Miners athletics

As Dana Dimel prepares for his fourth season at the helm of the program, a lot of expectations have been placed on the UTEP football team. It's time to talk some UTEP football ahead of the 2021 season.

The UTEP football and softball programs are facing Level II-standard penalties, according to an agreement that was sent by the Division I Committee on Infractions on Tuesday morning.

The Miners (2-1) shook off early struggles and hung on to beat Abilene Christian (0-1) 17-13 in front of 6,059 fans at the Sun Bowl on Saturday.

The Miners, who have won just two games in the last three seasons (2-34), were ranked dead last (76 of 76) in the CBS Sports college football rankings list.

The Trump administration rescinded the policy on Tuesday in an attempt to force international students to leave the United States if the classes were online-only. Read how this impacts UTEP athletics.

Over the weekend, UTEP sent out a release to confirm what felt like inescapable news. Five Miner student-athletes tested positive for COVID-19 and as a result, the university's athletic facilities will close for extensive cleaning until Thursday, July 16.

It's that time again for UTEP athletics to select 10 new members for the Miners Fan Council, as the department prepares for the upcoming 2020-21 academic year.

Under the new concept, the NCAA transfer waiver working group would allow Division I athletes to transfer once without sitting out a year of competition. See how this would impact UTEP athletics.