Overall, Colorado is right up there with other schools in terms of representation on various 2023 preseason All-Pac-12 football teams. While preseason honors don’t compare well to the acclaim earned from postseason awards, the Buffs have a number of players, most of them transfers, who are expected to be among the conference’s best at their respective positions.
You could even make an argument that some Colorado talent was snubbed, although that comes with the territory of these subjective all-conference lists.
Below are the nine Buffs who were named to a preseason all-conference team by either Athlon, Pro Football Focus, Phil Steele or the Pac-12 media: