Believe it or not, the opening day of the college football season is quickly approaching.
The Colorado Buffaloes aren’t expected, at least by outsiders, to have a very successful season. However, nobody knows what will happen on a weekly basis, and the conversation regarding Colorado is about whether or not they head to the Big 12.
The Pac-12 got a whole lot better, with the USC Trojans emerging as one of the best teams in the country, and the Buffs lost a number of players via the transfer portal (Mekhi Blackmon and Brenden Rice headed to USC as well).
The Buffs open the season against TCU in Boulder and then play Air Force and Minnesota in their next two nonconference dates.
Athlon Sports released their projections for all 131 Division I college football teams, and here is where the Buffs and their opponents stand: