American college football season
The 2017 Colorado State Rams football team represented Colorado State University during the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season . The Rams were led by third-year head coach Mike Bobo and played their home games at the newly built Sonny Lubick Field at Colorado State Stadium in Fort Collins, Colorado as members of the Mountain Division of the Mountain West Conference .[ 1] They finished the season 7–6, 5–3 in Mountain West play to finish in a tie for second place in the Mountain Division. They were invited to the New Mexico Bowl where they lost to Marshall .
Preseason
In the preseason media poll that was revealed at the Mountain West Media Summit on July 25, 2017, the Rams were picked to finish second in the Mountain Division behind Boise State .[ 2] WR Michael Gallup and OL Jake Bennett Mountain West Football Preseason All-Conference Team.[ 3]
Schedule
Colorado State announced their 2017 football schedule on March 2, 2017.[ 4]
Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance August 26 1:00 p.m. Oregon State * CBSSN W 58–2737,583
6:00 p.m. vs. Colorado * P12N L 3–1773,932
September 9 1:30 p.m. Abilene Christian * Colorado State Stadium Fort Collins, CO Stadium W 38–1027,038
September 16 5:00 p.m. at No. 1 Alabama * ESPN2 L 23–41101,821
September 30 10:00 p.m. at Hawaii Spectrum OC16 /StadiumW 51–2125,687
October 7 2:30 p.m. at Utah State ATTSNRM W 27–1418,004
October 14 8:15 p.m. Nevada Colorado State Stadium Fort Collins, CO ESPN2 W 44–4236,765
October 20 8:15 p.m. at New Mexico ESPN2 W 27–2417,358
October 28 1:00 p.m. Air Force CBSSN L 28–4533,074
November 4 5:00 p.m. at Wyoming CBSSN L 13–1622,840
November 11 8:30 p.m. Boise State Colorado State Stadium Fort Collins, CO CBSSN L 52–59 OT 32,166
November 18 1:30 p.m. San Jose State Colorado State Stadium Fort Collins, CO CBSSN W 42–1425,743
December 16 2:30 p.m. vs. Marshall * ESPN L 28–3126,087
*Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Mountain time
Source:[ 5]
Game summaries
Oregon State
Total
Beavers
10
10
0
7
27
Rams
7
17
10
24
58
vs Colorado
Total
Buffaloes
10
7
0
0
17
Rams
0
3
0
0
3
Abilene Christian
Total
Wildcats
0
0
10
0
10
Rams
10
7
14
7
38
At Alabama
Total
Rams
0
10
0
13
23
No. 1 Crimson Tide
17
7
14
3
41
At Hawaii
Total
Rams
14
17
13
7
51
Rainbow Warriors
0
7
7
7
21
At Utah State
Total
Rams
17
7
0
3
27
Aggies
0
7
0
7
14
Nevada
Total
Wolf Pack
14
7
21
0
42
Rams
14
14
10
6
44
At New Mexico
Total
Rams
0
21
0
6
27
Lobos
7
3
7
7
24
Air Force
Total
Falcons
7
21
3
14
45
Rams
14
7
7
0
28
At Wyoming
Total
Rams
3
7
0
3
13
Cowboys
0
6
3
7
16
Boise State
Total
Broncos
3
14
21
14 7
59
Rams
21
14
7
10 0
52
San Jose State
Total
Spartans
7
0
0
7
14
Rams
14
14
7
7
42
vs Marshall
Total
Thundering Herd
0
21
10
0
31
Rams
0
14
0
14
28
Roster
Source:[ 6]
Players in the 2018 NFL Draft
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