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Colorado State Rams

Pac-12Fort Collins, COCanvas Stadium

2026: 2–⁠4 (0–⁠2 Pac-12). Last: lost at Texas State 66–⁠27. Next: San Diego State, Saturday, Oct 24, 6:30 p.m. ET.

  1. W 35–⁠13Wyoming
  2. W 58–⁠24Southern Utah
  3. L 23–⁠41No. 11 BYU
  4. L 45–⁠59at UTSA
  5. L 26–⁠56Oregon State
  6. L 27–⁠66at Texas State
  7. Oct 24San Diego State
  8. Oct 31at Utah State
  9. Nov 7Boise State
  10. Nov 14at Washington State
  11. Nov 21at Fresno State
  • Outfitted by Adidas
  • Live mascot: CAM the Ram

Colorado State has played football since 1892 and is 545–⁠621–⁠32 in the 1,198 games on record here, which start in 1902. Their best finish in the final AP poll is No. 14, in 2000. They have won eight Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference titles (the last in 1934), plus three Mountain West Conference titles, three Western Athletic Conference titles, one Skyline Conference title, counting shared titles. Since 1950, the NFL Draft has taken 65 players from here in its first seven rounds, 5 of them in the first round. The College Football Hall of Fame holds 2 players and 1 coach from Colorado State. Harry Hughes (1911–⁠1946) won more games here than any other coach: 125. The most-played rival is Wyoming: 118 meetings, Colorado State leads 61–⁠52–⁠5. This season, under Jim Mora, they’re 2–⁠4.

Canvas Stadium in Fort Collins
Canvas StadiumPhoto: FarGah1, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

On this date in 1985Colorado State lost to No. 10 Air Force 35–⁠19 at home.

Résumé

All-time record
549–⁠631–⁠33 official; 545–⁠621–⁠32 on file; how we count
Postseason
7–⁠11 bowls, title games, playoff
AP No. 1 finishes
0
Weeks at No. 1
0 of 39 ranked
Elo now
1361 127th of 138 FBS
Computer rankings
Massey No. 112 · Composite No. 99 in FBS, Oct 17; down 4 since Oct 11. From Massey Ratings
Best season by Elo
1997 rated 1707
Conference titles
15 last in 2002
Bowl record
6–⁠12 official, bowls only
Seasons
123 since 1902, 1,198 games

Identity

Fight song
Stalwart Rams
Live mascot
CAM the Ram
Student section
Ram Ruckus
Apparel
Adidas
Band
Colorado State University Marching Band since 1901, 230 members

2026 season 2–⁠4

RosterFull 2026 season
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 5vsWyomingW 35–⁠1354%
Sep 12vsSouthern UtahW 58–⁠2464%
Sep 19vs11BYUL 23–⁠4128%
Sep 26atUTSAL 45–⁠5924%
Oct 3vsOregon StateL 26–⁠5653%
Oct 15atTexas StateL 27–⁠6622%
Oct 24vsSan Diego StatePreview43%
Oct 31atUtah StatePreview32%
Nov 7vsBoise StatePreview19%
Nov 14atWashington StatePreview32%
Nov 21atFresno StatePreview19%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

This season, game by game

Colorado State’s Elo through 2026: 1386 going into the opener, 1361 after the latest game.13501375140014251450Elo 1386 going in; beat Wyoming 35–13Elo 1415 going in; beat Southern Utah 58–24Elo 1440 going in; lost to BYU 41–23Elo 1424 going in; lost to UTSA 59–45Elo 1412 going in; lost to Oregon State 56–26Elo 1375 going in; lost to Texas State 66–27Now: Elo 1361 after the latest game1361
WyomingSouthern UtahBYUUTSAOregon StateTexas StateNow
Elo going into each game, then after the latest. Filled dots: wins; open: losses.

Future schedule

2027–⁠34
20273 games: 2 home, 1 away, non-conference only
20283 games: 2 home, 1 away, non-conference only
20293 games: 1 home, 2 away, non-conference only
20301 game: 1 home, non-conference only
20311 game: 1 away, non-conference only
20322 games: 2 home, non-conference only
20332 games: 1 home, 1 away, non-conference only
20341 game: 1 home, non-conference only

Colorado State’s announced games beyond the seasons on our schedule, the next 8 seasons (1 more listed), as its Wikipedia article lists them (announced schedules as of September 2, 2026). Schedules change; a season shows only the games named so far, and many articles list non-conference games only. Future schedules: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

Players

The 2026 rosterRecord bookAll-time letterwinnersThe money

On the 2026 team

Program greats See all

Heisman finalists, College Football Hall of Famers, consensus All-Americans, national award winners and first-round picks, for what they did at Colorado State.

Photos: Wikimedia Commons, free licenses; credits on each player’s page.

Around the program

Apparel
Adidas · Official source
Mascot
CAM the Ram · Official source
Live mascot
CAM the Ram · Official source
Student section
Ram Ruckus · Official source
Athletic director
John Weber · Official source
Offensive coordinator
Pryce Tracy · Official source
Defensive coordinator
Kenny McClendon · Single source

Found by several AI researchers searching the web, then kept only where the page loads and says so in words naming the program; every quote is checked again each time the data is rebuilt. Official source: the school’s own page. All of them.

The apparel deal

Adidas, from August 2026. Multi-year. Includes NIL opportunities and expanded retail.

Before: Under Armour, through 2026.

Apparel deals: Field Drip. Terms as the outlets reported them; checked Oct 3, 2026.

Program strength since 1902

Best seasons ever
Colorado State end-of-season Elo from 1902 to 2026, best in 1997 at 1707.13001500170019001920194019601980200020201997 peak: Elo 1707
End-of-season Elo. Dashed line: 1500, an average FBS team.

On Bluesky

From reporters and writers who cover college football, linked to their posts on Bluesky.

More coverage

Found through the GDELT Project, which indexes news sites worldwide. Each link opens the story on the outlet’s own site; each picture is that outlet’s own preview of its story, shown from its site and credited to it.

Head coaches

CoachYearsRecord
Jim Mora20262–⁠4
Tyson Summers20250–⁠5
Jay Norvell2022–⁠202518–⁠26
Steve Addazio2020–⁠20214–⁠12
Mike Bobo2015–⁠201928–⁠35
Dave Baldwin20140–⁠1
Jim McElwain2012–⁠201422–⁠16
Steve Fairchild2008–⁠201116–⁠33
Sonny Lubick1993–⁠2007108–⁠74
Earle Bruce1989–⁠199222–⁠24–⁠1
Leon Fuller1982–⁠198825–⁠55
Chester Caddas19810–⁠6
Sarkis Arslanian1973–⁠198145–⁠47–⁠4
Jerry Wampfler1970–⁠19728–⁠25
Milo Lude1962–⁠196929–⁠51–⁠1
Tuffy Mullison1956–⁠196119–⁠40–⁠1
Robert Davis1947–⁠195554–⁠33–⁠2
Julius Wagner1942–⁠19468–⁠11–⁠1
Harry Hughes1911–⁠1946125–⁠96–⁠18
George Cassidy19100–⁠5
Claude Rothgeb1906–⁠19092–⁠10–⁠1
John McIntosh1904–⁠19053–⁠8–⁠1
Matt Rothwell19036–⁠1
Clarence Griffith19021–⁠3–⁠2

Most-played series

All rivalries
OpponentGamesCSU record
Wyoming11861–⁠52–⁠5 ‡
Colorado9322–⁠69–⁠2 ‡
Utah State8040–⁠38–⁠2
Utah8022–⁠56–⁠2
New Mexico7145–⁠26
BYU7027–⁠40–⁠3
Air Force6322–⁠40–⁠1
Denver5828–⁠25–⁠5

Official records. † Without wins the NCAA vacated. ‡ The rivalry’s own count, where it differs from the games on file. Each series page gives both.

Rivals the program names: Air Force, Colorado, Wyoming.

The trophy it holds: Bronze Boot (Wyoming, since 2026). Who holds each comes from the games on file; the trophies from Wikipedia.

Every opponent (106)

Every program Colorado State has played, A to Z, with Colorado State’s record against it. Each links to the series, game by game.

Official records. † Without wins the NCAA vacated, or with forfeits counted. ‡ The rivalry’s own count, where it differs from the games on file.

Conference titles

15, counting shared titles
Mountain West Conference 3
1999 (shared), 2000, 2002
Western Athletic Conference 3
1994, 1995 (shared), 1997
Skyline Conference 1
1955
Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference 8
1915, 1916, 1919, 1920, 1925, 1927, 1933, 1934 (shared)

As the program counts them in its Wikipedia article, shared titles included, and listed under each conference’s current name (a Western Conference title of the 1900s counts as a Big Ten title); season pages use the name the conference had that year. A title the article files under a conference the team wasn’t in that season is listed under the one it was. Division titles include years the team tied for its division.

Conferences

  1. Colorado Football Conference 1893–⁠1894 and 1899–⁠1908
  2. Mountain States Conference 1938–⁠1942 and 1945–⁠1947
  3. Skyline Conference 1948–⁠1961
  4. Independent 1962–⁠1967
  5. Mountain West Conference 1999–⁠2025
  6. Pac-12 since 2026
  • 1938Joined the Mountain States Conference from the Rocky Mountain Faculty Athletic Conference. Source
  • 1968Joined the WAC from independence in football. Source
  • 1999Joined the Mountain West Conference from the WAC. Source
  • 2026Joined the Pac-12 from the Mountain West Conference, announced September 12, 2024. Source

Colorado State’s football conferences by season, from CollegeFootballData.com’s memberships (renamed conferences keep the name of the time). The moves and their announcement dates from Wikipedia’s lists of NCAA Division I conference changes; the year is the first season in the new conference. Conference realignment: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

National award winners

All awards
2021Trey McBride TEMackey
1995Greg Myers SThorpe

Consensus All-Americans 5

2021Trey McBride TE
2017Michael Gallup WR
2014Rashard Higgins WR
1995Greg Myers S
1978Mike Bell DT

Led the nation 5

2014Rashard Higgins receiving yards (1,750 yds), receiving touchdowns (18 TD)
2013Kapri Bibbs rushing touchdowns (31 TD), points per game (18.6)
1997Kevin McDougal yards per carry (7.4)
1986Steve Bartalo rushing touchdowns (19 TD), points (114 pts), points per game (10.4)
1974Willie Miller receiving yards (1,193 yds)

The NCAA’s official national leaders since 1937, from Wikipedia’s yearly leader lists.

In the Hall of Fame

Every inductee
Players
2
Coaches
1
2012Greg Myers S
2002Earle Bruce coach here, 1989–⁠1992
1981Thurman McGraw OT

In the NFL Draft

By college
Drafted, rounds 1–⁠7
65 since 1950
First-round picks
5
1987Kelly Stouffer QBNo. 6, St. Louis Cardinals
1979Mike Bell DENo. 2, Kansas City Chiefs
1976Kevin McLain LBNo. 26, Los Angeles Rams
1975Mark Mullaney DENo. 25, Minnesota Vikings
1956Gary Glick SNo. 1, Pittsburgh Steelers

Who came and went in the 2026 transfer portal, and every portal year.

The school

Colorado State University-Fort Collins
Enrollment
34,096 26,221 undergraduates, fall 2024
Where
Fort Collins, Colorado
Public or private
Public Research 1
Founded
1870
Graduates’ median earnings
$60,543 10 years after starting

Enrollment, place and Carnegie research tier from the National Center for Education Statistics (IPEDS, public domain). Earnings from the US Department of Education’s College Scorecard (CC BY 4.0): the median for students who received federal aid and were working, not in school. Founding year from Wikidata. Every school’s in the data.

Official accounts

Football
X @CSUFootballInstagram @CSUFootballFacebook csufootball
Athletics department
X @CSURamsInstagram @csuathleticsFacebook csurams

Official accounts: the schools’ athletics websites: the ones csurams.com lists for its football program and athletics department, as of Oct 12, 2026.

Old photographs

From libraries and archives found through the Digital Public Library of America, each under the rights statement its holder gives and credited to it. The records don’t give these a season; the one they date is on its season’s page.

Season by season

National champions
SeasonRecordConf.AP preAP finalCoachEloSP+
20262–⁠40–⁠2Jim Mora1361-7.8
20252–⁠101–⁠7Jay Norvell, Tyson Summers1329-15.6
20248–⁠56–⁠1Jay Norvell1477-5.7
20235–⁠73–⁠5Jay Norvell1384-8.9
20223–⁠93–⁠5Jay Norvell1353-22.2
20213–⁠92–⁠6Steve Addazio1383-2.4
20201–⁠31–⁠3Steve Addazio1419-6.5
20194–⁠83–⁠5Mike Bobo1401-3.9
20183–⁠92–⁠6Mike Bobo1346-10.3
20177–⁠65–⁠3Mike Bobo15123.9
20167–⁠65–⁠3Mike Bobo15320.8
20157–⁠65–⁠3Mike Bobo15120.5
201410–⁠36–⁠2Jim McElwain, Dave Baldwin15664.5
20138–⁠65–⁠3Jim McElwain15043.0
20124–⁠83–⁠5Jim McElwain1336-9.7
20113–⁠91–⁠6Steve Fairchild1290-12.6
20103–⁠92–⁠6Steve Fairchild1316-16.8
20093–⁠90–⁠8Steve Fairchild1361-4.5
20087–⁠64–⁠4Steve Fairchild1485-3.3
20073–⁠92–⁠6Sonny Lubick1397-7.7
20064–⁠81–⁠7Sonny Lubick1394-5.4
20056–⁠65–⁠3Sonny Lubick1462-2.9
20044–⁠73–⁠4Sonny Lubick1453-0.9
20037–⁠64–⁠323Sonny Lubick155211.0
200210–⁠46–⁠1Sonny Lubick162210.2
Every season back to 1902 (98 more)
SeasonRecordConf.AP preAP finalCoachEloSP+
20017–⁠55–⁠224Sonny Lubick15946.1
200010–⁠26–⁠114Sonny Lubick16687.5
19998–⁠45–⁠2Sonny Lubick161912.4
19988–⁠45–⁠315Sonny Lubick161410.0
199711–⁠27–⁠117Sonny Lubick170721.8
19967–⁠56–⁠2Sonny Lubick15786.4
19958–⁠46–⁠2Sonny Lubick159511.3
199410–⁠27–⁠116Sonny Lubick159314.1
19935–⁠65–⁠3Sonny Lubick1475-3.5
19925–⁠73–⁠5Earle Bruce1430-5.6
19913–⁠82–⁠6Earle Bruce1438-10.6
19909–⁠46–⁠1Earle Bruce15743.1
19895–⁠5–⁠14–⁠3Earle Bruce149311.1
19881–⁠101–⁠7Leon Fuller1302-15.3
19871–⁠111–⁠7Leon Fuller1348-12.6
19866–⁠54–⁠4Leon Fuller14952.6
19855–⁠74–⁠4Leon Fuller14490.7
19843–⁠83–⁠5Leon Fuller1366-8.7
19835–⁠74–⁠4Leon Fuller1374-14.1
19824–⁠73–⁠5Leon Fuller1354-4.6
19810–⁠120–⁠8Sarkis Arslanian, Chester Caddas1265-20.2
19806–⁠4–⁠15–⁠1–⁠1Sarkis Arslanian1469-5.2
19794–⁠7–⁠13–⁠4Sarkis Arslanian1419-3.2
19785–⁠62–⁠4Sarkis Arslanian1482-5.6
19779–⁠2–⁠15–⁠2Sarkis Arslanian15556.5
19766–⁠52–⁠4Sarkis Arslanian1468-11.5
19756–⁠54–⁠2Sarkis Arslanian1438-2.0
19744–⁠6–⁠12–⁠3–⁠1Sarkis Arslanian1418-1.0
19735–⁠62–⁠4Sarkis Arslanian1351-10.6
19721–⁠101–⁠4Jerry Wampfler1278-26.6
19713–⁠81–⁠4Jerry Wampfler1408-14.9
19704–⁠71–⁠3Jerry Wampfler1446-2.0
19694–⁠60–⁠4Milo Lude1421
19682–⁠81–⁠2Milo Lude1343
19674–⁠5–⁠1Milo Lude1482
19667–⁠3Milo Lude1517
19654–⁠6Milo Lude1420
19645–⁠6Milo Lude1398
19633–⁠7Milo Lude1312
19620–⁠10Milo Lude1228
19610–⁠100–⁠6Tuffy Mullison1253
19602–⁠81–⁠6Tuffy Mullison1319
19596–⁠45–⁠2Tuffy Mullison1479
19586–⁠44–⁠3Tuffy Mullison1441
19573–⁠72–⁠5Tuffy Mullison1335
19562–⁠7–⁠12–⁠4–⁠1Tuffy Mullison1371
19558–⁠26–⁠1Robert Davis1526
19543–⁠73–⁠4Robert Davis1366
19534–⁠53–⁠4Robert Davis1491
19526–⁠45–⁠2Robert Davis1514
19515–⁠4–⁠13–⁠3–⁠1Robert Davis1477
19506–⁠34–⁠1Robert Davis1508
19499–⁠14–⁠1Robert Davis1564
19488–⁠34–⁠1Robert Davis1473
19475–⁠4–⁠12–⁠3–⁠1Robert Davis1360
19462–⁠71–⁠5Julius Wagner, Harry Hughes1268
19452–⁠5–⁠10–⁠4Julius Wagner1338
19424–⁠32–⁠3Julius Wagner1455
19414–⁠2–⁠13–⁠2–⁠1Harry Hughes1463
19403–⁠4–⁠21–⁠3–⁠2Harry Hughes1374
19392–⁠72–⁠4Harry Hughes1365
19381–⁠5–⁠20–⁠4–⁠2Harry Hughes1350
19371–⁠71–⁠6Harry Hughes1369
19364–⁠4–⁠13–⁠4–⁠1Harry Hughes1470
19353–⁠4–⁠12–⁠4–⁠1Harry Hughes1493
19346–⁠2–⁠16–⁠1–⁠1Harry Hughes1579
19335–⁠1–⁠15–⁠1–⁠1Harry Hughes1567
19324–⁠3–⁠14–⁠3–⁠1Harry Hughes1513
19315–⁠45–⁠2Harry Hughes1520
19303–⁠5–⁠13–⁠3–⁠1Harry Hughes1446
19295–⁠44–⁠4Harry Hughes1535
19286–⁠26–⁠2Harry Hughes1634
19277–⁠17–⁠1Harry Hughes1665
19266–⁠2–⁠15–⁠2Harry Hughes1588
19259–⁠18–⁠0Harry Hughes1605
19244–⁠24–⁠2Harry Hughes1611
19235–⁠2–⁠15–⁠1–⁠1Harry Hughes1627
19225–⁠2–⁠15–⁠1–⁠1Harry Hughes1612
19212–⁠3–⁠12–⁠2–⁠1Harry Hughes1542
19206–⁠1–⁠16–⁠0–⁠1Harry Hughes1656
19197–⁠17–⁠1Harry Hughes1591
1918few games on file0–⁠20–⁠2Harry Hughes1433
19170–⁠7–⁠10–⁠7–⁠1Harry Hughes1438
19166–⁠0–⁠16–⁠0–⁠1Harry Hughes1681
19157–⁠07–⁠0Harry Hughes1659
19143–⁠43–⁠3Harry Hughes1470
19133–⁠22–⁠2Harry Hughes1478
19123–⁠23–⁠2Harry Hughes1420
19110–⁠60–⁠5Harry Hughes1277
19100–⁠50–⁠5George Cassidy1351
1909few games on file1–⁠21–⁠1Claude Rothgeb1415
1908few games on file0–⁠20–⁠1Claude Rothgeb1377
1907few games on file0–⁠40–⁠1Claude Rothgeb1374
1906few games on file1–⁠2–⁠10–⁠0–⁠1Claude Rothgeb1437
19053–⁠41–⁠0John McIntosh1425
19040–⁠4–⁠10–⁠1John McIntosh1437
19036–⁠10–⁠1Matt Rothwell1567
19021–⁠3–⁠21–⁠1Clarence Griffith1448

Officially 549–⁠631–⁠33 since 1892 (per Wikipedia, rechecked weekly); game by game here, 545–⁠621–⁠32 (−4 wins, −10 losses, −1 tie). Our file starts in 1902; the program began in 1892. Some games are missing from our source.

No season on file for 1943–⁠44: wartime seasons, when many programs didn’t play.

Records are computed from every game on file at CollegeFootballData.com, whose coverage of the earliest seasons can be incomplete. Elo is this site’s own rating; see how it works on the records page.