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🎯 Game Intel
2026 • Week 6
NEV
Nevada
Mountain West • Wolf Pack
AWAY
@
UTEP
UTEP
Mountain West • Miners
HOME
🎯Win Probability Forecast
NEV
82%
win probability
PROJECTED SCORE
NEV 34 – UTEP 18
Total: 52 pts
High Data Confidence
Line: UTEP -9.5 • total 49.5
Bovada • context only, not a pick
UTEP (HOME)
18%
win probability
Model cfb-sp-v1: SP+ edge, home field, rest and travel. Officials are not published in the college feed, so there is no crew adjustment.
🧠What drives the forecast
✓Nevada holds the ratings edge over UTEP, about 17.5 points on SP+.
✓Home field for UTEP is worth about 2.5 points.
✓Nevada comes in with an extra week of rest.
✓Nevada travels about 900 miles.
Penalty risk
🚩NEV draws False Start 1.8 times a game over 4 games.
🚩UTEP draws Personal Foul / Defense 1.0 times a game over 5 games. Mountain West crews call it 43% more often than FBS crews, so about 1.4 expected.
🚩UTEP draws Offensive Holding 1.0 times a game over 5 games. Mountain West crews call it 24% more often than FBS crews, so about 1.2 expected.
⚔️Team Profiles
StatNevadaUTEP
SP+ overall rank95134
SP+ offense rank103128
SP+ defense rank87135
Pass rate45%53%
Plays per game63.265.4
Explosive play rate6.1%5.9%
Explosives allowed6.1%5.2%
Sack rate (defense)5.8%5.8%
Offense success rate41.4%35.0%
Offense PPA / play0.09-0.21
Defense PPA allowed0.150.26
Havoc rate (defense)11.2%12.1%
Nevada derived scheme
balanced
UTEP derived scheme
limits explosivespass heavy
SP+ and advanced stats from CFBD for the current season; scheme tags derived from the play-by-play. Lower rank is better.
🏃Officiating Crew
MOUNTAIN-WEST Mountain West officials
Mountain West crews call 5% more penalties than the FBS average (13.38 per game); the flags lean toward the visitor. Most common: Offensive Holding.
Flags / game
13.38
FBS average
12.74
vs FBS
+5.0%
Yards / game
117.9
On home team
44%
Home lean
-4.1 pts
Most called
Offensive Holding2.68 / game
False Start2.43 / game
Defensive Pass Interference1.08 / game
Defensive Holding0.95 / game
Defensive Offside0.79 / game
Personal Foul / Defense0.67 / game
63 games on file for this conference's crews over the last two seasons. Officials are not published for college games. College crews are assigned by conference, so this is the profile of the conference that staffs this game.
📋Coaching Staffs
Nevada
Head coachJeff Choate
UTEP
Head coachScotty Walden
Coordinators appear when the staff file lists them.
🏟️Situational Context
Kickoff
Sat Oct 10, 7:00 PM ET
Venue
Sun Bowl
Location
El Paso, TX
Roof
outdoor
Conference game
Yes
Neutral site
No
Game type
regular
Officials
Not published