# Colorado’s Deion Sanders may have just saved his butt by nuking Houston’s CFP chances

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3 outlets covering · First listed: Yahoo Sports, Nov 14, 2026, 8:41 AM · Read it: <https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/colorado-deion-sanders-may-just-144106252.html>

Deion Sanders had been on the hot seat as his Colorado football team was in the midst of their second disappointing season in a row. After going just 3-9 last season, the Buffaloes were 3-6 heading into their matchup against No. 14 Houston, which still had hopes of making the 12-team College Football Playoff. However, Sanders and his Colorado team

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- Nov 14, 2026, 2:15 AM: [Deion Sanders Shares Emotions After Colorado's Upset of Houston](<https://www.si.com/college/colorado/football/deion-sanders-emotions-colorado-buffaloes-upset-houston-cougars>) — Sports Illustrated (Sports, United States)
  The Colorado Buffaloes entered as underdogs against Houston but shook up the College Football Playoff picture.
- Nov 14, 2026, 6:23 AM: [Deion Sanders, Colorado score huge upset over No. 14 Houston](<https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/deion-sanders-colorado-score-huge-upset-over-no-14-houston>) — ProFootballTalk (Sports, United States)
  After the loss that dropped the Colorado Buffaloes to 3-6, coach Deion Sanders said, among other things, "The fans deserve better."
- Nov 14, 2026, 8:41 AM: [Colorado’s Deion Sanders may have just saved his butt by nuking Houston’s CFP chances](<https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/colorado-deion-sanders-may-just-144106252.html>) — Yahoo Sports (Sports, United States)
  Deion Sanders had been on the hot seat as his Colorado football team was in the midst of their second disappointing season in a row. After going just 3-9 last season, the Buffaloes were 3-6 heading into their matchup against No. 14 Houston, which still had hopes of making the 12-team College Football Playoff. However, Sanders and his Colorado team
