New Mexico Highlands Cowboys D2 College Football Ratings & Rankings

College Football

New Mexico Highlands

Cowboys

Marginal

C Overall Grade 74

Struggler

Sleeper

3-5 Record

37.5% Win %

#104 D2 Rank#507 nat'l

30.4 Pts / Game

L 4 Streak

Next Up:
at Colorado Mesa, Sat Oct 31

Performance Rankings: D2 (National)

New Mexico Highlands Cowboys has been rated by Versus for 20 seasons, from 2007-08 through 2026-27.

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

Versus divisional rankings begin in 2010-11; earlier seasons show the record only.

Season-by-season table

Season	Record	Win %	Versus Rank
2007-08	4-6	40.0%	—
2008-09	3-8	27.3%	—
2009-10	1-10	9.1%	—
2010-11	1-10	9.1%	#141
2011-12	4-7	36.4%	#102
2012-13	8-3	72.7%	#42
2013-14	2-9	18.2%	#137
2014-15	3-8	27.3%	#80
2015-16	2-9	18.2%	#130
2016-17	0-11	0.0%	#152
2017-18	2-9	18.2%	#167
2018-19	4-7	36.4%	#93
2019-20	2-7	22.2%	#99
2020-21	1-0	100.0%	#89
2021-22	4-6	40.0%	#80
2022-23	3-7	30.0%	#113
2023-24	2-9	18.2%	#127
2024-25	2-9	18.2%	#152
2025-26	6-5	54.5%	#83
2026-27	3-5	37.5%	#104

Rank	Team	W	L	Change
101	Colorado St-Pueblo	8	0	11
140	Western Colorado	8	0	23
196	Colorado Mines	5	2	17
309	Colorado Mesa	4	4	10
321	Black Hills St	5	3	24
387	South Dakota Tech	5	3	40
396	Chadron St	3	5	76
504	Fort Lewis	2	5	9
507	New Mexico Highlands	3	5	63
680	Adams St	0	8	6

Date	Opponent	Outcome
Thu Aug 27	vs Eastern New Mexico (0-8) Lone Star	W35-34
Thu Sep 3	at Western New Mexico (3-5) Lone Star	W55-32
Sat Sep 12	at Fort Lewis (2-5) Rocky Mountain	L28-31
Sat Sep 19	vs Black Hills St (5-3) Rocky Mountain	W44-36
Sat Sep 26	at South Dakota Tech (5-3) Rocky Mountain	L23-34
Sat Oct 3	vs #10 Western Colorado (8-0) (#140 nationally) Rocky Mountain	L24-52
Sat Oct 17	at #6 Colorado St-Pueblo (8-0) (#101 nationally) Rocky Mountain	L17-77
Sat Oct 24	vs Chadron St (3-5) Rocky Mountain	L17-59