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Johnnie Lee Higgins Jr.

Regular Season

DATE	TM		OPP	SCORE	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	ATT	YDS	YPC	TD	TOT YDS	TOT TD
Sat 11/29	UTEP	vs	FRES	L 20-23	1	4	4.0	0	1	5	5.0	0	9	0
Sat 11/22	UTEP	@	RICE	L 14-45	1	24	24.0	0					24	0
Sat 11/15	UTEP	@	BSU	L 21-51	3	67	22.3	0					67	0
Sat 11/8	UTEP	vs	SJSU	L 41-69	2	34	17.0	0					34	0
Sat 11/1	UTEP	vs	TLSA	L 28-56	4	27	6.8	0					27	0
Sat 10/25	UTEP	@	HAW	L 15-31	1	9	9.0	0					9	0
Sat 10/11	UTEP	vs	LT	L 35-38	5	126	25.2	0	1	11	11.0	0	137	0
Sat 10/4	UTEP	@	SMU	W 21-19	1	-1	-1.0	0	1	-18	-18.0	0	-19	0
Sat 9/27	UTEP	vs	SHSU	W 59-14	1	12	12.0	0					12	0
Sat 9/20	UTEP	@	LOU	L 14-42	1	9	9.0	0	3	21	7.0	1	30	1
Sat 9/13	UTEP	vs	SDSU	L 0-34	1	8	8.0	0	1	1	1.0	0	9	0
Sat 9/6	UTEP	vs	CP	L 13-34					1	12	12.0	0	12	0
Sat 8/30	UTEP	@	ARIZ	L 7-42	4	43	10.8	0					43	0
Total					25	362	14.5	0	8	32	4.0	1	394	1

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More UTEP Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

541

Colson

RUSH

359

Moore

REC

179

Cheeks

Team Rankings

PPG

15.8

153rd

OPP PPG

39.5

167th

RUSH YDS/G

126.8

129th

PASS YDS/G

130.2

186th

2026 MWC Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
6	San Jose State	1-1	3-3
7	Nevada	1-1	2-3
8	Northern Illinois	0-1	0-5
9	UTEP	0-2	1-5
10	Hawai'i	0-3	1-5

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/17	SJSU	@	UTEP	9:00 PM
Sat 10/31	UTEP	@	NDSU	3:30 PM
Sat 11/7	HAW	@	UTEP	1:00 PM
Sat 11/14	WYO	@	UTEP	1:00 PM
Fri 11/20	UTEP	@	AFA	8:00 PM

Last Game

Nevada

2 - 3

Final

UTEP

1 - 5

Sat 10 Oct 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,257

Atkinson

2,045

Maiava

1,868

Jackson

Rush Yards Leaders

838

Burgess

835

Riley

828

Roberts

Rec Yards Leaders

932

Legree

916

Smith

720

Hernandez

Pass TD Leaders

21

Atkinson

18

Stokes

18

Maiava

Rush TD Leaders

12

Baugh

12

Hawkins

10

Daniels

Rec TD Leaders

12

Legree

11

Smith

9

Dixon

QB Rating Leaders

212.2

Mensah

200.5

Hoover

198.6

Stockton

Sack Leaders

9.5

Simmons

8.0

Umanmielen

7.0

Esqillion

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

49.6

46.2

44.2

44.0

43.4

42.8

Opp PPG Rankings

9.8

10.3

10.6

11.0

11.8

13.0

Total Yards Rankings

562.3

554.8

533.8

524.8

522.3

521.4

Rush Yards Rankings

333.2

325.6

303.5

299.4

295.5

253.2

Pass Yards Rankings

391.2

347.0

341.0

337.8

334.4

322.4

Sack Leaders

24.0

22.0

20.0

19.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	5	1	.833
2	Oregon State	4	2	.667
3	San Diego State	2	4	.333
4	Fresno State	4	2	.667
5	Texas State	3	3	.500
6	Utah State	2	4	.333
7	Colorado State	2	4	.333
8	Washington State	1	5	.167

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	BYU	5	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	5	0	1.000
3	Utah	5	0	1.000
4	Baylor	4	1	.800
5	Oklahoma State	4	1	.800
6	Arizona	5	1	.833
7	Houston	5	1	.833
8	Cincinnati	4	1	.800
9	Arizona State	3	2	.600
10	Iowa State	3	3	.500
11	UCF	3	3	.500
12	Kansas State	3	2	.600
13	Colorado	2	3	.400
14	Kansas	2	3	.400
15	TCU	2	3	.400
16	West Virginia	3	3	.500

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	4	3	.571
2	Ohio	4	2	.667
3	Western Michigan	4	2	.667
4	Bowling Green	2	4	.333
5	Buffalo	3	3	.500
6	Toledo	4	2	.667
7	Central Michigan	3	3	.500
8	Miami (OH)	3	3	.500
9	UMass	4	2	.667
10	Kent State	2	4	.333
11	Akron	1	5	.167
12	Ball State	1	5	.167
13	Sacramento State	1	5	.167

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	6	0	1.000
2	Alabama	5	1	.833
3	Kentucky	5	1	.833
4	Mississippi State	4	1	.800
5	Missouri	5	1	.833
6	Tennessee	5	1	.833
7	Ole Miss	4	1	.800
8	Oklahoma	3	2	.600
9	Florida	4	2	.667
10	Texas	4	1	.800
11	LSU	4	2	.667
12	Auburn	3	2	.600
13	South Carolina	3	3	.500
14	Texas A&M	3	3	.500
15	Vanderbilt	3	3	.500
16	Arkansas	2	4	.333

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Indiana	6	0	1.000
2	UCLA	5	0	1.000
3	Ohio State	5	1	.833
4	Wisconsin	4	1	.800
5	USC	6	1	.857
6	Purdue	3	4	.429
7	Iowa	5	1	.833
8	Nebraska	5	1	.833
9	Minnesota	4	2	.667
10	Northwestern	4	1	.800
11	Oregon	3	2	.600
12	Illinois	3	3	.500
13	Michigan	3	2	.600
14	Rutgers	1	4	.200
15	Penn State	3	3	.500
16	Washington	4	3	.571
17	Maryland	2	4	.333
18	Michigan State	2	4	.333

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	Memphis	5	2	.714
2	UTSA	5	1	.833
3	North Texas	4	2	.667
4	Florida Atlantic	4	1	.800
5	Army	3	2	.600
6	UAB	4	3	.571
7	East Carolina	3	3	.500
8	Temple	2	4	.333
9	South Florida	4	2	.667
10	Navy	2	3	.400
11	Tulane	3	3	.500
12	Tulsa	3	3	.500
13	Rice	1	5	.167
14	Charlotte	0	6	.000

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	5	0	1.000
2	Wake Forest	5	1	.833
3	Clemson	3	2	.600
4	Pittsburgh	5	1	.833
5	SMU	4	1	.800
6	Virginia	4	2	.667
7	California	3	3	.500
8	Georgia Tech	2	3	.400
9	Louisville	3	3	.500
10	Duke	4	1	.800
11	North Carolina	3	2	.600
12	Virginia Tech	4	2	.667
13	Florida State	3	3	.500
14	NC State	3	3	.500
15	Stanford	2	4	.333
16	Boston College	2	3	.400
17	Syracuse	2	3	.400

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	UNLV	4	2	.667
2	New Mexico	4	1	.800
3	North Dakota State	5	1	.833
4	Air Force	4	1	.800
5	Wyoming	3	3	.500
6	San Jose State	3	3	.500
7	Nevada	2	3	.400
8	Northern Illinois	0	5	.000
9	UTEP	1	5	.167
10	Hawai'i	1	5	.167

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	6	0	1.000
2	UConn	3	3	.500

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Jacksonville State	5	2	.714
2	Liberty	5	1	.833
3	Western Kentucky	3	4	.429
4	Florida International	3	3	.500
5	Middle Tennessee	3	3	.500
6	Missouri State	2	4	.333
7	New Mexico State	2	4	.333
8	Delaware	2	4	.333
9	Kennesaw State	1	5	.167
10	Sam Houston	1	5	.167

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	6	0	1.000
2	South Alabama	4	2	.667
3	Georgia State	4	1	.800
4	Louisiana Tech	3	2	.600
5	Troy	3	2	.600
6	Georgia Southern	3	4	.429
7	Louisiana	4	2	.667
8	Coastal Carolina	2	5	.286
9	Old Dominion	2	5	.286
10	Appalachian State	4	2	.667
11	Southern Miss	1	4	.200
12	Louisiana-Monroe	0	5	.000
13	Marshall	3	3	.500
14	Arkansas State	2	4	.333