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The '''Colorado State University''' Rams compete as members of the [[{{mtwest}}]] in [[NCAA Division I FBS]] football and in [[NCAA Division I]] basketball.  Colorado State, formerly known as "Colorado A&M", is a public land-grant institution located in Fort Collins, Colorado, about an hour north of Denver.  The school has an undergraduate enrollment of around 22,000.

The campus occupies a sizeable patch of real estate south of downtown Fort Collins, west of US 287 (College Avenue) between Laurel Street and Prospect Road; to the west, Shields Street marks the furthest extent of campus. South of Prospect, an extension sits between Centre Avenue and the rear of the strip mall along US 287, reaching down to Drake Road. Exit 269B (CO-14) off I-25 is about four miles to the east, and is the closest freeway access. Moby Arena (8,745) is near the northwest corner of campus on Plum Street a block east of Shields. There are two further sections of campus a couple of miles to the west, both just west of Overland Trail and overlooking Horsetooth Reservoir. The Foothills Campus, site of the university's co-operation with the Centers for Disease Control, is at the north end of Overland Trail; near the other end, a quarter-mile north of Drake Road, is Sonny Lubeck Field at Hughes Stadium (32,500). A new and as=yet unnamed on-campus stadium (42,000), located on the south side of the main campus between Pitkin Street and Lake Street at Meridian Avenue, will begin construction in September 2015, and will open for the 2017 season.

The Rams have several important rivalries. Their in-state, in-conference rivalry with [[Air Force]] is extremely important, although not to the level of their in-state, out-of-conference rivalry with [[Colorado]]. There is also a major rivalry with [[Wyoming]] -- the second-oldest rivalry west of the Mississippi. In basketball, the list grows larger, as the Rams have long rivalries with [[Utah State]], [[Denver]], and their neighbors in Greeley, [[Northern Colorado]].

Colorado State has had well over 100 players in the NFL, including LB Joey Porter, RB Lawrence McCutcheon, and DEs Al Baker and Mike Bell. Nine Rams have reached the NBA or ABA, the most prominent being Bob Rule.
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=='''Conference Affiliations'''==
===Football===
{| class="wikitable zebra" style="width: 600px;"
|[[{{mtwest}}]]
|NCAA I FBS
|1999-present
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|[[{{wac}}]]
|NCAA I FBS
|1978-1998
|-
|[[{{wac}}]]
|NCAA I
|1973-1977
|-
|[[{{wac}}]]
|NCAA University
|1968-1972
|-
|[[{{udind}}]]
|NCAA University
|1962-1967
|-
|[[{{mtstates}}|Mountain States Conference]]
|NCAA University
|1939-1961
|-
|[[{{mtstates}}|Mountain States Conference]]
|NCAA College
|1938
|-
|[[{{rmac}}]]
|NCAA College
|1937
|-
|[[{{rmac}}]]
|NCAA
|1910-1937
|-
|[[{{rmac}}]]
|Unaffiliated
|1909
|-
|[[{{rmac}}|Colorado Football Association]]
|Unaffiliated
|1899-1908
|-
|no team
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|1985-1898
|-
|[[{{rmac}}|Colorado Football Association]]
|Unaffiliated
|1893-1894
|}
===Basketball===
{| class="wikitable zebra" style="width: 600px;"
|[[{{mtwest}}]]
|NCAA I
|1999-present
|-
|[[{{wac}}]]
|NCAA I
|1973-1999
|-
|[[{{wac}}]]
|NCAA University
|1968-1973
|-
|[[{{udind}}]]
|NCAA University
|1962-1968
|-
|[[{{mtstates}}|Mountain States Conference]]
|NCAA University
|1956-1962
|-
|[[{{mtstates}}|Mountain States Conference]]
|NCAA
|1937-1956
|-
|[[{{rmac}}]]
|NCAA
|1910-1937
|-
|[[{{rmac}}]]
|Unaffiliated
|1909-1910
|-
|[[Pre-NCAA Independents]]
|Unaffiliated
|1901-1909
|}
=='''Post-Season Appearances'''==
===Football===
{{Bowl Alert}}
{| class="wikitable zebra" style="width: 600px;"
|[[Las Vegas Bowl]]
|[[Las Vegas Bowl|2014]]
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|[[New Mexico Bowl]]
|'''[[New Mexico Bowl|2008]]''', '''[[New Mexico Bowl|2013]]'''
|-
|[[Poinsettia Bowl]]
|[[Poinsettia Bowl|2005]]
|-
|[[San Francisco Bowl]]
|[[San Francisco Bowl|2003]]
|-
|[[Liberty Bowl]]
|[[Liberty Bowl|1999]], '''[[Liberty Bowl|2000]]'''. [[Liberty Bowl|2002]]
|-
|[[New Orleans Bowl]]
|'''[[New Orleans Bowl|2001]]'''
|-
|[[Holiday Bowl]]
|[[Holiday Bowl|1994]], [[Holiday Bowl|1995]], '''[[Holiday Bowl|1997]]'''
|-
|[[Freedom Bowl]]
|'''[[Freedom Bowl|1990]]'''
|-
|[[Raisin Bowl]]
|[[Raisin Bowl|1948]]
|}
===Basketball===
{| class="wikitable zebra" style="width: 600px;"
|{{d1mt}}
|[[1954 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament|1954]], [[1963 NCAA University Division Men's Basketball Tournament|1963]], [[1965 NCAA University Division Men's Basketball Tournament|1965]], [[1966 NCAA University Division Men's Basketball Tournament|1966]], [[1969 NCAA University Division Men's Basketball Tournament|1969]], [[1989 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament|1989]], [[1990 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament|1990]], [[2003 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament|2003]], [[2012 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament|2012]], [[2013 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament|2013]]
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|{{nit}}
|[[1961 National Invitation Tournament|1961]], [[1962 National Invitation Tournament|1962]], [[1988 National Invitation Tournament|1988]], [[1996 National Invitation Tournament|1996]], [[1998 National Invitation Tournament|1998]], [[1999 National Invitation Tournament|1999]], [[2011 National Invitation Tournament|2011]], [[2015 National Invitation Tournament|2015]]
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|{{cbi}}
|[[2010 College Basketball Invitational|2010]]
|}
=='''Championships'''==
===Football===
{| class="wikitable zebra" style="width: 600px;"
|[[{{mtwest}}]] Champions
|''[[1999 Mountain West Conference Football|1999]]'', [[2000 Mountain West Conference Football|2000]], [[2002 Mountain West Conference Football|2002]]
|-
|[[{{wac}}]] Champions
|[[1994 Western Athletic Conference Football|1994]], '''[[1995 Western Athletic Conference Football|1995]]''', [[1997 Western Athletic Conference Football|1997]]
|-
|[[{{wac}}]] Division Champions
|[[1997 Western Athletic Conference Football|1997]] (Pacific)
|-
|[[{{mtstates}}|Mountain States Conference]] Champions
|[[1955 Mountain States Conference Football|1955]]
|-
|[[{{rmac}}]] Champions
|[[1915 Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Football|1915]], [[1916 Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Football|1916]], [[1919 Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Football|1919]], [[1920 Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Football|1920]], [[1925 Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Football|1925]], [[1927 Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Football|1927]], ''[[1933 Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Football|1933]]'', ''[[1934 Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Football|1934]]''
|}
===Basketball===
{| class="wikitable zebra" style="width: 600px;"
|[[{{mtwest}}]] Tournament Champions
|[[2003 Mountain West Conference Men's Basketball|2003]]
|-
|[[{{wac}}]] Regular Season Champions
|[[1989 Western Athletic Conference Men's Basketball|1989]], ''[[1990 Western Athletic Conference Men's Basketball|1990]]''
|-
|[[{{mtstates}}|Mountain States Conference]] Champions
|[[1954 Mountain States Conference Men's Basketball|1954]], ''[[1961 Mountain States Conference Men's Basketball|1961]]''
|}

=='''National Individual Awards'''==
===Football===
{| class="wikitable zebra" style="width: 700px;"
|'''[[National Football Foundation Hall of Fame]]'''
|1981: Thurman McGraw (T)<br>2002: Earle Bruce (coach)<br>2012: Greg Myers (DB)
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|[[Jim Thorpe Award]]
|1995: Greg Myers (DB)
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|[[NCAA Division I FBS Consensus All-Americans]]
|1978: Mike Bell (DL)<br>1995: Greg Myers (DB)<br>2014: Rashard Higgins (WR)
|}
===Basketball===
{| class="wikitable zebra" style="width: 700px;"
|'''[[National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame]]'''
|2006: John Bunn (contributor)
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|'''[[NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Consensus All-Americans]]'''
|1963: Bill Green (F)
|}
=='''External Links'''==
[http://www.csurams.com/ Colorado State University Athletics]
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