Colorado Buffaloes

Team

	GP	PTS	YDS	PLY	AVG	RUSH YDS	RUSH ATT	RUSH AVG	PASS YDS	PASS ATT	PASS AVG
Team	11	211	3,325	737	4.5	2,858	647	4.4	467	90	5.2
Team Rank		75th	87th	96th	83rd	9th	6th	18th	105th	104th	100th
Opponent	11	154	3,266		4.3	1,688	462	3.7	1,578	292	5.4
Opponent Rank		14th	17th		18th	37th	34th	50th	11th	38th	5th
Net		+57	+59	+737	+0.2	+1,170	+185	+0.8	-1,111	-202	-0.2
Net Rank		34th	53rd	96th	44th	11th	8th	25th	99th	103rd	57th

Player Stats

Passing	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	ATT/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%
Mark Hatcher M. Hatcher	10	16	51	31.4	5.1	325	6.4	32.5	1	5	71.8	2.0	9.8
Craig Keenan C. Keenan	6	14	27	51.9	4.5	116	4.3	19.3	0	0	87.9	0.0	0.0
Rick Wheeler R. Wheeler	4	2	8	25.0	2.0	26	3.3	6.5	1	2	43.6	12.5	25.0
Barry Helton B. Helton	11	0	2	0.0	0.2	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Alan Strait A. Strait	1	0	2	0.0	2.0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Rushing	GP	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPC	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Anthony Weatherspoon A. Weatherspoon	11	140	12.7	569	4.1	51.7	2
Mark Hatcher M. Hatcher	10	125	12.5	539	4.3	53.9	10
Ron Brown R. Brown	10	90	9.0	524	5.8	52.4	2	92	545
Eric McCarty E. McCarty	11	71	6.5	313	4.4	28.5	0
Sam Smith S. Smith	11	52	4.7	269	5.2	24.5	0	56	376
Craig Keenan C. Keenan	6	50	8.3	114	2.3	19.0	2
Mike Marquez M. Marquez	10	36	3.6	174	4.8	17.4	1	39	215
Dave Sanders D. Sanders	9	28	3.1	80	2.9	8.9	2	32	91
Rick Wheeler R. Wheeler	4	23	5.8	62	2.7	15.5	2
Jo Jo Collins J. Jo Collins	11	9	0.8	124	13.8	11.3	2	12	162
Cleo Bates C. Bates	2	9	4.5	32	3.6	16.0	0
S Martin	3	5	1.7	20	4.0	6.7	0
Alan Strait A. Strait	1	3	3.0	21	7.0	21.0	0
Dion Dyson D. Dyson	2	2	1.0	12	6.0	6.0	0
Kevin Halsey K. Halsey	1	2	2.0	5	2.5	5.0	0
Loy Alexander L. Alexander	11	1	0.1	0	0.0	0.0	0	5	54
Drew Ferrando D. Ferrando	11	1	0.1	0	0.0	0.0	0	4	55

Receiving	GP	REC	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Jon Embree J. Embree	11	9	0.8	140	15.6	12.7	1
Sam Smith S. Smith	11	4	0.4	107	26.8	9.7	0	56	376
Loy Alexander L. Alexander	11	4	0.4	54	13.5	4.9	0	5	54
Dave Sanders D. Sanders	9	4	0.4	11	2.8	1.2	0	32	91
Drew Ferrando D. Ferrando	11	3	0.3	55	18.3	5.0	0	4	55
Mike Marquez M. Marquez	10	3	0.3	41	13.7	4.1	1	39	215
Jo Jo Collins J. Jo Collins	11	3	0.3	38	12.7	3.5	0	12	162
Ron Brown R. Brown	10	2	0.2	21	10.5	2.1	0	92	545

Defense	GP	INT	YDS	AVG	TD
Lyle Pickens L. Pickens	11	3	23	7.7	0
Darin Schubeck D. Schubeck	11	2	83	41.5	0
David Tate D. Tate	11	2	8	4	0
Mickey Pruitt M. Pruitt	11	1	27	27	1
Steve Beck S. Beck	11	1	8	8	0
John Nairn J. Nairn	11	1	8	8	0
Tommy Streeter T. Streeter	11	1	0	0	0

Scoring	GP	RUSH	REC	TOT	FGM	XPM	PTS
Mark Hatcher M. Hatcher	10	10		11			66
Larry Eckel L. Eckel	11				8	21	45
Rick Wheeler R. Wheeler	4	2		3			18
Ron Brown R. Brown	10	2	0	2			12
Jo Jo Collins J. Jo Collins	11	2	0	2			12
Craig Keenan C. Keenan	6	2		2			12
Mike Marquez M. Marquez	10	1	1	2			12
Dave Sanders D. Sanders	9	2	0	2			12
Anthony Weatherspoon A. Weatherspoon	11	2		2			12
Jon Embree J. Embree	11		1	1			6
Mickey Pruitt M. Pruitt	11			1			6

Returns	GP	KR	KR YDS	KR AVG	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR AVG	PR TD
Jo Jo Collins J. Jo Collins	11	6	88	14.7	0	32	277	8.7	0
Loy Alexander L. Alexander	11	3	62	20.7	0
Ron Brown R. Brown	10	1	12	12.0	0
Mike Marquez M. Marquez	10	1	7	7.0	0
Lyle Pickens L. Pickens	11					0	4		0

	Kicking	GP	FGM	FGA	FG%	FG 1-19	FG 20-29	FG 30-39	FG 40-49	FG 50+	XPM	XPA	XP%	PTS
	Larry Eckel L. Eckel	11	8	16	50.0						21	24	87.5	45

	Punting	GP	PUNT	YDS	AVG	LNG	BLK
	Barry Helton B. Helton	11	52	2,390	46.0

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,257

Atkinson

2,045

Maiava

1,868

Jackson

Rush Yards Leaders

835

Riley

828

Roberts

793

Cook

Rec Yards Leaders

932

Legree

916

Smith

720

Hernandez

Pass TD Leaders

21

Atkinson

18

Maiava

17

Taylor

Rush TD Leaders

12

Baugh

12

Hawkins

10

Daniels

Rec TD Leaders

12

Legree

11

Smith

9

Dixon

QB Rating Leaders

212.2

Mensah

200.5

Hoover

198.6

Stockton

Sack Leaders

9.5

Simmons

8.0

Umanmielen

7.0

Esqillion

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

49.6

46.2

44.2

44.0

43.4

42.8

Opp PPG Rankings

9.8

10.3

10.6

11.0

11.8

12.2

Total Yards Rankings

554.8

533.8

531.6

524.8

522.3

521.4

Rush Yards Rankings

333.2

325.6

299.4

295.5

263.6

253.2

Pass Yards Rankings

391.2

347.0

341.0

337.8

334.4

322.4

Sack Leaders

24.0

22.0

20.0

19.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	5	1	.833
2	Oregon State	4	2	.667
3	Fresno State	4	2	.667
4	San Diego State	2	4	.333
5	Utah State	2	4	.333
6	Colorado State	2	3	.400
7	Texas State	2	3	.400
8	Washington State	1	5	.167

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	BYU	5	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	5	0	1.000
3	Utah	5	0	1.000
4	Baylor	4	1	.800
5	Oklahoma State	4	1	.800
6	Arizona	5	1	.833
7	Houston	5	1	.833
8	Cincinnati	4	1	.800
9	Arizona State	3	2	.600
10	Iowa State	3	3	.500
11	UCF	3	3	.500
12	Kansas State	3	2	.600
13	Colorado	2	3	.400
14	Kansas	2	3	.400
15	TCU	2	3	.400
16	West Virginia	3	3	.500

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	4	3	.571
2	Ohio	4	2	.667
3	Western Michigan	4	2	.667
4	Bowling Green	2	4	.333
5	Buffalo	3	3	.500
6	Toledo	4	2	.667
7	Central Michigan	3	3	.500
8	Miami (OH)	3	3	.500
9	UMass	4	2	.667
10	Kent State	2	4	.333
11	Akron	1	5	.167
12	Ball State	1	5	.167
13	Sacramento State	1	5	.167

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	6	0	1.000
2	Alabama	5	1	.833
3	Kentucky	5	1	.833
4	Mississippi State	4	1	.800
5	Missouri	5	1	.833
6	Tennessee	5	1	.833
7	Ole Miss	4	1	.800
8	Oklahoma	3	2	.600
9	Florida	4	2	.667
10	Texas	4	1	.800
11	LSU	4	2	.667
12	Auburn	3	2	.600
13	South Carolina	3	3	.500
14	Texas A&M	3	3	.500
15	Vanderbilt	3	3	.500
16	Arkansas	2	4	.333

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Indiana	6	0	1.000
2	UCLA	5	0	1.000
3	Ohio State	5	1	.833
4	Wisconsin	4	1	.800
5	USC	6	1	.857
6	Purdue	3	3	.500
7	Iowa	5	1	.833
8	Nebraska	5	1	.833
9	Minnesota	4	2	.667
10	Northwestern	4	1	.800
11	Oregon	3	2	.600
12	Illinois	3	3	.500
13	Michigan	3	2	.600
14	Rutgers	1	4	.200
15	Penn State	3	3	.500
16	Washington	3	3	.500
17	Maryland	2	4	.333
18	Michigan State	2	4	.333

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	5	1	.833
2	Jacksonville State	4	2	.667
3	Florida International	3	2	.600
4	New Mexico State	2	4	.333
5	Western Kentucky	2	4	.333
6	Delaware	2	3	.400
7	Middle Tennessee	2	3	.400
8	Kennesaw State	1	4	.200
9	Missouri State	1	4	.200
10	Sam Houston	1	4	.200

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	Memphis	5	1	.833
2	UTSA	5	1	.833
3	North Texas	4	2	.667
4	Florida Atlantic	4	1	.800
5	East Carolina	3	2	.600
6	Army	3	2	.600
7	UAB	3	3	.500
8	Temple	2	4	.333
9	South Florida	4	2	.667
10	Navy	2	3	.400
11	Tulane	2	3	.400
12	Tulsa	3	3	.500
13	Rice	1	5	.167
14	Charlotte	0	6	.000

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	5	0	1.000
2	Wake Forest	5	1	.833
3	Clemson	3	2	.600
4	Pittsburgh	5	1	.833
5	SMU	4	1	.800
6	Virginia	4	2	.667
7	California	3	3	.500
8	Georgia Tech	2	3	.400
9	Louisville	3	3	.500
10	Duke	4	1	.800
11	North Carolina	3	2	.600
12	Virginia Tech	4	2	.667
13	Florida State	3	3	.500
14	NC State	3	3	.500
15	Stanford	2	4	.333
16	Boston College	2	3	.400
17	Syracuse	2	3	.400

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	UNLV	4	2	.667
2	New Mexico	4	1	.800
3	North Dakota State	5	1	.833
4	Air Force	4	1	.800
5	Wyoming	3	3	.500
6	San Jose State	3	3	.500
7	Nevada	2	3	.400
8	Northern Illinois	0	5	.000
9	UTEP	1	5	.167
10	Hawai'i	1	5	.167

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	6	0	1.000
2	UConn	3	3	.500

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	6	0	1.000
2	South Alabama	4	2	.667
3	Georgia State	4	1	.800
4	Louisiana Tech	3	2	.600
5	Troy	3	2	.600
6	Louisiana	4	2	.667
7	Georgia Southern	2	4	.333
8	Coastal Carolina	2	4	.333
9	Old Dominion	2	4	.333
10	Appalachian State	3	2	.600
11	Southern Miss	1	4	.200
12	Louisiana-Monroe	0	5	.000
13	Marshall	3	3	.500
14	Arkansas State	2	4	.333