Colorado State·Mountain West

2014 — The Ten-Win Year

Colorado State's 2014 season (10-3) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.

Record 10-3
Final result 10-win season Lost the Las Vegas Bowl
AP final #21 post-bowls
SP+ +0.2 last-week
Era —
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
W @ Colorado 31-17 L @ Bois Sta 24-37 W vs UC Davis 49-21 W @ Bost Col 24-21 W vs Tulsa 42-17 W @ Nevada 31-24 W vs Utah Sta 16-13 W vs Wyoming 45-31 W @ San Sta 38-31 W vs Hawai'i 49-22 W vs New Mex 58-20 L @ Air For 24-27 L vs Utah 10-45 Bowl

Who carried it

Season leaders, 2014.

Defining moments
The statement

The 2014 season's largest margin: Colorado State 58, New Mexico 20. A 38-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The setback

The season's deepest loss: Colorado State 10, Utah 45. A 35-point margin the season is remembered by.

The postseason

The season's last act: Colorado State fell to Utah 10-45 in the postseason.

"Stalwart"
— Colorado State fanbase voice · 2014· synthesized
What it meant

2014 is a middle chapter for Colorado State — neither a crown year nor a crisis. It is the kind of season that fills the ledger between the named ones and gives the arc its shape.