For the third straight season in the Deion “Coach Prime” Sanders Era, the Buffaloes have a game announced as part of the major networks Upfront as ABC has announced the Colorado home game with Georgia Tech on Friday, August 29, will kickoff at 6 p.m. MT and be televised by ESPN.
The Upfronts are presentations by major networks to showcase a concentrated portfolio of sports, entertainment, news and streaming platforms to advertisers during May sweeps.
As part of its Upfront presentation, ABC announced four Big 12 games in Week 0 and Week 1 of the college football season. Besides CU’s season opener against Georgia Tech, it was announced the Iowa State vs. Kansas State on August 23 in Dublin, Ireland, will kickoff at 10 a.m. MT, the Nebraska at Cincinnati game on Thursday, August 28 at 7 p.m. MT, and the September 1 Labor Day match up when TCU heads to North Carolina will kickoff at 6 p.m. MT, all also on ESPN.
Last season, two CU games were announced during various Upfront presentations, with North Dakota State (ABC) and Nebraska (NBC) both being featured games. Two years ago, CU’s game with TCU was announced at the FOX Upfront presentation.
The season opener on ESPN will continue the Buffs appearances on major national networks at an unprecedented rate in the Coach Prime era, as this will mark a CU record 14 straight games on either network television or the flagship ESPN. Last season saw every game selected as such for the first time in CU history and the first time more than nine games were selected. In the Coach Prime Era, 21 of 25 games have been on network TV or the flagship ESPN.
CU has also had two of its three Spring Games on ESPN in the last three years, in 2023 being the only such game televised on the main ESPN channel, and one of just two on either ESPN or ESPN2, and this past season CU was the only spring game not on a conference network or streaming service after being televised by ESPN2. CU also had its NFL Showcase Pro Day televised by NFL Network last month, continuing that unprecedented spotlight on the program.
Although Colorado and Georgia Tech have never met on the gridiron, they share a history as the two teams that split the 1990 National Championship, with the Buffs being named the consensus national champions, including by the Associated Press while the Yellow Jackets edged the Buffs by a single point in the UPI/Coaches poll.
The ensuing controversy helped lead to the creation of the Bowl Coalition, the precursor to the Bowl Championship Series and eventually the College Football Playoffs. The Buffs were also crowned National Champions by the Football Writers Association of America, the National Football Foundation, and in the USA Today/CNN poll.
The game is the first of a home-and-home that will see the Buffs head to Atlanta on Sept. 5, 2026. The Buffs are 18-22 against current members of the ACC, which includes a combined 11-14 record against California and Stanford, and a 7-8 mark against the other teams in the league.
The Buffs had a success stretch of Spring Football and culminated at the Spring Game in late April.
CU currently has signed 41 newcomers through the transfer portal (28) or high school (13) and that includes a CU record 13 players who were four or five star recruits either in high school or in the portal. Five star QB Julian Lewis headlines the class from high school that includes seven 4-star recruits including MaxPreps National Player of the Year Quentin Gibson.
Another former 5-star recruit joined the Buffs since the conclusion of spring ball with WR Hykeem Williams joining the Buffs from Florid State. Lewis is the fourth 5-star recruit that CU has singed under Coach Prime and Williams is the fifth player who was a 5-star at some point and Coach Prime has now recruited five of the seven total 5-stars CU has signed in the past 25 years.
Liberty transfer QB Kaidon Salter and Alabama DL Jehiem Oatis, who was the top ranked player in the portal when the Buffs signed him, along with Williams headline the list of transfers the Buffs have signed to date. Since the end of spring ball, CU has also signed two four-star safeties in Terrance Love (Auburn) and Noah King (Kansas State).
Currently ranked the No. 24 class by 247, this is the third straight top 25 class Coach Prime has signed.
Key returners include 2024 5-star OT Jordan Seaton, who is one of three returning true freshmen to start on offense alongside WR Drelon Miller and RB Micah Welch. Also returning are an experience defensive backfield with Preston Hodge, DJ McKinney, and Carter Stoutmire gaining valuable experience while edge players Samuel Okunlola, Keaton Wade and Arden Walker all made big plays defensively for the Buffaloes.
Times and television for CU’s games against Delaware (Sept. 6, Folsom Field) and at Houston (Friday, Sept. 12) will be announced in late May or early June when the television partners of the Big 12 and other Power 4 conferences make their initial TV selections. After the third week of the season, times and television will be selected 12 days ahead of gameday with the exception of four six-day selections the TV partners can engage contractually throughout the season.
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