Utah rockets up the AP Top 25 after a 55-3 drubbing of Arizona State
Utah moved up five spots to No. 13 in the latest AP Top 25, released Sunday.
The Utes rebounded from an embarrassing home loss the week prior by thoroughly dismantling Arizona State at home, 55-3. Utah held ASU to just 83 yards of total offense, produced 513 yards of offense itself, and completely controlled the line of scrimmage.
Coach Kyle Whittingham’s group was joined in the new media poll by No. 5 Washington, No. 6 Oregon, No. 12 Oregon State, and No. 23 Arizona. UCLA and USC both dropped out of the poll.
Utah will have a shot at another top-10 opponent this coming Saturday when it heads to Seattle to face the unbeaten Huskies. Despite all the adversity of the season, Utah sits at 7-2 and still possesses a realistic shot at defending its Pac-12 championship, but it needs a win over UW.
Kickoff is set for 12:30 p.m. PT on FOX.
The rest of the AP Top 25 for the week is below, with first-place votes in parenthesis:
- Georgia (49)
- Michigan (9)
- Ohio State (3)
- Florida State (2)
- Washington
- Oregon
- Texas
- Alabama
- Penn State
- Ole Miss
- Louisville
- Oregon State
- Utah
- Tennessee
- Oklahoma State
- Missouri
- Oklahoma
- LSU
- Kansas
- Tulane
- James Madison
- Notre Dame
- Arizona
- North Carolina
- Liberty
Receiving votes: Fresno St. 73, Kansas St. 73, Southern Cal 46, Air Force 26, Toledo 25, UCLA 11, Iowa 6, SMU 5, Duke 4, West Virginia 3, Texas A&M 1, NC State 1, Clemson 1