• CU and Baylor have played 16 times, but only seven of those games were played as Big 12 Conference rivals. The Buffs and Bears played nine times before the Big Eight expanded to the Big 12 in 1996, adding Baylor and others. CU was 4-3 against the Bears during the previous Big 12 era (1996-2010).

The University of Colorado Buffaloes football team is looking up after beating the Colorado State University Rams in the Rocky Mountain Showdown, but this week they start their conference play for the first time in more than a decade as part of the Big 12 when they host the Baylor Bears at Folsom Field.