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CFB Week 4 · 2026

College football · Week 10 2026 · Saturday, November 7

Liberty vs New Mexico State prediction and pick

Our Liberty Flames at New Mexico State Aggies pick: Liberty by 10.3, 73% to win. The forecast rates every team against the opponents it has played, this season and last, and adds home field. No betting information goes in.

An early look, 6 weeks ahead: it sharpens as the game comes up. Updated every day until kickoff, then frozen and scored. After the game this page shows who deserved to win.

Why the curves are so wide: luck. Even with both teams’ strength known exactly, one game’s bounces, kicks, calls and sequencing move the final margin by about ±12.1 points (one standard deviation, measured from every play since 2019). These forecasts carry ±16.9, so about 51% of the width is that luck; the rest is what nobody knows yet about the teams. That is why a 7-point favorite still loses about 3 times in 10.

Liberty at New Mexico State

Sat, Nov 7, 5:00 pm ET · Aggie Memorial Stadium

Liberty by 10.3 · 73% to win

Show as a table
OutcomeChance
Liberty win73.2%
New Mexico State win26.8%
Middle 50%: Liberty by 21 to New Mexico State by 250%
Middle 90%: Liberty by 38 to New Mexico State by 1790%
Middle 95%: Liberty by 43 to New Mexico State by 2395%
Exactly Liberty by 36.0%
Exactly Liberty by 75.2%
Exactly New Mexico State by 34.9%
Exactly Liberty by 144.1%
Exactly Liberty by 173.8%
P50
Half of games like this end between Liberty by 21 and New Mexico State by 2.
P90
9 in 10 between Liberty by 38 and New Mexico State by 17.
P95
19 in 20 between Liberty by 43 and New Mexico State by 23.
Where the forecast comes from
This season, against its opponentsLiberty+13.0
Home fieldNew Mexico State+3.1
Last seasonLiberty+0.5

The season so far

TeamRecordCoin-flip winsLuck in wins
Liberty 3–1 3.3 +0.3
New Mexico State 1–3 1.0 −0.8

Coin-flip wins: the wins each team’s games were worth with only the kicks, bounces, drops and calls re-rolled, the record adjusted for luck. Luck in wins: actual wins minus what the play was worth.

Liberty vs New Mexico State: questions and answers

Who will win Liberty vs New Mexico State?

Our forecast picks Liberty, with 73% to win; New Mexico State win 27% of the time.

What’s the spread for Liberty vs New Mexico State?

Our spread: Liberty −10.3. The betting line isn’t out yet. Ours uses no betting information, so where the two differ is where our read of the teams differs from the market’s.

When is Liberty vs New Mexico State?

Saturday, November 7, 2026, at 5:00 pm ET, at Aggie Memorial Stadium.