MWC: UNLV vs New Mexico 9/30/22 College Football Picks, Predictions, Odds
New Mexico Lobos (2-2) vs. UNLV Rebels (3-1)
September 30, 2022 11:00 pm EDT
The Line: UNLV Rebels -16.5 / New Mexico Lobos +16.5; Over/Under: +45.5
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The UNLV Rebels and New Mexico Lobos clash Friday in a MWC week 5 college football game from Allegiant Stadium.
The New Mexico Lobos will try to rebound from a 38-0 loss at the hands of LSU in their last game. At the time this article was written, Miles Kendrick has thrown for 379 yards, 3 touchdowns and 3 interceptions on 56.3% passing while Sherod White has a team-high 101 rushing yards and 3 touchdowns. Geordon Porter has a team-high 140 receiving yards and 2 touchdowns while Luke Wysong leads New Mexico with 12 receptions for 104 yards. On defense, Jerrick Reed II has a team-high 25 total tackles with 14 solo tackles while Cody Moon has a team-high 3.5 sacks and the Lobos defense has 6 interceptions as a unit this season.
The UNLV Rebels will be out to build on their 3-1 start after a 34-24 win over Utah State last time out. At the time that this article was written, Doug Brumfield has thrown for 773 yards, 7 touchdowns and an interception on 70.6% passing while Aidan Robbins leads the Rebels with 346 rushing yards and 6 scores this season. Ricky White has a team-high 19 catches for 317 yards and 3 touchdowns while Kyle Williams has 189 receiving yards with 3 scores and Jeff Weimer has 123 receiving yards as well. On defense, Austin Ajiake has a team-high 16 total tackles while UNLV’s defense as a whole has 10 sacks and 4 interceptions this season.
New Mexico is 15-36-1 ATS in their last 52 games overall and 7-20 ATS in their last 27 road games while the under is 6-0 ATS in their last 6 games following an ATS loss. UNLV is 4-0 ATS in their last 4 home games and 4-1 ATS in their last 5 conference games while the over is 14-2 in their last 16 Friday games.
I get the case to be made for an underdog getting a fair number of points as a lot of folks still haven’t been convinced about UNLV. However, the Rebels continue to impress despite getting disrespected left and right and while New Mexico has fallen to some pretty heavy hitters, I just think this is a spot where UNLV can finally flex some muscle and get themselves a big win in conference play. Give me the Rebels here.
