Colorado Buffaloes

The Buffaloes beat the number in 3 of 10 road games during 2025-26, while just 20 Division I programs had a lower road cover rate. At home they covered 11 of 18.

Home and road, two different teams

The split to watch in a Colorado game is where it is played. At home the Buffs went 13-5 and covered 11 of 18, 61.1%. On the road they went 2-8 and covered three times; 339 programs in Division I posted a higher road rate than that 30%, five sat level, and 20 sat lower.

The moneyline tells it the same way: a unit on each of the ten road games lost 6.01, against 1.15 lost across 18 home games.

A fast start, then the slide

Colorado opened with eight straight wins, 7-0 in November and 1.98 units ahead. December and January then went 5-9 together, with one cover in six December spreads and 4.7 units lost in a 2-6 January. The shortest price they lost at came at home in the last game of December, 86-81 to Northern Colorado as a -1650 favorite.

Underdogs

Getting points, the Buffs won 4 of 15 and the 14 underdog moneylines lost 7.87 units, nearly all of the season’s 8.18 total. The two underdog prices cashed were small: 95-89 at Arizona State at +110 and 87-61 over TCU at +105.

Scoring both ways

Colorado games were played at a high score: 79.97 points scored and 79.44 allowed per game. Only 47 Division I teams allowed more. Even so, the total split down the middle, 16 overs and 16 unders.

Opponents

Arizona State and Utah were each beaten and covered twice. Texas Tech won both meetings. Favored, they were 13-4 and their 17 favorite moneylines finished 0.31 units down. The season ended in the College Basketball Crown, 90-86 to Oklahoma.

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