The 2026–27 Colorado State Rams men's basketball team will represent Colorado State University during the 2026–27 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Rams will be led by second-year head coach Ali Farokhmanesh and will play their home games at the Moby Arena in Fort Collins, Colorado as a member of the Pac-12 Conference. This will mark Colorado State's first season as members of the Pac-12 Conference after spending the previous twenty-seven seasons as members of the Mountain West Conference.
Previous season Colorado State finished the 2025-26 season 21–13, 11–9 in the Mountain West Conference to finish tied for seventh in the conference. As the 7-seed in the Mountain West Tournament the Rams defeated Fresno State in the First round before falling to 2-seed San Diego State in the Quarterfinals 62–71. Colorado State was invited to participate in the NIT as a 3-seed in the Albuquerque Region. The Rams hosted Saint Joseph's in the First round, but were defeated 64–69 to end their season.
Offseason Departures Colorado State Rams departuresNameNumberPos.HeightWeightYearHometown Reason for departure Brandon Rechsteiner 2 G 6'1" 190 Junior Acworth, GA Transferred to Kansas State Darnez Slater 3 G 6'3" 175 Freshman Eastvale, CA Transferred to Montana State Jon Mekonnen 5 F 6'8" 195 Freshman Eagan, MN Transferred to South Dakota State Augustinas Kiudulas 11 F 6'8" 215 Junior Vilnius, Lithuania Transferred to Western Michigan Nikola Djapa 23 C 6'11" 235 Sophomore Belgrade, Serbia Transferred to Wright State Jevin Muniz 55 G 6'6" 190 Senior Bethlehem, PA Entered transfer portal
Incoming transfers Colorado State Rams incoming transfers Justin Menard 3 G 6'3" 185 Junior Higganum, CT Marist Amondo Miller Jr. 18 F 6'7" 195 Graduate Littleton, CO Lubbock Christian
2026 recruiting class
Roster
Schedule and results
!colspan=9 style=""| Exhibition
!colspan=9 style=""| Non-conference regular season
!colspan=9 style=""| Pac-12 regular season
!colspan=9 style=""| Pac-12 tournament
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