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Week 6's chaos was a great sign for Colorado football's title chances in 2024

By Andrew Hughes

Week 6 may have changed the narrative surrounding Colorado football's title chances this season
Week 6 may have changed the narrative surrounding Colorado football's title chances this season / Don Juan Moore/GettyImages
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Week 6 threw the college football world into a tailspin. Vanderbilt upset Alabama. Arkansas upset Tennessee. Washington upset Michigan. Minnesota upset USC. And best of all? It opened up the possibility of Deion Sanders' Colorado football program becoming a dark-horse candidate to win it all in 2024. Even during their bye week.

Seriously.

The Buffs already put the Big 12 on notice by putting up 48 in a 27-point win over UCF at the Bounce House. But if there's no dominant teams that stand in CU's way, there's no reason to think Shedeur Sanders and the explosive offense he leads can't help the Buffs overcome any matchup between now and a hypothetical College Football Playoff title game.

Again, this is not a drill. College football is that wide open after what we saw in Week 6.

Texas, Ohio State represent the biggest obstacles for Colorado football

Of course, Colorado didn't become the favorite after Week 6. Or anything close. The idea that the Buffs can have confidence in their chances in an open College Football Playoff race doesn't mean they'd be favored over everyone else.

Particularly not Texas or Ohio State. Until either Georgia or Oregon can prove otherwise, the Longhorns and Buckeyes are the clear frontrunners in the sport. No other programs can reach that superlative gear that Michigan was in 2023, UGA was the last several years, and Alabama was before that.

And Colorado would a massive underdog facing those programs. The Buffs have a small NIL budget compared to those schools and is outmatched physically at nearly every position.

Don't believe that they don't deserve in this conversation, though. Colorado can get hot enough at the right time -- they've won three in a row now and could have an easier time than previously thought with the Big 12 besides K-State and Utah -- to force very interesting conversations.

The first season with a 12-team College Football Playoff is really that open. Unless Texas and/or Ohio State dictate that it's not.

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