46.444

Deion Sanders may be putting together a legitimate “Coach of the Year” case

Embarrassed Tech

0.9035

+4

+11.6019054 (LW: #24)

Last Week #23 at Texas Tech // Won 41 - 27 // Colorado had a shaky start, but they turned it around to finish the game 41 - 14 after going down 13 - 0 early. With Iowa State's 2nd loss, Colorado now holds their own destiny for any CFP hopes they have.

71.50 | NEW +9

Net Rating: 19.92; O: 10.29, O Rank: 22; D: -9.63, D Rank: 27

1982

+4

TIER 8 - 2 Loss Teams with 5 P5 Wins (no ranked wins)
Colorado is 7-2 with 5 P5 wins, including 3 away, as well as 1 G5 away win, 1 FCS win, and 2 losses @ Nebraska and to last week's #17 Kansas State. With one loss to a ranked team and more away wins than the other teams in this tier, the Buffs top this tier.

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+3. Deservedness blocking them from being ranked higher

LW: 24

Up 1

LW: NR

W 41-27 @ Texas Tech

248 points. Prev rank 20

raw score: 3.056
wins [4.5,6,5,4,3,5,6] best wins: Colorado State (6), Texas Tech (6)
losses [-4,-2] worst loss: Nebraska (4)
<< score before loss punishment: 3.722 rank: 12 >>

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Tier 5

+5

We should stop being so mean they’re doing good

+5

sure buddy!

+3 Good win, but the game management at the end was a little iffy

(23)

Lost to KSU so they are here for now, but it may not matter. They do need them to keep winning to help the resume as the loss to Nebraska is rough, but it seems to be merely a blip and they control their own destiny to the Big 12 title game, with about as easy of a run-in as you can ask for, playing 3 of the bottom 5 teams in the conference, including the bottom 2.

Tier 4. Team has surprisingly held up well. Loss to Nebraska still hurts them a lot but they've got some solid wins under their belt now.

Still waiting to see Colorado get a real marquee win, but coming back in the 2nd half and beating a decent Texas Tech on the road was fairly impressive. If Colorado can win out, they're in the Big 12 Championship Game, and as long as they have their stars, they have a shot to beat anyone.

(NR) The Buffs took care of Texas Tech in the second half and remain on track to make the conference championship game. They'll need to win the conference if they want to make the playoff, and there's a world in which they still finish below Boise State and Army.

I hate to admit it but maybe Deion does have this thing figured out

53.66

I'd considered you guys for being ranked last week, but it seems I slept on you guys a little too hard. "I owe you an apology; I wasn't really familiar with your game," basically. Winning against another school that I'd considered for the Top 25 last week, Texas Tech, will do that.

Power: 24, SoR: 23; LW: 23

Welcome back to the Top 25! Their top win is against Cincinnati; it looks like they'll have a shot against BYU to back door into the playoff.

LW - NR

59.1

Colorado enters the poll, with a steadily created record, and a chance to skyrocket further if they don't drop that many more games.