New Mexico State at UTEP 9/10/22 - College Football Picks & Predictions

The New Mexico State Aggies visit the Sun Bowl in El Paso, Texas on Saturday to play the UTEP Miners. New Mexico State is 0-2 following its 38-0 loss to the Minnesota Golden Gophers on Thursday. New Mexico State gained just 91 yards of total offense and six first downs, while turning the ball over once and allowed Minnesota to gain 485 yards of total offense.

Gavin Frakes has passed for 186 yards with one touchdown and two interceptions, while Diego Pavia has thrown for 85 yards and three interceptions. Pavia is the leading rusher with 46 yards, while the leading receiver is Justice Powers with 108 yards. On defense, Bryce Jackson is the leading tackler with 17 and New Mexico State does not have a quarterback sack or interception.

UTEP is 0-2 following its 45-13 loss to Oklahoma on Saturday. UTEP gained 316 yards of total offense and turned the ball over once, but the Miners defense gave up 492 yards of total offense to the Sooners. After falling behind 21-0 in the first quarter, UTEP scored 10 points in the second quarter but would not score again until the fourth quarter when the game was well out of hand.

Gavin Hardison has passed for 537 yards with one touchdown. The leading rusher for UTEP is Ronald Awatt with 75 yards and one touchdown, while the leading receiver is Tyrin Smith with 198 yards and one touchdown. Reynaldo Flores also has 109 yards receiving. On defense, the leading tackler is Tyrice Knight with 20. Two players for UTEP have 1.0 quarterback sacks each and the Miners have not intercepted a pass through two games.