NM Highlands Cowboys D2 College Basketball Ratings & Rankings

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College Basketball

NM Highlands

Cowboys

Marginal

C Overall Grade 76

Brutal Schedule

Punchless

Consistency King

Next Up:
vs E New Mexico, Fri Nov 13

Preseason Performance Rankings: D2 (National)

	Rating	Rank
Overall	76 C	175 (611)
Power	76 C	176 (548)
Offensive	77 C+	164 (542)
Defensive	75 C	179 (556)
Schedule (Current)	99 A+	0 (0)
Schedule (Full Season)	99 A+	0 (573)
Record (Full Season)	77 C+	168

2025-2026 Records

Overall	13-22 (37.1%)
Versus D2 Top 25	0-3 (0%)
Versus > .500 Teams	3-16 (15.8%)
Versus < .500 Teams	10-6 (62.5%)
Last 10 Games	5-5 (50%)

2025-2026 Superlatives

Best Win	#376 CSU-Pueblo
Worst Loss	#750 Metro St
Largest MOV	53 pts, #757 Western St CO
Largest MOD	50 pts, #55 New Mexico

Other 2025-2026 Statistics

Points per Game	76.5
Points Against	79.7
Opponent Record	553-493
Average Opponent Rank	494.8
Long Streak	L 10
Current Streak	L 1

NM Highlands Cowboys Program History

NM Highlands Cowboys has been rated by Versus for 4 seasons, from 2022-23 through 2025-26.

Winning season Losing season Current season Bars run from .500; # is the season-ending Versus rank

Versus divisional rankings begin in 2024-25; earlier seasons show the record only.

Season-by-season table

Season	Record	Win %	Versus Rank
2022-23	9-18	33.3%	—
2023-24	8-17	32.0%	—
2024-25	10-17	37.0%	#190
2025-26	13-22	37.1%	#182

RMAC (2025-2026)

Rank	Team	W	L	Change
182	Black Hills St	29	5	1
348	CO Mesa	21	11
376	CSU-Pueblo	20	8	3
378	Ft Lewis	18	11
475	Adams St	18	12	1
604	Colorado Mines	15	16	1
612	Col Springs	14	15	1
637	NM Highlands	13	22	3
685	Colorado Chr	10	17	2
714	Westminster UT	10	18	2
750	Metro St	10	18
757	Western St CO	10	19	1
817	SD Mines	8	19	1
819	Chadron St	7	21
933	Regis CO	2	24	1

2025-2026 Game Results

Date	Opponent	Outcome
Mon Nov 3	at North Texas (18-14) (D1) AAC · D1	L54-88
Fri Nov 7	at MT St-Billings (17-11) GNAC	L67-91
Sat Nov 8	Angelo St (16-15) Lone Star	L68-83
Sun Nov 9	C Missouri (23-10) MIAA	L74-78
Tue Nov 11	at New Mexico St (15-16) (D1) C-USA · D1	L58-74
Fri Nov 14	W New Mexico (22-9) Lone Star	L55-70
Sat Nov 15	at #19 E New Mexico (25-6) (#184 nationally) Lone Star	L53-73
Tue Nov 25	at Cameron (7-22) Lone Star	L81-89
Fri Nov 28	vs W New Mexico (22-9) Lone Star	L58-76
Mon Dec 1	at New Mexico (26-12) (D1) MWC · D1	L47-97
Thu Dec 4	at Regis CO (2-24) RMAC	W72-57
Sat Dec 6	at Colorado Mines (15-16) RMAC	L80-81
Tue Dec 9	at Ft Lewis (18-11) RMAC	L80-88
Thu Dec 11	vs Adams St (18-12) RMAC	W86-85
Tue Dec 16	at Western St CO (10-19) RMAC	W78-70
Thu Dec 18	vs Cameron (7-22) Lone Star	W83-70
Sat Dec 20	vs Colorado Chr (10-17) RMAC	L63-80
Sat Jan 3	at CSU-Pueblo (20-8) RMAC	L57-70
Thu Jan 8	vs CO Mesa (21-11) RMAC	L84-94
Sat Jan 10	vs Western St CO (10-19) RMAC	W113-60
Thu Jan 15	at #18 Black Hills St (29-5) (#182 nationally) RMAC	L74-79
Sat Jan 17	at Chadron St (7-21) RMAC	W88-84
Thu Jan 22	vs Col Springs (14-15) RMAC	W94-79
Sat Jan 24	vs CSU-Pueblo (20-8) RMAC	W82-76
Thu Jan 29	vs Metro St (10-18) RMAC	L83-95
Sat Jan 31	vs Regis CO (2-24) RMAC	W98-51
Tue Feb 3	at Adams St (18-12) RMAC	L79-92
Sat Feb 7	vs Ft Lewis (18-11) RMAC	W93-88
Thu Feb 12	at Westminster UT (10-18) RMAC	W91-84
Sat Feb 14	at CO Mesa (21-11) RMAC	L80-85
Thu Feb 19	vs SD Mines (8-19) RMAC	W85-68
Sat Feb 21	vs #18 Black Hills St (29-5) (#182 nationally) RMAC	L77-85
Thu Feb 26	at Colorado Chr (10-17) RMAC	L67-75
Sat Feb 28	at Col Springs (14-15) RMAC	W86-84
Tue Mar 3	at CO Mesa (21-11) RMAC	L90-91

Ranking History

Week	Date	Rank	W	L	Change
0	Oct 30	665	0	0
1	Nov 9	713	0	3	48
2	Nov 16	806	0	7	93
3	Nov 23	789	0	7	17
4	Nov 30	825	0	9	36
5	Dec 7	790	1	11	35
6	Dec 14	729	2	12	61
7	Dec 21	653	4	13	76
13	Jan 25	621	8	16	32
14	Feb 1	649	9	17	28
15	Feb 8	608	10	17	41
17	Feb 15	610	11	19	2
18	Mar 1	612	13	21	2
19	Mar 8	622	13	22	10
20	Mar 15	626	13	22	4
21	Mar 22	624	13	22	2
22	Mar 29	639	13	22	15
23	Apr 5	640	13	22	1
24	Apr 7	637	13	22	3