No. 24 Buffs Head to the Bay

BERKELEY – The newly minted No. 24 Colorado Buffaloes take to the road again this weekend, making the voyage to California and No. 4/3 Stanford.

Colorado (14-3, 5-1 Pac-12) jumped into the Associated Press' top 25 after beating its second consecutive top-15 opponent in then No. 14 Arizona last Friday. CU's appearance in the rankings marks its first time since Jan. 17, 2022. CU's appearance in the rankings in back-to-back seasons marks the first time since the 2012-13 and 2013-14 seasons.

"The last week was huge for us to beat No. 8 [Utah] and then No. 14 [Arizona]," head coach JR Payne stated. "It was just a cool opportunity to have two top 15 teams in a row at a time that we feel like we're…