New Mexico and Utah State’s 78.5-Point Total Highest of 2024 CFB Season

• The 78.5-point total in New Mexico and Utah State’s Week 8 matchup is the highest of the 2024-2025 college football season.
• Overs hit in five of six New Mexico games and four of six Utah State games.
• Saturday night’s 78.5-point total is the highest since the 2022 season.

LOGAN, Utah – Week 8’s matchup between the New Mexico Lobos and Utah State Aggies offers the highest point total of the season. Standing at 78.5 points, this legal sports betting total has -110 odds to go over or under on Saturday night.

New Mexico vs. Utah State Betting Odds

Team	Spread	Moneyline	Total
New Mexico	-1.5 (-110)	-120	O78.5 (-110)
Utah State	+1.5 (-110)	+100	U78.5 (-110)

Since 2003, just 78 college football games have had a betting total of 78.5 points or more. With there being 134 FBS teams that play 12 games per season, that means just 78 of the estimated 33,768 regular season games (0.2%) in the last 21 years had a betting total this high.

Only nine of those 78 games had a projected point total of 78.5 points, making it one of the rarest point totals in college football history. Those games resulted in an average of 84.33 total points and a 6-3 record at CFB sportsbooks on the over.

Will Utah State and New Mexico Hit the Over?

Incredibly enough, there’s a good chance that the 78.5-point legal Utah sports betting total goes over at -110 odds. Utah State’s defense surrenders the second-most points per game in the country this season at 48.6 points per game. That’s 133rd out of 134 qualifying teams, while New Mexico isn’t far behind at 129th place.

The New Mexico Lobos surrender 44.2 points per game on defense, but they can put up points offensively to hit the over. New Mexico scored 50+ points in back-to-back games, helping them cover the legal New Mexico sports betting spread as favorites in both games.

Saturday’s 78.5-point total would’ve gone over in half of the Lobos’ games this season, including each of their last two games that averaged 89.5 total points. A 78.5-point total went over in back-to-back Utah State games as well, with the Aggies surrendering 112 total points across those two games.

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