College Football

Colorado Buffaloes

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Colorado football lost nine of 12 games in 2025 and still split the spread, six covers and six misses. The Buffaloes’ moneyline was the costly side: 6.51 units down, a loss only 12 FBS teams exceeded.

Covering while losing

Colorado finished 3-9, winless in five road games, and 6-6 against the spread. Three of the covers came in defeat: 24-21 to BYU at +6.5, 35-21 at TCU at +14.5 and 24-14 at Kansas State at +16.5. September was the best month against the line, three covers in four.

3-9 in 12 games. Source: ESPN results and pre-game lines.

The underdog price

The Buffaloes were underdogs ten times and won once, 24-17 over Iowa State at +125. Nine of those ten had a moneyline, and one unit on Colorado in each lost 6.75. In 131 FBS teams with an underdog game, eight lost more that way. Both games as favorites were wins and covers, over Delaware and Wyoming.

Running total over 11 priced 2025 regular-season games, at the pre-game moneyline. Source: ESPN results and pre-game lines.

November went 0-4: 52-17 at home to Arizona as 3.5-point underdogs, 29-22 at West Virginia, 42-17 to Arizona State, then the Kansas State cover. The heaviest defeat of the year came a week before that run, 53-7 at Utah.

2025 regular season. Neutral-site games are in neither home nor away. Source: ESPN results and pre-game lines.

Points and the total

Colorado scored 20.92 a game; 115 FBS teams scored more. The Buffaloes’ games leaned under, seven to five.

Questions and answers

Can Colorado cover while losing?

In 2025 the Buffaloes went 3-9 yet split their dozen spreads, three covers coming in defeats.

Was Colorado worth backing as an underdog in 2025?

No: it won once in ten such games, 6.75 moneyline units down over nine priced games.