Wyoming travels to Colorado State, with Colorado State favored by 3.
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What’s at stake
Colorado State
- Colorado State has dropped 1 straight in Border War (Bronze Boot) — a chance to snap the skid.
Wyoming
- Wyoming has won 1 straight in Border War (Bronze Boot) — a chance to extend it.
The series
Colorado State leads the series 57-52-5
114 meetings since 1903 · Wyoming won the last meeting
- 2025Wyoming 28–0
- 2024Colorado State 24–10
- 2023Wyoming 24–15
- 2022Wyoming 14–13
- 2021Wyoming 31–17
Face-off
What each fanbase carries into this one.
Wyoming
The chip · vs the national mediaCowboy fans are tired of being filed under 'cold, remote, forgettable' by people who've never had to play a December night in Laramie. They say the altitude humbles every recruiting-ranking darling who comes to War Memorial thinking it'll be easy.
What this game touches
The 4-8 slip after the Bohl steadiness. Craig Bohl built a decade of bowl trips and toughness, then handed off to Jay Sawvel — and 2025 backslid to 4-8, no bowl, the kind of season that tests whether the program's altitude-and-grit identity still wins games or just describes them.
Colorado State
The chip · vs big brotherRams fans have spent a generation watching Colorado get the cameras, the recruits, and the benefit of the doubt while Fort Collins gets called the other Colorado school. The Pac-12 move is the chance, finally, to be looked at as a peer instead of a punchline.
What this game touches
The 2025 bottom-out. The Rams went 2-10 (1-7 MW) and fired Jay Norvell on October 19 after a 2-5 start — a humiliating final Mountain West season right before the move up, with interim coach Tyson Summers closing out the year.
Best players
Colorado State
- Jackson Murray (DL) · 9 tackles
- Chance Harrison (DB) · 2 tackles
- Petey Tucker (WR) · 14 receiving yards
Wyoming
- Brayden Johnson (LB) · 2025: 74 tackles
- Evan Eller (LB) · 2025: 62 tackles
- Jones Thomas (S) · 2025: 46 tackles
The line, and the room
Wyoming fans are feeling better about their season (76th percentile) than Colorado State fans are (56th) — even with Colorado State favored here.
- Model · 66%
- Market · 60%
- Colorado State fans · 56th
- Wyoming fans · 76th
Home −3 · O/U 46.5
Conditions
94°F · 7 mph wind · Cloudy
Colorado State is 44% at home, 22% on the road since 2018 (20-25 home, 9-32 away).