Colorado State — Pac-12
HC
Jim Mora · Canvas Stadium · Fort Collins, CO · 36,500 cap
PPA off / def
0.12 / 0.24
2025
Class rank
#73
class of 2026
Returning PPA
40%
returning production
2026 schedule
2025 results (2–10)
Statistical comps — 2025 Colorado State's closest analogs
Nearest neighbors by z-scored success rate, explosiveness, run rate & havoc (offense + defense), 2015–25.
2025 leaders
Transfer portal — 2026 (32 in / 38 out)
Origins
Lubick won six conference titles in the 1990s and 2000s and has the field named for him. The Rocky Mountain Showdown against Colorado is the only game the state cares about.
Founded 1870 · Colorado Agricultural College, founded before the state existed · first football 1893 · defined by Sonny Lubick
All-time record
All-time
543–617–32
1902–2025
Win %
46.9%
122 seasons played
Winning seasons
54
44% of seasons
| Best seasons | W | L | Conference |
|---|
| 1997 | 11 | 2 | Western Athletic |
| 2000 | 10 | 2 | Mountain West |
| 1994 | 10 | 2 | Western Athletic |
| 2014 | 10 | 3 | Mountain West |
| 2002 | 10 | 4 | Mountain West |
Season records from CollegeFootballData, which is why the span starts at 1902 — that is where its coverage of this program begins, not necessarily the first year it fielded a team.
Play-calling tendencies (2025 · garbage time excluded)
| Situation | Plays | Run % | Success % | Nat'l | Avg yds | Expl % |
|---|
| 1st down | 292 | 51% |
42% | 97 of 136 | 5.2 | 8% |
| 2nd down | 222 | 43% |
39% | 91 of 136 | 5.3 | 10% |
| 3rd & short (≤3) | 32 | 78% |
59% | — | 3.6 | 6% |
| 3rd & medium (4–7) | 47 | 21% |
40% | — | 5.7 | 13% |
| 3rd & long (8+) | 64 | 25% |
17% | — | 5.1 | 11% |
| 4th down | 25 | 32% |
52% | — | 4.4 | 12% |
137 drives · 24% ended in points · 7.0 plays and 33.1 yards per drive · 0.69 PPA per drive
Success: 50% of yardage needed on 1st, 70% on 2nd, 100% on 3rd/4th. Explosive: 12+ yd rush / 16+ yd pass. National rank is shown only for 1st and 2nd down, where every team has 100+ plays; the later buckets average 18-43 and a rank there would be noise.
League leaderboard →Most valuable plays (by PPA, 2025)
| Wk | Opp | Play | Yds | PPA |
|---|
| 7 | Fresno State |
Justin Marshall run for 73 yds for a TD (Isaiah Hankins KICK) |
73 | 6.43 |
| 13 | Boise State |
(14:00) Shotgun #3 D.Curry pass complete short right to #24 J.Kinnard caught at CSU07, for… |
79 | 4.29 |
| 8 | Hawai'i |
Jackson Brousseau pass complete to Tay Lanier for 37 yds to the HAW 11 for a 1ST down |
37 | 4.12 |
| 1 | Washington |
Brayden Fowler-Nicolosi pass complete to Petey Tucker for 24 yds to the WASH 37 for a 1ST … |
24 | 4.03 |
| 1 | Washington |
Brayden Fowler-Nicolosi pass complete to Jaxxon Warren for 25 yds to the WASH 39 for a 1ST… |
25 | 4.02 |
| 13 | Boise State |
(01:45) No Huddle-Shotgun #3 D.Curry pass complete deep left to #81 R.Beers caught at CSU4… |
40 | 3.81 |
| 12 | New Mexico |
(04:49) No Huddle-Shotgun #3 D.Curry pass complete short middle to #81 R.Beers caught at U… |
21 | 3.80 |
| 6 | San Diego State |
Jackson Brousseau pass complete to Armani Winfield for 49 yds for a TD (Isaiah Hankins KIC… |
49 | 3.76 |