Wk 3 · 2026
Colorado Buffaloes at Northwestern Wildcats — Sat, Sep 19
Sat, Sep 19 ·
Northwestern Medicine Field at Martin Stadium, Evanston
Big 12 · no games yet
at
7:30pET
no line posted yet
Big Ten · no games yet
What is at stake
A non-conference game. It moves both overall records but neither conference race.
Efficiency · 2025 ratings
Efficiency margin
Offense (pts/100)
Defense (pts/100)
Pace (plays/g)
Yards / play
Yards / play allowed
Opponent-adjusted ratings from The College
King's 2025 final numbers. Bars share a scale within each row; the
brighter side is the better of the two, and a longer bar is always the better number
— including the rows where a lower figure is the good one.
Team stats · 2025 per game
Points / game
Points allowed
Yards / game
Yards allowed
Pass yds allowed
Rush yds allowed
Turnovers / game
From completed 2025 box scores;
defensive yardage covers the regular season and conference championships.
Colorado form
L 14-24at KSUL 17-42vs ASUL 22-29at WVUL 17-52vs ARIZL 7-53at UTAH
2025 season
Northwestern form
L 13-20at ILLW 38-35vs MINNL 22-24vs MICHL 17-38at USCL 21-28at NEB
2025 season
Colorado this season
No graded games yet this season. Lines are captured before kickoff and graded when a game goes final, so these records start at Week 1.
Northwestern this season
No graded games yet this season. Lines are captured before kickoff and graded when a game goes final, so these records start at Week 1.
Lines are captured from ESPN's board before kickoff and locked when the game goes final. There is no line archive before this season, so these records begin with 2026 Week 1.
Common opponents · 0
These teams share no opponents on the 2026 schedule.
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Series history · 2006–2026
These teams have not met in the 2006–2026 window.
Colorado leaders 2025 season
| Passing | Kaidon Salter QB #3 | 127/204, 1414 YDS, 10 TD, 7 INT |
| Julian Lewis QB #10 | 52/94, 589 YDS, 4 TD | |
| Rushing | Micah Welch RB #29 | 96 CAR, 384 YDS, 4 TD |
| Kaidon Salter QB #3 | 103 CAR, 356 YDS, 5 TD | |
| Dallan Hayden RB #7 | 70 CAR, 326 YDS, 1 TD | |
| Receiving | Omarion Miller WR #4 | 45 REC, 808 YDS, 8 TD |
| Joseph Williams WR #8 | 37 REC, 489 YDS, 4 TD | |
| Sincere Brown WR #9 | 22 REC, 376 YDS, 2 TD | |
| Dre'lon Miller WR #1 | 20 REC, 158 YDS, 1 TD |
Defense
| Tackles | Tawfiq Byard S #4 | 79 |
| Jeremiah Brown LB #42 | 69 | |
| Preston Hodge CB #4 | 55 | |
| Sacks | Arden Walker DE #53 | 2.5 |
| Keaten Wade DE #27 | 2.5 | |
| Jeremiah Brown LB #42 | 2 | |
| Interceptions | John Slaughter DB #13 | 2 |
| DJ McKinney CB #2 | 1 | |
| Tawfiq Byard S #4 | 1 |
Northwestern leaders 2025 season
| Passing | Preston Stone QB #8 | 203/339, 2174 YDS, 14 TD, 12 INT |
| Ryan Boe QB #2 | 1/3, 7 YDS | |
| Rushing | Caleb Komolafe RB #5 | 175 CAR, 886 YDS, 10 TD |
| Joseph Himon II RB #6 | 99 CAR, 486 YDS, 1 TD | |
| Dashun Reeder RB #24 | 22 CAR, 222 YDS, 1 TD | |
| Receiving | Griffin Wilde WR #17 | 61 REC, 783 YDS, 6 TD |
| Hayden Eligon II WR #8 | 34 REC, 476 YDS, 3 TD | |
| Hunter Welcing TE #84 | 27 REC, 283 YDS, 2 TD | |
| Drew Wagner WR #19 | 22 REC, 172 YDS, 2 TD |
Defense
| Tackles | Robert Fitzgerald DB #6 | 109 |
| Mac Uihlein LB #37 | 92 | |
| Braydon Brus LB #33 | 70 | |
| Sacks | Aidan Hubbard DE #91 | 4.5 |
| Michael Kilbane DL #47 | 3.5 | |
| Anto Saka DE #14 | 3 | |
| Interceptions | Mac Uihlein LB #37 | 4 |
| Najee Story DL #95 | 1 | |
| Ore Adeyi DB #7 | 1 |
These are season totals for
the season named on each card — the players who led that team that year,
taken from ESPN's team leaders. That list is keyed to the season, not to today's
roster, so a leader who has since transferred or run out of eligibility still
appears against the year he earned it; the
roster
pages and the depth chart on each team page are where the current squad is.
A team switches to this season's numbers once it has played a game.