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Index · this season
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▲ Above its 5-year level +7
Career41since 1936
Peak761967
Last 545seasons
#118 nationally · 2-4 (1-1 conf)
Résumé #121
Schedule so far #103
Margin ±5 pts (tightens with games)
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New Mexico State Aggies

Conference USA · Las Cruces, NM · Aggie Memorial Stadium · Head coach Tony Sanchez
Rival
Established rivalry
24-66-2 all time (92 meetings since 1931)
New Mexico leads
Last: lost 42-18 (2026) · New Mexico has won 3 straight
Wants it back
program traits are earned from history
No recognized national titles since 1936. Counted: AP poll champion, a coaches-poll champion, or the BCS / playoff title-game winner; a split year counts for both.0national titles
Heisman Trophy winners0Heisman
Seasons finishing in the AP top 10 since 19360AP top-10
Consensus All-Americans since 19360All-Americans
NFL draft picks since 196726NFL picks
Winning percentage since 193634.9%win pct
History since 1936 · football since 1931. Every season →
Chemistry
Chem 55: typical55
Chem 54: typical
54Foundation
Chem 55: typical
55Gel
gel counts 45% so far
at its usual level
early · #85 of 138
HC year3
Ret. starters36%
QB yrs w/ OC2
View chemistry →
Team chemistryearly · #85 of 138 FBS teams
Chem 54: typicalFoundation54+Chem 55: typicalGel55=Chem 55: typicalChem55Gel counts 45% so far (it grows as games are played, up to half)
Foundationwhat the program has built · moves over seasons
Foundation54Staff stability — Coach and coordinator tenure, staff who came along, assistant turnoverStaff stability64Roster continuity — Returning starters and the lineup's experienceRoster continuity64Unit cohesion — QB & coordinator, QB & receivers, offensive line, defense: how long each unit has played togetherUnit cohesion64Administration — Athletic director continuity and coach-AD alignmentAdministration30Investment — Commitment to football: its share of the department's spending and whether that is growing, plus spending and recruitingInvestment50Fan base — How passionate and loyal the fan base is: how often it sells out, and whether it sells out games that don't matterFan base32
ContinuityClimate
Continuity · who has played and coached togetherlive

Who has played and coached together, and for how long, ranked against every FBS team at the same point of the season.

▸Staff stability
Coach and coordinator tenure, staff who came along, assistant turnover
64
Staff cohesion64
HC year 3 · OC year 2 · DC year 3
▸Roster continuity
Returning starters and the lineup's experience
64
Returning core65
36% of last season's starters · FBS median 32%
Experience63
12 career starts per starter · FBS median 12
▸Unit cohesion
QB & coordinator, QB & receivers, offensive line, defense: how long each unit has played together
64
QB & coordinator80
2 seasons together · same as 20% of FBS teams
QB & receivers41
2.2 games started together on average · FBS median 3.9
Line cohesion53
4.1 games per linemen pair · FBS median 5.2
Defensive cohesion85
6.9 games per defensive pair · FBS median 4.5
Climate · around the programlive

The administration, money and fans around the team: athletic director continuity, willingness to invest, and crowds.

▸Administration
Athletic director continuity and coach-AD alignment
30
AD continuity30
Joe Fields · year 1 (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
▸Investment
Commitment to football: its share of the department's spending and whether that is growing, plus spending and recruiting
50
Football's share68
32% of department spending goes to football
Investment trend39
+10% over three years
Football investment41
$11.8M on football (2024-25 federal report)
Recruiting spend45
$0.59M men's recruiting
Department resources33
$37M athletic department revenue
▸Fan base
How passionate and loyal the fan base is: how often it sells out, and whether it sells out games that don't matter
32
Sellouts30
sellout crowds (95%+ of capacity) at 0 of 32 home games (last 8 seasons)
Sells out anyway34
sellout crowds at 0 of 28 games that didn't matter: cupcakes, or a team expected to lose or having a losing season

Finances: U.S. Department of Education athletics disclosures, as reported by each school. Athletic directors: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Attendance: reported crowds vs stadium capacity.

Gelhow it is working right now · moves week to week
Gel55Playing above its parts — Results vs what its preseason projection expected, game by gamePlaying above its parts71Settled & sharp — A settled starting lineup and clean execution (penalties, turnovers) vs its own normalSettled & sharp59Alignment — Coaches and players telling the same story; the staff on one pageAlignmentsoonResilience — Confidence, and how the team sounds after adversityResiliencesoonFan & media mood — Expectations met or missed this season (preseason rank vs now), stronger for fan bases that react hard; fan and media sentiment joins laterFan & media mood58Coach security — The hard-facts hot seat, inverted: results vs expectation, recent seasons vs the program's norm, stakes, a new ADCoach security36
InternalOn-field fitExternal
Internal · how the program talkscoming

How the team talks in press conferences and interviews, each program against its own normal, so a naturally terse coach isn't read as upset. Being built program by program, Big Ten first.

▸Alignment
Coaches and players telling the same story; the staff on one page
soon
Coming: measured from press conferences and interviews.
▸Resilience
Confidence, and how the team sounds after adversity
soon
Coming: measured from press conferences and interviews.

Readings are team-level; we don't publish psychological readings of individual players.

On-field fit · how it is playing togetherlive

How the team is playing together this season: beating or missing its preseason expectation, a settled lineup, clean execution.

▸Playing above its parts
Results vs what its preseason projection expected, game by game
71
This season71
+3.2 points a game vs its preseason projection (5 games)
▸Settled & sharp
A settled starting lineup and clean execution (penalties, turnovers) vs its own normal
59
This season59
83% of starters kept game to game
External · pressure from outsidelive

Pressure from outside the building: the hard-facts hot seat now; this season's fan and media mood as it is measured.

▸Fan & media mood
Expectations met or missed this season (preseason rank vs now), stronger for fan bases that react hard; fan and media sentiment joins later
58
This season58
outside the AP poll: projected #131 preseason -> #118 in our Index now · lost to rival New Mexico 42-18 (-9) · results 2-4 (-4, recent games count more)
▸Coach security
The hard-facts hot seat, inverted: results vs expectation, recent seasons vs the program's norm, stakes, a new AD
36
This season36
Tony Sanchez, year 3 · 33% wins so far · +3.2 pts a game vs preseason expectation · last two seasons -6% vs the program's norm · new athletic director

Dashed gold ring = typical (62). 20-50 is the warning zone; under 10 is a collapse. Spokes with no data yet are dashed and left out until they fill in. Chem blends the two halves, then places the blend among this season's teams.

Trend · Foundationeach program year runs Feb 1 to the title game
'1642'1761'1865'1972'2153'2243'2354'2448'2533'262016 wk 1 vs UTEP: 45 · L2016 wk 2 vs New Mexico: 62 · W2016 wk 3 vs Kentucky: 47 · L2016 wk 4 vs Troy: 57 · L2016 wk 5 vs Louisiana: 55 · W2016 wk 7 vs Idaho: 57 · L2016 wk 8 vs Georgia Southern: 57 · L2016 wk 9 vs Texas A&M: 60 · L2016 wk 11 vs Arkansas State: 60 · L2016 wk 12 vs Texas State: 56 · W2016 wk 13 vs App State: 56 · L2016 wk 14 vs South Alabama: 42 · L2017 wk 2 vs New Mexico: 64 · W2017 wk 3 vs Troy: 65 · L2017 wk 4 vs UTEP: 64 · W2017 wk 5 vs Arkansas: 63 · L2017 wk 6 vs App State: 64 · L2017 wk 7 vs Georgia Southern: 64 · W2017 wk 9 vs Arkansas State: 62 · L2017 wk 10 vs Texas State: 63 · W2017 wk 12 vs Louisiana: 60 · L2017 wk 13 vs Idaho: 64 · W2017 wk 14 vs South Alabama: 57 · W2017 wk 1 vs Utah State: 61 · W2018 wk 1 vs Minnesota: 65 · L2018 wk 2 vs Utah State: 65 · L2018 wk 3 vs New Mexico: 65 · L2018 wk 4 vs UTEP: 66 · W2018 wk 6 vs Liberty: 63 · W2018 wk 7 vs Louisiana: 61 · L2018 wk 8 vs Georgia Southern: 63 · L2018 wk 9 vs Texas State: 65 · L2018 wk 10 vs Alcorn State: 64 · W2018 wk 12 vs BYU: 65 · L2018 wk 13 vs Liberty: 65 · L2019 wk 2 vs Alabama: 70 · L2019 wk 3 vs San Diego State: 67 · L2019 wk 4 vs New Mexico: 71 · L2019 wk 5 vs Fresno State: 69 · L2019 wk 6 vs Liberty: 71 · L2019 wk 7 vs Central Michigan: 70 · L2019 wk 9 vs Georgia Southern: 70 · L2019 wk 11 vs Ole Miss: 70 · L2019 wk 12 vs Incarnate Word: 71 · W2019 wk 13 vs UTEP: 73 · W2019 wk 14 vs Liberty: 72 · L2021 wk 1 vs San Diego State: 49 · L2021 wk 2 vs New Mexico: 45 · L2021 wk 3 vs South Carolina State: 50 · W2021 wk 4 vs Hawai'i: 48 · L2021 wk 5 vs San José State: 50 · L2021 wk 6 vs Nevada: 52 · L2021 wk 8 vs Hawai'i: 52 · L2021 wk 10 vs Utah State: 53 · L2021 wk 11 vs Alabama: 52 · L2021 wk 12 vs Kentucky: 53 · L2021 wk 13 vs Massachusetts: 53 · W2022 wk 2 vs UTEP: 36 · L2022 wk 3 vs Wisconsin: 35 · L2022 wk 4 vs Hawai'i: 37 · W2022 wk 5 vs Florida International: 34 · L2022 wk 7 vs New Mexico: 44 · W2022 wk 9 vs Massachusetts: 34 · W2022 wk 11 vs Lamar: 46 · W2022 wk 12 vs Missouri: 46 · L2022 wk 13 vs Liberty: 39 · W2022 wk 14 vs Valparaiso: 49 · W2022 wk 1 vs Bowling Green: 43 · W2023 wk 1 vs Western Illinois: 57 · W2023 wk 2 vs Liberty: 61 · L2023 wk 3 vs New Mexico: 58 · W2023 wk 4 vs Hawai'i: 53 · L2023 wk 6 vs Florida International: 61 · W2023 wk 7 vs Sam Houston: 61 · W2023 wk 8 vs UTEP: 51 · W2023 wk 9 vs Louisiana Tech: 52 · W2023 wk 10 vs Middle Tennessee: 57 · W2023 wk 11 vs Western Kentucky: 57 · W2023 wk 12 vs Auburn: 58 · W2023 wk 13 vs Jacksonville State: 48 · W2023 wk 14 vs Liberty: 52 · L2023 wk 1 vs Fresno State: 54 · L2024 wk 2 vs Liberty: 42 · L2024 wk 3 vs Fresno State: 43 · L2024 wk 4 vs Sam Houston: 48 · L2024 wk 5 vs New Mexico: 40 · L2024 wk 7 vs Jacksonville State: 46 · L2024 wk 8 vs Louisiana Tech: 45 · W2024 wk 10 vs Florida International: 48 · L2024 wk 11 vs Western Kentucky: 43 · L2024 wk 12 vs Texas A&M: 49 · L2024 wk 13 vs Middle Tennessee: 47 · W2024 wk 14 vs UTEP: 48 · L2025 wk 3 vs Louisiana Tech: 40 · L2025 wk 5 vs New Mexico: 43 · L2025 wk 6 vs Sam Houston: 40 · W2025 wk 8 vs Liberty: 36 · L2025 wk 9 vs Missouri State: 41 · L2025 wk 10 vs Western Kentucky: 41 · L2025 wk 11 vs Kennesaw State: 43 · L2025 wk 12 vs Tennessee: 45 · L2025 wk 13 vs UTEP: 44 · W2025 wk 14 vs Middle Tennessee: 33 · L2026 wk 1 vs Mercyhurst: 52 · W2026 wk 2 vs Hawai'i: 51 · L2026 wk 4 vs New Mexico: 51 · L2026 wk 5 vs Western Kentucky: 51 · W2026 wk 6 vs Florida International: 51 · L2026 wk 8 vs Sam Houston: 54 · next gametypical 62

Every game since 2016, one continuous line; thin rules separate seasons and the chip is where each season finished. Navy dot = win, red = loss. Big drops usually mean a new staff, a new quarterback or a rebuilt line.

Trend · Gelthis season, after each game
typical 62wk 1 vs Mercyhurst · W · on-field 62 · fan mood 75671wk 2 vs Hawai'i · L · on-field 58 · fan mood 71632wk 4 vs New Mexico · L · on-field 54 · fan mood 43504wk 5 vs Western Kentucky · W · on-field 60 · fan mood 58595wk 6 vs Florida International · L · on-field 61 · fan mood 57606

How the team is working right now, rebuilt after each game from only the games so far: on-field fit (results vs preseason expectation, lineup settling, execution) and that week's fan & media mood. Coach security is part of today's Gel number but isn't rebuilt week by week yet. Navy frame = win, red = loss.

Continuity facts
Head coach
Year 3
at this school
Offensive coordinator
Year 2
at this school
Defensive coordinator
Year 3
at this school
HC & OC together
2 seasons
working together
QB with his OC
2 seasons
same play-caller
QB & receivers
2.3 games
started together, average
Offensive line pairs
4.1 games
started together, average
Returning starters
36%
from last season
Starter experience
12 starts
career average
Internal facts
Pressers read
soon
this season, coaches and players
Coach tone
soon
vs his own normal
"We" vs "I"
soon
share of team language
Owning mistakes
soon
vs pointing outward
Same story
soon
coaches and players agree
After losses
soon
how fast tone recovers
Leaders named
soon
players teammates point to
Newcomers
soon
transfers talked about as part of it
Openness
soon
forthcoming vs guarded
Measured from press conferences and interviews, program by program.
Climate facts
Athletic director
Joe Fields
year 1
Football spending
$11.8M
2024-25 federal report
Spending trend
+10%
over three years
Department revenue
$37M
all sports
Recruiting spend
$0.59M
men's teams
Home crowds
—
of capacity
Staff turnover
—
on-field staff new this season
Fan mood
soon
fans and local media
Coach & AD
soon
on the same page
Finances: U.S. Department of Education athletics disclosures. Athletic directors: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
Offense · games started togetherlatest lineup · 11 starters
Damante
Jones
King
Libman
Ravare
Lydiatt
Lee
Keinath
Pyfrom
Moise
Williams
QBAdam Damante42422122222
RBJames Jones26544366346
WRTK King451343255345
WRMyles Libman24443244334
WRLyndon Ravare24334344324
TEJerry Lydiatt13223833213
OLMa'Kyi Lee26544366346
OLTyler Keinath26544366346
OLCaleb Pyfrom23333233323
OLLuke Moise24432144244
OLJames Williams26544366346

Each square: games the two players have started together at this school (darker = more). Gray diagonal: the player's own starts here.

Defense · games started togetherlatest lineup · 11 starters
Peterson
Sandiford
Vislisel
Davis
Aupiu
Barron
Gethers
Session
Charles
Smith
Peters
DLGabe Peterson2747622213131466
DLJeremiah Sandiford44444244444
DLBrad Vislisel74106928101066
DLHenry Davis III64666266666
LBSone Aupiu2249638213201566
LBChance Barron22222222222
LBTory Gethers1348613215141566
DBNick Session13410620214221666
DBJosiah Charles14410615215161766
DBLorenzo Smith64666266666
DBDe'Marcus Peters64666266666

Each square: games the two players have started together at this school (darker = more). Gray diagonal: the player's own starts here.

Chemistry is Scorebook's own rating of how well a program fits together, on the same all-time 0-99 scale as our other ratings (compared with every FBS team since 2016; 62 is typical, 20-50 signals something is wrong, and single digits are reserved for true collapses; each season is compared with its own era). This early version blends continuity (who has played and coached together, and for how long; it counts most) with the climate around the program; how the program talks joins as it is measured. Within continuity, quarterback-centered pairings count most because they held up when we tested them against results. How our ratings work →