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BOULDER, COLORADO - NOVEMBER 16: Travis Hunter #12 of the Colorado Buffaloes reacts on the field during warmups prior to the game against the Utah Utes at Folsom Field on November 16, 2024 in Boulder, Colorado. (Photo by Andrew Wevers/Getty Images)

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Colorado continues to move toward a spot in the College Football Playoff after a 49-24 victory over Utah on Saturday.

Head coach Deion Sanders’ team entering the week ranked no. 17 by the playoff selection committee, is now 8-2 overall with two games left in the regular season.

Bryan Fischer @BryanDFischer

Colorado has won eight games for just the second time in 20 years.

This wasn’t exactly a crisp game for the Buffaloes with three turnovers on offense allowing Utah to hang around for a while, but their star talent was able to shine through in the win.

Travis Hunter continued to bolster his Heisman case with 55 yards as a receiver, a 5-yard touchdown run and an interception on defense. He’s approaching 1,000 receiving yards for the season and sits at 911.

The two-way sensation made two of the best catches of the day on leaping grabs in traffic, one of them coming on a fourth-and-8 late in the first half that set up Shedeur Sanders’ touchdown pass to Will Sheppard to extend . the lead to 21-6.

FOX College Football @CFBONFOX

Travis Hunter was surrounded by FOUR defenders before he jumped up and made this catch pic.twitter.com/z06MlXewd2

Hunter’s touchdown was listed in the box as a 5-yard run, but it was about as exciting as any short-yardage play you’ll see because it looked like the Utes defense blew it up with it same.

The Heisman hype has followed Hunter all season, and it’s not slowing down after what he did on Saturday. He even encouraged it by hitting the Heisman post after his first quarter interception.

whoiswynton.bsky.social @Who is Wynton

If Travis Hunter doesn’t win the Heisman, then College Football needs to create a new award that represents what he’s doing this season.

Nate Kreckman @Nate Kreckman

I like the Travis Hunter catch where he basically intercepts Shedeur

Andrew Mason @MaseDenver

“Give him the Heisman now!” — Gus Johnson, on Travis Hunter

Eric Crocker @Crocky209

Travis Hunter is ridiculous.

Romi Bean @Romi_Bean

Are we really still having Heisman conversations about any other Travis Hunter?

RJ Young @RJ_Young

Travis Hunter has a rushing TD, a receiving TD, an interception and a forced fumble this season. Let him throw a pass, Prime.

Tyler Brooke @TylerDBrooke

I love Ashton Jeanty. He is iconic.
You can’t give the Heisman to anyone but Travis Hunter.
We’ve never seen anything like it.

Hunter had a moment when he was burned on defense by Utah wide receiver Dorian Singer on a 40-yard touchdown in the third quarter, but the overall contribution based on his amount of snaps played was still extremely high in the game.

Sanders, after throwing an interception on the game’s first play, bounced back nicely to finish 30-of-41 for 340 yards and three touchdowns. This was his sixth game of the season with at least 300 yards passing and two scores.

Freshman wide receiver Drelon Miller entered the day with 110 receiving yards on 19 catches. He had six catches for 108 yards and a touchdown against Utah’s defense.

Even with some sloppy mistakes early in the game, this was about as complete a performance as the Buffaloes have had all year. Utah ran for 34 yards before accounting for the 19 that Isaac Wilson lost on sacks.

The schedule lines up nicely for Colorado to play for the Big 12 championship on Dec. 7. The final two games of the regular season are against Kansas and Oklahoma State. The Jayhawks entered Saturday with a 3-6 overall record, while the Cowboys are winless in conference play (0-7).