Our side
MoneylineAF to win
ours 75%
Projected score
20–33
UTEP – AF
2026-11-20 · 8:00 PM
Falcon Stadium · USAF Academy, CO
Early season
The books
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Series
Air Force lead
14–1
· 15 meetings since 1978
2025 unit ranks —
last completed season, from games actually played
Run game
edge UTEP Miners
82 ranks
UTEP Miners #177 rush offense
Air Force Falcons #259 run defense
Pass game
even
5 ranks apart
UTEP Miners #250 pass offense
Air Force Falcons #255 pass defense
Run game
even
25 ranks apart
Air Force Falcons #34 rush offense
UTEP Miners #59 run defense
Pass game
edge Air Force Falcons
111 ranks
Air Force Falcons #3 pass offense
UTEP Miners #114 pass defense
UTEP Miners
Balanced · 50% run
Avg pace
Dual-threat QB · 44 rush ypg
Air Force Falcons
Run-heavy · 80% run
Avg pace
Dual-threat QB · 92 rush ypg
Scotty Walden · 6-22 · defense-minded
Troy Calhoun · 80-53 · offense-minded
Ranked by team-unit strength
(rush & pass offense vs. run & pass defense) across all 265
D1 teams, not by individual players. Identity, tempo and unit strength are measured from the
2025 season.
The evidence 2025 production and power ratings · supporting the number above
Who carried each team in 2025
UTEP Miners
TE
Cash Cheeks
3 rec · 51 yds · 2 TD
#55 TE
QB
EJ Colson Jr.
291 pass yds · 4 TD · 0 INT
#73 QB
RB
Tavorus Jones
128 rush yds · 1 TD · 4 rec
#205 RB
DL
Derek Burns
4 tkl · 1.0 sacks · 2.0 TFL
#516 DL
Air Force Falcons
LB
Blake Fletcher
21 tkl · 1.0 sacks · 1.5 TFL
#1 LB
P
Will Duncan
5 punts · 56.0 yd avg
#18 P
LB
Dallas Daley
12 tkl · 1.0 TFL
#238 LB
DB
Korey Johnson
6 tkl · 1 PD · 1 INT
#501 DB
Top-rated players from last season, ranked within their
position across D1. A grade measures what a player produced, and no
2026 game has been played yet — so this is who produced for
these programs in 2025, not a claim about who is on the field this year.
Power breakdown
Def is higher = better. The projection assumes a 2.4-pt home edge (0 at neutral sites).
Where the number comes from
UTEP offense vs Air Force defense-2.7 pts
Air Force offense vs UTEP defense+6.2 pts
Travel · context onlyAway team travels 508 mi
Altitude · context only836 m higher than the visitor's home elevation
An efficiency adjustment from season-to-date EPA and success rate applies once teams have
played enough games; before then it is 0 and the number is the power rating alone.
Situational spots are shown for context, not baked in: travel, altitude and rest
were tested against 6,000+ games and the power and efficiency ratings already account for them.
Adding them again would double-count.