Colorado Football Predictions: Projecting Every Win and Loss On the Buffaloes 2024 Schedule

The 2024 season has arrived and the taste fans got in Week 0 has left us wanting more. For fans of the Colorado Buffaloes, they won’t have to wait very long as their season-opener comes just a bit earlier than others.

So, using CFN’s Strength of Schedule metric, we take a look at the Colorado Football Predictions for the 2024 season, including the projected wins and losses.

Colorado Week 1 Prediction

Before we get into their full season, let’s take a look at their season-opening matchup against North Dakota State.

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The Buffaloes will host a hungry North Dakota State team that has reached the pinnacle of FCS success over the past decade and become a nationally-known program. Colorado will have their hands full, as the current betting lines state.

But the CFN Strength of Schedule numbers are a bit more kind to the Buffs. In fact, our prediction gives Colorado closer to a two-touchdown advantage:

Colorado (-13.5) vs. North Dakota State (Projection: W)

Now, a few things about this.

This is not a specific score projection; rather, it’s just a number created with more than a few factors. The CFN Strength of Schedule looks at the makeup of every roster, including transfers and freshmen, as well as factors such as coaching staff, home-field advantage, roster projections, continuity, and strength at marquee positions.

This is a way to look at the Colorado schedule, Week 1 in focus here, as a whole and generate specific numbers that give a glimpse of what the winning probability would be for the Buffs. In this case, a -13.5 spread in favor of Colorado gives them a rather large chance at winning the game.

Use that information to look at the remaining projections for Colorado’s 2024 football schedule.

Projected Colorado Buffaloes Record: 4-8

Projected Wins: 4
Projected Losses: 8

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Colorado Win-Loss Predictions

Colorado (0.5) @ Nebraska (Projection: L)
Colorado (-8.5) @ Colorado State (Projection: W)
Colorado (-4) vs. Baylor (Projection: W)
Colorado (0.5) @ UCF (Projection: L)
Colorado (2.5) vs. Kansas State (Projection: L)
Colorado (8.5) @ Arizona (Projection: L)
Colorado (-8) vs. Cincinnati (Projection: W)
Colorado (0.5) @ Texas Tech (Projection: L)
Colorado (3.5) vs. Utah (Projection: L)
Colorado (4.5) @ Kansas (Projection: L)
Colorado (1.5) vs. Oklahoma State (Projection: L)

2024 Big 12 Standings Predictions

If this panned out, as well as the rest of the season predictions for all 134 teams, here’s how the Big 12 would look at the end of the season:

1. Utah (11-1, 8-1)
2. Arizona (11-1, 8-1)
3. Oklahoma State (11-1, 8-1)
4. Kansas State (10-2, 7-2)
5. West Virginia (9-3, 7-2)
6. Kansas (7-5, 6-3)
7. Iowa State (7-5, 5-4)
8. Texas Tech (7-5, 4-5)
9. TCU (6-6, 4-5)
10. UCF (6-6, 4-5)
11. Houston (5-7, 4-5)
12. Colorado (4-8, 2-7)
13. Baylor (4-8, 2-7)
14. BYU (3-9, 1-8)
15. Arizona State (1-11, 1-8)
16. Cincinnati (2-10, 0-9)

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