New Mexico
Mountain West · 6-1
at
San José St
Mountain West · 4-4
Sat 31 Oct · 4:00 PM ET · MW+ · CEFCU Stadium
Rest UNM 7 days, SJSU 7 days · Travel UNM 863 mi
Market
UNM −14.5
total 41.5
Atlas projectsAtlas
31.0–17.0
UNM–SJSU · total 48.0
Difference
+0.4
on the spread · total +6.5
A96/100
Historically reliable.

Atlas and the market are closely aligned, 0.4 points apart.

Across five seasons, cards this close to the market claimed 52% accuracy and delivered 49%.

How much weight this card's information deserves — not a recommendation.

Why

what the model is reading

Be careful about

  • One book is quoting this game, so the market number has no depth behind it and may move sharply.
  • Atlas and the market have moved opposite ways on the total since it opened.

Projection built Oct 29, 2026 4:14 AM ETMarket updated Oct 29, 2026 4:14 AM ETData status

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Market detail where the line opened, where it is now, and the prices
SpreadOpenCurrentMove
New Mexico−14.5−14.5unchanged
San José St+14.5+14.5unchanged
Price−110−110—

the total has moved 1.0 down since the open.

TotalOpenCurrentMove
Game total42.541.5−1.0
Price (over)−110−115—
Moneyline · New Mexico −625 → −675 Moneyline · San José St +455 → +490 De-vigged, the market gives San José St a 16.3% chance. Books quoting: 1.

DraftKings · 1 book quoting

Projection detail the projected score, the chance of winning, the total's range and the most likely exact score
Projected score
31.0 – 17.0
New Mexico – San José St
Projected spread
UNM −14.1
market −14.5
Projected total
48.0
market 41.5 · 80% range 28–69
New Mexico win probability
81.1%
from the score grid
Over probability
55.7%
at the current total of 41.5
Most likely score
24–17
0.9% of the grid — one cell of 6,400
How this number is made. Every FBS team starts the season at a preseason expectation built from last season's ratings, roster talent, recruiting, returning production and the coaching situation. After every game a filter updates each team's offense and defense, opponent-adjusted, and the two teams' numbers meet here with the home advantage. The total adds the teams' pace and the wind. The market is never an input; it is shown so you can see where Atlas differs and read why.

Atlas difference

MeasureAtlas modelMarketDifference
SpreadUNM −14.1UNM −14.5+0.4
Total48.041.5+6.5
San José St win probability18.9%16.3%+2.6 pts
A difference is not an edge. Atlas has measured what happens at every size of disagreement, and the gap between what the model claims and what it delivers widens as the disagreement grows. This game sits in the 0-1 band, where cards have claimed 52% accuracy and delivered 49% across 853 games.
Matchup how each offense compares with the defense it faces, season to date, ranked among 138 FBS teams

Season to date through 24 October: New Mexico 7 games, San José St 8 games. Ranks are among 138 FBS teams, 1st the best; the crest marks which side ranks better on each line.

New Mexico offensevs San José St defense
37.019th
Points per gameedge New Mexico
22.555th
5.7592nd
Yards per playedge San José St
5.3652nd
204.023rd
Rushing yards per gameedge New Mexico
145.675th
157.3131st
Passing yards per gameedge San José St
241.9105th
4.956th
20+ yard plays per gameedge San José St
3.534th
2.4106th
Sacks per gameedge San José St
3.64th
40%79th
Third-down conversion rateedge San José St
38%58th
69%25th
Red-zone touchdown rateedge New Mexico
56%69th
San José St offensevs New Mexico defense
20.4117th
Points per gameedge New Mexico
11.31st
5.52110th
Yards per playedge New Mexico
5.2744th
130.8110th
Rushing yards per gameedge New Mexico
96.912th
229.077th
Passing yards per gameedge New Mexico
210.356th
3.9105th
20+ yard plays per gameedge New Mexico
3.745th
2.297th
Sacks per gameedge New Mexico
2.913th
31%132nd
Third-down conversion rateedge New Mexico
37%53rd
52%103rd
Red-zone touchdown rateedge New Mexico
27%2nd
New Mexicovs San José St
Situational
+1.861st
Turnover margin per gameedge New Mexico
+0.2558th
62.998th most
Plays per game
65.174th most

Figures come from completed games only, so every one was known before kickoff. They are raw, not adjusted for opponents - All drivers has Atlas's adjusted view. College counts sack yardage as rushing, as the NCAA does.

Other models what FPI, SP+ and Elo say about this game, beside Atlas and the market
ModelMarginWinAs of
FPI (ESPN)UNM by 19.491%Oct 28
SP+UNM by 18.1—Oct 29
EloUNM by 11.1—Oct 29
AtlasUNM by 14.181%live
MarketUNM by 14.5—live

Each model's number for this game as its source published it before kickoff; Win is the favored side's chance to win, where the model gives one. FPI's margin and chance are ESPN's own. SP+ is the difference in the two teams' ratings, plus 2.5 for a home side; Elo is the difference in ratings at 24 points a point, plus 2.6 for a home side, as Atlas measured it on past seasons. None of these is an input to Atlas's number, and none is here to settle anything: they show where Atlas sits among other models.

How this grade was computed the four things that set the letter, out of a hundred
A96

High-reliability card

Atlas and the market agree closely, and this disagreement band has been among the model's most consistent across five seasons.

Calibration 42/45
Market agreement 24/25
Card conditions 15/15
Data completeness 15/15

Atlas sits 0.4 points from the market. The calibration curve, fitted to every completed season out of sample, expects cards at that distance to fall 2.6% short of what they claim — which is where the calibration component above comes from.

The season is mature enough for the team profiles to have settled, and the market has not moved much since it opened.

The grade describes how much weight the information deserves. It says nothing about which side of a market anyone should take, and Atlas does not publish that. How grades are computed.

All drivers all 4 things the model is reading, and how each team ranks against the rest of the country
Offense, in points UNM +10.0 pts

Atlas rates New Mexico's offense at +1.2 points a game against FBS average and San José St's at -8.8, opponent-adjusted, after 6 games this season.

New MexicoSan José St
Defense, in points UNM +7.9 pts

Atlas rates New Mexico's defense at +5.7 points a game against FBS average and San José St's at -2.2, opponent-adjusted, after 6 games this season.

New MexicoSan José St
Pace and possessions 111 plays · 56th percentile

A combined 111 plays per game — the 56th percentile of this season's games. A middling number of possessions either way.

fewer playsmore plays
Home advantage SJSU +2.6 pts

Playing at home is worth 2.6 points in this season's model, fitted, not assumed.

New MexicoSan José St
Market movement how far the market has moved since the number opened, and which way

Total, open to current

42.8 42.0 41.2 Atlas 48.0 — beyond this range open 42.5 now 41.5
MeasureValue
Opening number42.5
Current number41.5
Market directiondown 1.0
Atlas directionup

Atlas and the market point opposite ways on this total. That is information, not a verdict.

Two findings that are not in conflict

Atlas has measured disagreement twice, against two different reference points, and they say different things.

Measured againstWhat it predicts
The closing numberthe model's own failure — so a large difference lowers the grade
The opening numberwhich way the line moves — tracked publicly, not graded

A model far from the close is wrong; a model far from the open is early. The second finding is tracked in the open closing-line record and is deliberately kept out of the grade.

Reliability record what Atlas claimed and what it delivered, across the seasons it never saw while being built

Calibration by disagreement band

82% 64% 45% this card10+ claimed realized

Two series, labeled directly. The widening gap is why Atlas grades large disagreements down.

This band, five seasons

MeasureThis bandAll cards
Realized accuracy49.5%49.2%
Claimed accuracy52.1%58.0%
Calibration gap−2.7 pts−8.8 pts
Seasons above 50%1 of 5—
Games measured8533,864
Read the gap, not the claim. Atlas's raw confidence numbers run high — a claimed 52% has historically delivered 49%. The grade already corrects for this. The claim is shown so the correction is visible rather than hidden.
What this card is. Research, analytics and market context. Atlas does not publish selections, does not size anything and does not project returns. Every figure is computed out of sample from a point-in-time database: nothing attached to a game uses information that did not exist before kickoff.