BOULDER, Colorado — The Colorado Buffaloes are ranked in the AP Top 25 college football poll for the first time since December 2020.
The Buffs are ranked at No. 22 in the Associated Press Top 25 college football poll released Tuesday.
Colorado, the winners of one game in 2022, have become the talk of the nation following their 45-42 win at nationally ranked TCU, last season's National Championship runner-up.
TCU went into the game ranked #17 in the preseason poll, but fell off this week's rankings.
At his Tuesday press conference, 9NEWS asked new Colorado head coach Deion "Coach Prime" Sanders about being ranked.
"I don't care what no one says about where we should be ranked," Sanders said. "I don't care about no ranking. I care about how we practice, tomorrow. That's what I'm caring about right now. Ranking don't have a record."
Sanders, the former NFL star and Florida State All-American, took over a team that went 1-11 last season and did an unprecedented roster makeover, with nearly 90 new players, 58 of them transfers. The new-look Buffs came away with a 45-42 victory on the road against the program that played in the national title game last season.
Saturday, CU quarterback Shedeur Sanders passed for 510 yards in the best FBS debut by a quarterback since at least 1996, and possibly all-time, and two-way star Travis Hunter played more than 120 snaps.
The Buffs were also ranked for two weeks in 2018, but have only finished a season in the Top 25 once (2016) in the last 20 seasons.
Associated Press Top 25 college football poll
1. Georgia Bulldogs (-)
2. Michigan Wolverines (-)
3. Alabama Crimson Tide (+1)
4. Florida State Seminoles (+4)
5. Ohio State Buckeyes (-2)
6. USC Trojans (-)
7. Penn State Nittany Lions (-)
8. Washington Huskies (+2)
9. Tennessee Volunteers (+3)
10. Notre Dame Irish (+3)
11. Texas Longhorns (-)
12. Utah Utes (+2)
13. Oregon Ducks (+2)
14. LSU Tigers (-9)
15. Kansas State Wildcats (+1)
16. Oregon State Beavers (+2)
17. North Carolina Tar Heels (+4)
18. Oklahoma Sooners (+2)
19. Wisconsin Badgers (-)
20. Ole Miss Rebels (+2)
21. Duke Blue Devils (NR)
22. Colorado Buffaloes (NR)
23. Texas A&M Aggies (NR)
24. Tulane Green Wave (NR)
25. Clemson Tigers (-16)
Others receiving votes:
Iowa (73) UCLA (55) Arkansas (28) TCU (27) Kentucky (15) Pitt (8) Mississippi St (5) Miami (4) NC State (4) Auburn (3) Troy (3) Fresno St (3) Minnesota (3) Wyoming (3) Iowa St (2) Texas St (2) Texas Tech (1) Louisville (1) Washington St (1) Illinois (1) Houston (1) UCF (1) James Madison (1)
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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