Deion Sanders and the Colorado Buffaloes (1-1) make the short trip north to take on Jay Norvell and the Colorado State Rams (1-1) in the 2024 Rocky Mountain Showdown. The Buffs are coming off a 28-10 loss to Nebraska and will be without safety Shilo Sanders, who suffered a forearm injury in the loss. Shedeur Sanders and Travis Hunter aim to get their respective Heisman Trophy campaigns back on track. The Rams are coming off a dominant 38-17 win over FCS foe Northern Colorado. Colorado won the 2023 Rocky Mountain Showdown 43-35 in double overtime. The game will be televised on CBS and streamed on Paramount+. 

The Buffs are 7.5-point favorites in the latest Colorado State vs. Colorado odds via SportsLine consensus, while the over/under for total points scored is 58.5. Colorado is a -292 (risk $292 to win $100) favorite on the money line, with Colorado State listed as a +231 underdog (see up-to-date odds for every game this week on our college football odds page). 

Before you make any Colorado vs. Colorado State picks or any other college football predictions, you NEED to see which side proven SportsLine expert Jimmie Kaylor is on. 

Kaylor is a NFL, college football and DFS expert for SportsLine, who has covered the NFL and college football for close to a decade as a member of the Pro Football Writers of America. His background as a former college football All-American and NFL player gives him a unique perspective when building his fantasy lineups and locking in his betting picks. He has his finger on the pulse of the college football landscape and has been cashing in big for the last two years. 

Kaylor destroyed the books in college football in 2023, netting a whopping 57.9 units while posting a 107-45-2 record. Anyone who followed his picks finished the season WAY UP!

Now, Kaylor has locked in a confident against-the-spread pick for Colorado vs. Colorado State in their Week 3 matchup. We can tell you he's leaning Over on the point total, but he knows a crucial X-factor makes one side of the spread a MUST-BACK! You ABSOLUTELY need to see what it is before locking in any picks of your own.

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