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2001 Colorado

10–⁠3 (7–⁠1 Big 12), coached by Gary Barnett, finished No. 9 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Colorado in 2001, game by game: lost vs. Fresno State 22–24; won vs. No. 24 Colorado State 41–14; won vs. San José State 51–15; won vs. Kansas 27–16; won at No. 12 Kansas State 16–6; won vs. No. 25 Texas A&M 31–21; lost at Texas 7–41; won at Oklahoma State 22–19; won vs. Missouri 38–24; won at Iowa State 40–27; won vs. No. 2 Nebraska 62–36; won vs. No. 3 Texas 39–37; lost vs. No. 2 Oregon 16–38+36−34Lost 22–24 vs. Fresno State-2Fresno StateWon 41–14 vs. No. 24 Colorado State+27No. 24 Colorado StateWon 51–15 vs. San José State+36San José StateWon 27–16 vs. Kansas+11KansasWon 16–6 at No. 12 Kansas State+10No. 12 Kansas StateWon 31–21 vs. No. 25 Texas A&M+10No. 25 Texas A&MLost 7–41 at Texas-34TexasWon 22–19 at Oklahoma State+3Oklahoma StateWon 38–24 vs. Missouri+14MissouriWon 40–27 at Iowa State+13Iowa StateWon 62–36 vs. No. 2 Nebraska+26No. 2 NebraskaWon 39–37 vs. No. 3 Texas+2No. 3 TexasLost 16–38 vs. No. 2 Oregon-22No. 2 Oregon
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Aug 26vsFresno StateL 22–⁠2445%
Sep 1vs24Colorado StateW 41–⁠1433%
Sep 8vsSan José StateW 51–⁠1570%
Sep 22vsKansasW 27–⁠1674%
Oct 6at12Kansas StateW 16–⁠629%
Oct 13vs25Texas A&MW 31–⁠2154%
Oct 20atTexasL 7–⁠4136%
Oct 27atOklahoma StateW 22–⁠1970%
Nov 3vsMissouriW 38–⁠2480%
Nov 10atIowa StateW 40–⁠2754%
Nov 23vs2NebraskaW 62–⁠3635%
Dec 1vs3TexasBig 12 Championship GameW 39–⁠3742%
Jan 1Bowls & playoffvs2OregonFiesta BowlL 16–⁠3847%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Oregon 38–⁠16 in the Fiesta Bowl; No. 9 in the final AP poll; Big 12 champions.

In program history: The 11th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 125 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 8: 20
  2. Wk 10: 25
  3. Wk 11: 25
  4. Wk 12: 21
  5. Wk 13: 15
  6. Wk 14: 14
  7. Wk 15: 9
  8. Wk 16: 3
  9. Final: 9

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.

Big 12 champions7–⁠1 in the conference, won the Big 12 Championship Game

Led the nationRoman Hollowell: punt return average (18.0)

John Mackey AwardDaniel Graham, TE

2 consensus All-AmericansDaniel Graham, TE; Andre Gurode, OG

Record
10–⁠3
Conference
7–⁠1 shared first in Big 12
AP final
No. 9 peak No. 3
Points
412–⁠318
Coach
Gary Barnett
Elo
1674 +174 this season
SP+ rating
20.2 No. 9 of 117; offense No. 12, defense No. 32
SRS
13.2 No. 14 of 117 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
No. 36
Offensive coordinator
Shawn Watson
Defensive coordinators
Tom McMahon and Vince Okruch
Captains
Justin Bannan, Andre Gurode, Michael Lewis and John Minardi
Most valuable player
Daniel Graham
Offense
Multiple
Defense
Multiple 4–⁠3

Drives and havoc

Points per trip inside the 40Average startHavoc
Offense-0.1own 33— allowed
Defense-0.0own 30— 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

Russell Lovett ATH★★★★No. 72

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

The 2001 class by position

SignedStarsRating
Athletes and specialists14.00.975

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.

Drafted in 2002

The 2002 draft
Rd 1Daniel Graham TENew England Patriots
Rd 2Andre Gurode OGDallas Cowboys
Rd 2Michael Lewis DBPhiladelphia Eagles
Rd 5Justin Bannan DTBuffalo Bills
Rd 7Victor Rogers OTDetroit Lions

All-Big 12

7 first team, 2 second team

First team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 2001 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

2001 Big 12 standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Nebraska7–⁠111–⁠28
Texas7–⁠111–⁠25
Colorado7–⁠110–⁠39
Oklahoma6–⁠211–⁠26
Texas A&M4–⁠48–⁠4
Iowa State4–⁠47–⁠5
Texas Tech4–⁠47–⁠5
Kansas State3–⁠56–⁠6
Missouri3–⁠54–⁠7
Oklahoma State2–⁠64–⁠7
Kansas1–⁠73–⁠8
Baylor0–⁠83–⁠8

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