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2024 UTEP football predictions: Ranked No. 126 by RJ Young

Updated Aug. 12, 2024 10:14 a.m. ET

FOX Sports National College Football Analyst

UTEP Miners Ranking: 126/134

[Check out RJ Young's ultimate 134 college football rankings here]

Conference ranking: 9th in C-USA (+6000 to win conference)
Teams ahead of them: Louisiana Tech (125), Florida International (124), Florida Atlantic (123), New Mexico State (122), Central Michigan (121)
Teams behind them: Ball State (127), Charlotte (128), Eastern Michigan (129), Temple (130), Kent State (131)

[UTEP 2024 schedule]

RJ's take: It's not just that new head coach Scotty Walden was at FCS Austin Peay last year. It's that he's taken 10 former APSU offensive players and made them Miners. Chief among them is RB Jevon Jackson, who rushed for more than 1,400 yards last year. Defensively, Maurice Westmoreland is perhaps the only good player from last year who probably could have transferred to a Power 4 program and didn't: He accounted for 11.5 tackles for loss and 7.5 sacks last season.

UTEP's Win Total Odds: Over 4 (-120) Under 4 (-110)

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