Utah11-2CFP #154Utah has reached elite-tier consistency — the 23-13 record over three seasons raises the question of whether Kyle Whittingham's 10th year can sustain a top-14% power rating with the market.
Utah is the program that walks into every league it joins and wins it on toughness — and just watched the coach who built that culture over 21 years leave for Michigan, handing the keys to the man beside him the whole time.
Utah fans are tired of being the program the country keeps underrating — the conference-killer everyone treats as a fluke until it does it again. They'll tell you the Utes have out-toughed bluer blood…
Approaching
29 days
until kickoff · vs Idaho · Fri Sep 4 · 01:00 UTC
Utah is the program that conquered the Pac-12 in 2021-2022 and now imports that culture to the Big 12.
With only 14% of returning players and a recruiting class ranked #27, Utah must rely on transfers to compete. The team's balanced portal churn and development-focused class could provide a foundation for a bowl-eligible season.
Swoop is patient.
the open questionwhere does it go from here?
Utah leaped 32 spots in SP+ — the gap between the ranking and its bottom-quintile returning production is the story Kyle Whittingham has to answer in the Pac-12 this year.
Utah has reached elite-tier consistency — the 23-13 record over three seasons raises the question of whether Kyle Whittingham's 10th year can sustain a top-14% power rating with the market.
Scalley inherits a 14% production returning roster after Whittingham's 46-21 run — the program that conquered the Pac-12 now faces whether a new era can hold the identity without the familiar names.
Wayshawn Parker gets LESS work in the fourth quarter with a lead than his overall workload would predict -- not the trusted closer raw carries might suggest, and what late usage he does get skews toward mop-up duty in blowouts.
Morgan Scalley inherits a 11-2 winning record and a program poised to transplant its Pac-12 dominance into the Big 12, but a coordinator reshaping unit adds uncertainty to the transition.
Kyle Whittingham enters his 10th season with a 11-2 record and a program importing Pac-12 culture into the Big 12, aiming to sustain elite-tier consistency.
Utah leaped 32 spots in SP+ — the gap between its No. 8 preseason ranking and bottom-quintile returning production raises questions about Kyle Whittingham's roster reset.
Bryce Duke: a closer signal screened this season.
Larry Simmons is a real deep-ball threat -- a high share of his targets come on throws past the sticks.
NaQuari Rogers: a garbage time merchant signal screened this season.
Ryan Davis is used almost exclusively underneath -- a low share of his targets are downfield shots.
Ryan Davis: a garbage time merchant signal screened this season.
Wayshawn Parker: a garbage time merchant signal screened this season.
Utah names QB1 for fall camp
QB1 clarity finally settled — now the real question is whether that offense can carry weight while Scalley patches a CB room bleeding from three draft exits.
Five-star OT Kelvin Obot commits 2026
Ta'aga gone, two bodies added but no anchor — Obot's the kind of tackle prospect that stabilizes an OT room for three years, not one recruiting cycle.
QB Brandon Rose transfer commits from Massachusetts
Four QBs out, Isaac Wilson gone, and now a FBS Independent arm walks in — Rose isn't competing for depth, he's walking into a genuine starter conversation Whittingham can't afford to lose.
Utah shifts multimedia rights to Crimson Brand Partners
Multimedia rights don't shift to a branded in-house partner unless the program thinks it's selling something worth controlling — Utah's Big 12 identity is the product now, not just the football.
Monson Tukuafu commits to Utah
CB pressure, three draft exits, and a #40 class still finding its shape — Tukuafu is in-state glue for a Utah edge room that needs bodies who already believe in the program.
Top 3 commits
Fan confidence a bit lower than recent years
26th percentile among FBS programs
Market outlook
Sportsbook consensus · best odds across multiple books · 2026-08-06
Utah · Next-Season Outcome Band
Final-season-aware projection: floor / base / ceiling include conference title and CFP games where the model supports them, so a ceiling can exceed a 12-game regular season.
Utah enters 2026 rated No. 8 in 2025 SP+ (+22.2), up 32 spots from 2024. It is bottom-quintile returning production — heavy turnover entering the season. An efficiency model in the top 10 means three straight years of elite tape. The schedule decides whether the field keeps agreeing. The preview consensus leans in — but preseason ratings reward the recent past, not the season ahead.
The 'the projection is underselling us' read -- fans betting the season beats the preview number.
The 'the model has seen the tape' counter -- efficiency ratings reward what a program has actually done, not hope.
This event was in 55 of 243 board posts (23%) over the last 60 days — a fanbase consumed by it. Fan text shown verbatim, attributed to the community not the individual poster.
Board health this week (178 posts): 15% positive · 56% neutral · 29% negative. Team-level weekly mood — not specific to this event. The boards ≠ the fanbase: a self-selected vocal slice.
Utah has climbed into dynasty-caliber territory — into the top 22% of FBS by power rating over the last three seasons, up from the top 23% a year ago. It is a 23-13 record over the last three regular seasons. A real, measurable rise in the model. The room has caught up; now the schedule has to agree.
The 'resurgence is real' read: the numbers are starting to back the hype.
Recent Form · last 10 games
Five straight. The momentum tier on every blog right now.
Opens Sep 4
vs Idaho · at home
✓ fact on line · ~ our read on style
Fan mood index · most recent r/cfb data
Recruiting Footprint · 2026
UT leads the 2026 class with 5 commits. National footprint reaching 11 states.
Where they recruit · 2023-2026
84 signees across 20 states, 2023-2026. UT leads the pull.
Top r/cfb community posts · last 12 months
66 of 66 AP voters have them ranked, final AP ballot (2025) — from #10, Chad Bishop (Atlanta Journal-Constitution), to #18, Robert Cessna (Bryan-College Station Eagle).
Individual AP Top 25 ballots, final AP ballot, 2025 — 66 voters tracked.
12 games with TV coverage: 4 national broadcast, 7 ESPN, 1 cable
Kickoff windows: 2 noon, 3 afternoon, 7 primetime
Recovering 46% of their own fumbles — running cold vs. the ~51% league rate.
6 of 13 own fumbles recovered themselves; 3 of 6 forced fumbles recovered, 2025 only.
Converting 23% of pass disruptions into takeaways — right in line with the ~19% league rate.
14 interceptions of 61 disrupted passes (47 deflected, 14 intercepted), 2025 only.
The penalty battle is a wash: 77 penalties committed vs. 79 drawn on opponents.
624 penalty yards committed vs. 643 drawn on opponents, 2025 season total.
What moved it — fall camp · last 14 days
Fanbase Signals
Position = mood · width = volume · color = the kind of feeling
Inside the fanbase — all 9 corners
The split, staged
How Utah fans actually talk real · top-upvoted
The crowd’s loudest take by upvotes — read for mood, not as a side. The cohort read is the measured part.
Loudest in the room this week real · by engagement
All 9 corners of the fanbase
Cohort sentiment is a source-weighted model read — never a quote pinned to a person.
What this fanbase keeps coming back to our read · topic model
Topics are model-labeled from Reddit — a rough signal of what this fanbase is circling right now.
~ our readUtah fans are down on the program, and they're pointing to real stats and results to back it up — more than most fanbases right now.
✓ counted We read 178 posts from Utah fans this week.
Fan mood across the 2025 season, both sides — our read
Shaded weeks show whose fanbase read warmer, our measure of what fans actually said, not a poll.
Fan claims · every quote verified verbatim
The rivalry has gone through many phases and was at its best with Ron McBride and Lovell Edwards.
Based on 1 comment from 1 poster across 1 thread · Jul 31, 2026 · via CFB
Wtf is this defense? Slow reaction times, can’t tackle, can’t read any plays.
Based on 1 comment from 1 poster across 1 thread · Nov 28, 2025 · via CFB
Scalley didn’t study this week, that’s for sure. Why is every LB playing right above the Center? Cincy lives on outside runs!
Based on 1 comment from 1 poster across 1 thread · Nov 2, 2025 · via CFB
Last year really was just an awful off year. ISU, TT, Utah, and ASU all sit at the top with a sizable gap from everyone else.
Based on 1 comment from 1 poster across 1 thread · Aug 31, 2025 · via CFB
K-State just set a school record for rushing yardage in a game -- and on the same play, set a record for most rushing yards allowed by Utah.
Based on 1 comment across 1 thread · Nov 23, 2025
Why Utah is Winning the PAC-12 Championship Tonight Utah has the ability to control clock tonight with their run game and expose an atrocious USC defense. I LOVE Utah to take down USC tonight in Vegas.
Based on 1 comment across 1 thread · Dec 2, 2022 · via UtahUtes
“Always good to see Utah continue the mission of making Texas Tech and BYU look like the number 1 and 2 teams in the country”— r/CFB
“Two things we learned tonight: 1) Utah offense is going to be fun and 2) Tennessee fans do not forgive and forget.”— r/CFB
“Sorry guys. Sometimes firing your coach is exactly what you need to turn it around and save the season. Not here. You guys are gonna need a whole ass rebuild.”— r/CFB
“As a neutral fan drunk on a late Friday night, this game was everything I’ve ever wanted. If I were a fan of either of these two teams, I would’ve truly lost my fucking mind long ago.”— r/CFB
Five Lenses
What people are saying right now
Fanbase Health Index · Utah · high confidence
“Utes about to give up another 500 yds total offense lol…quintessential BigXII defense”
FBS rankings · 2025 season · all stats vs 136 FBS programs
| Player | # | G | Cmp/Att | Pct | Yds | Y/A | TD | INT | Rate | QBR | Adj ANY/A | Sack% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scrambler · +0.32 EPA/play | 4 | 12 | 212 / 334 | 63.5 | 2490 #62 FBS | 7.5 | 24 #24 FBS | 5 | 146.8 | 75.9 | 7.8 | 2.9 | |
Yards by week → Scrambler· Money-downMakes plays with feet when the pocket collapses. Efficiency still on the rise. saves his best for the money downs All-Conference honorable mention / 2nd team — the recognition has started. 45 of 183 QBs we've classified this way this season. Season receipt Rush usage30.4% 78th percentile · FBS QBs, min. 80 attempts Rush yards / carry5.7 94th percentile · FBS QBs, min. 80 attempts Trait fingerprint Plays like View Devon Dampier's full player page | |||||||||||||
| +0.29 EPA/play | 15 | 12 | 21 / 35 | 60 | 301 | 8.6 | 3 | 0 | 160.5 | 89.6 | — | — | |
Yards by week → | |||||||||||||
| Player | # | G | Car | Yds | Avg | TD | Long | 3rd Dn Use | Pass Dn Use | Stuff% | 10+% | Tgt Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Speed Merchant · +0.23 EPA/play | 1 | 13 | 149 | 981 #45 FBS | 6.6 | 6 | 64 | 9.2 | 11.5 | 13.4 | 14.1 | 4.4% (15/341) | |
Yards by week → Speed MerchantCuts upfield fast. Designed to find the crease, not run through the line. Starter — over 60% of the snaps, holding the job. The rare part: he hits the hole fast — and he's a weapon in the passing game too 48 of 349 RBs we've classified this way this season. Season receipt Yards / carry7.0 90th percentile · FBS RBs, min. 40 carries Yards / reception14.2 98th percentile · FBS RBs, min. 40 carries — the part the label misses Trait fingerprint Plays like Aura Tax — perception-vs-production gap across 4 tracked snapshots, 126 mentions our readAscending: his CFB Index score went from the 49th percentile among FBS RBs to the 91st | |||||||||||||
| Balanced Back · +0.19 EPA/play | 21 | 12 | 98 | 387 | 3.9 | 11 #38 FBS | 23 | 6.7 | 1.9 | 13.7 | 7.4 | — | |
Yards by week → Balanced BackPlays within the scheme — consistent production without a dominant dimension. Part-time starter — splitting the role or filling in on injury. 186 of 349 RBs we've classified this way this season. Season receipt Yards / carry4.3 bottom 12th percentile · FBS RBs, min. 40 carries Rush TD rate11.2% 100th percentile · FBS RBs, min. 40 carries Plays like View NaQuari Rogers's full player page | |||||||||||||
| Speed Merchant · +0.29 EPA/play | 13 | 9 | 40 | 272 | 6.8 | 1 | 49 | 6.9 | 8.2 | — | — | — | |
Yards by week → Speed MerchantCuts upfield fast. Designed to find the crease, not run through the line. 48 of 349 RBs we've classified this way this season. Season receipt Yards / carry9.6 100th percentile · FBS RBs, min. 40 carries Receiving share16.7% 78th percentile · FBS RBs, min. 40 carries Trait fingerprint Plays like View Daniel Bray's full player page | |||||||||||||
| Player | # | G | Rec | Yds | Avg | TD | Long | 3rd Dn Use | Pass Dn Use | Tgt Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Slot Technician · +0.72 EPA/play | 9 | 11 | 62 | 725 | 11.7 | 4 | 56 | 8.1 | 12.6 | 23.2% (79/341) | |
Yards by week → Slot Technician· Boom-or-bustRuns precise routes in tight quarters. Volume player who keeps chains moving. his yards come in chunks — feast or famine Part-time starter — splitting the role or filling in on injury. 97 of 558 WRs we've classified this way this season. Season receipt Reception volume62 93th percentile · FBS WRs, min. 12 receptions EPA / play (adj)0.7 82th percentile · FBS WRs, min. 12 receptions Trait fingerprint Plays like our readTwo-star recruit — top-quartile production against his own recruiting profile | |||||||||||
| Complete TE · +0.34 EPA/play | 88 | 13 | 48 | 620 | 12.9 | 6 #62 FBS | 45 | 11.7 | 15 | 22.0% (75/341) | |
Yards by week → Complete TENo single go-to route — the receiving numbers show up inline and split out alike. 177 of 223 TEs we've classified this way this season. Season receipt Yards / reception13.4 74th percentile · FBS TEs, min. 8 receptions Reception volume48 99th percentile · FBS TEs, min. 8 receptions Trait fingerprint Plays like View Dallen Bentley's full player page | |||||||||||
| Complete TE · +0.50 EPA/play | 81 | 11 | 26 | 427 | 16.4 | 5 | 60 | 10.6 | 10.7 | 13.2% (45/341) | |
Yards by week → Complete TENo single go-to route — the receiving numbers show up inline and split out alike. 177 of 223 TEs we've classified this way this season. Season receipt Yards / reception13.8 77th percentile · FBS TEs, min. 8 receptions TD rate19.2% 90th percentile · FBS TEs, min. 8 receptions Trait fingerprint Plays like View JJ Buchanan's full player page | |||||||||||
| Deep Threat · +0.34 EPA/play | 12 | 9 | 15 | 280 | 18.7 | 6 #62 FBS | 48 | 4.7 | 5.8 | 7.6% (26/341) | |
Yards by week → Deep Threat· Money-downStretches the field vertically. Every snap is a potential big play. lives on the sticks and moves the chains 100 of 558 WRs we've classified this way this season. Season receipt Yards / reception22.3 99th percentile · FBS WRs, min. 12 receptions TD rate40.0% 100th percentile · FBS WRs, min. 12 receptions Trait fingerprint Plays like View Larry Simmons's full player page | |||||||||||
| -0.02 EPA/play | 18 | 6 | 8 | 130 | 16.2 | 0 | 36 | 2.5 | 8.5 | 6.2% (21/341) | |
Yards by week → | |||||||||||
| Possession Receiver · +0.12 EPA/play | 2 | 4 | 12 | 92 | 7.7 | 1 | 11 | 4.7 | 10.3 | 5.0% (17/341) | |
Yards by week → Possession ReceiverReliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive. 332 of 558 WRs we've classified this way this season. Season receipt Yards / reception8.7 bottom 9th percentile · FBS WRs, min. 12 receptions EPA / play (adj)0.1 bottom 7th percentile · FBS WRs, min. 12 receptions Trait fingerprint Plays like View Creed Whittemore's full player page | |||||||||||
| Complete TE · +0.38 EPA/play | 10 | 4 | 10 | 65 | 6.5 | 0 | 14 | 3.3 | 2.9 | — | |
Yards by week → Complete TENo single go-to route — the receiving numbers show up inline and split out alike. 177 of 223 TEs we've classified this way this season. Season receipt Yards / reception7.8 bottom 11th percentile · FBS TEs, min. 8 receptions TD rate0.0% bottom 10th percentile · FBS TEs, min. 8 receptions Trait fingerprint Plays like View Hunter Andrews's full player page | |||||||||||
| Player | # | G | Tot | Solo | TFL | Sack | Hur |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Finisher | 90 | 11 | 45 | 23 | 17.5 #5 FBS | 11.5 #7 FBS | 0 |
FinisherTurns pressure into sacks — when he gets there, he finishes. All-American — named 1st team by at least one NCAA-recognized selector. 16 of 200 EDGEs we've classified this way this season. Season receipt Pressure-to-sack conversion1.0 100th percentile · FBS EDGE, min. 10 tackles Plays like View John Henry Daley's full player page | |||||||
| Versatile End | — | 10 | 43 | 29 | 7.5 | 4.5 | 3 |
Versatile EndNo single standout number, but nothing missing either — competent across the board. Starter — over 60% of the snaps, holding the job. The most common profile in its group this season — 139 of 200 classified this way. Played in 10 of 21 games this season · junior View Logan Fano's full player page | |||||||
| Two-Gap Base | 91 | 9 | 34 | 20 | 2.5 | 1 | 1 |
Two-Gap BaseStout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number. Part-time starter — splitting the role or filling in on injury. 388 of 809 IDLs we've classified this way this season. Season receipt TFL rate7.4% bottom 22th percentile · FBS interior linemen, min. 10 tackles Plays like View Jonah Lea'Ea's full player page | |||||||
| Versatile End | 93 | 11 | 32 | 18 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 1 |
Versatile EndNo single standout number, but nothing missing either — competent across the board. Part-time starter — splitting the role or filling in on injury. 139 of 200 EDGEs we've classified this way this season. Season receipt TFL rate14.1% bottom 30th percentile · FBS EDGE, min. 10 tackles Plays like View Kash Dillon's full player page | |||||||
| Two-Gap Base | 95 | 11 | 29 | 13 | 2.5 | 1 | 0 |
Two-Gap BaseStout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number. Part-time starter — splitting the role or filling in on injury. The most common profile in its group this season — 388 of 809 classified this way. Played in 11 of 21 games this season · senior View Aliki Vimahi's full player page | |||||||
| Versatile End | 15 | 10 | 26 | 17 | 4 | 1.5 | 0 |
Versatile EndNo single standout number, but nothing missing either — competent across the board. Part-time starter — splitting the role or filling in on injury. 139 of 200 EDGEs we've classified this way this season. Season receipt TFL rate15.4% bottom 35th percentile · FBS EDGE, min. 10 tackles Plays like our readAscending: his CFB Index score now sits at the 43rd percentile among FBS EDGEs, up from the 13th | |||||||
| Two-Gap Base | 51 | 6 | 13 | 5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 |
Two-Gap BaseStout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number. 388 of 809 IDLs we've classified this way this season. Season receipt TFL rate3.8% bottom 13th percentile · FBS interior linemen, min. 10 tackles Plays like View Karson Kaufusi's full player page | |||||||
| Two-Gap Base | 45 | 7 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Two-Gap BaseStout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number. 388 of 809 IDLs we've classified this way this season. Season receipt TFL rate7.7% bottom 23th percentile · FBS interior linemen, min. 10 tackles Plays like View Pupu Sepulona's full player page | |||||||
| Nose Anchor | 98 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Nose AnchorThe heaviest frame on the interior. Sack production is intentionally not the point of this profile. 152 of 809 IDLs we've classified this way this season. Season receipt Weight313 lb 85th percentile · FBS interior linemen, min. 10 tackles Plays like View Dallas Vakalahi's full player page | |||||||
| 40 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0 | |
| Player | # | G | Tot | Solo | Ast | TFL | Sack | PD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coverage 'Backer | 7 | 12 | 63 | 39 | 24 | 6 | 2.5 | 4 | 1 |
Coverage 'BackerCarries tight ends and patrols the middle of the field in coverage. Part-time starter — splitting the role or filling in on injury. 99 of 660 LBs we've classified this way this season. Season receipt PD rate6.3% 91th percentile · FBS linebackers, min. 15 tackles Tackle volume63 67th percentile · FBS linebackers, min. 15 tackles Trait fingerprint Plays like View Johnathan Hall's full player page | |||||||||
| Balanced Linebacker | 8 | 12 | 51 | 23 | 28 | 3.5 | 1.5 | 1 | 1 |
Balanced LinebackerSolid in every phase without a signature dimension. 362 of 660 LBs we've classified this way this season. Season receipt Tackle volume51 50th percentile · FBS linebackers, min. 15 tackles TFL rate6.9% bottom 36th percentile · FBS linebackers, min. 15 tackles Trait fingerprint Plays like View Lander Barton's full player page | |||||||||
| Balanced Linebacker | 3 | 12 | 43 | 23 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Balanced LinebackerSolid in every phase without a signature dimension. 362 of 660 LBs we've classified this way this season. Season receipt Tackle volume43 bottom 39th percentile · FBS linebackers, min. 15 tackles PD rate0.0% bottom 18th percentile · FBS linebackers, min. 15 tackles Trait fingerprint Plays like View Levani Damuni's full player page | |||||||||
| Balanced Linebacker | 37 | 10 | 28 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 1.5 | 0 | 2 |
Balanced LinebackerSolid in every phase without a signature dimension. 362 of 660 LBs we've classified this way this season. Season receipt Tackle volume28 bottom 21th percentile · FBS linebackers, min. 15 tackles TFL rate21.4% 96th percentile · FBS linebackers, min. 15 tackles Trait fingerprint Plays like our readBreakout: his CFB Index score now sits at the 65th percentile among FBS LBs, up from the 0th | |||||||||
| Balanced Linebacker | 83 | 7 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Balanced LinebackerSolid in every phase without a signature dimension. 362 of 660 LBs we've classified this way this season. Season receipt Tackle volume18 bottom 12th percentile · FBS linebackers, min. 15 tackles Sack rate11.1% 95th percentile · FBS linebackers, min. 15 tackles Trait fingerprint Plays like View Elijah Elliss's full player page | |||||||||
| 35 | 8 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 24 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Player | # | G | Tot | PD | INT | TFL | Sack |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rover | 23 | 13 | 62 | 5 | 4 #23 FBS | 4 | 0.5 |
Rover· Takeaway threatHits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away. the kind of DB who takes it back the other way 83 of 801 Ss we've classified this way this season. Season receipt PD rate8.1% 50th percentile · FBS safeties, min. 15 tackles Plays like our readUnranked recruit — top-quartile production against his own recruiting profile our readBreakout: his CFB Index score went from the 0th percentile among FBS Ss to the 94th | |||||||
| Hybrid Nickel | 5 | 12 | 50 | 4 | 2 | 2.5 | 0 |
Hybrid NickelMoves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB. Part-time starter — splitting the role or filling in on injury. The most common profile in its group this season — 419 of 801 classified this way. Played in 12 of 21 games this season · junior · 4-star, 2022 class View Tao Johnson's full player page | |||||||
| Ball Hawk | 2 | 12 | 37 | 9 #36 FBS | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Ball Hawk· Takeaway threatReads the quarterback's eyes and takes the ball away. the kind of DB who takes it back the other way 44 of 270 CBs we've classified this way this season. Season receipt PD rate24.3% 87th percentile · FBS corners, min. 10 tackles Plays like View Smith Snowden's full player page | |||||||
| Cover Corner | 9 | 11 | 28 | 2 | 2 | 1.5 | 0 |
Cover Corner· Takeaway threatSteady in coverage; doesn't get beat deep and rarely gives up the big play. the kind of DB who takes it back the other way The most common profile in its group this season — 141 of 270 classified this way. Played in 11 of 21 games this season · junior · 3-star, 2022 class View Elijah Davis's full player page | |||||||
| Ball Hawk | 10 | 11 | 27 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Ball HawkReads the quarterback's eyes and takes the ball away. 44 of 270 CBs we've classified this way this season. Season receipt PD rate25.9% 90th percentile · FBS corners, min. 10 tackles Plays like View Blake Cotton's full player page | |||||||
| Box Safety | 6 | 3 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 3.5 | 0 |
Box SafetyLives near the line of scrimmage as a de facto extra linebacker. 166 of 801 Ss we've classified this way this season. Season receipt Tackle volume20 bottom 15th percentile · FBS safeties, min. 15 tackles Plays like View Nate Ritchie's full player page | |||||||
| Hybrid Nickel | 21 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Hybrid NickelMoves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB. 419 of 801 Ss we've classified this way this season. Season receipt PD rate0.0% bottom 14th percentile · FBS safeties, min. 15 tackles Plays like View Nate Tilmon's full player page | |||||||
| 11 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| 36 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | |
| 4 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 14 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Player | # | G | FG M/A | FG% | XP M/A | Pts | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big Leg | 17 | 13 | 11/15 | 73.3 | 68/70 | 101 | 54 |
| Player | # | G | No | Yds | Avg | Long | In20 | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steady | 92 | 12 | 38 | 1609 | 42.3 | 67 | 15 | 3 |
Net average is unavailable — CFBD's punting feed carries gross yards only, with no return-yardage or touchback deduction.
| Player | # | G | No | Yds | Avg | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Speed Merchant · +0.29 EPA/play | 13 | 9 | 5 | 95 | 19 | 0 | 30 |
| Player | # | G | No | Yds | Avg | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | 8 | 17 | 212 | 12.5 | 1 | 75 | |
| 17 | 5 | 6 | 81 | 13.5 | 0 | 51 |
2025 stat leaders
finalRoster
2025+17 more
| Wk | Date | Us | Opp | Line | Opponent | Result | Record | Conf |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aug 31 | #74 | #59 | -6.5 | @UCLA | W 43–10 130 | 1-0 | 0-0 |
| 2 | Sep 6 | #62 | #210 | -42.5 | Cal Poly | W 63–9 131 | 2-0 | 0-0 |
| 3 | Sep 14 | #60 | #90 | -24.5 | @Wyoming | W 31–6 143 | 3-0 | 0-0 |
| 4 | Sep 20 | #45 | #21 | -3.5 | Texas Tech | L 10–34 141 | 3-1 | 0-1 |
| 5 | Sep 27 | #48 | #88 | -12.5 | @West Virginia | W 48–14 138 | 4-1 | 1-1 |
| 7 | Oct 12 | #35 | #25 | -8.5 | Arizona StateTop 25 win | W 42–10 131 | 5-1 | 2-1 |
| 8 | Oct 19 | #21 | #19 | -5.5 | @BYU | L 21–24 139 | 5-2 | 2-2 |
| 9 | Oct 26 | #17 | #74 | -14 | Colorado | W 53–7 144 | 6-2 | 3-2 |
| 10 | Nov 2 | #10 | #32 | -11 | CincinnatiTop 25 win | W 45–14 147 | 7-2 | 4-2 |
| 12 | Nov 16 | #12 | #27 | -9.5 | @Baylor | W 55–28 150 | 8-2 | 5-2 |
| 13 | Nov 22 | #10 | #30 | -17.5 | Kansas State | W 51–47 149 | 9-2 | 6-2 |
| 14 | Nov 28 | #15 | #74 | -10 | @Kansas | W 31–21 134 | 10-2 | 7-2 |
| Bowl Season | ||||||||
| 18 | Dec 31 | #17 | #72 | -13.5 | Nebraska (N) | W 44–22 | 11-2 | 7-2 |
| Date | Opp | Result | Yds | TO | TOP | EPA/play | Success% | Explosive% | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 31 | Nebraska | W 44–22 | — | — | — | +0.422 | 53.8% | 129.5% | |
| Nov 28 | @Kansas | W 31–21 | 414 | 1 | 23:03 | +0.255 | 42.1% | 147.1% | |
| Nov 22 | Kansas State | W 51–47 | 551 | 1 | 29:04 | +0.393 | 47.0% | 144.4% | Defense's roughest night |
| Nov 16 | @Baylor | W 55–28 | 483 | 0 | 27:03 | +0.453 | 50.0% | 147.6% | |
| Nov 2 | Cincinnati | W 45–14 | 480 | 2 | 40:02 | +0.267 | 44.0% | 129.0% | Blowout win |
| Oct 26 | Colorado | W 53–7 | 587 | 0 | 33:38 | +0.262 | 38.9% | 168.3% | Most explosive |
| Oct 19 | @BYU | L 21–24 | 470 | 2 | 28:53 | +0.236 | 41.7% | 143.1% | One-score loss |
| Oct 12 | Arizona State | W 42–10 | 415 | 0 | 23:34 | +0.511 | 51.8% | 147.9% | Blowout win |
| Sep 27 | @West Virginia | W 48–14 | 532 | 1 | 34:45 | +0.391 | 49.4% | 140.2% | Blowout win |
| Sep 20 | Texas Tech | L 10–34 | 263 | 4 | 27:45 | +0.038 | 39.7% | 61.9% | Season-low EPA/play |
| Sep 14 | @Wyoming | W 31–6 | 541 | 1 | 35:30 | +0.347 | 56.1% | 102.0% | |
| Sep 6 | Cal Poly | W 63–9 | 518 | 0 | 31:15 | +0.512 | 63.0% | 109.3% | Season-high EPA/play |
| Aug 31 | @UCLA | W 43–10 | 492 | 0 | 37:28 | +0.438 | 63.4% | 91.1% | Best success rate |
| Season average (13 games) | 479 | 1.0 | +0.348 | 49.3% | 127.8% | ||||
Utah fields an elite run-heavy offense behind an elite, gives up the big play defense.
Opponent-adjusted percentiles vs all FBS. Bar = where this team ranks — right is better.
Team identity · competitive snaps only
97th percentile quality, 6th percentile boom-dependency. Garbage time excluded from both axes — the same correction that changes the Q4 story below.
| Team | Quality percentile | Boom-share percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Air Force | 86th | 11th |
| Akron | 12th | 89th |
| Alabama | 58th | 17th |
| App State | 35th | 47th |
| Arizona | 64th | 37th |
| Arizona State | 41st | 62nd |
| Arkansas | 90th | 12th |
| Arkansas State | 17th | 66th |
| Army | 57th | 43rd |
| Auburn | 47th | 53rd |
| BYU | 78th | 19th |
| Baylor | 69th | 25th |
| Boise State | 66th | 20th |
| Boston College | 37th | 54th |
| Bowling Green | 2nd | 98th |
| Buffalo | 11th | 88th |
| California | 28th | 48th |
| Central Michigan | 52nd | 64th |
| Cincinnati | 89th | 16th |
| Clemson | 51st | 48th |
| Coastal Carolina | 17th | 83rd |
| Colorado | 18th | 84th |
| Colorado State | 16th | 83rd |
| Delaware | 38th | 58th |
| Duke | 80th | 14th |
| East Carolina | 63rd | 36th |
| Eastern Michigan | 49th | 42nd |
| Florida | 30th | 67th |
| Florida Atlantic | 62nd | 59th |
| Florida International | 42nd | 50th |
| Florida State | 83rd | 32nd |
| Fresno State | 26th | 73rd |
| Georgia | 81st | 3rd |
| Georgia Southern | 73rd | 21st |
| Georgia State | 36th | 70th |
| Georgia Tech | 84th | 5th |
| Hawai'i | 64th | 41st |
| Houston | 27th | 65th |
| Illinois | 75th | 26th |
| Indiana | 95th | 1st |
| Iowa | 44th | 40th |
| Iowa State | 68th | 22nd |
| Jacksonville State | 54th | 38th |
| James Madison | 65th | 44th |
| Kansas | 85th | 28th |
| Kansas State | 71st | 49th |
| Kennesaw State | 56th | 30th |
| Kent State | 21st | 86th |
| Kentucky | 15th | 85th |
| LSU | 14th | 81st |
| Liberty | 43rd | 56th |
| Louisiana | 19th | 73rd |
| Louisiana Tech | 39th | 61st |
| Louisville | 48th | 64th |
| Marshall | 55th | 39th |
| Maryland | 30th | 74th |
| Memphis | 80th | 24th |
| Miami | 76th | 5th |
| Miami (OH) | 34th | 67th |
| Michigan | 67th | 33rd |
| Michigan State | 27th | 75th |
| Middle Tennessee | 39th | 52nd |
| Minnesota | 29th | 77th |
| Mississippi State | 22nd | 77th |
| Missouri | 61st | 30th |
| Missouri State | 55th | 46th |
| NC State | 86th | 23rd |
| Navy | 94th | 17th |
| Nebraska | 48th | 57th |
| Nevada | 3rd | 97th |
| New Mexico | 58th | 60th |
| New Mexico State | 9th | 87th |
| North Carolina | 13th | 89th |
| North Texas | 98th | 7th |
| Northern Illinois | 8th | 92nd |
| Northwestern | 52nd | 36th |
| Notre Dame | 99th | 20th |
| Ohio | 67th | 18th |
| Ohio State | 93rd | 4th |
| Oklahoma | 20th | 80th |
| Oklahoma State | 5th | 95th |
| Old Dominion | 83rd | 45th |
| Ole Miss | 89th | 2nd |
| Oregon | 91st | 10th |
| Oregon State | 2nd | 98th |
| Penn State | 73rd | 33rd |
| Pittsburgh | 60th | 39th |
| Purdue | 25th | 78th |
| Rice | 6th | 94th |
| Rutgers | 70th | 27th |
| SMU | 74th | 42nd |
| Sam Houston | 4th | 96th |
| San Diego State | 24th | 76th |
| San José State | 45th | 69th |
| South Alabama | 36th | 58th |
| South Carolina | 23rd | 86th |
| South Florida | 87th | 23rd |
| Southern Miss | 40th | 55th |
| Stanford | 10th | 90th |
| Syracuse | 5th | 95th |
| TCU | 72nd | 35th |
| Temple | 70th | 34th |
| Tennessee | 96th | 11th |
| Texas | 45th | 55th |
| Texas A&M | 82nd | 14th |
| Texas State | 92nd | 8th |
| Texas Tech | 77th | 31st |
| Toledo | 50th | 61st |
| Troy | 14th | 80th |
| Tulane | 79th | 15th |
| Tulsa | 20th | 70th |
| UAB | 61st | 45th |
| UCF | 33rd | 82nd |
| UCLA | 23rd | 79th |
| UConn | 95th | 13th |
| UL Monroe | 11th | 92nd |
| UNLV | 88th | 9th |
| USC | 98th | 2nd |
| UTEP | 1st | 99th |
| UTSA | 77th | 51st |
| Utah | 97th | 6th |
| Utah State | 46th | 63rd |
| Vanderbilt | 100th | 0th |
| Virginia | 59th | 27th |
| Virginia Tech | 32nd | 71st |
| Wake Forest | 42nd | 72nd |
| Washington | 92nd | 8th |
| Washington State | 33rd | 52nd |
| West Virginia | 7th | 93rd |
| Western Kentucky | 53rd | 29th |
| Western Michigan | 31st | 68th |
| Wisconsin | 0th | 100th |
| Wyoming | 8th | 91st |
Fourth-quarter reliability, corrected
Raw Q4 EPA/play ranks 99th percentile in FBS. Strip out snaps taken with a blowout margin and it climbs to the 100th — the correction is the finding, not a footnote.
Standard downs vs. passing downs
87th percentile success on standard downs, 96th on passing downs — little dropoff between the two — a schedule-independent identity.
| Team | Standard-downs percentile | Passing-downs percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Air Force | 82nd | 69th |
| Akron | 20th | 36th |
| Alabama | 47th | 76th |
| App State | 41st | 80th |
| Arizona | 54th | 54th |
| Arizona State | 40th | 37th |
| Arkansas | 90th | 97th |
| Arkansas State | 51st | 40th |
| Army | 37th | 44th |
| Auburn | 73rd | 24th |
| Austin Peay | 56th | 13th |
| BYU | 91st | 46th |
| Ball State | 5th | 3rd |
| Baylor | 70th | 77th |
| Boise State | 42nd | 63rd |
| Boston College | 56th | 54th |
| Bowling Green | 10th | 17th |
| Bryant | 7th | 2nd |
| Buffalo | 29th | 20th |
| California | 25th | 66th |
| Central Michigan | 57th | 11th |
| Charlotte | 7th | 7th |
| Cincinnati | 89th | 65th |
| Clemson | 49th | 34th |
| Coastal Carolina | 16th | 22nd |
| Colorado | 8th | 48th |
| Colorado State | 29th | 35th |
| Delaware | 66th | 31st |
| Duke | 82nd | 63rd |
| East Carolina | 63rd | 91st |
| Eastern Michigan | 46th | 67th |
| Florida | 52nd | 45th |
| Florida Atlantic | 44th | 61st |
| Florida International | 50th | 26th |
| Florida State | 65th | 90th |
| Fresno State | 22nd | 71st |
| Georgia | 95th | 69th |
| Georgia Southern | 64th | 84th |
| Georgia State | 22nd | 75th |
| Georgia Tech | 92nd | 89th |
| Hawai'i | 33rd | 87th |
| Houston | 61st | 29th |
| Idaho | 30th | 78th |
| Idaho State | 93rd | 14th |
| Illinois | 79th | 95th |
| Indiana | 97th | 98th |
| Iowa | 74th | 19th |
| Iowa State | 80th | 58th |
| Jacksonville State | 59th | 56th |
| James Madison | 77th | 52nd |
| Kansas | 99th | 82nd |
| Kansas State | 37th | 59th |
| Kennesaw State | 44th | 67th |
| Kent State | 15th | 5th |
| Kentucky | 62nd | 29th |
| LSU | 18th | 52nd |
| Lafayette | 0th | 12th |
| Liberty | 65th | 53rd |
| Lindenwood | 4th | 1st |
| Long Island University | 24th | 78th |
| Louisiana | 24th | 23rd |
| Louisiana Tech | 41st | 24th |
| Louisville | 84th | 32nd |
| Maine | 3rd | 18th |
| Marshall | 71st | 62nd |
| Maryland | 11th | 86th |
| Massachusetts | 5th | 9th |
| Memphis | 75th | 68th |
| Merrimack | 1st | 83rd |
| Miami | 80th | 64th |
| Miami (OH) | 33rd | 39th |
| Michigan | 73rd | 74th |
| Michigan State | 48th | 39th |
| Middle Tennessee | 69th | 47th |
| Minnesota | 35th | 33rd |
| Mississippi State | 52nd | 35th |
| Missouri | 76th | 50th |
| Missouri State | 32nd | 50th |
| Murray State | 1st | 6th |
| NC State | 58th | 71st |
| Navy | 95th | 72nd |
| Nebraska | 78th | 51st |
| Nevada | 17th | 16th |
| New Mexico | 38th | 60th |
| New Mexico State | 16th | 33rd |
| North Carolina | 14th | 30th |
| North Texas | 100th | 97th |
| Northern Illinois | 9th | 5th |
| Northwestern | 48th | 88th |
| Notre Dame | 88th | 99th |
| Ohio | 69th | 76th |
| Ohio State | 99th | 99th |
| Oklahoma | 39th | 41st |
| Oklahoma State | 14th | 7th |
| Old Dominion | 72nd | 79th |
| Ole Miss | 83rd | 95th |
| Oregon | 93rd | 55th |
| Oregon State | 54th | 25th |
| Penn State | 76th | 73rd |
| Pittsburgh | 35th | 56th |
| Purdue | 46th | 88th |
| Rice | 20th | 0th |
| Rutgers | 71st | 84th |
| SMU | 50th | 57th |
| Sam Houston | 26th | 4th |
| San Diego State | 84th | 1st |
| San José State | 68th | 70th |
| South Alabama | 53rd | 28th |
| South Carolina | 31st | 8th |
| South Carolina State | 10th | 3rd |
| South Florida | 86th | 46th |
| Southern Miss | 27th | 38th |
| Stanford | 12th | 12th |
| Syracuse | 19th | 10th |
| TCU | 63rd | 82nd |
| Temple | 85th | 22nd |
| Tennessee | 97th | 81st |
| Texas | 27th | 61st |
| Texas A&M | 88th | 59th |
| Texas State | 60th | 93rd |
| Texas Tech | 45th | 65th |
| Toledo | 67th | 42nd |
| Troy | 18th | 27th |
| Tulane | 81st | 86th |
| Tulsa | 43rd | 43rd |
| UAB | 34th | 94th |
| UCF | 39th | 20th |
| UCLA | 28th | 48th |
| UConn | 96th | 37th |
| UL Monroe | 13th | 14th |
| UNLV | 78th | 85th |
| USC | 94th | 90th |
| UT Martin | 2nd | 41st |
| UTEP | 3rd | 10th |
| UTSA | 67th | 92nd |
| Utah | 87th | 96th |
| Utah State | 31st | 49th |
| Vanderbilt | 90th | 100th |
| Virginia | 36th | 73rd |
| Virginia Tech | 59th | 21st |
| Wake Forest | 21st | 31st |
| Washington | 98th | 93rd |
| Washington State | 61st | 44th |
| West Virginia | 12th | 18th |
| Western Kentucky | 55th | 80th |
| Western Michigan | 86th | 16th |
| Wisconsin | 6th | 27th |
| Wyoming | 23rd | 15th |
Halftime identity
1st-half offense ranks 91st percentile in FBS; 2nd-half, 97th — competitive snaps only, garbage time excluded from both halves.
Schedule mirage
Raw EPA/play through week 21 is 0.35; 98th percentile once opponent strength is stripped out, it's 0.11. The widest gap came in week 2: 0.47 raw vs. 0.09 adjusted.
Utah reads strongest in rushing epa (top 1%) and passing epa allowed (top 1%); the crux lives in rushing epa allowed, where Utah sits at the 15th percentile.
offense · strengths lead
defense · higher bar = harder to play against
hidden math · special situations
Most Similar Programs · Utah
Static-attribute similarity across tier, archetype, conference, and voice. Not a prediction — a calibration.
Home-Field Advantage · Utah · 2018-present
82% home win rate vs 59% on the road. margin runs +9.7 better at home. Rice-Eccles Stadium seats 51,444, averaging 102% full (52,312 attendance, 25 games reported).
Positional competition · WR/TE room
Ryan Davis (WR) and Dallen Bentley (TE) split the targets (76/149 vs 73/149) -- but the job isn't split the same way. Dallen Bentley produces in bigger chunks.
What changed
The biggest shift: red-zone pass rate moved down 9 points. The rest held closer to steady.
The biggest shift: red-zone pass rate moved up 13 points. The rest held closer to steady.
Season by season
Defensive identity · pass zones
On short passes, Utah’s defense allows a completion rate below the FBS mean (60.3% vs 65.9% league-wide, shrunk toward the mean for its 137-play sample) — mid-pack, 5 of 133 qualifying defenses.
We won’t show a deep-ball leaderboard here: at the defense level, most teams face well under 30 rich-feed deep targets all season — too thin to tell a real tendency from noise, so we won’t guess.
59°F average kickoff temp; 5% of games had measurable precipitation; 8 mph average wind.
Based on 73 home games with weather data.
12 seasons inside the CFP era, no bids yet — the era the program is still trying to break into.
Utah's 2014–2025 record is 102-48. The era is still being written; the CFP line is the one the program is arguing for.
Week-by-week rivalry heat isn't tracked yet for this matchup — check back as the 2026-27 season approaches and real fan-intel signal accumulates.
Who's more worked up right now
Cross-fanbase rivalry sentiment for this matchup hasn't been measured yet this week — both sides show as neutral until real signal comes in.
THE LAST 5 · year-by-year
All-Time Record
since 1900 · 124 seasons · .582 win rate
Kyle Whittingham built Utah into a program that out-toughed every conference it entered — 21 years, the 2008 Sugar Bowl over Alabama, back-to-back Pac-12 titles. Then he left for Michigan. The question on the Wasatch is whether the culture goes with the man.
Utah's identity was never recruitingly constructed. Urban Meyer's 2004 undefeated team, Whittingham's 2008 team that blew out Alabama in the Sugar Bowl, the 2021-2022 Pac-12 championships — the through-line is toughness, defensive discipline, and the specific institutional advantage of a program that genuinely did not care what the rankings said about it. The Utes walked into every league they joined and won it. The Mighty Utah Student Section at Rice-Eccles is one of the genuinely loud environments in the sport. The Block U on the Wasatch mountainside watches the games from above. None of that is borrowed culture.
Whittingham left in December 2025, after a 44-21 Las Vegas Bowl win over Nebraska that capped an 11-2 season. He didn't retire — he went to Michigan, a bigger job, which is a different kind of departure. Utah promoted Morgan Scalley, a 20-year program staffer and defensive coordinator, to replace him. The internal fracture is quiet but real: the faction that trusts the culture is in the building, not the man, against the faction that watched 21 years of a single coach's operating system leave in a car to Ann Arbor.
Devon Dampier returns at quarterback after an All-Big 12 2025. The schedule lands in the Big 12, where Utah has been since 2024. The 2026 season will answer the culture question — not definitively, but empirically. Scalley's Utah will either look like the program Whittingham built or it will look like a transition. The Utes have given the rest of the country no reason to expect a transition.
Wasatch grit is a real scheme: Whittingham's Utah ran a physical, defense-first, special-teams-obsessed system that prioritized winning the line of scrimmage over winning the recruiting rankings. Scalley inherits the defensive coordinator role as his own strength, and Devon Dampier provides continuity at QB with a quick-read spread attack that complements the run game. The 2026 identity question is whether the team stays physical enough at the point of attack to out-tough Big 12 opponents the way it out-toughed Pac-12 opponents — the same bet, new environment.
Utah 2016–2025. Holding the line. The 10-year slope (+0.06 rungs / yr) doesn't tilt either way — the program lives at roughly Tier 4.
12 seasons on file
down middle peak CFP year
Season Standing · 2025 · 11-2 · CFP #15 / AP #15
Utah: Top 15 nationally. NY6-bowl conversation.
Big 12 Standing · 2025
Utah is 3rd in the Big 12 at 7-2. 2 teams above — that's the direct path to the title game.
| # | Program | Record |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Texas Tech | 9-1 |
| 2 | BYU | 8-2 |
| 3 | Utah | 7-2 |
| 4 | Arizona | 7-3 |
| 5 | Arizona State | 6-3 |
| 6 | Houston | 6-3 |
| 7 | Cincinnati | 5-4 |
| 8 | Iowa State | 5-4 |
| 9 | TCU | 5-4 |
| 10 | Kansas State | 5-5 |
| 11 | Baylor | 3-6 |
| 12 | Kansas | 3-6 |
| 13 | UCF | 2-7 |
| 14 | West Virginia | 2-7 |
| 15 | Colorado | 1-8 |
| 16 | Oklahoma State | 0-9 |
Coaching Era · Utah
Morgan Scalley took over from Kyle Whittingham for the 2026 season.
Three gameday rituals — the ones outsiders never quite catch.
since 2003
The MUSS, founded 2003, is the most-organized student section in CFB — choreographed call-and-response, sustained third-down noise, the 'Utah Man' fight song full-volume. Visiting QBs cite it as the loudest student section in the Mountain West and Pac-12 they faced.
since 1907
The whitewashed concrete 'U' on the foothills above Salt Lake City. Students hike up before big games; the post-game tradition of repainting it after wins predates the program's modern peak.
since 1896
Utah-BYU has the most religious-cultural weight of any CFB rivalry. The state-pride stakes, the LDS-vs-secular framing, the trophy (the Beehive Boot rotation), 130+ year history. Suspended 2014-2023 by conference geography; resumed via Big 12 (2024).
Program memory
Most weeks vanish. These didn’t.
2009
Whittingham's 13-0 Utes blow out Alabama to finish undefeated
2022
Utah wins the conference it was told it didn't belong in — twice
2025
After 21 years, the program's defining coach leaves for a bigger job
Wound
Moment of the Year · Utah · 2025
Week 18 of 2025. Postseason win — the season-defining moment.
Bowl / Postseason Ledger
Most recent: 2025 — win 44-22 (home). Last 5 postseason: 1-4.
NFL Draft Pipeline
2022–202613 picks last 5 cycles. Reliable mid-tier pipeline.
Unit lineage
FBS-relative efficiency percentile per season (2014–2025), same population as the Coordinator Mirror board. Dashed vertical lines mark a coordinator change.
Hired for 2026: Kevin McGiven — not yet reflected in on-field data.
Hired for 2026: Colton Swan — not yet reflected in on-field data.
All-time top community posts · ranked by upvotes
Utah · Next-Season Outcome Band
Recruiting Footprint · 2026
Fanbase Health Index · Utah · high confidence
2025 stat leaders
How They Play · 2025
Most Similar Programs · Utah
Season Standing · 2025 · 11-2 · CFP #15 / AP #15
Coaching Era · Utah
Moment of the Year · Utah · 2025
Bowl / Postseason Ledger
NFL Draft Pipeline