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UTEP fans choose kickoff time for San Jose State gameour readKenny Odom produces at a notably LOWER rate when his team is an underdog than when favored -- he fades when the pressure is on, and his per-target value drops too.our read

Mountain West · Scotty Walden, year 3 (6-20) · Sun Bowl · 51,500 · 24,580 avg in 2026

The nationunrankedAP / Coaches
The model#136 CFB ZeitgeistSP+ #132 (-24.3) · FPI #129
The marketMichigan by 35at Michigan · our model 6% UTEP · a number, not a pick

LastW 51–10 vs Texas Southern · Sat Sep 12 · EJ Colson 239 pass yds, 4 TD, 49 rush yds

Nextat Michigan · Sat Sep 19 · 3:30 pm ET · Michigan Stadium · Michigan by 35 · first meeting on record · Game preview

Updated Tue Sep 15 · through week 2

Cautious optimism is building around UTEP.

Scotty Walden's year 3 (2026): 1-1, behind Dana Dimel's 3-5 in the same spot.

belief warmed ↑ 5.6vs prior week
Fanbase belief
Leaning up
55/100 · 82 mentions · top 23% of FBS
~ our read
Grounding
running on emotion
4% cite a stat · 6% typical ✓ counted
~ our read
Volatility
Chaotic
σ 26 pts
~ our read
The model
#136
CFB Zeitgeist · -8.1
✓ measured
Explore all 6 corners of the fanbase ↓
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identity shift

UTEP's fanbase identity shifts, signaling new direction.

Scotty Walden begins his second season at UTEP with a 2-10 losing record to overcome, as the program's historic identity in El Paso remains unfulfilled despite its rich football legacy.

The jury's still out.

The Pulse on UTEP

Archive · Wk 1 · 82 mentions · medium confidence
55
Δ +5.6 vs last wk
82 mentions this week · conversation velocity

What moved it — last 14 days

— Awaiting next signal window
"Paydirt" — UTEP fanbase · recurring line
The Fever Year

Position = mood · width = volume · color = the kind of feeling

Inside the fanbase — all 6 corners

Cr/CFB
GGoogle News
MMountain West Connection
CCampus paper
BBluesky
YYouTube
6 outlets & communities talking

The split, staged

Warmest corner+0.00
Local
most bought-in cohort our read
vs
Coldest corner−0.00
National take
coolest cohort our read

How UTEP fans actually talk real · top-upvoted

Rr/CFBthe room

He saw the tweets: “Jayden Daniels’ teammates have reportedly been instructed to only give him high fours, as high fives are believed to constitute unauthorized use of his No. 5.”

▲ 254 ▼open ↗

The crowd’s loudest take by upvotes — read for mood, not as a side. The cohort read is the measured part.

Loudest in the room this week real · by engagement

All 6 corners of the fanbase

skeptical
buying in
Local+0.39
National take+0.19

Cohort sentiment is a source-weighted model read — never a quote pinned to a person.

What this fanbase keeps coming back to our read · topic model

fan energy
44%
recent results
16%
the roster
14%
the schedule
10%
where the program is headed
8%

Topics are model-labeled from Reddit — a rough signal of what this fanbase is circling right now.

131 mentions · 6 sources · week 2026-02. Counts, sources and the divergence rank are measured (fact). Cohort labels and sentiment are a source-weighted model read (our read) — never a quote attributed to a person.
Belief checklight on evidence

~ our readUTEP fans are split right down the middle, with a bit less hard evidence than most fanbases.

backed by facts
4% cited a stat or resultleague 6%
the mood
20% optimistic21% down

✓ counted We read 82 posts from UTEP fans this week.

Five Lenses

What people are saying right now

Radio, beat writers & editorial9 posts
Mountain West Connection
“AZTECS HOLD BRUINS SCORELESS IN THE FIRST HALF, BUT STRUGGLE LATER ON IN 28-10 LOSS PAC-12 GOES 3-7 IN WEEK TWO. BOISE STATE REBOUNDS WITH WIN OVER MEMPHIS,…”
1d ago
The broader fanbase6 posts
r/CFB
“Hell yeah! Picks up!”
2d ago
News & campus coverage8 posts
News
“INSIDE THE WIN: UTEP football beats Texas Southern in home opener KTSM 9 News”
1d ago
CFB analyst takes5 posts
Bluesky · @redditcfb.com
“UTEP debuting an early contender for uniform of the year this weekend their "Heritage Night" home opener vs Texas Southern in the Sun Bowl.”
3d ago

Fanbase health · UTEP

UTEP's fanbase is growing — 61 of 100.

Loud (163 weighted voices in the latest week) and middling on the field (2-10 last season, 1-1 so far).

On the field — 2-10 last season, 1-1 so far48
How loud — 163 weighted voices in the latest week74

2 of 3 signals · on-field reading uses last season until 4 games are in · 0–100, bands at 26 / 51 / 76

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ArgumentsRecurring arguments this fanbase keeps returning to.
Fan mood

Fans are frustrated with UTEP

Has anyone took Alyk Collins I tried searching more about him online but there is nothing

Where to pick up parking permits? Hi i'm transferring to UTEP and I am not familiar with how the parking works. I tried looking through their page and emailing them but they were of no help. When you purchase the parking permit do you have to go pick it up? Do they mail it to you?

Where are all the local entrepreneurs at? Not the business card kind. The builders.

Fan mood · 5 fans, 5 posts scanned · every quote verified verbatim

PodcastsThe shows this fanbase actually listens to.

From the booth

a recent episode about this team
The obsessionThe rival this fanbase can't stop bringing up.
Rent free · r/cfb fan posts, last season
UTEP fans this offseason 18% of posts bring up another team#56 of 70 saltiest · mostly about Texas
Who UTEP fans can’t stop bringing up
  1. Texas6%
  2. Cincinnati4%
  3. Colorado1%
  4. Utah1%
  5. Georgia1%
share of UTEP’s football posts that mention each team
UTEP lives rent-free in
  1. Oklahoma6%
share of each rival fanbase’s football posts that bring up UTEP
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