Numbers don’t lie. They can, however, be manipulated to say just about whatever you want.

When Colorado State began touting its 2014-15 winning percentage (0.813) across revenue sports — football, volleyball, and men’s and women’s basketball — as the best among NCAA Division I programs that season, it was really more of a PR stunt than a story. The Rams ranked ahead of No. 2 Kentucky, No. 3 Florida State and No. 4 Duke in winning percentage and were tied for third in total wins (91) with Stanford, behind the Seminoles and Wildcats.

Great branding and a convenient number in a small sample.

But here we are two years later and that convenient stat has revealed itself as more of a trend. Over the past three seasons (starting with 2014-15), the Rams are tied with Kentucky for the third best winning percentage (0.746) in Division I athletics across football, volleyball, and men’s and women’s basketball, ranking behind Western Kentucky (0.751) — the Hilltoppers were fifth in 2014-15 — and Florida State (0.762).

Again, there’s convenience in pulling only “revenue” sports (women’s soccer has had, at least, 11 fewer wins than losses in each season of its existence), but it does highlight the sustained regular-season success CSU’s most recognizable programs and coaches have had as of late.

Let’s break it down since 2014-15 …

Football

Coach : Jim McElwain, Mike Bobo

: Jim McElwain, Mike Bobo Salary : $1.5 million

: $1.5 million Record : 24-15

: 24-15 Postseason appearances : 3

: 3 Mountain West championships : 0

: 0 Notable: McElwain led Rams to a 10-win season in 2014 before jumping ship for Florida. … Bobo has led the Rams to bowl games in his first two seasons in charge. … Bobo was the first first-year coach in CSU history to win seven regular-season games. (Steve Fairchild won seven in 2008, which included a New Mexico Bowl victory.)

Volleyball

Coach : Tom Hilbert

: Tom Hilbert Salary : $200,000

: $200,000 Record : 78-16

: 78-16 Postseason appearances : 3

: 3 Mountain West championships : 2

: 2 Notable: Rams made their 22nd consecutive trip to the NCAA Tournament last December. … Most successful CSU program of the past decade.

Men’s basketball

Coach : Larry Eustachy

: Larry Eustachy Salary : $985,012

: $985,012 Record : 69-35

: 69-35 Postseason appearances : 2

: 2 Mountain West championships : 0

: 0 Notable: Reached the Mountain West tournament title game in March. … NIT appearances in 2016-17 and 14-15. … Won a program-record 27 games in 14-15 and just missed NCAA Tournament. … Gian Clavell was named Mountain West Player of the Year and Eustachy the conference’s coach of the year this past season.

Women’s basketball

Coach : Ryun Williams

: Ryun Williams Salary : $215,000

: $215,000 Record : 79-19

: 79-19 Postseason appearances : 3

: 3 Mountain West championships : 4 (won regular season and tournament in 2015-16)

: 4 (won regular season and tournament in 2015-16) Notable: Rams have won the Mountain West regular season championship four years in a row. … Reached the NCAA Tournament in 2015-16 and the WNIT in 14-15 and 16-17. … Williams was the Mountain West Coach of the Year in 15-16. … Senior Ellen Nystrom earned her second consecutive Mountain West Player of the Year honor in March.

Now you do have to factor in the level of competition, and the Mountain West has consistently been one of the worst conferences in college athletics in men’s and women’s basketball and volleyball. But keep in mind, the only other Group of Five school ranking in the top 10 of best winning percentages the past three seasons was Western Kentucky. The list is dominated by major programs.

And, again, it’s not hard to make numbers work in the favor of the message you’re trying to send, but when the data remains so positive for so long, it can’t be ignored. (And that’s not even factoring in an individual indoor track and field national champion and nationally ranked track and cross country programs.) Colorado State’s recent athletic success is worth touting.