Colorado vs Arizona State game
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The gist
Colorado (3-5, 1-4 Big 12) plays at Arizona State (4-4, 2-3 Big 12) on Nov 7, with Arizona State favored by 3.5.
A Colorado win keeps a manageable path to a bowl game alive.
Background
Colorado and Arizona State are Big 12 college football programs; Deion Sanders is Colorado's head coach. The game is set for 7:30 p.m. ET on ESPN2 at Mountain America Stadium in Tempe, Arizona, with Arizona State opening as a 3.5-point favorite. Arizona State holds an 11-4 all-time lead in the series and won the last meeting 42-17 on Nov. 22, 2025, though Colorado won 27-24 the last time it played in Tempe, on Oct. 7, 2023. Colorado enters off a 27-24 overtime win over Kansas State that snapped a five-game losing streak, while Arizona State lost 27-20 at BYU.
How it unfolded
- Nov 22, 2025Arizona State beat Colorado 42-17 in Boulder, totaling 580 yards to Colorado's 300.
- Oct 24, 2026Arizona State beat Kansas State 28-17.
- Oct 31, 2026Colorado beat Kansas State 27-24 in overtime at Folsom Field, snapping a five-game losing streak; Isaac Wilson threw 14-of-21 for 185 yards, one TD and no interceptions, and Richard Young ran 24 times for 120 yards and two TDs.
- Oct 31, 2026Arizona State lost 27-20 at BYU; Jake Fette threw 22-of-42 for 166 yards and two TDs, and Cardae Mack ran for 123 yards on 23 carries.
- Nov 7, 2026Colorado (3-5, 1-4 Big 12) plays at Arizona State (4-4, 2-3 Big 12) at 7:30 p.m. ET on ESPN2 at Mountain America Stadium in Tempe; Arizona State opened as a 3.5-point favorite.
Key terms
- Big 12
- A U.S. collegiate athletic conference with 16 member universities, headquartered in Irving, Texas.
- bowl game
- A postseason college football game in North America, mainly played by top-division NCAA teams.
- 3.5-point favorite
- To win a spread bet by beating the point spread set for the game.
Source: Wikipedia
Who’s saying what
- Caution
- Action Network's John Feltman does not trust Colorado's offense to be consistent enough, especially on the road.
- Analysts
- SI's Erin Mulligan predicted Arizona State 31, Colorado 27, citing home-field advantage and the Sun Devils' passing game.
- Analysts
- The ESPN Matchup Predictor gives Arizona State a 64.2% win chance and Colorado 35.8%.
- Official
- Colorado head coach Deion Sanders said the Kansas State game should never have gotten to overtime and that Colorado needed a win as badly as any team in the country.
Still unverified
DNVR reports rumors of a buyout are already swirling around Deion Sanders, who may be coaching for job security.