Colorado Buffaloes
FBS
Big 12 Conference · COLO
Team Vitals
+3.3
power · 2026 · #114 D1
+1.4 / +1.9
off / def (higher = better)
3–9
2025 record
105
roster (2025)
Upcoming 2026
| Date | Wk | Opponent | Site | Model Lean |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-03 | Wk 1 | Georgia Tech FBS | AWAY | Georgia Tech 66% |
| 2026-09-12 | Wk 2 | Weber State FCS | HOME | Colorado 69% |
| 2026-09-19 | Wk 3 | Northwestern FBS | AWAY | Northwestern 61% |
| 2026-09-26 | Wk 4 | Baylor FBS | AWAY | Baylor 59% |
| 2026-10-03 | Wk 5 | Texas Tech FBS | HOME | Texas Tech 73% |
| 2026-10-17 | Wk 7 | Utah FBS | HOME | Utah 70% |
| 2026-10-24 | Wk 8 | Oklahoma State FBS | AWAY | Colorado 56% |
| 2026-10-31 | Wk 9 | Kansas State FBS | HOME | Kansas State 57% |
| 2026-11-07 | Wk 10 | Arizona State FBS | AWAY | Arizona State 66% |
| 2026-11-13 | Wk 11 | Houston FBS | HOME | Houston 55% |
| 2026-11-21 | Wk 12 | Cincinnati FBS | AWAY | Cincinnati 60% |
| 2026-11-28 | Wk 13 | UCF FBS | HOME | Colorado 55% |
Recent Results
| Date | Season | Wk | Opponent | Result | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-29 | 2025 | Wk 14 | Kansas State @ | L | 14–24 |
| 2025-11-22 | 2025 | Wk 13 | Arizona State vs | L | 17–42 |
| 2025-11-08 | 2025 | Wk 11 | West Virginia @ | L | 22–29 |
| 2025-11-01 | 2025 | Wk 10 | Arizona vs | L | 17–52 |
| 2025-10-25 | 2025 | Wk 9 | Utah @ | L | 7–53 |
| 2025-10-11 | 2025 | Wk 7 | Iowa State vs | W | 24–17 |
| 2025-10-04 | 2025 | Wk 6 | TCU @ | L | 21–35 |
| 2025-09-27 | 2025 | Wk 5 | BYU vs | L | 21–24 |
| 2025-09-20 | 2025 | Wk 4 | Wyoming vs | W | 37–20 |
| 2025-09-12 | 2025 | Wk 3 | Houston @ | L | 20–36 |
| 2025-09-06 | 2025 | Wk 2 | Delaware vs | W | 31–7 |
| 2025-08-29 | 2025 | Wk 1 | Georgia Tech vs | L | 20–27 |
Season by Season
| Season | W | L | PF | PA | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | 9 | 251 | 366 | -115 |
| 2024 | 9 | 4 | 428 | 300 | +128 |
| 2023 | 4 | 8 | 338 | 418 | -80 |
| 2022 | 1 | 11 | 185 | 534 | -349 |
| 2021 | 4 | 8 | 225 | 320 | -95 |
| 2020 | 4 | 2 | 171 | 190 | -19 |
| 2019 | 5 | 7 | 282 | 382 | -100 |
| 2018 | 5 | 7 | 325 | 327 | -2 |
| 2017 | 5 | 7 | 317 | 338 | -21 |
| 2016 | 10 | 4 | 435 | 304 | +131 |
| 2015 | 4 | 9 | 320 | 357 | -37 |
Injuries
None reported.
Player grades 2025 season
Box production, opponent-adjusted, ranked within position (50 = positional average). 2025 is the last season played, so these describe that team, not this year's. OL rows are team-inferred — college football publishes no individual OL box stats. Full leaderboard →
| Player | Pos | Grade | Pos rank | G | 2025 season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tawfiq Byard | DB | 83 | #47 | 12 | 79 tkl · 4 PD · 1 INT |
| Preston Hodge | DB | 82 | #58 | 12 | 55 tkl · 13 PD · 1 INT |
| Omarion Miller | WR | 81 | #54 | 11 | 45 rec · 808 yds · 8 TD |
| Keaten Wade | DL | 79 | #72 | 12 | 47 tkl · 2.5 sacks · 9.0 TFL |
| Arden Walker | DL | 74 | #136 | 11 | 44 tkl · 2.5 sacks · 4.5 TFL |
| Kaidon Salter | QB | 73 | #62 | 9 | 1,414 pass yds · 10 TD · 7 INT |
| Jeremiah Brown | LB | 72 | #146 | 10 | 69 tkl · 2.0 sacks · 7.5 TFL |
| Carter Stoutmire | DB | 70 | #296 | 8 | 37 tkl · 5 PD |
| John Slaughter | DB | 70 | #298 | 5 | 24 tkl · 2 INT |
| Joseph Williams | WR | 70 | #253 | 10 | 37 rec · 489 yds · 4 TD |
| DJ McKinney | DB | 67 | #423 | 9 | 34 tkl · 5 PD · 1 INT |
| London Merritt | DL | 66 | #382 | 10 | 24 tkl · 1.0 sacks · 8.0 TFL |
| Dekalon Taylor | RB | 64 | #356 | 4 | 83 rush yds · 10 rec |
| Tawfiq Thomas | DL | 62 | #555 | 4 | 12 tkl · 1.5 TFL |
| Julian Lewis | QB | 62 | #210 | 4 | 589 pass yds · 4 TD · 0 INT |
| Simeon Price | RB | 61 | #444 | 4 | 143 rush yds · 2 TD · 4 rec |
| RJ Johnson | DB | 60 | #799 | 3 | 8 tkl · 1 PD · 1 INT |
| Ryan Staub | QB | 60 | #242 | 4 | 427 pass yds · 3 TD · 4 INT |
| Brandon Davis-Swain | DL | 60 | #686 | 8 | 15 tkl · 1.5 sacks · 2.5 TFL |
| Micah Welch | RB | 60 | #510 | 12 | 384 rush yds · 4 TD · 11 rec |
| Colton Allen | QB | 60 | #256 | 1 | 4 pass yds · 0 INT |
| Shaun Myers | LB | 60 | #533 | 9 | 36 tkl · 1.0 sacks · 5.0 TFL |
| Damon Greaves | P | 58 | #97 | 12 | 64 punts · 43.7 yd avg |
| Dallan Hayden | RB | 58 | #604 | 8 | 326 rush yds · 1 TD · 4 rec |
| Sincere Brown | WR | 57 | #832 | 11 | 22 rec · 376 yds · 2 TD |
| Martavius French | LB | 57 | #653 | 8 | 30 tkl · 1.0 sacks · 3.5 TFL |
| Reginald Hughes | LB | 56 | #693 | 11 | 49 tkl · 0.5 TFL |
| Mana Taimani team-inferred | OL | 55 | #184 | 1 | — |
| Kameron Hawkins team-inferred | OL | 55 | #183 | 1 | — |
| Ivan Yates | DB | 55 | #1213 | 7 | 16 tkl · 5 PD |
| Alejandro Mata | K | 55 | #203 | 12 | 9 FG · 30 XP · 57 pts |
| Terrell Timmons Jr. | WR | 53 | #1120 | 2 | 3 rec · 58 yds |
| Alexander McPherson | DL | 50 | #1345 | 8 | 15 tkl · 0.5 sacks · 0.5 TFL |
| Ben Finneseth | DB | 48 | #1801 | 8 | 26 tkl |
| Bo LaPenna | LB | 48 | #1111 | 1 | 1 tkl |
| Zach Atkins | TE | 47 | #534 | 10 | 20 rec · 149 yds |
| Samuel Okunlola | DL | 46 | #1586 | 1 | 1 tkl |
| Ronald Coleman | WR | 45 | #1615 | 1 | — |
| Nikhil Webb Walker | DL | 45 | #1675 | 1 | 1 tkl |
| Dominiq Ponder | QB | 44 | #637 | 1 | 0 INT · -4 rush yds |