2014–2026 performance history

Colorado over time

Season-by-season offense and defense game grades, with head-coaching changes placed on the timeline.

Big 12Head coach: Deion SandersView Colorado games →
Offense · 2026 estimate37.1/100

55.4 average through 2 games

32.8 prior · 8 equivalent games
Defense · 2026 estimate45.1/100

70.5 average through 2 games

38.7 prior · 8 equivalent games

The trajectory

Game and Season Unit Ratings

Each small dot is one offensive or defensive game rating, arranged in the order played. For completed seasons, the short bar is that season’s average game rating. Both dot and bar values are labeled on a percentile scale. For 2026, the bar is the Bayesian estimate, while the outlined circle is the empirical games-only mean. Labeled background bands show each head coach’s era.

Colorado individual offense and defense game grades by seasonEach small point is one game. Horizontal bars show completed-season means and the Bayesian estimate for 2026. The outlined 2026 circle is the empirical games-only mean. Alternating labeled bands identify head-coaching eras.MacIntyre · ’14–’18Mike MacIntyre, 2014–2018TuckerMel Tucker, 2019Dorrell · ’20–’21Karl Dorrell, 2020–2021Jr.Mike Sanford Jr., 2022Sanders · ’23–’26Deion Sanders, 2023–2026offenseGame-grade percentile · higher is better9975502512014 Week 1: Colorado vs. Colorado State · L 17–31; offense 41.9 percentile2014 Week 2: Colorado at Massachusetts · W 41–38; offense 58.5 percentile2014 Week 3: Colorado vs. Arizona State · L 24–38; offense 57.9 percentile2014 Week 4: Colorado vs. Hawai'i · W 21–12; offense 14.8 percentile2014 Week 5: Colorado at California · L 56–59; offense 53.6 percentile2014 Week 6: Colorado vs. Oregon State · L 31–36; offense 66.4 percentile2014 Week 8: Colorado at USC · L 28–56; offense 63.8 percentile2014 Week 9: Colorado vs. UCLA · L 37–40; offense 46.6 percentile2014 Week 10: Colorado vs. Washington · L 23–38; offense 59.9 percentile2014 Week 11: Colorado at Arizona · L 20–38; offense 22.8 percentile2014 Week 13: Colorado at Oregon · L 10–44; offense 5.7 percentile2014 Week 14: Colorado vs. Utah · L 34–38; offense 76.2 percentile2015 Week 2: Colorado vs. Massachusetts · W 48–14; offense 96.8 percentile2015 Week 3: Colorado vs. Colorado State · W 27–24; offense 27.8 percentile2015 Week 4: Colorado vs. Nicholls · W 48–0; offense 36.9 percentile2015 Week 5: Colorado vs. Oregon · L 24–41; offense 15.1 percentile2015 Week 6: Colorado at Arizona State · L 23–48; offense 58.7 percentile2015 Week 7: Colorado vs. Arizona · L 31–38; offense 17.2 percentile2015 Week 8: Colorado at Oregon State · W 17–13; offense 13.4 percentile2015 Week 9: Colorado at UCLA · L 31–35; offense 51.5 percentile2015 Week 10: Colorado vs. Stanford · L 10–42; offense 7.8 percentile2015 Week 11: Colorado vs. USC · L 24–27; offense 24.3 percentile2015 Week 12: Colorado at Washington State · L 3–27; offense 4.1 percentile2015 Week 13: Colorado at Utah · L 14–20; offense 32.1 percentile2016 Week 1: Colorado vs. Colorado State · W 44–7; offense 91.1 percentile2016 Week 2: Colorado vs. Idaho State · W 56–7; offense 68.7 percentile2016 Week 3: Colorado at Michigan · L 28–45; offense 61.1 percentile2016 Week 4: Colorado at Oregon · W 41–38; offense 58.7 percentile2016 Week 5: Colorado vs. Oregon State · W 47–6; offense 60.4 percentile2016 Week 6: Colorado at USC · L 17–21; offense 46.3 percentile2016 Week 7: Colorado vs. Arizona State · W 40–16; offense 65.3 percentile2016 Week 8: Colorado at Stanford · W 10–5; offense 31.2 percentile2016 Week 10: Colorado vs. UCLA · W 20–10; offense 27.7 percentile2016 Week 12: Colorado vs. Washington State · W 38–24; offense 88.0 percentile2016 Week 13: Colorado vs. Utah · W 27–22; offense 26.3 percentile2016 Week 14: Colorado vs. Washington · L 10–41; offense 9.7 percentile2016 Week 1: Colorado vs. Oklahoma State · L 8–38; offense 4.0 percentile2017 Week 1: Colorado vs. Colorado State · W 17–3; offense 35.8 percentile2017 Week 2: Colorado vs. Texas State · W 37–3; offense 26.7 percentile2017 Week 3: Colorado vs. Northern Colorado · W 41–21; offense 54.8 percentile2017 Week 4: Colorado vs. Washington · L 10–37; offense 47.7 percentile2017 Week 5: Colorado at UCLA · L 23–27; offense 16.6 percentile2017 Week 6: Colorado vs. Arizona · L 42–45; offense 84.9 percentile2017 Week 7: Colorado at Oregon State · W 36–33; offense 56.3 percentile2017 Week 8: Colorado at Washington State · L 0–28; offense 0.6 percentile2017 Week 9: Colorado vs. California · W 44–28; offense 84.3 percentile2017 Week 10: Colorado at Arizona State · L 30–41; offense 45.8 percentile2017 Week 11: Colorado vs. USC · L 24–38; offense 42.0 percentile2017 Week 13: Colorado at Utah · L 13–34; offense 72.0 percentile2018 Week 1: Colorado vs. Colorado State · W 45–13; offense 84.3 percentile2018 Week 2: Colorado at Nebraska · W 33–28; offense 21.4 percentile2018 Week 3: Colorado vs. New Hampshire · W 45–14; offense 16.2 percentile2018 Week 5: Colorado vs. UCLA · W 38–16; offense 69.0 percentile2018 Week 6: Colorado vs. Arizona State · W 28–21; offense 68.1 percentile2018 Week 7: Colorado at USC · L 20–31; offense 4.8 percentile2018 Week 8: Colorado at Washington · L 13–27; offense 27.1 percentile2018 Week 9: Colorado vs. Oregon State · L 34–41; offense 6.8 percentile2018 Week 10: Colorado at Arizona · L 34–42; offense 29.4 percentile2018 Week 11: Colorado vs. Washington State · L 7–31; offense 8.4 percentile2018 Week 12: Colorado vs. Utah · L 7–30; offense 5.4 percentile2018 Week 13: Colorado at California · L 21–33; offense 61.2 percentile2019 Week 1: Colorado vs. Colorado State · W 52–31; offense 89.4 percentile2019 Week 2: Colorado vs. Nebraska · W 34–31; offense 50.3 percentile2019 Week 3: Colorado vs. Air Force · L 23–30; offense 58.2 percentile2019 Week 4: Colorado at Arizona State · W 34–31; offense 89.3 percentile2019 Week 6: Colorado vs. Arizona · L 30–35; offense 27.0 percentile2019 Week 7: Colorado at Oregon · L 3–45; offense 47.7 percentile2019 Week 8: Colorado at Washington State · L 10–41; offense 24.5 percentile2019 Week 9: Colorado vs. USC · L 31–35; offense 77.5 percentile2019 Week 10: Colorado at UCLA · L 14–31; offense 12.5 percentile2019 Week 11: Colorado vs. Stanford · W 16–13; offense 26.4 percentile2019 Week 13: Colorado vs. Washington · W 20–14; offense 74.7 percentile2019 Week 14: Colorado at Utah · L 15–45; offense 37.7 percentile2020 Week 10: Colorado vs. UCLA · W 48–42; offense 63.1 percentile2020 Week 11: Colorado at Stanford · W 35–32; offense 51.4 percentile2020 Week 13: Colorado vs. San Diego State · W 20–10; offense 24.8 percentile2020 Week 14: Colorado at Arizona · W 24–13; offense 63.0 percentile2020 Week 15: Colorado vs. Utah · L 21–38; offense 40.4 percentile2020 Week 1: Colorado vs. Texas · L 23–55; offense 36.1 percentile2021 Week 1: Colorado vs. Northern Colorado · W 35–7; offense 40.8 percentile2021 Week 2: Colorado vs. Texas A&M · L 7–10; offense 24.2 percentile2021 Week 3: Colorado vs. Minnesota · L 0–30; offense 0.1 percentile2021 Week 4: Colorado at Arizona State · L 13–35; offense 46.1 percentile2021 Week 5: Colorado vs. USC · L 14–37; offense 1.1 percentile2021 Week 7: Colorado vs. Arizona · W 34–0; offense 27.3 percentile2021 Week 8: Colorado at California · L 3–26; offense 7.2 percentile2021 Week 9: Colorado at Oregon · L 29–52; offense 39.7 percentile2021 Week 10: Colorado vs. Oregon State · W 37–34; offense 40.6 percentile2021 Week 11: Colorado at UCLA · L 20–44; offense 43.8 percentile2021 Week 12: Colorado vs. Washington · W 20–17; offense 2.1 percentile2022 Week 1: Colorado vs. TCU · L 13–38; offense 23.3 percentile2022 Week 3: Colorado at Minnesota · L 7–49; offense 17.5 percentile2022 Week 4: Colorado vs. UCLA · L 17–45; offense 3.3 percentile2022 Week 5: Colorado at Arizona · L 20–43; offense 54.4 percentile2022 Week 7: Colorado vs. California · W 20–13; offense 6.8 percentile2022 Week 8: Colorado at Oregon State · L 9–42; offense 17.4 percentile2022 Week 9: Colorado vs. Arizona State · L 34–42; offense 10.3 percentile2022 Week 10: Colorado vs. Oregon · L 10–49; offense 11.5 percentile2022 Week 11: Colorado at USC · L 17–55; offense 15.9 percentile2022 Week 12: Colorado at Washington · L 7–54; offense 18.4 percentile2022 Week 13: Colorado vs. Utah · L 21–63; offense 0.2 percentile2023 Week 1: Colorado at TCU · W 45–42; offense 86.4 percentile2023 Week 2: Colorado vs. Nebraska · W 36–14; offense 79.6 percentile2023 Week 3: Colorado vs. Colorado State · W 43–35; offense 45.3 percentile2023 Week 4: Colorado at Oregon · L 6–42; offense 32.5 percentile2023 Week 5: Colorado vs. USC · L 41–48; offense 56.3 percentile2023 Week 6: Colorado at Arizona State · W 27–24; offense 22.6 percentile2023 Week 7: Colorado vs. Stanford · L 43–46; offense 65.6 percentile2023 Week 9: Colorado at UCLA · L 16–28; offense 38.7 percentile2023 Week 10: Colorado vs. Oregon State · L 19–26; offense 1.8 percentile2023 Week 11: Colorado vs. Arizona · L 31–34; offense 54.6 percentile2023 Week 12: Colorado at Washington State · L 14–56; offense 7.6 percentile2023 Week 13: Colorado at Utah · L 17–23; offense 60.4 percentile2024 Week 1: Colorado vs. North Dakota State · W 31–26; offense 38.5 percentile2024 Week 2: Colorado at Nebraska · L 10–28; offense 23.7 percentile2024 Week 3: Colorado at Colorado State · W 28–9; offense 72.6 percentile2024 Week 4: Colorado vs. Baylor · W 38–31; offense 45.2 percentile2024 Week 5: Colorado at UCF · W 48–21; offense 71.2 percentile2024 Week 7: Colorado vs. Kansas State · L 28–31; offense 80.7 percentile2024 Week 8: Colorado at Arizona · W 34–7; offense 36.3 percentile2024 Week 9: Colorado vs. Cincinnati · W 34–23; offense 66.7 percentile2024 Week 11: Colorado at Texas Tech · W 41–27; offense 20.7 percentile2024 Week 12: Colorado vs. Utah · W 49–24; offense 69.4 percentile2024 Week 13: Colorado vs. Kansas · L 21–37; offense 60.6 percentile2024 Week 14: Colorado vs. Oklahoma State · W 52–0; offense 35.1 percentile2024 Week 1: Colorado vs. BYU · L 14–36; offense 26.5 percentile2025 Week 1: Colorado vs. Georgia Tech · L 20–27; offense 29.8 percentile2025 Week 2: Colorado vs. Delaware · W 31–7; offense 53.0 percentile2025 Week 3: Colorado at Houston · L 20–36; offense 19.0 percentile2025 Week 4: Colorado vs. Wyoming · W 37–20; offense 87.5 percentile2025 Week 5: Colorado vs. BYU · L 21–24; offense 57.2 percentile2025 Week 6: Colorado at TCU · L 21–35; offense 52.1 percentile2025 Week 7: Colorado vs. Iowa State · W 24–17; offense 39.5 percentile2025 Week 9: Colorado at Utah · L 7–53; offense 2.5 percentile2025 Week 10: Colorado vs. Arizona · L 17–52; offense 37.9 percentile2025 Week 11: Colorado at West Virginia · L 22–29; offense 9.7 percentile2025 Week 13: Colorado vs. Arizona State · L 17–42; offense 16.5 percentile2025 Week 14: Colorado at Kansas State · L 14–24; offense 27.7 percentile2026 Week 1: Colorado at Georgia Tech · W 14–13; offense 35.5 percentile2026 Week 2: Colorado vs. Weber State · W 52–21; offense 74.1 percentile2014 offense season mean: 45.3 percentile2015 offense season mean: 30.2 percentile2016 offense season mean: 47.9 percentile2017 offense season mean: 43.5 percentile2018 offense season mean: 28.5 percentile2019 offense season mean: 52.2 percentile2020 offense season mean: 46.2 percentile2021 offense season mean: 15.2 percentile2022 offense season mean: 11.7 percentile2023 offense season mean: 42.4 percentile2024 offense season mean: 49.8 percentile2025 offense season mean: 32.8 percentile2026 offense Bayesian estimate: 37.1 percentile2026 offense empirical mean: 55.4 percentiledefenseGame-grade percentile · higher is better9975502512014 Week 1: Colorado vs. Colorado State · L 17–31; defense 33.0 percentile2014 Week 2: Colorado at Massachusetts · W 41–38; defense 47.4 percentile2014 Week 3: Colorado vs. Arizona State · L 24–38; defense 14.5 percentile2014 Week 4: Colorado vs. Hawai'i · W 21–12; defense 81.0 percentile2014 Week 5: Colorado at California · L 56–59; defense 17.7 percentile2014 Week 6: Colorado vs. Oregon State · L 31–36; defense 9.1 percentile2014 Week 8: Colorado at USC · L 28–56; defense 15.6 percentile2014 Week 9: Colorado vs. UCLA · L 37–40; defense 41.2 percentile2014 Week 10: Colorado vs. Washington · L 23–38; defense 37.5 percentile2014 Week 11: Colorado at Arizona · L 20–38; defense 63.5 percentile2014 Week 13: Colorado at Oregon · L 10–44; defense 13.4 percentile2014 Week 14: Colorado vs. Utah · L 34–38; defense 12.3 percentile2015 Week 2: Colorado vs. Massachusetts · W 48–14; defense 53.4 percentile2015 Week 3: Colorado vs. Colorado State · W 27–24; defense 49.5 percentile2015 Week 4: Colorado vs. Nicholls · W 48–0; defense 52.1 percentile2015 Week 5: Colorado vs. Oregon · L 24–41; defense 34.1 percentile2015 Week 6: Colorado at Arizona State · L 23–48; defense 3.8 percentile2015 Week 7: Colorado vs. Arizona · L 31–38; defense 16.5 percentile2015 Week 8: Colorado at Oregon State · W 17–13; defense 43.9 percentile2015 Week 9: Colorado at UCLA · L 31–35; defense 48.5 percentile2015 Week 10: Colorado vs. Stanford · L 10–42; defense 19.1 percentile2015 Week 11: Colorado vs. USC · L 24–27; defense 62.0 percentile2015 Week 12: Colorado at Washington State · L 3–27; defense 26.7 percentile2015 Week 13: Colorado at Utah · L 14–20; defense 78.5 percentile2016 Week 1: Colorado vs. Colorado State · W 44–7; defense 85.3 percentile2016 Week 2: Colorado vs. Idaho State · W 56–7; defense 77.1 percentile2016 Week 3: Colorado at Michigan · L 28–45; defense 72.0 percentile2016 Week 4: Colorado at Oregon · W 41–38; defense 32.1 percentile2016 Week 5: Colorado vs. Oregon State · W 47–6; defense 73.5 percentile2016 Week 6: Colorado at USC · L 17–21; defense 35.0 percentile2016 Week 7: Colorado vs. Arizona State · W 40–16; defense 91.3 percentile2016 Week 8: Colorado at Stanford · W 10–5; defense 84.1 percentile2016 Week 10: Colorado vs. UCLA · W 20–10; defense 96.2 percentile2016 Week 12: Colorado vs. Washington State · W 38–24; defense 50.7 percentile2016 Week 13: Colorado vs. Utah · W 27–22; defense 82.1 percentile2016 Week 14: Colorado vs. Washington · L 10–41; defense 60.9 percentile2016 Week 1: Colorado vs. Oklahoma State · L 8–38; defense 22.8 percentile2017 Week 1: Colorado vs. Colorado State · W 17–3; defense 96.6 percentile2017 Week 2: Colorado vs. Texas State · W 37–3; defense 75.0 percentile2017 Week 3: Colorado vs. Northern Colorado · W 41–21; defense 53.0 percentile2017 Week 4: Colorado vs. Washington · L 10–37; defense 21.4 percentile2017 Week 5: Colorado at UCLA · L 23–27; defense 63.3 percentile2017 Week 6: Colorado vs. Arizona · L 42–45; defense 1.5 percentile2017 Week 7: Colorado at Oregon State · W 36–33; defense 2.0 percentile2017 Week 8: Colorado at Washington State · L 0–28; defense 41.0 percentile2017 Week 9: Colorado vs. California · W 44–28; defense 20.5 percentile2017 Week 10: Colorado at Arizona State · L 30–41; defense 21.1 percentile2017 Week 11: Colorado vs. USC · L 24–38; defense 36.3 percentile2017 Week 13: Colorado at Utah · L 13–34; defense 6.2 percentile2018 Week 1: Colorado vs. Colorado State · W 45–13; defense 90.1 percentile2018 Week 2: Colorado at Nebraska · W 33–28; defense 36.8 percentile2018 Week 3: Colorado vs. New Hampshire · W 45–14; defense 68.5 percentile2018 Week 5: Colorado vs. UCLA · W 38–16; defense 49.1 percentile2018 Week 6: Colorado vs. Arizona State · W 28–21; defense 40.1 percentile2018 Week 7: Colorado at USC · L 20–31; defense 88.4 percentile2018 Week 8: Colorado at Washington · L 13–27; defense 49.5 percentile2018 Week 9: Colorado vs. Oregon State · L 34–41; defense 42.5 percentile2018 Week 10: Colorado at Arizona · L 34–42; defense 14.1 percentile2018 Week 11: Colorado vs. Washington State · L 7–31; defense 57.7 percentile2018 Week 12: Colorado vs. Utah · L 7–30; defense 59.5 percentile2018 Week 13: Colorado at California · L 21–33; defense 87.5 percentile2019 Week 1: Colorado vs. Colorado State · W 52–31; defense 21.0 percentile2019 Week 2: Colorado vs. Nebraska · W 34–31; defense 24.2 percentile2019 Week 3: Colorado vs. Air Force · L 23–30; defense 42.9 percentile2019 Week 4: Colorado at Arizona State · W 34–31; defense 9.4 percentile2019 Week 6: Colorado vs. Arizona · L 30–35; defense 9.7 percentile2019 Week 7: Colorado at Oregon · L 3–45; defense 20.8 percentile2019 Week 8: Colorado at Washington State · L 10–41; defense 24.5 percentile2019 Week 9: Colorado vs. USC · L 31–35; defense 37.6 percentile2019 Week 10: Colorado at UCLA · L 14–31; defense 33.7 percentile2019 Week 11: Colorado vs. Stanford · W 16–13; defense 29.8 percentile2019 Week 13: Colorado vs. Washington · W 20–14; defense 92.5 percentile2019 Week 14: Colorado at Utah · L 15–45; defense 20.2 percentile2020 Week 10: Colorado vs. UCLA · W 48–42; defense 27.2 percentile2020 Week 11: Colorado at Stanford · W 35–32; defense 71.3 percentile2020 Week 13: Colorado vs. San Diego State · W 20–10; defense 98.2 percentile2020 Week 14: Colorado at Arizona · W 24–13; defense 63.8 percentile2020 Week 15: Colorado vs. Utah · L 21–38; defense 59.2 percentile2020 Week 1: Colorado vs. Texas · L 23–55; defense 26.8 percentile2021 Week 1: Colorado vs. Northern Colorado · W 35–7; defense 62.3 percentile2021 Week 2: Colorado vs. Texas A&M · L 7–10; defense 84.6 percentile2021 Week 3: Colorado vs. Minnesota · L 0–30; defense 42.7 percentile2021 Week 4: Colorado at Arizona State · L 13–35; defense 16.3 percentile2021 Week 5: Colorado vs. USC · L 14–37; defense 18.8 percentile2021 Week 7: Colorado vs. Arizona · W 34–0; defense 94.1 percentile2021 Week 8: Colorado at California · L 3–26; defense 14.2 percentile2021 Week 9: Colorado at Oregon · L 29–52; defense 4.9 percentile2021 Week 10: Colorado vs. Oregon State · W 37–34; defense 70.5 percentile2021 Week 11: Colorado at UCLA · L 20–44; defense 14.2 percentile2021 Week 12: Colorado vs. Washington · W 20–17; defense 54.9 percentile2022 Week 1: Colorado vs. TCU · L 13–38; defense 16.1 percentile2022 Week 3: Colorado at Minnesota · L 7–49; defense 1.5 percentile2022 Week 4: Colorado vs. UCLA · L 17–45; defense 20.8 percentile2022 Week 5: Colorado at Arizona · L 20–43; defense 16.9 percentile2022 Week 7: Colorado vs. California · W 20–13; defense 91.7 percentile2022 Week 8: Colorado at Oregon State · L 9–42; defense 12.6 percentile2022 Week 9: Colorado vs. Arizona State · L 34–42; defense 23.1 percentile2022 Week 10: Colorado vs. Oregon · L 10–49; defense 29.1 percentile2022 Week 11: Colorado at USC · L 17–55; defense 39.5 percentile2022 Week 12: Colorado at Washington · L 7–54; defense 13.0 percentile2022 Week 13: Colorado vs. Utah · L 21–63; defense 8.5 percentile2023 Week 1: Colorado at TCU · W 45–42; defense 16.5 percentile2023 Week 2: Colorado vs. Nebraska · W 36–14; defense 86.5 percentile2023 Week 3: Colorado vs. Colorado State · W 43–35; defense 37.1 percentile2023 Week 4: Colorado at Oregon · L 6–42; defense 27.9 percentile2023 Week 5: Colorado vs. USC · L 41–48; defense 22.8 percentile2023 Week 6: Colorado at Arizona State · W 27–24; defense 38.7 percentile2023 Week 7: Colorado vs. Stanford · L 43–46; defense 11.6 percentile2023 Week 9: Colorado at UCLA · L 16–28; defense 21.0 percentile2023 Week 10: Colorado vs. Oregon State · L 19–26; defense 52.5 percentile2023 Week 11: Colorado vs. Arizona · L 31–34; defense 55.8 percentile2023 Week 12: Colorado at Washington State · L 14–56; defense 9.3 percentile2023 Week 13: Colorado at Utah · L 17–23; defense 12.4 percentile2024 Week 1: Colorado vs. North Dakota State · W 31–26; defense 8.0 percentile2024 Week 2: Colorado at Nebraska · L 10–28; defense 63.2 percentile2024 Week 3: Colorado at Colorado State · W 28–9; defense 92.3 percentile2024 Week 4: Colorado vs. Baylor · W 38–31; defense 87.7 percentile2024 Week 5: Colorado at UCF · W 48–21; defense 69.0 percentile2024 Week 7: Colorado vs. Kansas State · L 28–31; defense 11.7 percentile2024 Week 8: Colorado at Arizona · W 34–7; defense 75.4 percentile2024 Week 9: Colorado vs. Cincinnati · W 34–23; defense 33.2 percentile2024 Week 11: Colorado at Texas Tech · W 41–27; defense 88.4 percentile2024 Week 12: Colorado vs. Utah · W 49–24; defense 74.6 percentile2024 Week 13: Colorado vs. Kansas · L 21–37; defense 18.9 percentile2024 Week 14: Colorado vs. Oklahoma State · W 52–0; defense 99.7 percentile2024 Week 1: Colorado vs. BYU · L 14–36; defense 50.2 percentile2025 Week 1: Colorado vs. Georgia Tech · L 20–27; defense 20.7 percentile2025 Week 2: Colorado vs. Delaware · W 31–7; defense 81.2 percentile2025 Week 3: Colorado at Houston · L 20–36; defense 51.3 percentile2025 Week 4: Colorado vs. Wyoming · W 37–20; defense 33.8 percentile2025 Week 5: Colorado vs. BYU · L 21–24; defense 41.0 percentile2025 Week 6: Colorado at TCU · L 21–35; defense 60.6 percentile2025 Week 7: Colorado vs. Iowa State · W 24–17; defense 68.7 percentile2025 Week 9: Colorado at Utah · L 7–53; defense 29.3 percentile2025 Week 10: Colorado vs. Arizona · L 17–52; defense 22.0 percentile2025 Week 11: Colorado at West Virginia · L 22–29; defense 18.4 percentile2025 Week 13: Colorado vs. Arizona State · L 17–42; defense 13.9 percentile2025 Week 14: Colorado at Kansas State · L 14–24; defense 36.1 percentile2026 Week 1: Colorado at Georgia Tech · W 14–13; defense 98.2 percentile2026 Week 2: Colorado vs. Weber State · W 52–21; defense 15.5 percentile2014 defense season mean: 29.6 percentile2015 defense season mean: 38.1 percentile2016 defense season mean: 69.8 percentile2017 defense season mean: 31.4 percentile2018 defense season mean: 58.8 percentile2019 defense season mean: 29.5 percentile2020 defense season mean: 63.2 percentile2021 defense season mean: 41.7 percentile2022 defense season mean: 21.3 percentile2023 defense season mean: 30.6 percentile2024 defense season mean: 64.4 percentile2025 defense season mean: 38.7 percentile2026 defense Bayesian estimate: 45.1 percentile2026 defense empirical mean: 70.5 percentile2014201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026
Individual gameSeason bar · 2026 is the estimate2026 empirical meanCoaching-era band
2018Mike MacIntyre / Kurt Roper
2019Mel Tucker
2020Karl Dorrell
2022Mike Sanford Jr. / Karl Dorrell
2023Deion Sanders

How to read 2026

The current-season estimate intelligently blends last season with new data.

The 2026 estimate is a Bayesian weighted average of normal-score Z-values. The 2025 season mean counts like 8 games of prior evidence; each completed 2026 game counts once. The result is then translated back to the 0–100 percentile scale.

2026 Z = (8 × 2025 mean Z + games played × 2026 mean Z) ÷ (8 + games played)

Season record

Every annual grade and coach

Retrospective rows average the available single-game grades in normal-score space. The result is shown as a percentile. Roughly speaking, a 95th-percentile season corresponds to about the eighth-best team in a 160-team field.

SeasonHead coachGamesOffenseDefense
2026Live estimateDeion Sanders2
37.1 estimate55.4 games-only average
45.1 estimate70.5 games-only average
2025Deion Sanders1232.838.7
2024Deion Sanders1349.864.4
2023Deion SandersCoaching change1242.430.6
2022Mike Sanford Jr. / Karl DorrellCoaching change1111.721.3
2021Karl Dorrell1115.241.7
2020Karl DorrellCoaching change646.263.2
2019Mel TuckerCoaching change1252.229.5
2018Mike MacIntyre / Kurt RoperCoaching change1228.558.8
2017Mike MacIntyre1243.531.4
2016Mike MacIntyre1347.969.8
2015Mike MacIntyre1230.238.1
2014Mike MacIntyre1245.329.6