Colorado Buffaloes

Team

	GP	PTS	YDS	PLY	AVG	RUSH YDS	RUSH ATT	RUSH AVG	PASS YDS	PASS ATT	PASS AVG
Team	11	268	4,331	788	5.5	3,370	665	5.1	961	123	7.8
Team Rank		44th	25th	48th	20th	4th	7th	7th	97th	101st	19th
Opponent	11	180	3,533		4.7	1,719	458	3.8	1,814	292	6.2
Opponent Rank		18th	24th		34th	42nd	28th	51st	31st	43rd	30th
Net		+88	+798	+788	+0.8	+1,651	+207	+1.3	-853	-169	+1.6
Net Rank		27th	24th	48th	23rd	7th	9th	18th	93rd	97th	17th

Player Stats

Passing	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	ATT/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%
Mark Hatcher M. Hatcher	10	22	52	42.3	5.2	330	6.3	33.0	1	6	78.9	1.9	11.5
Sal Aunese S. Aunese	9	23	51	45.1	5.7	522	10.2	58.0	3	1	146.6	5.9	2.0
Rick Wheeler R. Wheeler	6	5	14	35.7	2.3	71	5.1	11.8	0	1	64.0	0.0	7.1
O.C. Oliver	10	1	2	50.0	0.2	4	2.0	0.4	0	0	66.8	0.0	0.0
Lance Carl L. Carl	11	1	1	100.0	0.1	34	34.0	3.1	1	0	715.6	100.0	0.0
Eric Bieniemy E. Bieniemy	11	0	1	0.0	0.1	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Barry Helton B. Helton	11	0	1	0.0	0.1	0	0.0	0.0	0	1	-200.0	0.0	100.0
Mike Marquez M. Marquez	10	0	1	0.0	0.1	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
Sal Aunese S. Aunese	9	122	13.6	612	5.0	68.0	6
Eric Bieniemy E. Bieniemy	11	104	9.5	508	4.9	46.2	5	114	694
Erich Kissick E. Kissick	10	97	9.7	584	6.0	58.4	3
Mark Hatcher M. Hatcher	10	81	8.1	339	4.2	33.9	2
J.J. Flannigan	11	76	6.9	387	5.1	35.2	3	80	443
Michael Simmons M. Simmons	9	69	7.7	332	4.8	36.9	4
O.C. Oliver	10	38	3.8	140	3.7	14.0	0	42	192
Rick Wheeler R. Wheeler	6	24	4.0	67	2.8	11.2	3
Mike Marquez M. Marquez	10	18	1.8	115	6.4	11.5	0
Mike Pritchard M. Pritchard	6	17	2.8	117	6.9	19.5	0
Sam Smith S. Smith	10	8	0.8	43	5.4	4.3	1
Jeff Campbell J. Campbell	11	7	0.6	100	14.3	9.1	1	10	150
M.J. Nelson	11	1	0.1	17	17.0	1.5	0	3	39
Scott DeGoler S. DeGoler	1	1	1.0	4	4.0	4.0	0
Jo Jo Collins J. Jo Collins	6	1	0.2	3	3.0	0.5	0	2	14
Dean Pisani D. Pisani	1	1	1.0	2	2.0	2.0	0

Receiving	GP	REC	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Lance Carl L. Carl	11	15	1.4	270	18.0	24.5	0
Eric Bieniemy E. Bieniemy	11	10	0.9	186	18.6	16.9	1	114	694
Drew Ferrando D. Ferrando	11	9	0.8	242	26.9	22.0	3
George Hemingway G. Hemingway	9	4	0.4	72	18.0	8.0	1
J.J. Flannigan	11	4	0.4	56	14.0	5.1	0	80	443
O.C. Oliver	10	4	0.4	52	13.0	5.2	0	42	192
Jeff Campbell J. Campbell	11	3	0.3	50	16.7	4.5	0	10	150
M.J. Nelson	11	2	0.2	22	11.0	2.0	0	3	39
Jo Jo Collins J. Jo Collins	6	1	0.2	11	11.0	1.8	0	2	14

Defense	GP	INT	YDS	AVG	TD
Mickey Pruitt M. Pruitt	11	5	27	5.4	1
John Nairn J. Nairn	11	3	22	7.3	0
David Tate D. Tate	11	2	3	1.5	0
Michael Jones M. Jones	11	1	17	17	0
Eric McCarty E. McCarty	11	1	10	10	0
Rodney Rogers R. Rogers	11	1	10	10	0
Dave McCloughan D. McCloughan	5	1	5	5	0

Scoring	GP	RUSH	REC	TOT	FGM	XPM	PTS
Sal Aunese S. Aunese	9	6		9			54
Eric Bieniemy E. Bieniemy	11	5	1	6			36
Eric Hannah E. Hannah	6				4	16	28
Michael Simmons M. Simmons	9	4		4			24
Ken Culbertson K. Culbertson	11				4	6	18
Dave DeLine D. DeLine	3				3	9	18
Drew Ferrando D. Ferrando	11		3	3			18
J.J. Flannigan	11	3	0	3			18
Mark Hatcher M. Hatcher	10	2		3			18
Erich Kissick E. Kissick	10	3		3			18
Rick Wheeler R. Wheeler	6	3		3			18
Jeff Campbell J. Campbell	11	1	0	1			6
Lance Carl L. Carl	11		0	1			6
George Hemingway G. Hemingway	9		1	1			6
Mickey Pruitt M. Pruitt	11			1			6
Sam Smith S. Smith	10	1		1			6

Returns	GP	KR	KR YDS	KR AVG	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR AVG	PR TD
Jeff Campbell J. Campbell	11					20	169	8.5	0
Jo Jo Collins J. Jo Collins	6	8	191	23.9	0	7	31	4.4	0
M.J. Nelson	11	9	197	21.9	0
Dave McCloughan D. McCloughan	5	6	120	20.0	0
J.J. Flannigan	11	1	13	13.0	0
Drew Ferrando D. Ferrando	11					1	-1	-1.0	0

Kicking	GP	FGM	FGA	FG%	XPM	XPA	XP%	PTS
Eric Hannah E. Hannah	6	4	5	80.0	16	17	94.1	28
Ken Culbertson K. Culbertson	11	4	13	30.8	6	7	85.7	18
Dave DeLine D. DeLine	3	3	4	75.0	9	9	100.0	18

	Punting	GP	PUNT	YDS	AVG	LNG	BLK
	Barry Helton B. Helton	11	40	1,758	44.0
	Keith English K. English	2	4	160	40.0

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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