenseGame-grade percentile · higher is better9975502512014 Week 1: New Mexico vs. UTEP · L 24–31; defense 22.9 percentile2014 Week 2: New Mexico vs. Arizona State · L 23–58; defense 0.9 percentile2014 Week 4: New Mexico at New Mexico State · W 38–35; defense 32.2 percentile2014 Week 5: New Mexico vs. Fresno State · L 24–35; defense 3.3 percentile2014 Week 6: New Mexico at UTSA · W 21–9; defense 44.0 percentile2014 Week 7: New Mexico vs. San Diego State · L 14–24; defense 17.9 percentile2014 Week 8: New Mexico at Air Force · L 31–35; defense 44.3 percentile2014 Week 10: New Mexico at UNLV · W 31–28; defense 12.1 percentile2014 Week 11: New Mexico vs. Boise State · L 49–60; defense 10.2 percentile2014 Week 12: New Mexico at Utah State · L 21–28; defense 11.8 percentile2014 Week 13: New Mexico at Colorado State · L 20–58; defense 11.0 percentile2014 Week 14: New Mexico vs. Wyoming · W 36–30; defense 31.8 percentile2015 Week 1: New Mexico vs. Mississippi Valley State · W 66–0; defense 86.9 percentile2015 Week 2: New Mexico vs. Tulsa · L 21–40; defense 13.4 percentile2015 Week 3: New Mexico at Arizona State · L 10–34; defense 26.4 percentile2015 Week 4: New Mexico at Wyoming · W 38–28; defense 51.1 percentile2015 Week 5: New Mexico vs. New Mexico State · W 38–29; defense 37.8 percentile2015 Week 6: New Mexico at Nevada · L 17–35; defense 11.5 percentile2015 Week 7: New Mexico vs. Hawai'i · W 28–27; defense 6.0 percentile2015 Week 8: New Mexico at San José State · L 21–31; defense 25.4 percentile2015 Week 10: New Mexico vs. Utah State · W 14–13; defense 96.3 percentile2015 Week 11: New Mexico at Boise State · W 31–24; defense 84.6 percentile2015 Week 12: New Mexico vs. Colorado State · L 21–28; defense 11.1 percentile2015 Week 13: New Mexico vs. Air Force · W 47–35; defense 35.6 percentile2015 Week 1: New Mexico vs. Arizona · L 37–45; defense 21.1 percentile2016 Week 1: New Mexico vs. South Dakota · W 48–21; defense 11.2 percentile2016 Week 2: New Mexico at New Mexico State · L 31–32; defense 45.8 percentile2016 Week 3: New Mexico at Rutgers · L 28–37; defense 24.9 percentile2016 Week 5: New Mexico vs. San José State · W 48–41; defense 35.2 percentile2016 Week 6: New Mexico vs. Boise State · L 21–49; defense 19.7 percentile2016 Week 7: New Mexico vs. Air Force · W 45–40; defense 42.6 percentile2016 Week 8: New Mexico vs. UL Monroe · W 59–17; defense 73.2 percentile2016 Week 9: New Mexico at Hawai'i · W 28–21; defense 72.6 percentile2016 Week 10: New Mexico vs. Nevada · W 35–26; defense 49.7 percentile2016 Week 11: New Mexico at Utah State · W 24–21; defense 31.9 percentile2016 Week 12: New Mexico at Colorado State · L 31–49; defense 6.9 percentile2016 Week 13: New Mexico vs. Wyoming · W 56–35; defense 42.2 percentile2016 Week 1: New Mexico vs. UTSA · W 23–20; defense 39.1 percentile2017 Week 1: New Mexico vs. Abilene Christian · W 38–14; defense 52.6 percentile2017 Week 2: New Mexico vs. New Mexico State · L 28–30; defense 45.2 percentile2017 Week 3: New Mexico at Boise State · L 14–28; defense 79.5 percentile2017 Week 4: New Mexico at Tulsa · W 16–13; defense 79.6 percentile2017 Week 5: New Mexico vs. Air Force · W 56–38; defense 35.5 percentile2017 Week 7: New Mexico at Fresno State · L 0–38; defense 19.5 percentile2017 Week 8: New Mexico vs. Colorado State · L 24–27; defense 65.1 percentile2017 Week 9: New Mexico at Wyoming · L 3–42; defense 44.8 percentile2017 Week 10: New Mexico vs. Utah State · L 10–24; defense 78.5 percentile2017 Week 11: New Mexico at Texas A&M · L 14–55; defense 13.3 percentile2017 Week 12: New Mexico vs. UNLV · L 35–38; defense 16.7 percentile2017 Week 13: New Mexico at San Diego State · L 10–35; defense 14.5 percentile2018 Week 1: New Mexico vs. Incarnate Word · W 62–30; defense 11.4 percentile2018 Week 2: New Mexico at Wisconsin · L 14–45; defense 2.6 percentile2018 Week 3: New Mexico at New Mexico State · W 42–25; defense 47.6 percentile2018 Week 5: New Mexico vs. Liberty · L 43–52; defense 29.1 percentile2018 Week 6: New Mexico at UNLV · W 50–14; defense 99.3 percentile2018 Week 7: New Mexico at Colorado State · L 18–20; defense 63.8 percentile2018 Week 8: New Mexico vs. Fresno State · L 7–38; defense 19.9 percentile2018 Week 9: New Mexico at Utah State · L 19–61; defense 17.7 percentile2018 Week 10: New Mexico vs. San Diego State · L 23–31; defense 28.5 percentile2018 Week 11: New Mexico at Air Force · L 24–42; defense 10.7 percentile2018 Week 12: New Mexico vs. Boise State · L 14–45; defense 23.1 percentile2018 Week 13: New Mexico vs. Wyoming · L 3–31; defense 17.8 percentile2019 Week 1: New Mexico vs. Sam Houston · W 39–31; defense 24.5 percentile2019 Week 3: New Mexico at Notre Dame · L 14–66; defense 30.2 percentile2019 Week 4: New Mexico vs. New Mexico State · W 55–52; defense 3.3 percentile2019 Week 5: New Mexico at Liberty · L 10–17; defense 58.5 percentile2019 Week 6: New Mexico at San José State · L 21–32; defense 67.5 percentile2019 Week 7: New Mexico vs. Colorado State · L 21–35; defense 25.8 percentile2019 Week 8: New Mexico at Wyoming · L 10–23; defense 37.2 percentile2019 Week 9: New Mexico vs. Hawai'i · L 31–45; defense 16.2 percentile2019 Week 10: New Mexico at Nevada · L 10–21; defense 73.2 percentile2019 Week 12: New Mexico at Boise State · L 9–42; defense 8.4 percentile2019 Week 13: New Mexico vs. Air Force · L 22–44; defense 3.5 percentile2019 Week 14: New Mexico vs. Utah State · L 25–38; defense 27.5 percentile2020 Week 10: New Mexico at Hawai'i · L 33–39; defense 26.9 percentile2020 Week 11: New Mexico vs. Nevada · L 20–27; defense 68.3 percentile2020 Week 12: New Mexico at Air Force · L 0–28; defense 29.2 percentile2020 Week 13: New Mexico at Utah State · L 27–41; defense 6.0 percentile2020 Week 14: New Mexico vs. Wyoming · W 17–16; defense 46.8 percentile2020 Week 15: New Mexico vs. Fresno State · W 49–39; defense 18.8 percentile2021 Week 2: New Mexico vs. New Mexico State · W 34–25; defense 80.6 percentile2021 Week 3: New Mexico at Texas A&M · L 0–34; defense 33.0 percentile2021 Week 4: New Mexico at UTEP · L 13–20; defense 76.0 percentile2021 Week 5: New Mexico vs. Air Force · L 10–38; defense 12.8 percentile2021 Week 6: New Mexico at San Diego State · L 7–31; defense 43.9 percentile2021 Week 7: New Mexico vs. Colorado State · L 7–36; defense 38.7 percentile2021 Week 8: New Mexico at Wyoming · W 14–3; defense 89.1 percentile2021 Week 10: New Mexico vs. UNLV · L 17–31; defense 55.7 percentile2021 Week 11: New Mexico at Fresno State · L 7–34; defense 29.7 percentile2021 Week 12: New Mexico at Boise State · L 0–37; defense 39.3 percentile2021 Week 13: New Mexico vs. Utah State · L 10–35; defense 12.6 percentile2022 Week 1: New Mexico vs. Maine · W 41–0; defense 77.7 percentile2022 Week 2: New Mexico vs. Boise State · L 14–31; defense 75.4 percentile2022 Week 3: New Mexico vs. UTEP · W 27–10; defense 73.4 percentile2022 Week 4: New Mexico at LSU · L 0–38; defense 6.3 percentile2022 Week 5: New Mexico at UNLV · L 20–31; defense 24.0 percentile2022 Week 6: New Mexico vs. Wyoming · L 14–27; defense 67.6 percentile2022 Week 7: New Mexico at New Mexico State · L 9–21; defense 65.0 percentile2022 Week 8: New Mexico vs. Fresno State · L 9–41; defense 9.0 percentile2022 Week 10: New Mexico at Utah State · L 10–27; defense 81.8 percentile2022 Week 11: New Mexico at Air Force · L 3–35; defense 7.7 percentile2022 Week 12: New Mexico vs. San Diego State · L 10–34; defense 9.1 percentile2022 Week 13: New Mexico at Colorado State · L 0–17; defense 50.9 percentile2023 Week 1: New Mexico at Texas A&M · L 10–52; defense 7.6 percentile2023 Week 2: New Mexico vs. Tennessee Tech · W 56–10; defense 44.6 percentile2023 Week 3: New Mexico vs. New Mexico State · L 17–27; defense 9.2 percentile2023 Week 4: New Mexico at Massachusetts · W 34–31; defense 16.9 percentile2023 Week 5: New Mexico at Wyoming · L 26–35; defense 16.4 percentile2023 Week 7: New Mexico vs. San José State · L 24–52; defense 11.3 percentile2023 Week 8: New Mexico vs. Hawai'i · W 42–21; defense 35.5 percentile2023 Week 9: New Mexico at Nevada · L 24–34; defense 53.6 percentile2023 Week 10: New Mexico vs. UNLV · L 14–56; defense 2.1 percentile2023 Week 11: New Mexico at Boise State · L 14–42; defense 3.0 percentile2023 Week 12: New Mexico at Fresno State · W 25–17; defense 92.9 percentile2024 Week 1: New Mexico vs. Montana State · L 31–35; defense 1.0 percentile2024 Week 1: New Mexico at Arizona · L 39–61; defense 4.5 percentile2024 Week 3: New Mexico at Auburn · L 19–45; defense 7.7 percentile2024 Week 4: New Mexico vs. Fresno State · L 21–38; defense 35.2 percentile2024 Week 5: New Mexico at New Mexico State · W 50–40; defense 17.7 percentile2024 Week 7: New Mexico vs. Air Force · W 52–37; defense 20.9 percentile2024 Week 9: New Mexico at Colorado State · L 6–17; defense 60.3 percentile2024 Week 10: New Mexico vs. Wyoming · L 45–49; defense 1.7 percentile2024 Week 11: New Mexico at San Diego State · W 21–16; defense 50.2 percentile2024 Week 12: New Mexico vs. Washington State · W 38–35; defense 16.6 percentile2024 Week 14: New Mexico at Hawai'i · L 30–38; defense 15.8 percentile2025 Week 1: New Mexico at Michigan · L 17–34; defense 34.6 percentile2025 Week 2: New Mexico vs. Idaho State · W 32–22; defense 9.9 percentile2025 Week 3: New Mexico at UCLA · W 35–10; defense 70.4 percentile2025 Week 5: New Mexico vs. New Mexico State · W 38–20; defense 76.8 percentile2025 Week 6: New Mexico at San José State · L 28–35; defense 7.1 percentile2025 Week 7: New Mexico at Boise State · L 25–41; defense 49.8 percentile2025 Week 8: New Mexico vs. Nevada · W 24–22; defense 58.9 percentile2025 Week 9: New Mexico vs. Utah State · W 33–14; defense 29.3 percentile2025 Week 10: New Mexico at UNLV · W 40–35; defense 79.1 percentile2025 Week 12: New Mexico vs. Colorado State · W 20–17; defense 72.9 percentile2025 Week 13: New Mexico at Air Force · W 20–3; defense 97.9 percentile2025 Week 14: New Mexico vs. San Diego State · W 23–17; defense 46.6 percentile2026 Week 1: New Mexico vs. Central Michigan · W 38–7; defense 70.9 percentile2026 Week 2: New Mexico vs. Mercyhurst · W 70–7; defense 69.1 percentile2014 defense season mean: 16.0 percentile2015 defense season mean: 38.1 percentile2016 defense season mean: 36.1 percentile2017 defense season mean: 44.3 percentile2018 defense season mean: 30.3 percentile2019 defense season mean: 26.6 percentile2020 defense season mean: 29.7 percentile2021 defense season mean: 46.3 percentile2022 defense season mean: 41.8 percentile2023 defense season mean: 21.3 percentile2024 defense season mean: 15.1 percentile2025 defense season mean: 53.9 percentile2026 defense Bayesian estimate: 57.2 percentile2026 defense empirical mean: 70.0 percentile2014201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026
Individual gameSeason bar · 2026 is the estimate2026 empirical meanCoaching-era band
2020Danny Gonzales
2024Bronco Mendenhall
2025Jason Eck

How to read 2026

The current-season estimate intelligently blends last season with new data.

The 2026 estimate is a Bayesian weighted average of normal-score Z-values. The 2025 season mean counts like 8 games of prior evidence; each completed 2026 game counts once. The result is then translated back to the 0–100 percentile scale.

2026 Z = (8 × 2025 mean Z + games played × 2026 mean Z) ÷ (8 + games played)

Season record

Every annual grade and coach

Retrospective rows average the available single-game grades in normal-score space. The result is shown as a percentile. Roughly speaking, a 95th-percentile season corresponds to about the eighth-best team in a 160-team field.

SeasonHead coachGamesOffenseDefense
2026Live estimateJason Eck2
50.3 estimate63.5 games-only average
57.2 estimate70.0 games-only average
2025Jason EckCoaching change1246.953.9
2024Bronco MendenhallCoaching change1174.415.1
2023Danny Gonzales1151.521.3
2022Danny Gonzales127.341.8
2021Danny Gonzales116.746.3
2020Danny GonzalesCoaching change647.029.7
2019Bob Davie1235.726.6
2018Bob Davie1224.130.3
2017Bob Davie1228.244.3
2016Bob Davie1369.136.1
2015Bob Davie1333.838.1
2014Bob Davie1254.916.0