Rivalry leaderboard
Rocky Mountain Showdown 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
- 49/100
- Overtime
- 3
Series context
- Completed meetings
- 88
- Series record
- Colorado 64-22-2 Colorado State
- Tracked years
- 1893-2024
- Trophy
- Centennial Cup
Series ranking
The rivalry's top 25 games
6 of these games include at least one AP-ranked team at kickoff. Open a supported game for its box score and statistics.
- 2002Week 2
Colorado State at Colorado
Colorado State 19, Colorado 14
Winner: Colorado State
Unranked Colorado State vs. No. 7 Colorado · 5-point margin
Ranking 19/50 · Closeness 30/35 · Overtime 0/15
49
Game score
- 1997Week 3
Colorado State at Colorado
Colorado State 21, Colorado 31
Winner: Colorado
No. 24 Colorado State vs. No. 8 Colorado · 10-point margin
Ranking 20/50 · Closeness 25/35 · Overtime 0/15
45
Game score
- 1996Week 3
Colorado at Colorado State
Colorado 48, Colorado State 34
Winner: Colorado
No. 5 Colorado vs. Unranked Colorado State · 14-point margin
Ranking 21/50 · Closeness 21/35 · Overtime 0/15
42
Game score
- 1920Week 9
Colorado at Colorado State
Colorado 7, Colorado State 7
Result: Tie
Unranked Colorado vs. Unranked Colorado State · 0-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 35/35 · Overtime 0/15
35
Game score
- 1906Week 8
Colorado State at Colorado
Colorado State 0, Colorado 0
Result: Tie
Unranked Colorado State vs. Unranked Colorado · 0-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 35/35 · Overtime 0/15
35
Game score
- 2000Week 2
Colorado at Colorado State
Colorado 24, Colorado State 28
Winner: Colorado State
No. 23 Colorado vs. Unranked Colorado State · 4-point margin
Ranking 3/50 · Closeness 31/35 · Overtime 0/15
34
Game score
- 1958Week 11
Colorado State at Colorado
Colorado State 15, Colorado 14
Winner: Colorado State
Unranked Colorado State vs. Unranked Colorado · 1-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 34/35 · Overtime 0/15
34
Game score
- 1932Week 6
Colorado State at Colorado
Colorado State 7, Colorado 6
Winner: Colorado State
Unranked Colorado State vs. Unranked Colorado · 1-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 34/35 · Overtime 0/15
34
Game score
- 1936Week 6
Colorado at Colorado State
Colorado 9, Colorado State 7
Winner: Colorado
Unranked Colorado vs. Unranked Colorado State · 2-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 33/35 · Overtime 0/15
33
Game score
- 2004Week 2
Colorado State at Colorado
Colorado State 24, Colorado 27
Winner: Colorado
Unranked Colorado State vs. Unranked Colorado · 3-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 32/35 · Overtime 0/15
32
Game score
- 1926Week 9
Colorado State at Colorado
Colorado State 3, Colorado 0
Winner: Colorado State
Unranked Colorado State vs. Unranked Colorado · 3-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 32/35 · Overtime 0/15
32
Game score
- 1923Week 11
Colorado at Colorado State
Colorado 6, Colorado State 3
Winner: Colorado
Unranked Colorado vs. Unranked Colorado State · 3-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 32/35 · Overtime 0/15
32
Game score
- 1918Week 10
Colorado State at Colorado
Colorado State 13, Colorado 16
Winner: Colorado
Unranked Colorado State vs. Unranked Colorado · 3-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 32/35 · Overtime 0/15
32
Game score
- 1988Week 6
Colorado at Colorado State
Colorado 27, Colorado State 23
Winner: Colorado
Unranked Colorado vs. Unranked Colorado State · 4-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 31/35 · Overtime 0/15
31
Game score
- 1948Week 11
Colorado State at Colorado
Colorado State 29, Colorado 25
Winner: Colorado State
Unranked Colorado State vs. Unranked Colorado · 4-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 31/35 · Overtime 0/15
31
Game score
- 1907Week 5
Colorado State at Colorado
Colorado State 13, Colorado 17
Winner: Colorado
Unranked Colorado State vs. Unranked Colorado · 4-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 31/35 · Overtime 0/15
31
Game score
- 1903Week 5
Colorado at Colorado State
Colorado 5, Colorado State 0
Winner: Colorado
Unranked Colorado vs. Unranked Colorado State · 5-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 30/35 · Overtime 0/15
30
Game score
- 1902Week 6
Colorado State at Colorado
Colorado State 6, Colorado 11
Winner: Colorado
Unranked Colorado State vs. Unranked Colorado · 5-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 30/35 · Overtime 0/15
30
Game score
- 1992Week 2
Colorado State at Colorado
Colorado State 17, Colorado 37
Winner: Colorado
Unranked Colorado State vs. No. 12 Colorado · 20-point margin
Ranking 14/50 · Closeness 15/35 · 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.