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Index · this season
54
at its 5-year level
Career54since 1936
Peak801997
Last 553seasons
#109 nationally · 2-3 (0-1 conf)
Résumé #100
Schedule so far #67
Margin ±5 pts (tightens with games)
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Colorado State Rams

Pac-12 · Fort Collins, CO · Canvas Stadium · Head coach Jim Mora
Rival
Heated rivalry
58-52-5 all time (115 meetings since 1903)
Colorado State leads
Last: won 35-13 (2026)
Holds it
program traits are earned from history
No recognized national titles since 1936. Counted: AP poll champion, a coaches-poll champion, or the BCS / playoff title-game winner; a split year counts for both.0national titles
Heisman Trophy winners0Heisman
Seasons finishing in the AP top 10 since 19360AP top-10
Consensus All-Americans since 19364All-Americans
NFL draft picks since 196756NFL picks
Winning percentage since 193643.8%win pct
History since 1936 · football since 1902. Every season →
Chemistry
Chem 42: new staff, still building42
Chem 30: warning zone
30Foundation
Chem 60: typical
60Gel
gel counts 40% so far
▼ Below its norm -19Trending down
early · #121 of 138
HC year1
Ret. starters18%
QB yrs w/ OC1
View chemistry →
Team chemistryearly · #121 of 138 FBS teams
Chem 30: warning zoneFoundation30+Chem 60: typicalGel60=Chem 42: warning zoneChem42Gel counts 40% so far (it grows as games are played, up to half)
Foundationwhat the program has built · moves over seasons
Foundation30Staff stability — Coach and coordinator tenure, staff who came along, assistant turnoverStaff stability27Roster continuity — Returning starters and the lineup's experienceRoster continuity31Unit cohesion — QB & coordinator, QB & receivers, offensive line, defense: how long each unit has played togetherUnit cohesion37Administration — Athletic director continuity and coach-AD alignmentAdministration56Investment — Commitment to football: its share of the department's spending and whether that is growing, plus spending and recruitingInvestment47Fan base — How passionate and loyal the fan base is: how often it sells out, and whether it sells out games that don't matterFan base65
ContinuityClimate
Continuity · who has played and coached togetherlive

Who has played and coached together, and for how long, ranked against every FBS team at the same point of the season.

▸Staff stability
Coach and coordinator tenure, staff who came along, assistant turnover
27
Staff cohesion27
HC year 1 · OC year 1 · DC year 2
▸Roster continuity
Returning starters and the lineup's experience
31
Returning core36
18% of last season's starters · FBS median 34%
Experience26
7 career starts per starter · FBS median 11
▸Unit cohesion
QB & coordinator, QB & receivers, offensive line, defense: how long each unit has played together
37
QB & coordinator55
1st season together · same as 75% of FBS teams
QB & receivers30
1.5 games started together on average · FBS median 4.0
Line cohesion39
3.4 games per linemen pair · FBS median 5.2
Defensive cohesion20
2.9 games per defensive pair · FBS median 4.5
Climate · around the programlive

The administration, money and fans around the team: athletic director continuity, willingness to invest, and crowds.

▸Administration
Athletic director continuity and coach-AD alignment
56
AD continuity56
John Weber · year 3 (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
▸Investment
Commitment to football: its share of the department's spending and whether that is growing, plus spending and recruiting
47
Football's share83
38% of department spending goes to football
Investment trend2
-32% over three years
Football investment57
$21.0M on football (2024-25 federal report)
Recruiting spend57
$0.98M men's recruiting
Department resources53
$56M athletic department revenue
▸Fan base
How passionate and loyal the fan base is: how often it sells out, and whether it sells out games that don't matter
65
Sellouts66
sellout crowds (95%+ of capacity) at 10 of 42 home games (last 8 seasons)
Sells out anyway64
sellout crowds at 6 of 35 games that didn't matter: cupcakes, or a team expected to lose or having a losing season

Finances: U.S. Department of Education athletics disclosures, as reported by each school. Athletic directors: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Attendance: reported crowds vs stadium capacity.

Gelhow it is working right now · moves week to week
Gel60Playing above its parts — Results vs what its preseason projection expected, game by gamePlaying above its parts52Settled & sharp — A settled starting lineup and clean execution (penalties, turnovers) vs its own normalSettled & sharp67Alignment — Coaches and players telling the same story; the staff on one pageAlignmentsoonResilience — Confidence, and how the team sounds after adversityResiliencesoonFan & media mood — Expectations met or missed this season (preseason rank vs now), stronger for fan bases that react hard; fan and media sentiment joins laterFan & media mood48Coach security — The hard-facts hot seat, inverted: results vs expectation, recent seasons vs the program's norm, stakes, a new ADCoach security67
InternalOn-field fitExternal
Internal · how the program talkscoming

How the team talks in press conferences and interviews, each program against its own normal, so a naturally terse coach isn't read as upset. Being built program by program, Big Ten first.

▸Alignment
Coaches and players telling the same story; the staff on one page
soon
Coming: measured from press conferences and interviews.
▸Resilience
Confidence, and how the team sounds after adversity
soon
Coming: measured from press conferences and interviews.

Readings are team-level; we don't publish psychological readings of individual players.

On-field fit · how it is playing togetherlive

How the team is playing together this season: beating or missing its preseason expectation, a settled lineup, clean execution.

▸Playing above its parts
Results vs what its preseason projection expected, game by game
52
This season52
-2.9 points a game vs its preseason projection (4 games)
▸Settled & sharp
A settled starting lineup and clean execution (penalties, turnovers) vs its own normal
67
This season67
78% of starters kept game to game
External · pressure from outsidelive

Pressure from outside the building: the hard-facts hot seat now; this season's fan and media mood as it is measured.

▸Fan & media mood
Expectations met or missed this season (preseason rank vs now), stronger for fan bases that react hard; fan and media sentiment joins later
48
This season48
outside the AP poll: projected #94 preseason -> #109 in our Index now · beat rival Wyoming 35-13 (+5) · results 2-3 (-4, recent games count more)
▸Coach security
The hard-facts hot seat, inverted: results vs expectation, recent seasons vs the program's norm, stakes, a new AD
67
This season67
Jim Mora, year 1 · 40% wins so far · -2.9 pts a game vs preseason expectation

Dashed gold ring = typical (62). 20-50 is the warning zone; under 10 is a collapse. Spokes with no data yet are dashed and left out until they fill in. Chem blends the two halves, then places the blend among this season's teams.

Trend · Foundationeach program year runs Feb 1 to the title game
'1665'1773'1849'1968'2050'2173'2258'2371'2464'2542'262016 wk 1 vs Colorado: 66 · L2016 wk 2 vs UTSA: 79 · W2016 wk 3 vs Northern Colorado: 61 · W2016 wk 4 vs Minnesota: 62 · L2016 wk 5 vs Wyoming: 65 · L2016 wk 6 vs Utah State: 65 · W2016 wk 7 vs Boise State: 66 · L2016 wk 8 vs UNLV: 65 · W2016 wk 10 vs Fresno State: 65 · W2016 wk 11 vs Air Force: 68 · L2016 wk 12 vs New Mexico: 68 · W2016 wk 13 vs San Diego State: 67 · W2016 wk 1 vs Idaho: 65 · L2017 wk 1 vs Colorado: 75 · L2017 wk 2 vs Abilene Christian: 75 · W2017 wk 3 vs Alabama: 76 · L2017 wk 5 vs Hawai'i: 76 · W2017 wk 6 vs Utah State: 75 · W2017 wk 7 vs Nevada: 76 · W2017 wk 8 vs New Mexico: 77 · W2017 wk 9 vs Air Force: 76 · L2017 wk 10 vs Wyoming: 76 · L2017 wk 11 vs Boise State: 75 · L2017 wk 12 vs San José State: 76 · W2017 wk 1 vs Marshall: 73 · L2018 wk 1 vs Colorado: 42 · L2018 wk 2 vs Arkansas: 43 · W2018 wk 3 vs Florida: 49 · L2018 wk 4 vs Illinois State: 50 · L2018 wk 6 vs San José State: 48 · W2018 wk 7 vs New Mexico: 51 · W2018 wk 8 vs Boise State: 50 · L2018 wk 9 vs Wyoming: 52 · L2018 wk 11 vs Nevada: 48 · L2018 wk 12 vs Utah State: 47 · L2018 wk 13 vs Air Force: 49 · L2019 wk 2 vs Western Illinois: 71 · W2019 wk 3 vs Arkansas: 68 · L2019 wk 4 vs Toledo: 71 · L2019 wk 5 vs Utah State: 68 · L2019 wk 6 vs San Diego State: 69 · L2019 wk 7 vs New Mexico: 69 · W2019 wk 9 vs Fresno State: 67 · W2019 wk 10 vs UNLV: 66 · W2019 wk 12 vs Air Force: 64 · L2019 wk 13 vs Wyoming: 64 · L2019 wk 14 vs Boise State: 68 · L2020 wk 10 vs Wyoming: 48 · W2020 wk 11 vs Boise State: 51 · L2020 wk 14 vs San Diego State: 50 · L2021 wk 2 vs Vanderbilt: 73 · L2021 wk 3 vs Toledo: 73 · W2021 wk 4 vs Iowa: 73 · L2021 wk 6 vs San José State: 72 · W2021 wk 7 vs New Mexico: 73 · W2021 wk 8 vs Utah State: 73 · L2021 wk 9 vs Boise State: 73 · L2021 wk 10 vs Wyoming: 73 · L2021 wk 11 vs Air Force: 73 · L2021 wk 12 vs Hawai'i: 72 · L2021 wk 13 vs Nevada: 73 · L2022 wk 2 vs Middle Tennessee: 55 · L2022 wk 3 vs Washington State: 57 · L2022 wk 4 vs Sacramento State: 57 · L2022 wk 6 vs Nevada: 57 · W2022 wk 7 vs Utah State: 51 · L2022 wk 8 vs Hawai'i: 53 · W2022 wk 9 vs Boise State: 55 · L2022 wk 10 vs San José State: 56 · L2022 wk 11 vs Wyoming: 55 · L2022 wk 12 vs Air Force: 57 · L2022 wk 13 vs New Mexico: 58 · W2023 wk 3 vs Colorado: 68 · L2023 wk 4 vs Middle Tennessee: 67 · W2023 wk 5 vs Utah Tech: 67 · W2023 wk 6 vs Utah State: 68 · L2023 wk 7 vs Boise State: 68 · W2023 wk 8 vs UNLV: 69 · L2023 wk 9 vs Air Force: 69 · L2023 wk 10 vs Wyoming: 69 · L2023 wk 11 vs San Diego State: 67 · W2023 wk 12 vs Nevada: 70 · W2023 wk 13 vs Hawai'i: 71 · L2024 wk 2 vs Northern Colorado: 65 · W2024 wk 3 vs Colorado: 65 · L2024 wk 4 vs UTEP: 66 · W2024 wk 6 vs Oregon State: 63 · L2024 wk 7 vs San José State: 66 · W2024 wk 8 vs Air Force: 66 · W2024 wk 9 vs New Mexico: 65 · W2024 wk 10 vs Nevada: 65 · W2024 wk 12 vs Wyoming: 65 · W2024 wk 13 vs Fresno State: 65 · L2024 wk 14 vs Utah State: 66 · W2024 wk 1 vs Miami (OH): 64 · L2025 wk 2 vs Northern Colorado: 52 · W2025 wk 4 vs UTSA: 55 · L2025 wk 5 vs Washington State: 58 · L2025 wk 6 vs San Diego State: 46 · L2025 wk 7 vs Fresno State: 45 · W2025 wk 8 vs Hawai'i: 47 · L2025 wk 9 vs Wyoming: 49 · L2025 wk 11 vs UNLV: 47 · L2025 wk 12 vs New Mexico: 48 · L2025 wk 13 vs Boise State: 48 · L2025 wk 14 vs Air Force: 42 · L2026 wk 2 vs Southern Utah: 22 · W2026 wk 3 vs BYU: 34 · L2026 wk 4 vs UTSA: 33 · L2026 wk 5 vs Oregon State: 20 · L2026 wk 7 vs Texas State: 30 · next gametypical 62

Every game since 2016, one continuous line; thin rules separate seasons and the chip is where each season finished. Navy dot = win, red = loss. Big drops usually mean a new staff, a new quarterback or a rebuilt line.

Trend · Gelthis season, after each game
typical 62wk 1 · on-field 82 · fan mood 76801wk 2 vs Southern Utah · W · on-field 87 · fan mood 78842wk 3 vs BYU · L · on-field 81 · fan mood 71773wk 4 vs UTSA · L · on-field 73 · fan mood 67714wk 5 vs Oregon State · L · on-field 63 · fan mood 61625

How the team is working right now, rebuilt after each game from only the games so far: on-field fit (results vs preseason expectation, lineup settling, execution) and that week's fan & media mood. Coach security is part of today's Gel number but isn't rebuilt week by week yet. Navy frame = win, red = loss.

Continuity facts
Head coach
Year 1
new this season
Offensive coordinator
Year 1
new this season
Defensive coordinator
Year 2
at this school
HC & OC together
1 seasons
working together
QB with his OC
1 seasons
same play-caller
QB & receivers
1.5 games
started together, average
Offensive line pairs
3.4 games
started together, average
Returning starters
18%
from last season
Starter experience
7 starts
career average
Internal facts
Pressers read
soon
this season, coaches and players
Coach tone
soon
vs his own normal
"We" vs "I"
soon
share of team language
Owning mistakes
soon
vs pointing outward
Same story
soon
coaches and players agree
After losses
soon
how fast tone recovers
Leaders named
soon
players teammates point to
Newcomers
soon
transfers talked about as part of it
Openness
soon
forthcoming vs guarded
Measured from press conferences and interviews, program by program.
Climate facts
Athletic director
John Weber
year 3
Football spending
$21.0M
2024-25 federal report
Spending trend
-32%
over three years
Department revenue
$56M
all sports
Recruiting spend
$0.98M
men's teams
Home crowds
—
of capacity
Staff turnover
—
on-field staff new this season
Fan mood
soon
fans and local media
Coach & AD
soon
on the same page
Finances: U.S. Department of Education athletics disclosures. Athletic directors: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
Offense · games started togetherlatest lineup · 11 starters
Farrar
Robinson
Harper
Smith
Vick
Vereen
Harris
Johnson
Holthaus
Ocon
Hales
QBK'saan Farrar21122121222
RBDurell Robinson12122112222
WRJackson Harper11222221222
WRTerrence Smith Jr.22255233555
WRRJ Vick22255233555
TEJuice Vereen11222221222
OLQuinton Harris21233231333
OLToriyan Johnson12133113333
OLJohn Holthaus22255233555
OLPhillip Ocon22255233575
OLBraden Hales22255233555

Each square: games the two players have started together at this school (darker = more). Gray diagonal: the player's own starts here.

Defense · games started togetherlatest lineup · 11 starters
Harrison
Kelley
Moran
Turner
Diomande
Agurs
Brinson
Blocker
Moore
Brown
Wimbush
DLRobby Harrison44414414441
DLBrandon Kelley45515514551
DLJack Moran4512151214551
LBAntarron Turner11111111111
LBOumar Diomande45515514551
LBKenyon Agurs4512151515551
DBD'Mon Brinson11111111111
DBCJ Blocker44414515441
DBTre'Shawn Moore45515514551
DBElijah Brown45515514551
DBXavier Wimbush11111111111

Each square: games the two players have started together at this school (darker = more). Gray diagonal: the player's own starts here.

Chemistry is Scorebook's own rating of how well a program fits together, on the same all-time 0-99 scale as our other ratings (compared with every FBS team since 2016; 62 is typical, 20-50 signals something is wrong, and single digits are reserved for true collapses; each season is compared with its own era). This early version blends continuity (who has played and coached together, and for how long; it counts most) with the climate around the program; how the program talks joins as it is measured. Within continuity, quarterback-centered pairings count most because they held up when we tested them against results. How our ratings work →