2025 Colorado
3–9 (1–8 Big 12), coached by Deion Sanders. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest upsetBeat No. 22 Iowa State 24–17Oct 11
Iowa State was ranked No. 22 and favored to win.
- Most excitingLost to TCU 21–35Oct 4
The win probability swung the most, by CollegeFootballData.com’s excitement index.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29 | vs Georgia Tech | L 20–27 | 62% |
| Sep 6 | vs Delaware | W 31–7 | 73% |
| Sep 12 | at Houston | L 20–36 | 49% |
| Sep 20 | vs Wyoming | W 37–20 | 67% |
| Sep 27 | vs 25BYU | L 21–24 | 41% |
| Oct 4 | at TCU | L 21–35 | 28% |
| Oct 11 | vs 22Iowa State | W 24–17 | 40% |
| Oct 25 | at Utah | L 7–53 | 32% |
| Nov 1 | vs Arizona | L 17–52 | 59% |
| Nov 8 | at West Virginia | L 22–29 | 43% |
| Nov 22 | vs Arizona State | L 17–42 | 34% |
| Nov 29 | at Kansas State | L 14–24 | 22% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Lost to Kansas State 24–14; unranked in the final AP poll; 15th in the Big 12.
In program history: The 105th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 125 on file).
- Record
- 3–9
- Conference
- 1–8 15th in Big 12
- AP final
- Unranked
- Points
- 251–366
- Coach
- Deion Sanders
- Elo
- 1418 −134 this season
- SP+ rating
- -8.3 No. 96 of 136; offense No. 103, defense No. 88, special teams No. 109
- SRS
- −2.2 No. 79 of 136 in FBS
- Returning
- 8% of last season’s EPA, No. 131 of 134
- Recruiting class
- No. 37 roster talent No. 30 in FBS
- Offensive coordinators
- Pat Shurmur and Brett Bartolone
- Defensive coordinator
- Robert Livingston
- Offense
- Multiple spread
- Defense
- 4–3
How good, play by play
| EPA per play | Success | Explosiveness | FBS rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Offense | -0.02 | 35% | 1.37 | 113th of 136 |
| Defense | 0.13 | 42% | 1.33 | 79th of 136 |
| Opponent-adjusted | 0.03 off 0.10 def | 37% off 41% def | — | 101st off 70th def |
Passing and running
| Pass success | Depth of target | Deep throws | Line yards | Stuffed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Offense | 38% | 8.5 yds | 14% | 2.70 | 21% |
| Defense | 42% | 9.2 yds | 14% | 3.10 | 17% |
How these are measured
Play-weighted averages over games against FBS opponents; raw numbers, not adjusted for the strength of the opponent. EPA (expected points added) measures how much each play changed the expected score; success rate counts plays that kept the offense on schedule; explosiveness is the average EPA on successful plays. Lower is better on defense. Ranked by EPA per play among teams that were FBS that season. The opponent-adjusted row (offense / defense) is CollegeFootballData.com’s WEPA, which accounts for who each team played. Passing and running: depth of target is how far downfield passes traveled in the air; deep throws are the share thrown deep, of the passes whose depth and direction the play-by-play describes (about half); line yards are the running yards per carry credited to the blockers; stuffed is the share of carries stopped at or behind the line. The defense’s line is what its opponents did. From CollegeFootballData.com, 2025 on.
Drives and havoc
| Points per trip inside the 40 | Average start | Havoc | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Offense | 3.5 | own 29 | 20% allowed |
| Defense | 4.0 | own 30 | 15% caused |
CORE rating -12.0, 102nd of 136 (offense -7.2, defense 4.8).
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. CORE is CollegeFootballData.com’s context- and opponent-adjusted rating (points better than an average team; lower is better on defense). From CollegeFootballData.com.
Leaders
| Passing yards | Kaidon Salter QB | 1,414 yds |
| Passing touchdowns | Kaidon Salter QB | 10 TD |
| Rushing yards | Micah Welch RB | 384 yds |
| Rushing touchdowns | Kaidon Salter QB | 5 TD |
| Receiving yards | Omarion Miller WR | 807 yds |
| Receiving touchdowns | Omarion Miller WR | 8 TD |
| Tackles | Tawfiq Byard S | 78 tkl |
| Sacks | Arden Walker DE | 2.5 sacks |
| Interceptions | John Slaughter DB | 2 INT |
Top recruits in the 2025 class
| Julian Lewis QB | ★★★★ | No. 50 |
| Carde Smith OT | ★★★★ | No. 134 |
| London Merritt DE | ★★★★ | No. 201 |
| Quentin Gibson WR | ★★★★ | No. 300 |
| Adrian Wilson WR | ★★★★ | No. 308 |
| Quanell Farrakhan Jr. WR | ★★★★ | No. 374 |
| Chauncey Gooden OL | ★★★★ | No. 451 |
| Christian Hudson DL | ★★★★ | No. 452 |
247Sports composite rankings via CollegeFootballData.com; national rank in the class.
The 2025 class by position
| Signed | Stars | Rating | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quarterbacks | 1 | 4.0 | 0.976 |
| Receivers | 5 | 3.6 | 0.885 |
| Offensive line | 3 | 3.7 | 0.892 |
| Defensive line | 3 | 3.7 | 0.894 |
| Linebackers | 1 | 3.0 | 0.873 |
| Defensive backs | 1 | 3.0 | 0.887 |
| Athletes and specialists | 1 | 2.0 | 0.790 |
| Whole class | 15 | 3.5 | 0.887 |
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.
Roster 105
The 2025 roster105 players, with numbers, heights, hometowns and each player’s 2025 line; 60 have a stat line. See the roster
Transfers in 33
The 2025 portal Jaheim Oatis DL | ★★★★ | from  Alabama |
 Hykeem Williams WR | ★★★★ | from  Florida State |
| Noah King CB | ★★★★ | from  Kansas State |
 Kaidon Salter QB | ★★★ | from  Liberty |
 Zylon Crisler OL | ★★★ | from  Illinois |
 Andre Roye Jr. OT | ★★★ | from  Maryland |
 Sincere Brown WR | ★★★ | from  Campbell |
 Xavier Hill OL | ★★★ | from  Memphis |
 Aki Ogunbiyi OT | ★★★ | from  Texas A&M |
 Jack Hestera WR | ★★★ | from  Utah State |
 Joseph Williams WR | ★★★ | from  Tulsa |
 Larry Johnson III OT | ★★★ | from  Tennessee |
And 21 more, lower-rated or unrated.
Transfers out 34
And 22 more, lower-rated or unrated.
All-Big 12
2 second teamSecond team
Jordan SeatonOLCoaches-2- Omarion MillerWRCoaches-2
From Wikipedia’s 2025 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).
2025 Big 12 standings
Conference page| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
 Texas Tech | 8–1 | 12–2 | 7 |
| BYU | 8–1 | 12–2 | 11 |
| Utah | 7–2 | 11–2 | 14 |
| Arizona | 7–3 | 9–4 | |
| Houston | 6–3 | 10–3 | 22 |
| Arizona State | 6–3 | 8–5 | |
| TCU | 5–4 | 9–4 | 25 |
| Iowa State | 5–4 | 8–4 | |
 Cincinnati | 5–4 | 7–6 | |
| Kansas State | 5–5 | 6–6 | |
 Baylor | 3–6 | 5–7 | |
 Kansas | 3–6 | 5–7 | |
 UCF | 2–7 | 5–7 | |
| West Virginia | 2–7 | 4–8 | |
| Colorado | 1–8 | 3–9 | |
 Oklahoma State | 0–9 | 1–11 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.