New Mexico
Utah State vs New Mexico prediction, odds, pick, how to watch
Utah State faces New Mexico. Our college basketball odds series includes our Utah State New Mexico prediction, odds, and pick.
The Utah State Aggies take on the New Mexico Lobos. Check out our college basketball odds series for our Utah State New Mexico prediction and pick. Find how to watch Utah State New Mexico.
The Utah State Aggies have raced to the top of the Mountain West Conference standings. They’re 4-0 after rallying from behind to beat UNLV on the road by one point this past weekend. Utah State has also defeated Colorado State at home, the best win of the four in conference play. The Aggies have gotten the jump on New Mexico and their other competitors in the conference race. Other teams have stumbled at least once if not twice. Utah State could take a really big step toward the conference championship if it can beat New Mexico on the road in Albuquerque. When New Mexico is good — and this season the Lobos are good — winning on the road in The Pit is one of the toughest tasks in college basketball.
This is a big-time showcase game in the Mountain West, with Utah State entering this game 16-1 and New Mexico checking in at 14-3. You won’t find many better games than this one on the Tuesday night slate in college hoops. It’s a huge opportunity for Utah State to create separation in the conference, and an important night for New Mexico in its attempt to get back into the thick of the conference race.
Here are the Utah State-New Mexico College Basketball odds, courtesy of FanDuel.
College Basketball Odds: Utah State-New Mexico Odds
Utah State Aggies: +5.5 (-110)
New Mexico Lobos: -5.5 (-110)
Over: 156.5 (-115)
Under: 156.5 (-105)
How To Watch Utah State vs New Mexico
Time: 10:30 pm ET / 7:30 pm PT
TV: Fox Sports 1
Stream: fuboTV (click for a free trial)*
Why Utah State Could Cover the Spread
The Aggies are 4-0 in their conference, and that doesn’t happen by accident. Utah State has shown a lot of poise in its wins over Colorado State and UNLV. This team responds well to adversity and is able to handle in-game moments which don’t go well. Being able to find a knack for coming through in tense, stressful situations is something not every college basketball team manages to grasp. Utah State has grasped that fine art, and that’s a very important thing for bettors to keep track of. When we also realize that Utah State is still getting 5.5 points instead of giving them, it’s even easier to take USU. This game does figure to be close, and Utah State has more of a margin for error from a pure betting standpoint. That’s a very attractive line of thought for a bettor to consider.
Why New Mexico Could Cover the Spread
The Lobos are only 2-2 in the Mountain West while Utah State is 4-0. That might seem like a reason to take Utah State, but it’s actually a great reason to go with the Lobos. They badly need this game in terms of the conference race. If they lose, they will fall three games behind USU and won’t be able to play the Aggies at home later in the season. They wouldn’t be eliminated from the MWC race, but they would absorb a huge blow. New Mexico is more likely to be the more desperate team in this game. Utah State, meanwhile, is 4-0 and is not likely to go through the league unbeaten. If there was a likely spot for USU to lose a game, this is it, right here. Moreover, Utah State struggled at UNLV and was fortunate to come out of that game with a win. New Mexico will be a tougher nut for Utah State to crack.
Final Utah State-New Mexico Prediction & Pick
New Mexico urgently needs this game. That urgency will carry the Lobos here. Take UNM.
Final Utah State-New Mexico Prediction & Pick: New Mexico -5.5
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The governor sets the agenda for the session, including for the budget, so here is what they are looking at so far.
SANTA FE, N.M. — As the regular session of the New Mexico Legislature is set to begin Jan. 20, lawmakers have already filed dozens of bills.
Bills include prohibiting book bans at public libraries and protections against AI, specifically the distribution of sensitive and “Deepfake” images
Juvenile justice reform is, again, a hot topic. House Bill 25 would allow access to someone’s juvenile records during a background check if they’re trying to buy a gun.
Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham sets the agenda and puts forth the proposed budget lawmakers will address during the session. The governor is calling for lawmakers to take up an $11.3 billion budget for the 2027 fiscal year, which is up 4.6% from current spending levels.
Where would that money go? More than $600 million would go to universal free child care. Meanwhile, more than $200 million would go to health care and to protect against federal funding cuts.
There is also $65 million for statewide affordable housing initiatives and $19 million for public safety.
After years of failure to land a “big fish” business for New Mexico’s economy (or effectively use the oil and gas revenues to grow the economy) Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham with the help of her Economic Development Secretary Rob Black have lured no fewer than three large data centers to New Mexico. These data centers are being built to serve the booming world of Artificial Intelligence (AI), and they will have profound impacts on New Mexico.
It is our view that having these data centers locate in New Mexico is better than having them locate elsewhere. While we have many differences of opinion with this governor, we are pleased to see her get serious about growing and diversifying New Mexico’s oil-dependent economy albeit quite late in her second term.
Sadly, the governor and legislature have chosen not to use broad based economic reforms like deregulation or tax cuts to improve New Mexico’s competitiveness. But, with the failure of her “preferred” economic development “wins” like Maxeon and Ebon solar both of which the governor announced a few years ago, but haven’t panned out, the focus on a more realistic strategy is welcome and long overdue.
Currently, three new data centers are slated to be built in New Mexico:
- Oracle’s Project Jupiter in Santa Teresa with an investment of $165 billion.
- Project Zenith slated to be built in Roswell amounts to a $11.7 billion investment.
- New Era Energy & Digital, Inc. While the overall investment is unclear, the energy requirement is the largest of the three at 7 gigawatts (that’s seven times the power used by the City of San Francisco).
What is a data center? Basically, they are the real-world computing infrastructure that makes up the Internet. The rise of AI requires vast new computing power. It is critical that these facilities have uninterrupted electricity.
That electricity is going to be largely generated by traditional sources like natural gas and possibly nuclear. That contravenes New Mexico’s Energy Transition Act of 2019 which was adopted by this Gov. and many of the legislators still in office. Under the Act electrical power emissions are supposed to be eliminated in a few years.
With the amount of money being invested in these facilities and the simple fact that wind and solar and other “renewable” energy sources aren’t going to get the job done. In 2025 the Legislature passed and MLG signed HB 93 which allows for the creation of “microgrids” that won’t tax the grid and make our electricity more expensive, but the ETA will have to be amended or ignored to provide enough electricity for these data centers. There’s no other option.
New Mexicans have every right to wonder why powerful friends of the governor can set up their own natural gas microgrids while the rest of us face rising costs and decreased reliability from so-called “renewables.” Don’t get me wrong, having these data centers come to New Mexico is an economic boon.
But it comes tempered with massive subsidies including a 30-year property tax exemption and up to $165 billion in industrial revenue bonds. New Mexico is ideally suited as a destination for these data centers with its favorable climate and lack of natural disasters like hurricanes, tornadoes, and floods. We shouldn’t be giving away such massive subsidies.
Welcoming the data center boom to New Mexico better than rejecting them and pushing them to locate in other states. There is no way to avoid CO2 emissions whether they happen here or somewhere else. But, there are questions about both the electricity demand and subsidies that must be addressed as New Mexico’s data center boom begins.
What will the Legislature, radical environmental groups, and future governors of our state do to hinder (or help) bring these data centers to our State? That is an open question that depends heavily on upcoming statewide elections. It is important that New Mexicans understand and appreciate these complicated issues.
Paul Gessing is president of New Mexico’s Rio Grande Foundation. The Rio Grande Foundation is an independent, nonpartisan, tax-exempt research and educational organization dedicated to promoting prosperity for New Mexico based on principles of limited government, economic freedom and individual responsibility
SANTA FE, N.M. (KFOX14/CBS4) – The New Mexico Department of Health says it will continue to recommend the full schedule of childhood vaccines.
State officials announced the move Tuesday, directly defying a new federal policy that scaled back routine immunization guidance.
The announcement comes after U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS), under Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., reduced the number of vaccines it recommends for all children.
The New Mexico Department of Health stated the federal changes were “not based on new scientific evidence or safety data.”
“New Mexico will not follow the federal government in walking away from decades of proven public health practice,” said Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham. “Our recommendations remain unchanged.”
State health officials sought to reassure parents, emphasizing that vaccines remain widely available and covered by insurance.
“We know this is confusing for parents, but the science is clear: vaccines are safe, effective, and save children’s lives,” said Dr. Miranda Durham, chief medical officer for NMDOH.
All childhood vaccinations will continue to be covered under programs like Medicaid and the federal Vaccines for Children Program.
The state encourages parents to consult their healthcare providers using the American Academy of Pediatrics’ immunization schedule.
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