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1994 Colorado State

10–⁠2 (7–⁠1 Western Athletic Conference), coached by Sonny Lubick, finished No. 16 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Colorado State in 1994, game by game: won at Air Force 34–21; won vs. Utah State 41–16; won at No. 22 BYU 28–21; won vs. San Diego State 19–17; won at New Mexico 38–31; won at No. 6 Arizona 21–16; won vs. UTEP 47–9; lost vs. No. 18 Utah 31–45; won vs. Wyoming 35–24; won vs. Arkansas State 48–3; won at Fresno State 44–42; lost vs. No. 20 Michigan 14–24+45−14Won 34–21 at Air Force+13Air ForceWon 41–16 vs. Utah State+25Utah StateWon 28–21 at No. 22 BYU+7No. 22 BYUWon 19–17 vs. San Diego State+2San Diego StateWon 38–31 at New Mexico+7New MexicoWon 21–16 at No. 6 Arizona+5No. 6 ArizonaWon 47–9 vs. UTEP+38UTEPLost 31–45 vs. No. 18 Utah-14No. 18 UtahWon 35–24 vs. Wyoming+11WyomingWon 48–3 vs. Arkansas State+45Arkansas StateWon 44–42 at Fresno State+2Fresno StateLost 14–24 vs. No. 20 Michigan-10No. 20 Michigan
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 3atAir ForceW 34–⁠2147%
Sep 10vsUtah StateW 41–⁠1663%
Sep 17at22BYUW 28–⁠2139%
Sep 24vsSan Diego StateW 19–⁠1767%
Oct 1atNew MexicoW 38–⁠3162%
Oct 8at6ArizonaW 21–⁠1628%
Oct 15vsUTEPW 47–⁠986%
Oct 22vs18UtahL 31–⁠4557%
Nov 5vsWyomingW 35–⁠2474%
Nov 12vsArkansas StateW 48–⁠392%
Nov 19atFresno StateW 44–⁠4262%
Dec 30Bowls & playoffvs20MichiganHoliday BowlL 14–⁠2443%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Michigan 24–⁠14 in the Holiday Bowl; No. 16 in the final AP poll; Western Athletic Conference champions.

In program history: The 17th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 123 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 6: 24
  2. Wk 7: 23
  3. Wk 8: 13
  4. Wk 9: 12
  5. Wk 10: 17
  6. Wk 11: 14
  7. Wk 12: 10
  8. Wk 13: 10
  9. Wk 14: 10
  10. Wk 15: 10
  11. Wk 16: 10
  12. Final: 16

Western Athletic Conference champions7–⁠1 in the conference

Record
10–⁠2
Conference
7–⁠1 first in Western Athletic Conference
AP final
No. 16 peak No. 10
Points
400–⁠269
Coach
Sonny Lubick
Elo
1593 +109 this season
SP+ rating
14.1 No. 22 of 106; offense No. 10, defense No. 45
SRS
10.4 No. 24 of 107 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Dave Lay
Defensive coordinator
Larry Kerr

All-WAC

5 first team, 3 second team

First team

  • Pat MeyerOLCoaches-1
  • Sean MoranDLCoaches-1
  • Kenya RagsdaleLBCoaches-1
  • Andre StrodeDBCoaches-1
  • Greg MyersDBCoaches-1

Second team

  • Anthoney HillQBCoaches-2
  • Jeremy BurkettWRCoaches-2
  • Steve HodgeDLCoaches-2

From Wikipedia’s 1994 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1994 Western Athletic Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Colorado State7–⁠110–⁠216
Utah6–⁠210–⁠210
BYU6–⁠210–⁠318
Air Force6–⁠28–⁠4
Wyoming4–⁠46–⁠6
New Mexico4–⁠45–⁠7
Fresno State3–⁠4–⁠15–⁠7–⁠1
San Diego State2–⁠64–⁠7
UTEP1–⁠6–⁠13–⁠7–⁠1
Hawai’i0–⁠83–⁠8–⁠1

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.