| Mode: | football |
| Year: | 2017 |
| Team: | New Mexico State Aggies |
| Conference: | Sun Belt Conference |
| Short Conf: | Sun Belt |
| Record: | 7–6 |
| Conf Record: | 4–4 |
| Head Coach: | Doug Martin |
| Hc Year: | 5th |
| Assoc Coach: | Oliver Soukup |
| Ahc Year: | 1st |
| Off Scheme: | Air raid |
| Def Coach: | Frank Spaziani |
| Dc Year: | 2nd |
| Def Scheme: | 3–3–5 |
| Stadium: | Aggie Memorial Stadium |
| Champion: | Arizona Bowl champion |
| Bowl Result: | W 26–20 OT vs. Utah State |
The 2017 New Mexico State Aggies football team represented New Mexico State University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Aggies played their home games at Aggie Memorial Stadium in Las Cruces, New Mexico, and competed in the Sun Belt Conference. They were led by fifth–year head coach Doug Martin. The Aggies finished the season 6–6 and 4–4 in Sun Belt play to finish in a three-way tie for fifth place. The Aggies received a bowl bid for the first time in 57 years where they beat Utah State in the Arizona Bowl. This season would both be the Aggies last season with a winning record and last time they received a bowl invitation until the 2022 season.
New Mexico State announced its 2017 football schedule on March 1, 2017. The 2017 schedule consisted of five home and seven away games in the regular season. The Aggies hosted Sun Belt foes Arkansas State, Idaho, South Alabama, and Troy, and traveled to Appalachian State, Georgia Southern, Louisiana–Lafayette, and Texas State.
The Aggies hosted one of the four non-conference opponents, UTEP from Conference USA, and traveled to Arizona State from the Pac-12 Conference, Arkansas from the Southeastern Conference and New Mexico from the Mountain West Conference.
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See also: 2017 Arizona State Sun Devils football team.
See also: 2017 New Mexico Lobos football team and Rio Grande Rivalry.
See also: 2017 Troy Trojans football team.
See also: 2017 UTEP Miners football team and Battle of I-10.
See also: 2017 Arkansas Razorbacks football team.
See also: 2017 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team.
See also: 2017 Georgia Southern Eagles football team.
See also: 2017 Arkansas State Red Wolves football team.
See also: 2017 Texas State Bobcats football team.
See also: 2017 Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns football team.
See also: 2017 Idaho Vandals football team.
See also: 2017 South Alabama Jaguars football team.
See also: 2017 Utah State Aggies football team and 2017 Arizona Bowl.