Early look at national projections for Colorado State football in 2025

A look at the 2025 Colorado State football schedule

Here’s a look at the dates, times, locations and opponents for the Colorado State football team during the 2025 season.

National college football projections predict Colorado State will likely be a bowl team, finishing in the upper echelon of the Mountain West conference.Athlon Sports and Phil Steele project CSU to finish fifth in the conference, with Athlon predicting a Famous Idaho Potato Bowl appearance.Betting lines set the Rams’ over/under win total at 6.5.

July is projection season on the college football calendar.

There is actual football in August, so the lead-in includes early outlooks for each college football team from national outlets.

How will Colorado State football fare in 2025? There’s a fairly consistent look across national projections.

Most expect CSU to be a bowl team and in the upper portion of the Mountain West, but not truly title contending. Here is a look at several projections.

Athlon Sports

The national college football magazine has released its 2025 CSU preview and predicts CSU to finish fifth in the Mountain West and land a spot in the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl (against Ohio).

Athlon writes that CSU quarterback Brayden Fowler-Nicolosi “should compete for All-Mountain West honors.”

“Colorado State finished tied for second in the Mountain West last season with UNLV and (coach Jay) Norvell has said the goal is to reach the championship game before the Rams move to the re-formed Pac-12 in 2026. The offense should certainly improve on its 24.4 points per game from a year ago. The defense is almost all new, so how that unit comes together will really determine if CSU can be a factor again in the MW race,” Athlon writes.

Phile Steele

Steele has one of the most well-known college football preview magazines, and he places CSU No. 94 (out of 136) in his FBS…

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