Rivalry leaderboard
Colorado-Kansas State Greatest Games
The series' top 25 meetings, ranked without team allegiance by game-time AP strength, final-score closeness, and overtime.
- Games
- 25
- Top score
- 61/100
- Overtime
- 0
Series context
- Completed meetings
- 67
- Series record
- Colorado 45-21-1 Kansas State
- Tracked years
- 1912-2024
- Trophy
- No named trophy
Series ranking
The rivalry's top 25 games
16 of these games include at least one AP-ranked team at kickoff. Open a supported game for its box score and statistics.
- 1995Week 13
Colorado at Kansas State
Colorado 27, Kansas State 17
Winner: Colorado
No. 9 Colorado vs. No. 7 Kansas State · 10-point margin
Ranking 36/50 · Closeness 25/35 · Overtime 0/15
61
Game score
- 1996Week 13
Kansas State at Colorado
Kansas State 0, Colorado 12
Winner: Colorado
No. 9 Kansas State vs. No. 6 Colorado · 12-point margin
Ranking 37/50 · Closeness 23/35 · Overtime 0/15
60
Game score
- 1998Week 7
Kansas State at Colorado
Kansas State 16, Colorado 9
Winner: Kansas State
No. 4 Kansas State vs. No. 19 Colorado · 7-point margin
Ranking 29/50 · Closeness 28/35 · Overtime 0/15
57
Game score
- 1994Week 9
Kansas State at Colorado
Kansas State 21, Colorado 35
Winner: Colorado
No. 19 Kansas State vs. No. 2 Colorado · 14-point margin
Ranking 31/50 · Closeness 21/35 · Overtime 0/15
52
Game score
- 1999Week 11
Colorado at Kansas State
Colorado 14, Kansas State 20
Winner: Kansas State
Unranked Colorado vs. No. 6 Kansas State · 6-point margin
Ranking 20/50 · Closeness 29/35 · Overtime 0/15
49
Game score
- 1970Week 6
Colorado at Kansas State
Colorado 20, Kansas State 21
Winner: Kansas State
No. 13 Colorado vs. Unranked Kansas State · 1-point margin
Ranking 13/50 · Closeness 34/35 · Overtime 0/15
47
Game score
- 1971Week 4
Kansas State at Colorado
Kansas State 21, Colorado 31
Winner: Colorado
Unranked Kansas State vs. No. 6 Colorado · 10-point margin
Ranking 20/50 · Closeness 25/35 · Overtime 0/15
45
Game score
- 1993Week 9
Kansas State at Colorado
Kansas State 16, Colorado 16
Result: Tie
Unranked Kansas State vs. No. 16 Colorado · 0-point margin
Ranking 10/50 · Closeness 35/35 · Overtime 0/15
45
Game score
- 2002Week 7
Kansas State at Colorado
Kansas State 31, Colorado 35
Winner: Colorado
No. 13 Kansas State vs. Unranked Colorado · 4-point margin
Ranking 13/50 · Closeness 31/35 · Overtime 0/15
44
Game score
- 1976Week 12
Colorado at Kansas State
Colorado 35, Kansas State 28
Winner: Colorado
No. 14 Colorado vs. Unranked Kansas State · 7-point margin
Ranking 12/50 · Closeness 28/35 · Overtime 0/15
40
Game score
- 2001Week 7
Colorado at Kansas State
Colorado 16, Kansas State 6
Winner: Colorado
Unranked Colorado vs. No. 12 Kansas State · 10-point margin
Ranking 14/50 · Closeness 25/35 · Overtime 0/15
39
Game score
- 1961Week 6
Colorado at Kansas State
Colorado 13, Kansas State 0
Winner: Colorado
No. 10 Colorado vs. Unranked Kansas State · 13-point margin
Ranking 16/50 · Closeness 22/35 · Overtime 0/15
38
Game score
- 1991Week 9
Colorado at Kansas State
Colorado 10, Kansas State 0
Winner: Colorado
No. 16 Colorado vs. Unranked Kansas State · 10-point margin
Ranking 10/50 · Closeness 25/35 · Overtime 0/15
35
Game score
- 1997Week 13
Colorado at Kansas State
Colorado 20, Kansas State 37
Winner: Kansas State
Unranked Colorado vs. No. 10 Kansas State · 17-point margin
Ranking 16/50 · Closeness 18/35 · Overtime 0/15
34
Game score
- 1940Week 4
Kansas State at Colorado
Kansas State 6, Colorado 7
Winner: Colorado
Unranked Kansas State vs. Unranked Colorado · 1-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 34/35 · Overtime 0/15
34
Game score
- 2000Week 6
Kansas State at Colorado
Kansas State 44, Colorado 21
Winner: Kansas State
No. 5 Kansas State vs. Unranked Colorado · 23-point margin
Ranking 21/50 · Closeness 12/35 · Overtime 0/15
33
Game score
- 1964Week 4
Kansas State at Colorado
Kansas State 16, Colorado 14
Winner: Kansas State
Unranked Kansas State vs. Unranked Colorado · 2-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 33/35 · Overtime 0/15
33
Game score
- 1981Week 12
Kansas State at Colorado
Kansas State 21, Colorado 24
Winner: Colorado
Unranked Kansas State vs. Unranked Colorado · 3-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 32/35 · Overtime 0/15
32
Game score
- 1980Week 13
Colorado at Kansas State
Colorado 14, Kansas State 17
Winner: Kansas State
Unranked Colorado vs. Unranked Kansas State · 3-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 32/35 · Overtime 0/15
32
Game score
- 1973Week 13
Kansas State at Colorado
Kansas State 17, Colorado 14
Winner: Kansas State
Unranked Kansas State vs. Unranked Colorado · 3-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 32/35 · Overtime 0/15
32
Game score
- 1959Week 5
Colorado at Kansas State
Colorado 20, Kansas State 17
Winner: Colorado
Unranked Colorado vs. Unranked Kansas State · 3-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 32/35 · Overtime 0/15
32
Game score
- 1962Week 3
Kansas State at Colorado
Kansas State 0, Colorado 6
Winner: Colorado
Unranked Kansas State vs. Unranked Colorado · 6-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 29/35 · Overtime 0/15
29
Game score
Methodology
How each game earns up to 100 points
AP ranking, 50 points: each team earns 26 minus its game-time AP rank. Unranked teams receive zero.
Closeness, 35 points: the final margin is subtracted from 35, with margins of 35 or more receiving zero.
Overtime, 15 points: overtime starts at nine points and rises by two per additional period, capped at 15.
Regular-season rankings use the AP Top 25 recorded for the game's week. Postseason meetings use the final regular-season AP poll before bowl and playoff results. Games before 2005 remain in the ranking but do not link to unsupported box-score pages. Videos are matched by canonical game ID or by a rematch-safe season matchup.