Arizona vs Colorado is a college series, not one game. The two names that own the history are the University of Arizona Wildcats and the University of Colorado Buffaloes. They meet in football and in men's basketball, and the all-time records are different in each sport.
This is a series note. The numbers come from each school's athletics site. It does not pick a winner for a game that has not been played.
Which teams
Arizona here is the University of Arizona, in Tucson. Colorado is the University of Colorado, in Boulder. Arizona State is a different school. A result that mixes Arizona State into this series is a different matchup.
Both schools publish opponent history. Arizona athletics and Colorado athletics are the pages to open. A recap site can be useful, but the school page is the record.
Football series
The football series started on November 26, 1931. Colorado won that first game 27-7. Colorado's athletics page lists the series as 17 wins for Colorado and 11 for Arizona through the last meeting.
The last football game on both school pages is November 1, 2025, in Boulder. Arizona won 52-17. That is also Arizona's largest margin in the series on its own page. Colorado's largest listed margin is 65-12, on October 11, 1958.
Colorado's page lists a 12-game winning streak from the 1931 opener through September 28, 1985. Arizona's longest listed streak is four games, from 2012 to 2015. Those are football numbers. Do not paste them onto the basketball series.
Men's basketball series
The men's basketball series is older in a different direction. Arizona's athletics page lists games from December 2, 1960. Through March 7, 2026, Arizona leads 28-16.
The last game on both school pages is March 7, 2026, in Boulder. Arizona won 89-79. Arizona's page lists a six-game winning streak in the series at that point. Home and away records on that page are 18-4 at home and 4-12 on the road.
| Sport | First meeting | Series | Last game on the school pages |
|---|---|---|---|
| Football | November 26, 1931 | Colorado 17, Arizona 11 | November 1, 2025: Arizona 52, Colorado 17 |
| Men's basketball | December 2, 1960 | Arizona 28, Colorado 16 | March 7, 2026: Arizona 89, Colorado 79 |
How to read a score
Two totals get mixed up in recaps. The football series lead belongs to Colorado. The basketball series lead belongs to Arizona. A graphic that says Arizona leads the series, with no sport named, has collapsed two records into one.
A score from a highlight clip can also drop a quarter. If a number disagrees with the school page, use the school page. Linking the table to those pages is the same rule we use on other factual posts: a sentence should have a page a reader can open. That is the practical side of outbound links.
The same "open the primary page" step is why we link sources in free backlink checks instead of trusting a screenshot. A series table on a random site can be a season behind.
What this page will not do
- It will not predict the next game. The next date belongs on the school schedule, not here.
- It will not treat Arizona State as Arizona. That is a different series.
- It will not add a sport the school pages do not list in this note. Football and men's basketball are the two with a long public record.
If you are checking a claim the way you would check a product page, start with the page that owns the number. The steps in how to evaluate a SaaS tool before you pay are about software. The first step still fits a score: find the page that owns it before you repeat it.
Where the next game lives
The next date is on the school schedule, not in a series table. Arizona posts its football schedule on arizonawildcats.com. Colorado posts its on cubuffs.com. A series page tells you what already happened. A schedule page tells you what is next. Do not treat a preview headline as the date until the school page agrees.
Conference labels have changed. Both schools have played in more than one league. A recap that calls the series a Pac-12 rivalry is describing one stretch of it, not the whole record. The 1931 football opener predates that stretch. Use the school history page for the full count, and the schedule for the current conference.
Neutral-site games count in the series. Arizona's basketball page includes a Las Vegas game in the record. Leaving those out makes the home and away split look cleaner than the series page. If you quote a home record, quote the page that calculated it.
Women's sports and other programs have their own series, where the schools publish them. This note stays on football and men's basketball because those are the two long public records behind the query. If you need another program, open that program's opponent history on the school site rather than extending these totals.
The takeaway
Arizona vs Colorado is two college series. In football, Colorado leads 17-11, with the last game Arizona 52-17 on November 1, 2025. In men's basketball, Arizona leads 28-16, with the last game Arizona 89-79 on March 7, 2026. Use the school pages for the next update.
