UTEP Miners

Team

	GP	PTS	YDS	PLY	AVG	RUSH YDS	RUSH ATT	RUSH AVG	PASS YDS	PASS ATT	PASS AVG
Team	11	162	3,356	826	4.1	1,502	499	3.0	1,854	327	5.7
Team Rank		106th	98th	19th	109th	71st	24th	96th	86th	61st	106th
Opponent	11	311	3,839		5.8	1,813	415	4.4	2,026	247	8.2
Opponent Rank		72nd	36th		85th	62nd	34th	85th	22nd	7th	95th
Net		-149	-483	+826	-1.7	-311	+84	-1.4	-172	+80	-2.5
Net Rank		91st	76th	19th	105th	67th	18th	96th	68th	19th	105th

Player Stats

Passing	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	ATT/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%
Rocky Perez R. Perez	11	58	114	50.9	10.4	728	6.4	66.2	2	4	103.3	1.8	3.5
John Rayborn J. Rayborn	7	47	108	43.5	15.4	640	5.9	91.4	4	9	88.9	3.7	8.3
Craig Strickland C. Strickland	8	40	104	38.5	13.0	463	4.5	57.9	1	2	75.2	1.0	1.9
Elzie Johnson E. Johnson	11	1	1	100.0	0.1	23	23.0	2.1	0	0	293.2	0.0	0.0

Rushing	GP	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPC	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Joseph Polk J. Polk	11	143	13.0	471	3.3	42.8	3	146	512
Elzie Johnson E. Johnson	11	127	11.5	526	4.1	47.8	2	145	638
Paul Smith P. Smith	11	115	10.5	432	3.8	39.3	2	123	516
Rocky Perez R. Perez	11	43	3.9	28	0.7	2.5	3
Craig Strickland C. Strickland	8	24	3.0	-3	-0.1	-0.4	0
John Rayborn J. Rayborn	7	22	3.1	-14	-0.6	-2.0	1
Ronnell McDaniel R. McDaniel	3	12	4.0	25	2.1	8.3	0	14	41
Alex Ruiz A. Ruiz	11	4	0.4	9	2.3	0.8	0	6	39
Keonta Golson K. Golson	11	3	0.3	15	5.0	1.4	0	17	259
Darrell Johnson D. Johnson	2	2	1.0	14	7.0	7.0	0	3	16
Chris Wells C. Wells	9	2	0.2	3	1.5	0.3	0
Adrian Aragon A. Aragon	1	1	1.0	-1	-1.0	-1.0	0
Courtney Ray C. Ray	10	1	0.1	-3	-3.0	-0.3	0	17	231
Matt Kennedy M. Kennedy	11	1	0.1	-19	-19.0	-1.7	0

Receiving	GP	REC	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Jimmy Carpenter J. Carpenter	11	47	4.3	767	16.3	69.7	3
Elzie Johnson E. Johnson	11	18	1.6	112	6.2	10.2	1	145	638
Courtney Ray C. Ray	10	16	1.6	234	14.6	23.4	1	17	231
Brian Natkin B. Natkin	11	15	1.4	137	9.1	12.5	0
Keonta Golson K. Golson	11	14	1.3	244	17.4	22.2	1	17	259
Clifford Johnston C. Johnston	7	12	1.7	107	8.9	15.3	0
Paul Smith P. Smith	11	8	0.7	84	10.5	7.6	0	123	516
James Thompson J. Thompson	10	7	0.7	74	10.6	7.4	0
Joseph Polk J. Polk	11	3	0.3	41	13.7	3.7	0	146	512
Alex Ruiz A. Ruiz	11	2	0.2	30	15.0	2.7	0	6	39
Ronnell McDaniel R. McDaniel	3	2	0.7	16	8.0	5.3	1	14	41
Kenneth Chastain K. Chastain	9	1	0.1	6	6.0	0.7	0
Darrell Johnson D. Johnson	2	1	0.5	2	2.0	1.0	0	3	16

Defense	GP	INT	YDS	AVG	TD
Michael Hicks M. Hicks	11	2	56	28	0
Darius Ellison D. Ellison	11	2	49	24.5	0
Dale Kirry D. Kirry	11	2	16	8	0
Brent Henderson B. Henderson	10	1	43	43	1
Leif Larsen L. Larsen	11	1	3	3	0
Joe Riccillo J. Riccillo	11	1	3	3	0
David Cotchery D. Cotchery	11	1	0	0	0

Scoring	GP	RUSH	REC	TOT	FGM	XPM	PTS
Rocky Perez R. Perez	11	3		5			30
John Rayborn J. Rayborn	7	1		5			30
Ola Kimrin O. Kimrin	4				5	8	23
Jimmy Carpenter J. Carpenter	11		3	3			18
Elzie Johnson E. Johnson	11	2	1	3			18
Joseph Polk J. Polk	11	3	0	3			18
Ricky Bishop R. Bishop	5				3	6	15
Paul Smith P. Smith	11	2	0	2			12
Keonta Golson K. Golson	11	0	1	1			6
Brent Henderson B. Henderson	10			1			6
Ronnell McDaniel R. McDaniel	3	0	1	1			6
Courtney Ray C. Ray	10	0	1	1			6
Craig Strickland C. Strickland	8	0		1			6
Matthew Finley M. Finley	11				0	4	4

Returns	GP	KR	KR YDS	KR AVG	PR	PR YDS	PR AVG	PR TD
Javier Sanchez J. Sanchez	11	15	301	20.1	27	241	8.9	0
Keonta Golson K. Golson	11	8	168	21.0
Michael Hicks M. Hicks	11	4	78	19.5
Rachaude Crawford R. Crawford	10	3	49	16.3
Darrell Johnson D. Johnson	2	2	14	7.0
Jose Blair J. Blair	1	1	12	12.0

Kicking	GP	FGM	FGA	FG%	XPM	XPA	XP%	PTS
Ola Kimrin O. Kimrin	4	5	8	62.5	8	8	100.0	23
Ricky Bishop R. Bishop	5	3	5	60.0	6	6	100.0	15
Matthew Finley M. Finley	11	0	4	0.0	4	4	100.0	4

	Punting	GP	PUNT	YDS	AVG	LNG	BLK
	Matthew Finley M. Finley	11	63	2,494	39.6

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,173

Maiava

1,122

Atkinson

1,053

Stokes

Rush Yards Leaders

528

Sheppard

458

Baugh

454

Riley

Rec Yards Leaders

476

Legree

444

Toney

419

Duff

Pass TD Leaders

12

Maiava

11

Taylor

11

Mensah

Rush TD Leaders

8

Baugh

8

Knight

6

Carter

Rec TD Leaders

7

Dixon

6

Duff

6

Becker

QB Rating Leaders

259.3

Stockton

244.1

Hoover

228.6

Mensah

Sack Leaders

6.0

Lewis

6.0

Umanmielen

5.0

Diawara

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

59.3

54.0

51.7

50.7

49.7

48.3

Opp PPG Rankings

4.3

5.3

7.3

7.7

8.0

Total Yards Rankings

594.3

544.7

544.3

539.0

537.0

528.0

Rush Yards Rankings

394.0

376.0

319.0

298.7

286.7

281.3

Pass Yards Rankings

386.3

368.7

366.7

364.7

358.0

345.7

Sack Leaders

14.0

12.0

11.0

CFB 2026 Standings

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

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	Appalachian State	3	0	1.000
2	James Madison	3	0	1.000
3	Louisiana	2	1	.667
4	Georgia State	2	1	.667
5	South Alabama	2	1	.667
6	Marshall	2	1	.667
7	Troy	2	1	.667
8	Arkansas State	1	2	.333
9	Georgia Southern	1	2	.333
10	Louisiana Tech	1	2	.333
11	Old Dominion	1	2	.333
12	Southern Miss	1	2	.333
13	Coastal Carolina	1	3	.250
14	Louisiana-Monroe	0	3	.000

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	2	1	.667
2	Colorado State	2	1	.667
3	Fresno State	2	1	.667
4	Oregon State	1	2	.333
5	San Diego State	1	2	.333
6	Texas State	1	2	.333
7	Washington State	1	2	.333
8	Utah State	0	3	.000

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	BYU	3	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	3	0	1.000
3	Arizona State	2	1	.667
4	Cincinnati	3	0	1.000
5	Kansas State	3	0	1.000
6	Utah	3	0	1.000
7	West Virginia	3	0	1.000
8	Baylor	2	1	.667
9	Colorado	2	1	.667
10	Iowa State	2	1	.667
11	Oklahoma State	2	1	.667
12	TCU	2	1	.667
13	UCF	2	1	.667
14	Arizona	2	1	.667
15	Houston	2	1	.667
16	Kansas	1	2	.333

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	1	3	.250
2	UMass	3	0	1.000
3	Central Michigan	2	1	.667
4	Toledo	2	1	.667
5	Western Michigan	2	1	.667
6	Akron	1	2	.333
7	Ball State	1	2	.333
8	Buffalo	1	2	.333
9	Kent State	1	2	.333
10	Miami (OH)	1	2	.333
11	Ohio	1	2	.333
12	Bowling Green	0	3	.000
13	Sacramento State	1	3	.250

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	3	1	.750
2	Delaware	2	1	.667
3	Middle Tennessee	2	1	.667
4	Jacksonville State	2	2	.500
5	Florida International	1	2	.333
6	Kennesaw State	1	2	.333
7	Missouri State	1	2	.333
8	New Mexico State	1	2	.333
9	Sam Houston	1	2	.333
10	Western Kentucky	0	3	.000

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

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	3	0	1.000
2	UConn	2	1	.667

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	South Florida	3	0	1.000
2	Florida Atlantic	2	1	.667
3	Tulsa	3	0	1.000
4	Memphis	3	1	.750
5	UTSA	2	1	.667
6	East Carolina	1	2	.333
7	North Texas	1	2	.333
8	Rice	1	2	.333
9	Temple	1	2	.333
10	Tulane	1	2	.333
11	UAB	1	2	.333
12	Charlotte	0	3	.000
13	Army	1	1	.500
14	Navy	1	1	.500

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	USC	4	0	1.000
2	UCLA	3	0	1.000
3	Indiana	3	0	1.000
4	Iowa	3	0	1.000
5	Michigan	3	0	1.000
6	Nebraska	3	0	1.000
7	Penn State	3	0	1.000
8	Washington	3	0	1.000
9	Northwestern	2	0	1.000
10	Illinois	2	1	.667
11	Maryland	2	1	.667
12	Michigan State	2	1	.667
13	Minnesota	2	1	.667
14	Ohio State	2	1	.667
15	Oregon	2	1	.667
16	Wisconsin	2	1	.667
17	Purdue	1	2	.333
18	Rutgers	0	3	.000

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	North Dakota State	4	0	1.000
2	UNLV	1	2	.333
3	New Mexico	2	1	.667
4	San Jose State	2	2	.500
5	Nevada	1	2	.333
6	UTEP	1	2	.333
7	Wyoming	1	2	.333
8	Northern Illinois	0	3	.000
9	Air Force	1	1	.500
10	Hawai'i	1	2	.333