#8 Colorado Buffaloes

Team

	GP	PTS	YDS	PLY	AVG	RUSH YDS	RUSH ATT	RUSH AVG	PASS YDS	PASS ATT	PASS AVG
Team	11	319	4,973	799	6.2	1,635	409	4.0	3,338	390	8.6
Team Rank		41st	16th	42nd	11th	64th	86th	50th	11th	24th	6th
Opponent	11	199	3,470		4.5	1,438	420	3.4	2,032	349	5.8
Opponent Rank		20th	22nd		23rd	29th	24th	38th	34th	83rd	16th
Net		+120	+1,503	+799	+1.7	+197	-11	+0.6	+1,306	+41	+2.7
Net Rank		25th	14th	42nd	9th	47th	57th	40th	7th	30th	7th

Player Stats

Passing	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	ATT/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%
Koy Detmer K. Detmer	11	208	363	57.3	33.0	3,156	8.7	286.9	22	12	143.7	6.1	3.3
John Hessler J. Hessler	5	12	23	52.2	4.6	174	7.6	34.8	0	1	107.0	0.0	4.3
Jeremy Weisinger J. Weisinger	4	1	4	25.0	1.0	8	2.0	2.0	0	1	-8.2	0.0	25.0

Rushing	GP	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPC	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Herchell Troutman H. Troutman	10	193	19.3	804	4.2	80.4	4	211	1,011
Lendon Henry L. Henry	10	115	11.5	539	4.7	53.9	6	126	673
Koy Detmer K. Detmer	11	36	3.3	-6	-0.2	-0.5	3
Dwayne Cherrington D. Cherrington	10	28	2.8	168	6.0	16.8	1
John Hessler J. Hessler	5	9	1.8	-22	-2.4	-4.4	1
Darren Fisk D. Fisk	11	7	0.6	19	2.7	1.7	0
Rae Carruth R. Carruth	11	5	0.5	103	20.6	9.4	2	59	1,219
Jeremy Weisinger J. Weisinger	4	5	1.3	15	3.0	3.8	0
Keith Miller K. Miller	11	4	0.4	16	4.0	1.5	0
Marlon Barnes M. Barnes	1	3	3.0	3	1.0	3.0	0
Steve Rosga S. Rosga	11	1	0.1	9	9.0	0.8	0
Ryan Nunez R. Nunez	11	1	0.1	3	3.0	0.3	0	3	15
Ayyub Abdul-Rahmaan A. Abdul-Rahmaan	3	1	0.3	-3	-3.0	-1.0	0
Phil Savoy P. Savoy	11	1	0.1	-13	-13.0	-1.2	0	44	639

Receiving	GP	REC	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Rae Carruth R. Carruth	11	54	4.9	1,116	20.7	101.5	8	59	1,219
Phil Savoy P. Savoy	11	43	3.9	652	15.2	59.3	3	44	639
Chris Anderson C. Anderson	10	21	2.1	344	16.4	34.4	2
James Kidd J. Kidd	9	21	2.3	334	15.9	37.1	2
Brody Heffner-Liddiard B. Heffner-Liddiard	11	20	1.8	288	14.4	26.2	2
Herchell Troutman H. Troutman	10	18	1.8	207	11.5	20.7	2	211	1,011
Tennyson McCarty T. McCarty	11	12	1.1	87	7.3	7.9	0
Lendon Henry L. Henry	10	11	1.1	134	12.2	13.4	1	126	673
Matt Lepsis M. Lepsis	4	9	2.3	83	9.2	20.8	0
Darrin Chiaverini D. Chiaverini	10	7	0.7	61	8.7	6.1	1
Desmond Dennis D. Dennis	5	2	0.4	21	10.5	4.2	1
Ryan Nunez R. Nunez	11	2	0.2	12	6.0	1.1	0	3	15
Marcus Stiggers M. Stiggers	10	1	0.1	-1	-1.0	-0.1	0

Defense	GP	INT	YDS	AVG	TD
Steve Rosga S. Rosga	11	5	140	28	1
Dalton Simmons D. Simmons	11	2	56	28	0
Elton Toray Davis E. Toray Davis	11	2	40	20	0
Damen Wheeler D. Wheeler	7	2	26	13	0
Viliami Maumau V. Maumau	11	1	33	33	1
Matt Russell M. Russell	11	1	0	0	0

Scoring	GP	RUSH	REC	TOT	FGM	XPM	PTS
Koy Detmer K. Detmer	11	3		25			150
Rae Carruth R. Carruth	11	2	8	10			60
Jason Lesley J. Lesley	11				6	37	55
Lendon Henry L. Henry	10	6	1	7			42
Herchell Troutman H. Troutman	10	4	2	6			36
Phil Savoy P. Savoy	11	0	3	3			18
Jeremy Aldrich J. Aldrich	11				4		12
Chris Anderson C. Anderson	10		2	2			12
Brody Heffner-Liddiard B. Heffner-Liddiard	11		2	2			12
James Kidd J. Kidd	9		2	2			12
Dwayne Cherrington D. Cherrington	10	1		1			6
Darrin Chiaverini D. Chiaverini	10		1	1			6
Desmond Dennis D. Dennis	5		1	1			6
John Hessler J. Hessler	5	1		1			6
Viliami Maumau V. Maumau	11			1			6
Steve Rosga S. Rosga	11	0		1			6

Returns	GP	KR	KR YDS	KR AVG	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR AVG	PR TD
Ryan Nunez R. Nunez	11	6	156	26.0	0	25	161	6.4	0
Marcus Stiggers M. Stiggers	10	12	210	17.5	0
Chris Anderson C. Anderson	10	2	5	2.5	0
Damon Dickey D. Dickey	9	1	17	17.0	0
Jeremy Weisinger J. Weisinger	4	1	15	15.0	0
Steve Rosga S. Rosga	11					1	13	13.0	0
Phil Savoy P. Savoy	11	1	0	0.0	0
Ryan Sutter R. Sutter	11	1	-2	-2.0	0

	Kicking	GP	FGM	FGA	FG%	FG 1-19	FG 20-29	FG 30-39	FG 40-49	FG 50+	XPM	XPA	XP%	PTS
	Jason Lesley J. Lesley	11	6	12	50.0						37	41	90.2	55
	Jeremy Aldrich J. Aldrich	11	4	4	100.0

	Punting	GP	PUNT	YDS	AVG	LNG	BLK
	Nick Pietsch N. Pietsch	8	30	1,140	38.0
	Andy Mitchell A. Mitchell	6	23	938	40.8

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,499

Maiava

1,453

Jennings

1,423

Atkinson

Rush Yards Leaders

644

Sheppard

600

Baugh

592

Riley

Rec Yards Leaders

617

Smith

585

Legree

564

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

14

Taylor

14

Mensah

14

Maiava

Rush TD Leaders

11

Baugh

9

Hawkins

9

Knight

Rec TD Leaders

7

Duff

7

Dixon

7

Smith

QB Rating Leaders

228.2

Mensah

209.1

Stockton

204.6

Hoover

Sack Leaders

7.5

Simmons

7.0

Umanmielen

6.5

Hopkins

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

54.8

53.5

51.8

48.0

47.5

45.0

Opp PPG Rankings

8.0

8.3

8.5

9.0

9.8

10.3

Total Yards Rankings

588.8

550.8

548.3

533.3

532.8

523.8

Rush Yards Rankings

355.7

333.7

332.3

294.8

281.5

281.3

Pass Yards Rankings

392.5

365.3

365.0

361.3

347.3

346.5

Sack Leaders

18.0

17.0

15.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Alabama	4	0	1.000
2	Florida	4	0	1.000
3	Georgia	4	0	1.000
4	Mississippi State	4	0	1.000
5	Texas	4	0	1.000
6	Ole Miss	3	1	.750
7	Auburn	3	1	.750
8	Kentucky	3	1	.750
9	LSU	3	1	.750
10	Missouri	3	1	.750
11	Tennessee	3	1	.750
12	Vanderbilt	3	1	.750
13	Arkansas	2	2	.500
14	Oklahoma	2	2	.500
15	South Carolina	2	2	.500
16	Texas A&M	2	2	.500

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	3	1	.750
2	Fresno State	3	1	.750
3	Colorado State	2	2	.500
4	Oregon State	2	2	.500
5	Texas State	2	2	.500
6	San Diego State	1	3	.250
7	Utah State	1	3	.250
8	Washington State	1	3	.250

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	4	0	1.000
2	Indiana	4	0	1.000
3	Iowa	4	0	1.000
4	Nebraska	4	0	1.000
5	Minnesota	3	1	.750
6	Ohio State	3	1	.750
7	Oregon	3	1	.750
8	Wisconsin	3	1	.750
9	USC	4	1	.800
10	Michigan	3	1	.750
11	Penn State	3	1	.750
12	Washington	3	1	.750
13	Northwestern	2	1	.667
14	Illinois	2	2	.500
15	Maryland	2	2	.500
16	Michigan State	2	2	.500
17	Purdue	1	3	.250
18	Rutgers	1	3	.250

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Cincinnati	4	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	4	0	1.000
3	Utah	4	0	1.000
4	BYU	3	0	1.000
5	Baylor	3	1	.750
6	Oklahoma State	3	1	.750
7	UCF	3	1	.750
8	Arizona State	2	1	.667
9	Arizona	3	1	.750
10	Houston	3	1	.750
11	Kansas State	3	1	.750
12	West Virginia	3	1	.750
13	Colorado	2	2	.500
14	Iowa State	2	2	.500
15	TCU	2	2	.500
16	Kansas	1	2	.333

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	UMass	4	0	1.000
2	Kent State	2	2	.500
3	Eastern Michigan	2	3	.400
4	Toledo	3	1	.750
5	Buffalo	2	2	.500
6	Central Michigan	2	2	.500
7	Miami (OH)	2	2	.500
8	Ohio	2	2	.500
9	Western Michigan	2	2	.500
10	Akron	1	3	.250
11	Bowling Green	0	4	.000
12	Ball State	1	3	.250
13	Sacramento State	1	4	.200

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	4	0	1.000
2	Clemson	3	1	.750
3	Duke	4	0	1.000
4	Pittsburgh	4	0	1.000
5	Virginia Tech	4	0	1.000
6	Virginia	3	1	.750
7	Wake Forest	3	1	.750
8	Louisville	2	2	.500
9	SMU	3	1	.750
10	California	2	2	.500
11	Stanford	2	2	.500
12	North Carolina	2	1	.667
13	Boston College	2	2	.500
14	Florida State	2	2	.500
15	NC State	2	2	.500
16	Georgia Tech	1	3	.250
17	Syracuse	1	2	.333

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	4	0	1.000
2	UConn	2	2	.500

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	South Florida	4	0	1.000
2	Florida Atlantic	3	1	.750
3	UAB	2	2	.500
4	Army	2	1	.667
5	Memphis	3	1	.750
6	Tulsa	3	1	.750
7	UTSA	3	1	.750
8	East Carolina	2	2	.500
9	North Texas	2	2	.500
10	Tulane	2	2	.500
11	Rice	1	3	.250
12	Charlotte	0	4	.000
13	Temple	1	3	.250
14	Navy	1	2	.333

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Jacksonville State	3	2	.600
2	Liberty	3	1	.750
3	Delaware	2	2	.500
4	Florida International	2	2	.500
5	Kennesaw State	1	3	.250
6	Missouri State	1	3	.250
7	New Mexico State	1	3	.250
8	Sam Houston	1	3	.250
9	Western Kentucky	1	3	.250
10	Middle Tennessee	2	2	.500

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	4	0	1.000
2	Louisiana	3	1	.750
3	Appalachian State	3	1	.750
4	South Alabama	2	2	.500
5	Georgia State	3	1	.750
6	Marshall	3	1	.750
7	Arkansas State	2	2	.500
8	Troy	2	2	.500
9	Georgia Southern	1	3	.250
10	Louisiana Tech	1	2	.333
11	Southern Miss	1	3	.250
12	Coastal Carolina	1	3	.250
13	Old Dominion	1	3	.250
14	Louisiana-Monroe	0	4	.000

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	North Dakota State	4	0	1.000
2	UNLV	2	2	.500
3	Wyoming	2	2	.500
4	Air Force	2	1	.667
5	New Mexico	3	1	.750
6	San Jose State	2	2	.500
7	UTEP	1	3	.250
8	Northern Illinois	0	4	.000
9	Nevada	1	3	.250
10	Hawai'i	1	3	.250