Whether they like it or not, the Colorado Buffaloes are ranked in the AP Top 25 college football poll for the first time this season.
Head coach Deion Sanders’ Buffs landed No. 23 in the post-Week 9 AP Poll following a 34-23 win over the Cincinnati Bearcats on Saturday. Colorado, which improved to 6-2 on the season (4-1 Big 12), picked up 152 votes.
In his postgame press conference on Saturday, Coach Prime shared that his Buffs would prefer to maintain their underdog status.
“We don’t even want to be ranked,” Sanders said. “Don’t rank us, please. We don’t like that. We’d rather be in the back, in the dark, just chilling. We good, we cool, we straight, so don’t feel pressure to rank us.”
Coach Prime did get his wish in the latest US LBM Coaches Poll, which had Colorado as the highest vote-receiving team outside the top 25.
Colorado will enjoy a Week 10 bye before facing Texas Tech in Lubbock on Nov. 9.
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