Colorado
2-0Big 12 · Deion Sanders, year 4 (18-21) · Folsom Field · 50,183 · 49,363 avg in 2026
LastW 52–21 vs Weber State · Sat Sep 12 · Julian Lewis 366 pass yds, 4 TD, 1 TD
Nextat Northwestern · Sat Sep 19 · 7:30 pm ET · Lanny and Sharon Martin Stadium · Northwestern by 3.5 · series 1-1 · Game preview
Updated Tue Sep 15 · through week 2
All 86 stats
FBS rankings · 2026 season · all stats vs 136 FBS programs
| Player | # | G | Cmp/Att | Pct | Yds | Y/A | TD | INT | Rate | ZPR | QBR | Adj ANY/A | Sack% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| +0.52 EPA/play | 10 | 2 | 31 / 50 | 62 | 490 #47 FBS | 9.8 | 5 #22 FBS | 0 | 177.3 | 55 | 66.3 | 10.4 | 7.4 | |
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| 14 | 1 | 7 / 10 | 70 | 35 | 3.5 | 0 | 0 | 99.4 | — | 34 | — | — | ||
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| Player | # | G | Car | Yds | Avg | TD | Long | Stuff% | 10+% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| +0.44 EPA/play | 29 | 2 | 24 | 164 #50 FBS | 6.8 | 2 #43 FBS | 55 | — | — | |
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| Player | # | G | Rec | Yds | Avg | TD | Long | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| +1.48 EPA/play | 8 | 2 | 6 | 146 | 24.3 | 2 #24 FBS | 63 | |
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| +0.57 EPA/play | 3 | 2 | 8 | 144 | 18 | 1 | 66 | |
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| -0.05 EPA/play | 18 | 2 | 6 | 25 | 4.2 | 0 | 8 | |
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| +0.03 EPA/play | 6 | 1 | 5 | 24 | 4.8 | 0 | 9 | |
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| Player | # | G | Tot | Solo | TFL | Sack | Hur |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 56 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 5 #5 FBS | 4 #2 FBS | 0 | |
| 53 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Player | # | G | Tot | Solo | Ast | TFL | Sack | PD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 17 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 44 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2.5 #68 FBS | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Player | # | G | Tot | PD | INT | TFL | Sack |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 1 #22 FBS | 1 | 0 | |
| 4 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 15 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 20 | 2 | 7 | 2 #43 FBS | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Player | # | G | FG M/A | FG% | XP M/A | Pts | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 46 | 1 | 1/2 | 50 | 7/7 | 10 | 52 |
| Player | # | G | No | Yds | Avg | Long | In20 | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35 | 2 | 9 | 398 | 44.2 | 59 | 4 | 1 |
Net average is unavailable — CFBD's punting feed carries gross yards only, with no return-yardage or touchback deduction.
| Player | # | G | No | Yds | Avg | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 3.3 | 0 | 8 |
2026 stat leaders · Colorado
through 2 gamesJulian Lewis leads Colorado with 490 passing yards through 2 games.
Colorado fields a struggling explosive, big-play offense behind a porous, gives up the big play defense.
Percentile vs all FBS, based on this season's per-game production. Bar = where this team ranks — right is better.
Colorado reads strongest in explosive plays (top 7%) and success rate allowed (top 66%); the crux lives in success rate, where Colorado sits at the 5th percentile.
offense · strengths lead
defense · higher bar = harder to play against
hidden math · special situations
Home-field advantage · Colorado · 2018–present · FBS opponents
Colorado is worth +6.2 points more at home than on the road.
Top third of FBS, 83rd percentile of 133 programs
48% at home, 28% away against FBS opponents since 2018 (21–23 home, 11–29 away). Interval ±4.1.
Our model gives every stadium the same flat 2.3-point home edge — per-team modelling was tested and did not survive scrutiny (why) — and the books use about 3. Against the closing line, Colorado has beaten the number by +1.5 more at home than away over 71 games — inside the ±7.0 that many games can resolve. Results here cannot tell the flat number apart from the building, and that is the honest reading of nearly every FBS stadium.
Folsom Field seats 50,183 and has averaged 99% full (49,765, 26 games reported). Visitors face the 15th-longest trip of 135 FBS venues: a median 668 miles since 2018. Some of what the band above measures is the map, not the crowd. For the home side it is a home crowd more than a home town: only 6% of the 2026 roster (6 of 102 located players) grew up inside 100 miles of the stadium.
Edge = half the gap between average home margin and average road margin, FBS opponents only, non-neutral games since 2018; the interval is 95%. Market line: closing spread, seasons with lines on file. Trip length is straight-line miles from the visiting team's campus to the venue, measured across all 47 home games since 2018.
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Scheme claims
Fourth-quarter reliability, corrected
Colorado's 4th-quarter offense, before and after garbage time
Raw Q4 EPA/play ranks 42nd percentile in FBS. Strip out snaps taken with a blowout margin and it climbs to the 75th — the correction is the finding, not a footnote.
Standard downs vs. passing downs
Does Colorado hold up once the down-and-distance turns against them?
35th percentile success on standard downs, 77th on passing downs — a 42-point gap between the two.
View all FBS teams as a table
| Team | Standard-downs percentile | Passing-downs percentile |
|---|---|---|
| App State | 44th | 90th |
| Arizona | 92nd | 86th |
| Arkansas | 60th | 80th |
| Auburn | 75th | 55th |
| Ball State | 12th | 24th |
| Baylor | 40th | 96th |
| Boise State | 58th | 46th |
| Boston College | 27th | 56th |
| Buffalo | 7th | 14th |
| California | 9th | 25th |
| Central Michigan | 16th | 6th |
| Charlotte | 73rd | 83rd |
| Clemson | 1st | 19th |
| Coastal Carolina | 61st | 52nd |
| Colorado | 35th | 77th |
| Colorado State | 82nd | 91st |
| Delaware | 70th | 31st |
| Duke | 20th | 29th |
| Eastern Michigan | 52nd | 10th |
| Florida Atlantic | 43rd | 87th |
| Florida International | 46th | 43rd |
| Florida State | 28th | 65th |
| Georgia Southern | 24th | 45th |
| Georgia Tech | 58th | 44th |
| Hawai'i | 18th | 41st |
| Iowa State | 4th | 23rd |
| Jacksonville State | 65th | 82nd |
| Kansas | 70th | 35th |
| LSU | 33rd | 98th |
| Liberty | 14th | 59th |
| Louisiana | 19th | 92nd |
| Louisville | 96th | 70th |
| Memphis | 69th | 65th |
| Michigan | 2nd | 62nd |
| Michigan State | 62nd | 29th |
| Middle Tennessee | 87th | 68th |
| Missouri | 36th | 85th |
| Navy | 98th | 59th |
| Nevada | 77th | 52nd |
| New Mexico State | 45th | 75th |
| Norfolk State | 16th | 9th |
| North Dakota State | 86th | 27th |
| North Texas | 49th | 68th |
| Ohio | 38th | 17th |
| Ohio State | 90th | 40th |
| Oklahoma State | 41st | 49th |
| Ole Miss | 94th | 50th |
| Oregon | 35th | 33rd |
| Oregon State | 10th | 38th |
| Pittsburgh | 30th | 76th |
| Purdue | 83rd | 88th |
| Rutgers | 30th | 71st |
| Sacramento State | 23rd | 14th |
| Sam Houston | 78th | 61st |
| San Diego State | 4th | 40th |
| San José State | 54th | 22nd |
| South Alabama | 50th | 73rd |
| South Florida | 91st | 52nd |
| Stanford | 76th | 15th |
| Syracuse | 48th | 64th |
| TCU | 93rd | 8th |
| Tennessee | 65th | 78th |
| Texas | 72nd | 94th |
| Texas A&M | 85th | 72nd |
| Texas Tech | 88th | 48th |
| Troy | 22nd | 59th |
| Tulane | 31st | 2nd |
| Tulsa | 56th | 1st |
| UAB | 65th | 81st |
| UNLV | 51st | 7th |
| USC | 97th | 99th |
| UTSA | 99th | 29th |
| Utah State | 4th | 93rd |
| Vanderbilt | 80th | 12th |
| Wake Forest | 56th | 97th |
| Washington | 81st | 4th |
| Washington State | 8th | 3rd |
| Western Kentucky | 25th | 34th |
| Western Michigan | 39th | 20th |
| Wisconsin | 13th | 18th |
| Wyoming | 65th | 36th |
Halftime identity
Colorado by half
1st-half offense ranks 74th percentile in FBS; 2nd-half, 50th — competitive snaps only, garbage time excluded from both halves.
Ratings
Comparable teams
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Matched on how the programs are built — tier, prestige band, kind of fanbase, conference, voice and roster size — not on this season's stats. A calibration, not a prediction.
Conditions
61°F average kickoff temp; 4% of games had measurable precipitation; 5 mph average wind.
Based on 71 home games with weather data.