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Colorado

University of Colorado Boulder · 2026 · Big 12

Efficiency
-3.4
81st FBS
Record
2-0
Conf. record
Conf. finish
16th
proj. of 16
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Colorado is 2-0 and ranked 81st in overall efficiency. Their 72nd-ranked defense carries them, with an 87th-ranked offense. They run the ball on 57% of offensive plays with a 69th-ranked rushing attack and pass the ball on the remaining 43% of plays with a 32nd-ranked passing attack.

Quadrant record

By opponent strength, adjusted for where the game was played.

Q1
0-0
+2 left
Q2
0-0
+6 left
Q3
0-0
+2 left
Q4
2-0

Projected wins

Per-game win probabilities combined across the full schedule.

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Expected: 4.5 wins
Strength of Record
33rd
+0.2 wins above a 25th-ranked team's expectation
Strength of Schedule
to date
111th
full season
33rd
AP poll
Unranked
Conf. sched. difficulty
36th
a 25th-ranked team would win ~5.3 conference games on this schedule

The resume

Every game on the schedule. Click a row for the game breakdown (played) or the matchup projection (upcoming).

WkOpponentConfOpp rankResultExp. marginWin probGameScoreQuad
1@ Georgia TechACC#93W 1413-0.0100%-0.9Q4
2vs Weber StateBig SkyW 5221+31.0100%-2.2Q4
3@ NorthwesternBig Ten#50Preview-11.924%Q2
4@ BaylorBig 12#36Preview-13.821%Q2
5vs Texas TechBig 12#30Preview-11.325%Q2
7vs UtahBig 12#10Preview-19.413%Q1
8@ Oklahoma StateBig 12#88Preview-1.147%Q3
9vs Kansas StateBig 12#11Preview-19.013%Q1
10@ Arizona StateBig 12#47Preview-12.024%Q2
11vs HoustonBig 12#26Preview-12.324%Q2
12@ CincinnatiBig 12#57Preview-10.028%Q2
13vs UCFBig 12#51Preview-6.335%Q3

2 played · 2-0. Expected margin and gamescore use the latest ratings — a completed game shows what the model would say now, not that week.

The season

The model’s read on Colorado, recomputed after every week. Toggle between overall, offensive, and defensive efficiency (each with a dot for that week’s game) or the FanBoardHQ CFP rank.

-4.8-2.6-0.4-1-2Week 0Week 2
Line = the model's read each week; dots = that week's game (green above the line, red below).

Passing & rushing

Opponent-adjusted, FBS-only. The bar is the blended Eff rank — EPA/play (scoring value), success rate (staying on schedule), and yards/play (explosiveness), each standardized against the FBS field. The three ranks below each bar are those components, so you can see what's driving it.

Offense
PassingEff 32nd
SR 76thYPP 29thEPA 22nd
RushingEff 69th
SR 102ndYPP 59thEPA 54th
Defense
Pass defenseEff 84th
SR 28thYPP 91stEPA 111th
Rush defenseEff 37th
SR 68thYPP 53rdEPA 22nd
Dropback rate 43%Tempo +0.1 snaps/game vs. averageFaced pass defenses ranked 27th on average
Success rate by down

Their offense vs. what their defense allows.

1st · Offense: 39%1st · Defense allowed: 35%1st2nd · Offense: 42%2nd · Defense allowed: 36%2nd3rd/4th · Offense: 50%3rd/4th · Defense allowed: 39%3rd/4th
OffenseDefense allowed
Points by quarter

Scored vs. allowed, all regular-season games.

Q1 · Scored: 21.0Q1 · Allowed: 7.0Q1Q2 · Scored: 28.0Q2 · Allowed: 10.0Q2Q3 · Scored: 3.0Q3 · Allowed: 0.0Q3Q4 · Scored: 14.0Q4 · Allowed: 10.0Q4
ScoredAllowed

What kind of team is this?

Every team by offensive and defensive efficiency (points/game vs. an average team, higher is better on both). Click a dot for that team.

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Colorado Offense vs Defense, 2026
Offensive EffRanked 87th
-2.7
Field position: -1.1Finishing drives: -1.6
Field position -1.1Finishing drives -1.6= -2.7
Offensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 103rd · Finishing 78th

Defensive EffRanked 72nd
-0.4
Field position: -0.5Finishing drives: +0.0
Field position -0.5Finishing drives +0.0= -0.4
Defensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 92nd · Finishing 71st

2.46 points per drive on offense, 1.22 allowed — starting, on average, at their own 31.

Play-calling & efficiency

What the offense did, by quarter and by down — raw, not opponent-adjusted.

By quarter
Quarter (att.)Pass / rushSuccessYd/play
Q1(29)48% / 52%48%9.6
Q2(38)45% / 55%39%7.4
Q3(39)38% / 62%44%4.2
Q4(38)50% / 50%39%4.4
how play-calling and results shifted through games — (n) = plays, season total
Passing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(34)10.338%6.5
2nd(15)7.547%8.3
3rd(16)7.644%9.3
4th(0)
All (65)42%7.6
Rushing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(28)9.739%4.8
2nd(33)7.839%3.9
3rd(13)5.046%8.8
4th(5)1.880%4.2
All (79)43%5.1

Colorado, all games.