2014–2026 performance history

UTEP over time

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

Mountain WestHead coach: Scotty WaldenView UTEP games →
Offense · 2026 estimate21.3/100

30.9 average through 1 game

20.2 prior · 8 equivalent games
Defense · 2026 estimate48.7/100

4.5 average through 1 game

57.0 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.

UTEP 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.Kugler · ’14–’16Sean Kugler, 2014–2016PriceMike Price, 2017Dimel · ’18–’23Dana Dimel, 2018–2023Walden · ’24–’26Scotty Walden, 2024–2026offenseGame-grade percentile · higher is better9975502512014 Week 1: UTEP at New Mexico · W 31–24; offense 49.2 percentile2014 Week 2: UTEP vs. Texas Tech · L 26–30; offense 23.7 percentile2014 Week 3: UTEP vs. New Mexico State · W 42–24; offense 81.8 percentile2014 Week 5: UTEP at Kansas State · L 28–58; offense 4.1 percentile2014 Week 6: UTEP at Louisiana Tech · L 3–55; offense 8.2 percentile2014 Week 7: UTEP vs. Old Dominion · W 42–35; offense 57.5 percentile2014 Week 9: UTEP at UTSA · W 34–0; offense 66.2 percentile2014 Week 10: UTEP vs. Southern Miss · W 35–14; offense 6.3 percentile2014 Week 11: UTEP at Western Kentucky · L 27–35; offense 54.3 percentile2014 Week 12: UTEP vs. North Texas · W 35–17; offense 92.9 percentile2014 Week 13: UTEP at Rice · L 13–31; offense 11.3 percentile2014 Week 14: UTEP vs. Middle Tennessee · W 24–21; offense 69.7 percentile2014 Week 1: UTEP vs. Utah State · L 6–21; offense 25.3 percentile2015 Week 1: UTEP at Arkansas · L 13–48; offense 11.4 percentile2015 Week 2: UTEP at Texas Tech · L 20–69; offense 8.5 percentile2015 Week 3: UTEP at New Mexico State · W 50–47; offense 59.6 percentile2015 Week 4: UTEP vs. Incarnate Word · W 27–17; offense 0.8 percentile2015 Week 5: UTEP vs. UTSA · L 6–25; offense 3.9 percentile2015 Week 6: UTEP at Florida International · L 12–52; offense 22.6 percentile2015 Week 8: UTEP vs. Florida Atlantic · W 27–17; offense 63.3 percentile2015 Week 9: UTEP at Southern Miss · L 13–34; offense 31.3 percentile2015 Week 11: UTEP at Old Dominion · L 21–31; offense 17.6 percentile2015 Week 12: UTEP vs. Louisiana Tech · L 15–17; offense 38.2 percentile2015 Week 13: UTEP at North Texas · W 20–17; offense 3.0 percentile2016 Week 1: UTEP vs. New Mexico State · W 38–22; offense 66.8 percentile2016 Week 2: UTEP at Texas · L 7–41; offense 8.3 percentile2016 Week 3: UTEP vs. Army · L 14–66; offense 25.7 percentile2016 Week 4: UTEP vs. Southern Miss · L 7–34; offense 9.8 percentile2016 Week 5: UTEP at Louisiana Tech · L 7–28; offense 39.9 percentile2016 Week 6: UTEP vs. Florida International · L 21–35; offense 5.4 percentile2016 Week 9: UTEP vs. Old Dominion · L 21–31; offense 19.5 percentile2016 Week 10: UTEP vs. Houston Christian · W 42–10; offense 66.0 percentile2016 Week 11: UTEP at Florida Atlantic · L 31–35; offense 49.7 percentile2016 Week 12: UTEP at Rice · L 24–44; offense 16.4 percentile2017 Week 1: UTEP at Oklahoma · L 7–56; offense 6.5 percentile2017 Week 2: UTEP vs. Rice · L 14–31; offense 0.6 percentile2017 Week 3: UTEP vs. Arizona · L 16–63; offense 1.3 percentile2017 Week 4: UTEP at New Mexico State · L 14–41; offense 16.8 percentile2017 Week 5: UTEP at Army · L 21–35; offense 27.7 percentile2017 Week 6: UTEP vs. Western Kentucky · L 14–15; offense 32.4 percentile2017 Week 7: UTEP at Southern Miss · L 0–24; offense 3.0 percentile2017 Week 9: UTEP vs. UTSA · L 14–31; offense 32.6 percentile2017 Week 10: UTEP at Middle Tennessee · L 3–30; offense 11.7 percentile2017 Week 11: UTEP at North Texas · L 10–45; offense 1.8 percentile2017 Week 12: UTEP vs. Louisiana Tech · L 21–42; offense 53.0 percentile2017 Week 13: UTEP at UAB · L 7–28; offense 23.4 percentile2018 Week 2: UTEP at UNLV · L 24–52; offense 24.7 percentile2018 Week 3: UTEP at Tennessee · L 0–24; offense 3.4 percentile2018 Week 4: UTEP vs. New Mexico State · L 20–27; offense 30.6 percentile2018 Week 5: UTEP at UTSA · L 21–30; offense 16.0 percentile2018 Week 6: UTEP vs. North Texas · L 24–27; offense 64.3 percentile2018 Week 8: UTEP at Louisiana Tech · L 24–31; offense 30.6 percentile2018 Week 9: UTEP vs. UAB · L 0–19; offense 0.9 percentile2018 Week 10: UTEP at Rice · W 34–26; offense 36.1 percentile2018 Week 11: UTEP vs. Middle Tennessee · L 32–48; offense 29.3 percentile2018 Week 12: UTEP at Western Kentucky · L 16–40; offense 53.0 percentile2018 Week 13: UTEP vs. Southern Miss · L 7–39; offense 12.2 percentile2019 Week 1: UTEP vs. Houston Christian · W 36–34; offense 50.5 percentile2019 Week 2: UTEP at Texas Tech · L 3–38; offense 2.7 percentile2019 Week 4: UTEP vs. Nevada · L 21–37; offense 44.1 percentile2019 Week 5: UTEP at Southern Miss · L 13–31; offense 47.2 percentile2019 Week 6: UTEP vs. UTSA · L 16–26; offense 4.7 percentile2019 Week 8: UTEP at Florida International · L 17–32; offense 18.6 percentile2019 Week 9: UTEP vs. Louisiana Tech · L 21–42; offense 24.6 percentile2019 Week 10: UTEP at North Texas · L 26–52; offense 37.8 percentile2019 Week 11: UTEP vs. Charlotte · L 21–28; offense 42.0 percentile2019 Week 12: UTEP at UAB · L 10–37; offense 34.1 percentile2019 Week 13: UTEP at New Mexico State · L 35–44; offense 45.5 percentile2019 Week 14: UTEP vs. Rice · L 16–30; offense 8.3 percentile2020 Week 1: UTEP vs. Stephen F. Austin · W 24–14; offense 24.2 percentile2020 Week 2: UTEP at Texas · L 3–59; offense 2.0 percentile2020 Week 3: UTEP vs. Abilene Christian · W 17–13; offense 2.7 percentile2020 Week 4: UTEP at UL Monroe · W 31–6; offense 53.9 percentile2020 Week 6: UTEP at Louisiana Tech · L 17–21; offense 1.8 percentile2020 Week 8: UTEP at Charlotte · L 28–38; offense 50.5 percentile2020 Week 11: UTEP at UTSA · L 21–52; offense 24.3 percentile2020 Week 15: UTEP vs. North Texas · L 43–45; offense 49.7 percentile2021 Week 1: UTEP at New Mexico State · W 30–3; offense 48.7 percentile2021 Week 1: UTEP vs. Bethune-Cookman · W 38–28; offense 10.5 percentile2021 Week 2: UTEP at Boise State · L 13–54; offense 24.4 percentile2021 Week 4: UTEP vs. New Mexico · W 20–13; offense 19.3 percentile2021 Week 5: UTEP vs. Old Dominion · W 28–21; offense 35.2 percentile2021 Week 6: UTEP at Southern Miss · W 26–13; offense 35.4 percentile2021 Week 7: UTEP vs. Louisiana Tech · W 19–3; offense 13.2 percentile2021 Week 10: UTEP vs. UTSA · L 23–44; offense 43.7 percentile2021 Week 11: UTEP at North Texas · L 17–20; offense 32.9 percentile2021 Week 13: UTEP at UAB · L 25–42; offense 58.0 percentile2021 Week 1: UTEP vs. Fresno State · L 24–31; offense 83.9 percentile2022 Week 1: UTEP vs. North Texas · L 13–31; offense 14.7 percentile2022 Week 1: UTEP at Oklahoma · L 13–45; offense 31.5 percentile2022 Week 2: UTEP vs. New Mexico State · W 20–13; offense 13.1 percentile2022 Week 3: UTEP at New Mexico · L 10–27; offense 28.5 percentile2022 Week 4: UTEP vs. Boise State · W 27–10; offense 76.9 percentile2022 Week 5: UTEP at Charlotte · W 41–35; offense 64.0 percentile2022 Week 6: UTEP at Louisiana Tech · L 31–41; offense 37.3 percentile2022 Week 8: UTEP vs. Florida Atlantic · W 24–21; offense 50.2 percentile2022 Week 9: UTEP vs. Middle Tennessee · L 13–24; offense 37.9 percentile2022 Week 10: UTEP at Rice · L 30–37; offense 45.3 percentile2022 Week 13: UTEP at UTSA · L 31–34; offense 92.9 percentile2023 Week 1: UTEP at Jacksonville State · L 14–17; offense 50.9 percentile2023 Week 1: UTEP vs. Incarnate Word · W 28–14; offense 61.7 percentile2023 Week 2: UTEP at Northwestern · L 7–38; offense 13.7 percentile2023 Week 3: UTEP at Arizona · L 10–31; offense 16.7 percentile2023 Week 4: UTEP vs. UNLV · L 28–45; offense 15.1 percentile2023 Week 5: UTEP vs. Louisiana Tech · L 10–24; offense 7.8 percentile2023 Week 7: UTEP at Florida International · W 27–14; offense 50.4 percentile2023 Week 8: UTEP vs. New Mexico State · L 7–28; offense 13.0 percentile2023 Week 9: UTEP at Sam Houston · W 37–34; offense 90.2 percentile2023 Week 10: UTEP vs. Western Kentucky · L 13–21; offense 13.5 percentile2023 Week 12: UTEP at Middle Tennessee · L 30–34; offense 52.5 percentile2023 Week 13: UTEP vs. Liberty · L 28–42; offense 14.4 percentile2024 Week 1: UTEP at Nebraska · L 7–40; offense 42.5 percentile2024 Week 2: UTEP vs. Southern Utah · L 24–27; offense 6.5 percentile2024 Week 3: UTEP at Liberty · L 10–28; offense 11.4 percentile2024 Week 4: UTEP at Colorado State · L 17–27; offense 11.0 percentile2024 Week 6: UTEP vs. Sam Houston · L 21–41; offense 23.4 percentile2024 Week 7: UTEP at Western Kentucky · L 17–44; offense 40.3 percentile2024 Week 8: UTEP vs. Florida International · W 30–21; offense 59.6 percentile2024 Week 9: UTEP at Louisiana Tech · L 10–14; offense 8.1 percentile2024 Week 10: UTEP vs. Middle Tennessee · L 13–20; offense 5.3 percentile2024 Week 11: UTEP vs. Kennesaw State · W 43–35; offense 11.3 percentile2024 Week 13: UTEP at Tennessee · L 0–56; offense 12.5 percentile2024 Week 14: UTEP at New Mexico State · W 42–35; offense 19.9 percentile2025 Week 1: UTEP at Utah State · L 16–28; offense 6.5 percentile2025 Week 2: UTEP vs. UT Martin · W 42–17; offense 39.2 percentile2025 Week 3: UTEP at Texas · L 10–27; offense 9.7 percentile2025 Week 4: UTEP vs. UL Monroe · L 25–31; offense 7.4 percentile2025 Week 5: UTEP vs. Louisiana Tech · L 11–30; offense 22.3 percentile2025 Week 7: UTEP vs. Liberty · L 8–19; offense 0.2 percentile2025 Week 8: UTEP vs. Sam Houston · W 35–17; offense 40.7 percentile2025 Week 10: UTEP at Kennesaw State · L 20–33; offense 18.6 percentile2025 Week 11: UTEP vs. Jacksonville State · L 27–30; offense 61.6 percentile2025 Week 12: UTEP at Missouri State · L 24–38; offense 39.3 percentile2025 Week 13: UTEP vs. New Mexico State · L 31–34; offense 55.1 percentile2026 Week 1: UTEP at Oklahoma · L 0–51; offense 30.9 percentile2014 offense season mean: 38.9 percentile2015 offense season mean: 17.0 percentile2016 offense season mean: 26.8 percentile2017 offense season mean: 11.3 percentile2018 offense season mean: 21.9 percentile2019 offense season mean: 25.8 percentile2020 offense season mean: 17.8 percentile2021 offense season mean: 35.4 percentile2022 offense season mean: 44.9 percentile2023 offense season mean: 30.5 percentile2024 offense season mean: 17.8 percentile2025 offense season mean: 20.2 percentile2026 offense Bayesian estimate: 21.3 percentile2026 offense empirical mean: 30.9 percentiledefenseGame-grade percentile · higher is better9975502512014 Week 1: UTEP at New Mexico · W 31–24; defense 44.5 percentile2014 Week 2: UTEP vs. Texas Tech · L 26–30; defense 18.6 percentile2014 Week 3: UTEP vs. New Mexico State · W 42–24; defense 29.6 percentile2014 Week 5: UTEP at Kansas State · L 28–58; defense 14.9 percentile2014 Week 6: UTEP at Louisiana Tech · L 3–55; defense 4.5 percentile2014 Week 7: UTEP vs. Old Dominion · W 42–35; defense 38.2 percentile2014 Week 9: UTEP at UTSA · W 34–0; defense 99.5 percentile2014 Week 10: UTEP vs. Southern Miss · W 35–14; defense 63.1 percentile2014 Week 11: UTEP at Western Kentucky · L 27–35; defense 71.5 percentile2014 Week 12: UTEP vs. North Texas · W 35–17; defense 84.6 percentile2014 Week 13: UTEP at Rice · L 13–31; defense 33.2 percentile2014 Week 14: UTEP vs. Middle Tennessee · W 24–21; defense 28.6 percentile2014 Week 1: UTEP vs. Utah State · L 6–21; defense 21.7 percentile2015 Week 1: UTEP at Arkansas · L 13–48; defense 18.6 percentile2015 Week 2: UTEP at Texas Tech · L 20–69; defense 9.9 percentile2015 Week 3: UTEP at New Mexico State · W 50–47; defense 12.9 percentile2015 Week 4: UTEP vs. Incarnate Word · W 27–17; defense 11.9 percentile2015 Week 5: UTEP vs. UTSA · L 6–25; defense 93.6 percentile2015 Week 6: UTEP at Florida International · L 12–52; defense 8.8 percentile2015 Week 8: UTEP vs. Florida Atlantic · W 27–17; defense 52.7 percentile2015 Week 9: UTEP at Southern Miss · L 13–34; defense 15.6 percentile2015 Week 11: UTEP at Old Dominion · L 21–31; defense 46.5 percentile2015 Week 12: UTEP vs. Louisiana Tech · L 15–17; defense 91.5 percentile2015 Week 13: UTEP at North Texas · W 20–17; defense 85.3 percentile2016 Week 1: UTEP vs. New Mexico State · W 38–22; defense 52.7 percentile2016 Week 2: UTEP at Texas · L 7–41; defense 38.1 percentile2016 Week 3: UTEP vs. Army · L 14–66; defense 4.6 percentile2016 Week 4: UTEP vs. Southern Miss · L 7–34; defense 24.8 percentile2016 Week 5: UTEP at Louisiana Tech · L 7–28; defense 35.1 percentile2016 Week 6: UTEP vs. Florida International · L 21–35; defense 7.7 percentile2016 Week 9: UTEP vs. Old Dominion · L 21–31; defense 27.2 percentile2016 Week 10: UTEP vs. Houston Christian · W 42–10; defense 43.2 percentile2016 Week 11: UTEP at Florida Atlantic · L 31–35; defense 2.6 percentile2016 Week 12: UTEP at Rice · L 24–44; defense 6.6 percentile2017 Week 1: UTEP at Oklahoma · L 7–56; defense 18.6 percentile2017 Week 2: UTEP vs. Rice · L 14–31; defense 11.4 percentile2017 Week 3: UTEP vs. Arizona · L 16–63; defense 31.6 percentile2017 Week 4: UTEP at New Mexico State · L 14–41; defense 19.9 percentile2017 Week 5: UTEP at Army · L 21–35; defense 4.8 percentile2017 Week 6: UTEP vs. Western Kentucky · L 14–15; defense 69.9 percentile2017 Week 7: UTEP at Southern Miss · L 0–24; defense 58.8 percentile2017 Week 9: UTEP vs. UTSA · L 14–31; defense 35.3 percentile2017 Week 10: UTEP at Middle Tennessee · L 3–30; defense 24.3 percentile2017 Week 11: UTEP at North Texas · L 10–45; defense 4.1 percentile2017 Week 12: UTEP vs. Louisiana Tech · L 21–42; defense 4.9 percentile2017 Week 13: UTEP at UAB · L 7–28; defense 41.5 percentile2018 Week 2: UTEP at UNLV · L 24–52; defense 2.8 percentile2018 Week 3: UTEP at Tennessee · L 0–24; defense 12.3 percentile2018 Week 4: UTEP vs. New Mexico State · L 20–27; defense 51.6 percentile2018 Week 5: UTEP at UTSA · L 21–30; defense 18.4 percentile2018 Week 6: UTEP vs. North Texas · L 24–27; defense 53.3 percentile2018 Week 8: UTEP at Louisiana Tech · L 24–31; defense 41.0 percentile2018 Week 9: UTEP vs. UAB · L 0–19; defense 58.6 percentile2018 Week 10: UTEP at Rice · W 34–26; defense 40.0 percentile2018 Week 11: UTEP vs. Middle Tennessee · L 32–48; defense 30.9 percentile2018 Week 12: UTEP at Western Kentucky · L 16–40; defense 23.8 percentile2018 Week 13: UTEP vs. Southern Miss · L 7–39; defense 26.8 percentile2019 Week 1: UTEP vs. Houston Christian · W 36–34; defense 6.5 percentile2019 Week 2: UTEP at Texas Tech · L 3–38; defense 22.8 percentile2019 Week 4: UTEP vs. Nevada · L 21–37; defense 0.8 percentile2019 Week 5: UTEP at Southern Miss · L 13–31; defense 5.9 percentile2019 Week 6: UTEP vs. UTSA · L 16–26; defense 14.3 percentile2019 Week 8: UTEP at Florida International · L 17–32; defense 10.8 percentile2019 Week 9: UTEP vs. Louisiana Tech · L 21–42; defense 9.5 percentile2019 Week 10: UTEP at North Texas · L 26–52; defense 11.7 percentile2019 Week 11: UTEP vs. Charlotte · L 21–28; defense 27.9 percentile2019 Week 12: UTEP at UAB · L 10–37; defense 2.7 percentile2019 Week 13: UTEP at New Mexico State · L 35–44; defense 14.5 percentile2019 Week 14: UTEP vs. Rice · L 16–30; defense 1.1 percentile2020 Week 1: UTEP vs. Stephen F. Austin · W 24–14; defense 9.4 percentile2020 Week 2: UTEP at Texas · L 3–59; defense 3.7 percentile2020 Week 3: UTEP vs. Abilene Christian · W 17–13; defense 55.8 percentile2020 Week 4: UTEP at UL Monroe · W 31–6; defense 91.7 percentile2020 Week 6: UTEP at Louisiana Tech · L 17–21; defense 83.8 percentile2020 Week 8: UTEP at Charlotte · L 28–38; defense 30.7 percentile2020 Week 11: UTEP at UTSA · L 21–52; defense 5.5 percentile2020 Week 15: UTEP vs. North Texas · L 43–45; defense 44.2 percentile2021 Week 1: UTEP at New Mexico State · W 30–3; defense 84.5 percentile2021 Week 1: UTEP vs. Bethune-Cookman · W 38–28; defense 36.0 percentile2021 Week 2: UTEP at Boise State · L 13–54; defense 20.0 percentile2021 Week 4: UTEP vs. New Mexico · W 20–13; defense 41.6 percentile2021 Week 5: UTEP vs. Old Dominion · W 28–21; defense 79.8 percentile2021 Week 6: UTEP at Southern Miss · W 26–13; defense 75.4 percentile2021 Week 7: UTEP vs. Louisiana Tech · W 19–3; defense 86.7 percentile2021 Week 10: UTEP vs. UTSA · L 23–44; defense 12.3 percentile2021 Week 11: UTEP at North Texas · L 17–20; defense 61.1 percentile2021 Week 13: UTEP at UAB · L 25–42; defense 52.0 percentile2021 Week 1: UTEP vs. Fresno State · L 24–31; defense 28.5 percentile2022 Week 1: UTEP vs. North Texas · L 13–31; defense 46.5 percentile2022 Week 1: UTEP at Oklahoma · L 13–45; defense 2.2 percentile2022 Week 2: UTEP vs. New Mexico State · W 20–13; defense 48.1 percentile2022 Week 3: UTEP at New Mexico · L 10–27; defense 62.1 percentile2022 Week 4: UTEP vs. Boise State · W 27–10; defense 88.5 percentile2022 Week 5: UTEP at Charlotte · W 41–35; defense 6.4 percentile2022 Week 6: UTEP at Louisiana Tech · L 31–41; defense 24.6 percentile2022 Week 8: UTEP vs. Florida Atlantic · W 24–21; defense 66.8 percentile2022 Week 9: UTEP vs. Middle Tennessee · L 13–24; defense 13.8 percentile2022 Week 10: UTEP at Rice · L 30–37; defense 3.4 percentile2022 Week 13: UTEP at UTSA · L 31–34; defense 64.0 percentile2023 Week 1: UTEP at Jacksonville State · L 14–17; defense 63.3 percentile2023 Week 1: UTEP vs. Incarnate Word · W 28–14; defense 34.5 percentile2023 Week 2: UTEP at Northwestern · L 7–38; defense 5.3 percentile2023 Week 3: UTEP at Arizona · L 10–31; defense 19.5 percentile2023 Week 4: UTEP vs. UNLV · L 28–45; defense 18.7 percentile2023 Week 5: UTEP vs. Louisiana Tech · L 10–24; defense 35.8 percentile2023 Week 7: UTEP at Florida International · W 27–14; defense 59.3 percentile2023 Week 8: UTEP vs. New Mexico State · L 7–28; defense 23.4 percentile2023 Week 9: UTEP at Sam Houston · W 37–34; defense 12.2 percentile2023 Week 10: UTEP vs. Western Kentucky · L 13–21; defense 37.5 percentile2023 Week 12: UTEP at Middle Tennessee · L 30–34; defense 19.8 percentile2023 Week 13: UTEP vs. Liberty · L 28–42; defense 35.2 percentile2024 Week 1: UTEP at Nebraska · L 7–40; defense 13.7 percentile2024 Week 2: UTEP vs. Southern Utah · L 24–27; defense 15.9 percentile2024 Week 3: UTEP at Liberty · L 10–28; defense 61.0 percentile2024 Week 4: UTEP at Colorado State · L 17–27; defense 72.2 percentile2024 Week 6: UTEP vs. Sam Houston · L 21–41; defense 12.3 percentile2024 Week 7: UTEP at Western Kentucky · L 17–44; defense 3.2 percentile2024 Week 8: UTEP vs. Florida International · W 30–21; defense 72.8 percentile2024 Week 9: UTEP at Louisiana Tech · L 10–14; defense 91.3 percentile2024 Week 10: UTEP vs. Middle Tennessee · L 13–20; defense 68.8 percentile2024 Week 11: UTEP vs. Kennesaw State · W 43–35; defense 55.8 percentile2024 Week 13: UTEP at Tennessee · L 0–56; defense 11.0 percentile2024 Week 14: UTEP at New Mexico State · W 42–35; defense 24.1 percentile2025 Week 1: UTEP at Utah State · L 16–28; defense 78.6 percentile2025 Week 2: UTEP vs. UT Martin · W 42–17; defense 31.6 percentile2025 Week 3: UTEP at Texas · L 10–27; defense 84.7 percentile2025 Week 4: UTEP vs. UL Monroe · L 25–31; defense 34.7 percentile2025 Week 5: UTEP vs. Louisiana Tech · L 11–30; defense 92.6 percentile2025 Week 7: UTEP vs. Liberty · L 8–19; defense 84.4 percentile2025 Week 8: UTEP vs. Sam Houston · W 35–17; defense 47.9 percentile2025 Week 10: UTEP at Kennesaw State · L 20–33; defense 84.5 percentile2025 Week 11: UTEP vs. Jacksonville State · L 27–30; defense 29.2 percentile2025 Week 12: UTEP at Missouri State · L 24–38; defense 17.2 percentile2025 Week 13: UTEP vs. New Mexico State · L 31–34; defense 17.3 percentile2026 Week 1: UTEP at Oklahoma · L 0–51; defense 4.5 percentile2014 defense season mean: 44.2 percentile2015 defense season mean: 39.5 percentile2016 defense season mean: 19.4 percentile2017 defense season mean: 22.6 percentile2018 defense season mean: 29.5 percentile2019 defense season mean: 8.0 percentile2020 defense season mean: 36.2 percentile2021 defense season mean: 53.0 percentile2022 defense season mean: 32.6 percentile2023 defense season mean: 28.0 percentile2024 defense season mean: 38.3 percentile2025 defense season mean: 57.0 percentile2026 defense Bayesian estimate: 48.7 percentile2026 defense empirical mean: 4.5 percentile2014201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026
Individual gameSeason bar · 2026 is the estimate2026 empirical meanCoaching-era band
2017Mike Price / Sean Kugler
2018Dana Dimel
2024Scotty Walden

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 estimateScotty Walden1
21.3 estimate30.9 games-only average
48.7 estimate4.5 games-only average
2025Scotty Walden1120.257.0
2024Scotty WaldenCoaching change1217.838.3
2023Dana Dimel1230.528.0
2022Dana Dimel1144.932.6
2021Dana Dimel1135.453.0
2020Dana Dimel817.836.2
2019Dana Dimel1225.88.0
2018Dana DimelCoaching change1121.929.5
2017Mike Price / Sean KuglerCoaching change1211.322.6
2016Sean Kugler1026.819.4
2015Sean Kugler1117.039.5
2014Sean Kugler1338.944.2