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65
at its 5-year level
Career67since 1936
Peak891989
Last 562seasons
#64 nationally · 2-3 (0-2 conf)
Résumé #65
Schedule so far #27
Margin ±5 pts (tightens with games)
Colorado Buffaloes
Big 12 · Boulder, CO · Folsom Field · Head coach Deion "Coach Prime" Sanders
Rival
Utah · also Colorado State
Established rivalry
33-36-3 all time (72 meetings since 1903)
Utah leads
Last: lost 53-7 (2025)
Wants it back
program traits are earned from history
1national titles
2Heisman
8AP top-10
26All-Americans
152NFL picks
53.0%win pct
History since 1936 · football since 1902. Every season →
Chemistry
39
39Foundation
39Gel
gel counts 40% so far
▼ Below its norm -17
early · #123 of 138
HC year4
Ret. starters18%
QB yrs w/ OC1
| Season | Record | Conference | AP final | Season rank | Rating | Head coach |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026in progress | 2-3 | Big 12 | — | #64 | 65 | Deion Sanders |
| 2025 | 3-9 | Big 12 | — | #79 | 62 | Deion Sanders |
| 2024 | 9-4 | Big 12 | #25 | #18 | 79 | Deion Sanders |
| 2023 | 4-8 | Pac-12 | — | #60 | 65 | Deion Sanders |
| 2022 | 1-11 | Pac-12 | — | #123 | 48 | Mike Sanford Jr.; Karl Dorrell |
| 2021 | 4-8 | Pac-12 | — | #89 | 58 | Karl Dorrell |
| 2020 | 4-2 | Pac-12 | — | — | — | Karl Dorrell |
| 2019 | 5-7 | Pac-12 | — | #72 | 62 | Mel Tucker |
| 2018 | 5-7 | Pac-12 | — | #77 | 62 | Mike MacIntyre; Kurt Roper |
| 2017 | 5-7 | Pac-12 | — | #77 | 62 | Mike MacIntyre |
| 2016 | 10-4 | Pac-12 | #17 | #16 | 80 | Mike MacIntyre |
| 2015 | 4-9 | Pac-12 | — | #87 | 60 | Mike MacIntyre |
| 2014 | 2-10 | Pac-12 | — | #78 | 60 | Mike MacIntyre |
| 2013 | 4-8 | Pac-12 | — | #76 | 61 | Mike MacIntyre |
| 2012 | 1-11 | Pac-12 | — | #113 | 48 | Jon Embree |
| 2011 | 3-10 | Pac-12 | — | #100 | 54 | Jon Embree |
| 2010 | 5-7 | Big 12 | — | #65 | 63 | Dan Hawkins |
| 2009 | 3-9 | Big 12 | — | #77 | 60 | Dan Hawkins |
| 2008 | 5-7 | Big 12 | — | #71 | 62 | Dan Hawkins |
| 2007 | 6-7 | Big 12 | — | #56 | 68 | Dan Hawkins |
| 2006 | 2-10 | Big 12 | — | #66 | 62 | Dan Hawkins |
| 2005 | 7-6 | Big 12 | — | #37 | 71 | Gary Barnett |
| 2004 | 8-5 | Big 12 | — | #49 | 68 | Gary Barnett |
| 2003 | 5-7 | Big 12 | — | #60 | 64 | Gary Barnett |
| 2002 | 9-5 | Big 12 | #14 | #19 | 77 | Gary Barnett |
| 2001 | 10-3 | Big 12 | #3 | #14 | 78 | Gary Barnett |
| 2000 | 3-8 | Big 12 | — | #41 | 70 | Gary Barnett |
| 1999 | 7-5 | Big 12 | — | #26 | 74 | Gary Barnett |
| 1998 | 8-4 | Big 12 | — | #28 | 74 | Rick Neuheisel |
| 1997 | 5-6 | Big 12 | — | #34 | 72 | Rick Neuheisel |
| 1996 | 10-2 | Big 12 | #8 | #9 | 84 | Rick Neuheisel |
| 1995 | 10-2 | Big 8 | #5 | #8 | 85 | Rick Neuheisel |
| 1994 | 11-1 | Big 8 | #3 | #5 | 88 | Bill McCartney |
| 1993 | 8-3-1 | Big 8 | #16 | #15 | 80 | Bill McCartney |
| 1992 | 9-2-1 | Big 8 | #13 | #15 | 78 | Bill McCartney |
| 1991 | 8-3-1 | Big 8 | #20 | #14 | 79 | Bill McCartney |
| 1990 ★ | 11-1-1 | Big 8 | #1 | #6 | 86 | Bill McCartney |
| 1989 | 11-1 | Big 8 | #4 | #5 | 89 | Bill McCartney |
| 1988 | 8-4 | Big 8 | — | #27 | 74 | Bill McCartney |
| 1987 | 7-4 | Big 8 | — | #26 | 72 | Bill McCartney |
| 1986 | 6-6 | Big 8 | — | #34 | 71 | Bill McCartney |
| 1985 | 7-5 | Big 8 | — | #30 | 72 | Bill McCartney |
| 1984 | 1-10 | Big 8 | — | #91 | 50 | Bill McCartney |
| 1983 | 4-7 | Big 8 | — | #69 | 59 | Bill McCartney |
| 1982 | 2-8-1 | Big 8 | — | #82 | 54 | Bill McCartney |
| 1981 | 3-8 | Big 8 | — | #79 | 59 | Chuck Fairbanks |
| 1980 | 1-10 | Big 8 | — | #110 | 51 | Chuck Fairbanks |
| 1979 | 3-8 | Big 8 | — | #73 | 60 | Chuck Fairbanks |
| 1978 | 6-5 | Big 8 | — | #44 | 69 | Bill Mallory |
| 1977 | 7-3-1 | Big 8 | — | #22 | 76 | Bill Mallory |
| 1976 | 8-4 | Big 8 | #16 | #13 | 81 | Bill Mallory |
| 1975 | 9-3 | Big 8 | #16 | #15 | 79 | Bill Mallory |
| 1974 | 5-6 | Big 8 | — | #42 | 69 | Bill Mallory |
| 1973 | 5-6 | Big 8 | — | #21 | 75 | Eddie Crowder |
| 1972 | 8-4 | Big 8 | #16 | #14 | 78 | Eddie Crowder |
| 1971 | 10-2 | Big 8 | #3 | #7 | 89 | Eddie Crowder |
| 1970 | 6-5 | Big 8 | — | #14 | 79 | Eddie Crowder |
| 1969 | 8-3 | Big 8 | #16 | #23 | 77 | Eddie Crowder |
| 1968 | 4-6 | Big 8 | — | #32 | 72 | Eddie Crowder |
| 1967 | 9-2 | Big 8 | — | #18 | 78 | Eddie Crowder |
| 1966 | 7-3 | Big 8 | — | #29 | 72 | Eddie Crowder |
| 1965 | 6-2-2 | Big 8 | — | #37 | 70 | Eddie Crowder |
| 1964 | 2-8 | Big 8 | — | #63 | 63 | Eddie Crowder |
| 1963 | 2-8 | Big 8 | — | #83 | 55 | Eddie Crowder |
| 1962 | 2-8 | Big 8 | — | #88 | 53 | Bud Davis |
| 1961 | 9-2 | Big 8 | #7 | #20 | 76 | Everett Grandelius |
| 1960 | 6-4 | Big 8 | — | #38 | 69 | Everett Grandelius |
| 1959 | 5-5 | Big 8 | — | #63 | 62 | Everett Grandelius |
| 1958 | 6-4 | Big 8 | — | #43 | 67 | Dallas Ward |
| 1957 | 6-3-1 | Big 7 | — | #42 | 68 | Dallas Ward |
| 1956 | 8-2-1 | Big 7 | #20 | #29 | 72 | Dallas Ward |
| 1955 | 6-4 | Big 7 | — | #43 | 67 | Dallas Ward |
| 1954 | 7-2-1 | Big 7 | — | #34 | 71 | Dallas Ward |
| 1953 | 6-4 | Big 7 | — | #49 | 65 | Dallas Ward |
| 1952 | 6-2-2 | Big 7 | — | #34 | 70 | Dallas Ward |
| 1951 | 7-3 | Big 7 | — | #43 | 69 | Dallas Ward |
| 1950 | 5-4-1 | Big 7 | — | #51 | 65 | Dallas Ward |
| 1949 | 3-7 | Big 7 | — | #86 | 52 | Dallas Ward |
| 1948 | 3-6 | Big 7 | — | #77 | 53 | Dallas Ward |
| 1947 | 4-5 | Mountain State | — | #89 | 51 | Jim Yeager |
| 1946 | 5-4-1 | Mountain State | — | #86 | 51 | Jim Yeager |
| 1945 | 5-3 | Mountain State | — | #46 | 59 | Frank Potts |
| 1944 | 6-2 | Mountain State | — | #12 | 78 | Frank Potts |
| 1943 | 5-2 | Mountain State | — | #15 | 71 | Jim Yeager |
| 1942 | 7-2 | Mountain State | — | #65 | 58 | Jim Yeager |
| 1941 | 3-4-1 | Mountain State | — | #76 | 51 | Jim Yeager |
| 1940 | 5-3-1 | Mountain State | — | #69 | 58 | Frank Potts |
| 1939 | 5-3 | Mountain State | — | #83 | 52 | Bunny Oakes |
| 1938 | 3-4-1 | Mountain State | — | #83 | 52 | Bunny Oakes |
| 1937 | 8-1 | Rocky Mountain | #17 | #45 | 67 | Bunny Oakes |
| 1936 | 4-3 | Rocky Mountain | — | #68 | 59 | Bunny Oakes |
| 1935 | 5-4 | Rocky Mountain | — | #61 | 60 early | Bunny Oakes |
| 1934 | 6-1-2 | Rocky Mountain | — | #70 | 56 early | William Saunders |
| 1933 | 7-2 | Rocky Mountain | — | #57 | 61 early | William Saunders |
| 1932 | 2-4 | Rocky Mountain | — | #71 | 54 early | William Saunders |
| 1931 | 5-3 | Rocky Mountain | — | #71 | 53 early | Myron Witham |
| 1930 | 6-1-1 | Rocky Mountain | — | #45 | 61 early | Myron Witham |
| 1929 | 5-1-1 | Rocky Mountain | — | #73 | 35 early | Myron Witham |
| 1928 | 5-1 | Rocky Mountain | — | #49 | 60 early | Myron Witham |
| 1927 | 4-5 | Rocky Mountain | — | #75 | 41 early | Myron Witham |
| 1926 | 3-5-1 | Rocky Mountain | — | #71 | 29 early | Myron Witham |
| 1925 | 6-3 | Rocky Mountain | — | #68 | 53 early | Myron Witham |
| 1924 | 8-1-1 | Rocky Mountain | — | #15 | 75 early | Myron Witham |
| 1923 | 9-0 | Rocky Mountain | — | #37 | 67 early | Myron Witham |
| 1922 | 4-4 | Rocky Mountain | — | #73 | 49 early | Myron Witham |
| 1921 | 4-1-1 | Rocky Mountain | — | #38 | 62 early | Myron Witham |
| 1920 | 4-1-2 | Rocky Mountain | — | #33 | 68 early | Myron Witham |
| 1919 | 2-3-1 | Rocky Mountain | — | #67 | 19 early | Joe Mills |
| 1918 | 2-3 | Rocky Mountain | — | — | — | Joe Mills |
| 1917 | 6-2 | Rocky Mountain | — | #56 | 39 early | Bob Evans |
| 1916 | 1-5-1 | Rocky Mountain | — | #8 | 79 early | Bob Evans |
| 1915 | 1-6 | Rocky Mountain | — | #57 | 17 early | Fred Folsom |
| 1914 | 5-1 | Rocky Mountain | — | #21 | 69 early | Fred Folsom |
| 1913 | 5-1-1 | Rocky Mountain | — | #40 | 56 early | Fred Folsom |
| 1912 | 6-3 | Rocky Mountain | — | #23 | 66 early | Fred Folsom |
| 1911 | 6-0 | Rocky Mountain | — | #29 | 61 early | Fred Folsom |
| 1910 | 6-0 | Rocky Mountain | — | #32 | 58 early | Fred Folsom |
| 1909 | 6-0 | Rocky Mountain | — | #40 | 56 early | Fred Folsom |
| 1908 | 5-2 | Colorado Football | — | #14 | 73 early | Fred Folsom |
| 1907 | 5-3 | Colorado Football | — | #28 | 59 early | Frank Castleman |
| 1906 | 2-3-4 | Colorado Football | — | #34 | 54 early | Frank Castleman |
| 1905 | 8-1 | FBS Independents | — | #8 | 76 early | Willis Keinholtz |
| 1904 | 6-2-1 | Colorado Football | — | #21 | 68 early | David Cropp |
| 1903 | 8-2 | Colorado Football | — | #22 | 64 early | David Cropp |
| 1902 | 5-1 | Colorado Football | — | #17 | 65 early | Fred Folsom |
★ = a national title the school claims. Seasons before 1936 (the first AP poll) are the early era: shown in gray and rated on the same yardstick, but the all-time pool and program totals that matter most start in 1936.