AP Top 25 Poll

#19 Colorado Buffaloes

2023
Overall Record
2-0
Last Game
vs Nebraska W 36-14
Conference Record
0-0
Next Game
@Colorado State 09/16/2023
Folsom Field is the center of the college football universe thanks to the arrival of Deion Sanders. He won his home coaching debut Saturday with a 36-14 trouncing of Nebraska.
Shedeur Sanders stood up for his dad during pregame warmups and stood behind his defense for keeping Colorado grounded until the offense got going for a 36-14 win over Nebraska on Saturday.
Shedeur Sanders accounted for three scores, Colorado’s defense forced four turnovers and the 22nd-ranked Buffaloes beat longtime rival Nebraska 36-14 in the home debut of Deion Sanders at sold-out Folsom Field.
Nebraska visits No. 22 Colorado on Saturday. The matchup features two schools with a once-heated rivalry and two coaches who are each trying to turn around once-storied programs.
Nebraska visits Deion Sanders and his 22nd-ranked Colorado Buffaloes in Boulder on Saturday in the game of the week involving a Big Ten team.
Deion Sanders already has a big win for Colorado. Shedeur Sanders, the coach’s son, threw for a school-record 510 yards with four touchdowns as the Buffaloes pulled off an opening shocker with a 45-42 win over 17th-ranked TCU, last year’s national runner-up.
The spring transfer window for college football players is now closed. Colorado saw 52 scholarship players enter the transfer portal since Deion Sanders was hired as head coach in December.
Colorado fans have been infused with a dose of Prime Time.

The arrival of Deion Sanders as coach created quite a spectacle at the Buffaloes’ spring game, which drew more fans than the nine previous spring games combined.
LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Pac-12 Conference is having likely its best women’s basketball season, which has a chance to get even stronger.
Deion “Coach Prime” Sanders has quickly built the framework for a speedy turnaround at Colorado. He proudly recited the numbers from his first recruiting class in charge of the Buffaloes.
The opening of college football’s traditional signing period for high school prospects brought an apparent end to two of the cycle’s most notable recruitments.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Defense has long been a trademark of Mick Cronin-coached teams. It is also a significant reason why seventh-ranked UCLA is on its longest-winning streak in six seasons.
BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — As much as facilities, Folsom Field or the allure of trying to pull off a seemingly impossible rebuild, it was likely the fine print that brought Deion Sanders to Colorado.
Deion Sanders’ quarterback and top recruit at Jackson State are following Coach Prime to Colorado.

Quarterback Shedeur Sanders, Deion’s son, was among Colorado’s first class of signees Wednesday with its new coach.
Colorado Rockies (19-29, fourth in the NL West) vs. New York Mets (21-20, first in the NL East)

Flushing, Queens; Tuesday, 7:10 p.m. EDT
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Kyle Trask and No. 6 Florida look nowhere near ready for top-ranked Alabama.
BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — The Colorado Buffaloes certainly hope to rise and then shine for the earliest kickoff in Folsom Field history.
Alabama was No. 1 for the fifth week in a row Sunday and extended its streak of consecutive poll appearances to 210, the third longest in the history of The Associated Press college football poll.
SILVER PLUME, Colo. (AP) — In a small clearing on Mount Trelease, a faded and tattered yellow shirt rests among twisted shards of metal.
Utah left end Bradlee Anae may be the next mayor of Sack Lake City.

Anae is among four players in the Pac-12 who have collected three sacks this season to lead the league, joining Oregon freshman Mase Funa, Colorado’s Mustafa Johnson and Oregon State’s Hamilcar Rashed.