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2001 Colorado State

7–⁠5 (5–⁠2 Mountain West Conference), coached by Sonny Lubick.

Schedule and results

Colorado State in 2001, game by game: lost vs. Colorado 14–41; won vs. Nevada 35–18; lost vs. San Diego State 7–14; won at Wyoming 42–14; lost at Louisville 2–7; lost vs. No. 8 Fresno State 22–25; won at UNLV 26–24; won vs. Utah 19–17; lost at No. 13 BYU 34–56; won vs. Air Force 28–21; won at New Mexico 24–17; won vs. North Texas 45–20+28−27Lost 14–41 vs. Colorado-27ColoradoWon 35–18 vs. Nevada+17NevadaLost 7–14 vs. San Diego State-7San Diego StateWon 42–14 at Wyoming+28WyomingLost 2–7 at Louisville-5LouisvilleLost 22–25 vs. No. 8 Fresno State-3No. 8 Fresno StateWon 26–24 at UNLV+2UNLVWon 19–17 vs. Utah+2UtahLost 34–56 at No. 13 BYU-22No. 13 BYUWon 28–21 vs. Air Force+7Air ForceWon 24–17 at New Mexico+7New MexicoWon 45–20 vs. North Texas+25North Texas
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 1vsColoradoL 14–⁠4167%
Sep 8vsNevadaW 35–⁠1884%
Sep 22vsSan Diego StateL 7–⁠1479%
Sep 29atWyomingW 42–⁠1463%
Oct 4atLouisvilleL 2–⁠736%
Oct 13vs8Fresno StateL 22–⁠2544%
Oct 20atUNLVW 26–⁠2449%
Oct 27vsUtahW 19–⁠1756%
Nov 1at13BYUL 34–⁠5628%
Nov 8vsAir ForceW 28–⁠2159%
Nov 17atNew MexicoW 24–⁠1750%
Dec 18Bowls & playoffvsNorth TexasNew Orleans BowlW 45–⁠2073%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat North Texas 45–⁠20 in the New Orleans Bowl; unranked in the final AP poll; 2nd in the Mountain West Conference.

In program history: The 16th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 123 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 24
  2. Wk 2: 24

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 2001.

Record
7–⁠5
Conference
5–⁠2 2nd in Mountain West Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 24
Points
298–⁠274
Coach
Sonny Lubick
Elo
1594 −18 this season
SP+ rating
6.1 No. 51 of 117; offense No. 69, defense No. 39
SRS
−0.3 No. 64 of 117 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
No. 46
Offensive coordinators
John Benton and Dan Hammerschmidt
Defensive coordinator
Larry Kerr

Drives and havoc

Points per trip inside the 40Average startHavoc
Offense-0.1own 33— allowed
Defense-0.3own 28— caused

A trip inside the 40 is a drive that reaches the opponent’s 40-yard line; points per trip is how many it scored on average (allowed, on defense). Average start is where drives began (the defense’s line is where its opponents started). Havoc is the share of plays ending in a tackle for loss, a forced fumble, an interception or a pass broken up. From CollegeFootballData.com.

Top recruits in the 2001 class

Justin Holland PRO★★★★No. 122

247Sports composite rankings via CollegeFootballData.com; national rank in the class.

The 2001 class by position

SignedStarsRating
Quarterbacks14.00.963

High-school signees by position group, with their average stars and 247Sports composite rating (out of 1), via CollegeFootballData.com. Athletes are signees with no set position.

2001 Mountain West Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
BYU7–⁠012–⁠225
Colorado State5–⁠27–⁠5
Utah4–⁠38–⁠4
New Mexico4–⁠36–⁠5
Air Force3–⁠46–⁠6
UNLV3–⁠44–⁠7
San Diego State2–⁠53–⁠8
Wyoming0–⁠72–⁠9

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