Utah football reaches No. 2 for the first time in a regular season
Utah has its highest regular-season AP ranking after beating BYU. The 9–0 Utes visit Arizona on November 14 at 5:30 p.m. Mountain on FOX.
A day after Utah beat BYU at Rice-Eccles Stadium, 12 voters put the Utes first on their AP ballots. The full count on Sunday, November 8, put Utah second behind Georgia. That’s the highest the Utes have ever climbed in the AP poll during the regular season.
The last time Utah was No. 2
Fans who remember the 2008 team have seen that number before. Those Utes reached No. 2 in the season’s final poll. This team earned the spot with a 9–0 record and a road game in Tucson still to play.
Saturday’s turning point came after halftime in Salt Lake City. BYU led 20–14 at the break, but Utah scored a touchdown in each of the last two quarters and held the Cougars scoreless in both. The 28–20 win left Utah alone atop the Big 12. BYU landed at No. 12 in Sunday’s poll.