Utah moves up in latest AP Top 25 poll after win over Weber State
Utah is ranked No. 11 in the latest AP Top 25 poll, released Sunday.
It’s a one-spot move for the Utes, but they also saw Oregon jump them in the process and move up to No. 10. Tennessee and Alabama both dropped to facilitate the change.
Utah is once again one of eight Pac-12 teams in the ranking this week. The Utes are joined by No. 5 USC, No. 8 Washington, No. 10 Oregon, No. 14 Oregon State, No. 19 Colorado, No. 21 Washington State, and No. 22 UCLA.
The Utes (3-0) closed out the nonconference portion of their schedule Saturday with a 31-7 win over Weber State. Utah controlled the game from start to finish. Though it wasn’t a particularly dominant effort against an overmatched opponent like others in the Pac-12 have enjoyed early this year, Utah followed the script of its first two weeks — with an injury-ravaged two-deep, they did what was required of them.
“Thought we did a lot of good things today,” coach Kyle Whittingham said after the game. “I wouldn’t call it a dominant performance or our best football, but we did a lot of good things on offense.
Utah opens Pac-12 play next Saturday, Sept. 23, against the Bruins at home.
The rest of the AP Top 25 can be found below, with first-place votes in parentheses:
- Georgia (57)
- Michigan (2)
- Texas (3)
- Florida State (1)
- USC
- Ohio State
- Penn State
- Washington
- Notre Dame
- Oregon
- Utah
- LSU
- Alabama
- Oregon State
- Ole Miss
- Oklahoma
- North Carolina
- Duke
- Colorado
- Miami
- Washington State
- UCLA
- Tennessee
- Iowa
- Florida
Others receiving votes: Clemson 76, Missouri 72, Kansas St. 54, TCU 21, Fresno St. 17, Kansas 15, Tulane 13, Kentucky 10, Maryland 4, BYU 3, Wisconsin 2, Syracuse 2, Louisville 1, Auburn 1