Utah

8-0

Week 10 · updated Wednesday, Nov 4

Utah, 8-0 and No. 3, hosts No. 7 BYU on Saturday, Nov 7.

Fan mood in the week of the Cincinnati game: all in

Fan mood in each Utah game week this season

Compared with other fanbases in r/CFB game threads that week. Each row is a week, named for its game; the further right the dot, the brighter the talk.

sourerbrighterbefore the seasonnot enough talk to readvs Arkansas W 43-10on the bright sidevs Utah State W 33-0on the bright sideat Iowa State W 31-17on the bright sidevs Kansas W 41-24middle of the packat Colorado W 27-24on the sour sidevs Houston W 21-13middle of the packat Cincinnati W 49-25all insourerbrighterbefore the seasonnot enough talk to readSep 12vs ArkansasW 43-10on the bright sideSep 19vs Utah StateW 33-0on the bright sideSep 26at Iowa StateW 31-17on the bright sideOct 10vs KansasW 41-24middle of the packOct 17at ColoradoW 27-24on the sour sideOct 24vs HoustonW 21-13middle of the packOct 31at CincinnatiW 49-25all in
  • W 66-14 vs Idaho
  • W 43-10 vs Arkansas
  • W 33-0 vs Utah State
  • W 31-17 at Iowa State
  • W 41-24 vs Kansas
  • W 27-24 at Colorado
  • W 21-13 vs Houston
  • W 49-25 at Cincinnati
  • Next: vs BYU, Saturday, Nov 7

Scores ours first.

Holy War

BYU has won the last three meetings.

Kalani Sitake is 3-4 against Utah as a head coach.

The playoff simulation gives Utah a 64% chance at home against BYU on Saturday, Nov 7.

In the playoff simulation, the BYU game has a playoff place on it for Utah.

BYU game on Now

What the BYU game is worth

Since the last game

Utah won 49-25 at Cincinnati.

The whole Cincinnati game

How fan mood is read

Fan mood compares what Utah fans wrote in r/CFB game threads with every FBS fanbase with enough talk that week. A week runs Monday to Sunday and is named for the game in it. The read is redrawn 300 times from the same commenters, re-ranking every fanbase each time. Sour or all in means the read sat in the bottom or top fifth in at least 70 of every 100 draws; on the sour side or on the bright side, in the bottom or top two fifths in at least 80; anything less settled is middle of the pack. A bright label also needs more positive talk than negative, and a sour one the reverse. Brighter or sourer than usual compares the week with the team's own earlier weeks, after taking out how every fanbase read that week. Each dot sits at the read's rank that week. A week read before these labels keeps the word it was first given, the fifth it sat in (sour, uneasy, mixed, hopeful or all in). Season averages are the mean of a season's reads, in fifths from sour to all in, and seasons before 2026 were read from each week's wider talk, so a comparison across seasons is rough.

Fan mood, week by week

Mood over time

Position = mood · width = volume · color = the kind of feeling

What the message boards say

Message boards

Via UteFans

What the reporters say

What reporters say

11 quotes collected this season

What the beat said, in their own words.

We were really just waiting for the right call, and we got the right call and it happened.
Scalley · Daily Utah Chroniclethe day after Utah's 2026 game against Cincinnati
Now’s the time of year where, you know, you’re seeing head coaches lose their jobs, play callers being demoted … I don’t think it’s time to panic
Whittingham · On3the day after the 21-13 game
My parents are going to my brother’s game, so I’m just going to stay home for the Utah-Houston game
Taukiuvea · On33 days before the Houston game

More in this tab

Fan chatter

Fan chatterThe loudest night of the season and what a usual night looks like.

Fan chatter this season

Busy

The loudest night was the 66-14 win over Idaho.

FirstSecondThirdFourthUtah fansIdaho fansusual

A usual night for Utah fans is busy.

Arguments

The argumentThe one thing this fanbase can't agree on, with receipts.

Inside the fanbase: all 10 corners

Cr/CFB
GGoogle News
LLocked On
MMountain West Connection
CCampus paper
UUteFans
BBluesky
YYouTube
8 outlets & communities talking

The split, staged

Warmest corner+0.10
Local
Most bought-in cohort
vs
Coldest corner+0.02
Bettors
Coolest cohort

How Utah fans actually talk

Rr/CFBFan talk

Why don’t other teams in the top 10 just win their highly contested games? Are they stupid?!

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One of the crowd’s most upvoted takes — read for mood, not as a side. The cohort read is the measured part.

From the team’s own coverage

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Locked On

Holy War: Utah Utes Must Break Losing Streak vs. Byu | Big 12 Recruiting Impact Looms Large

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All 10 corners of the fanbase

negative
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positive
Bettors+0.02 to Local+0.10

Cohort sentiment is a source-weighted model read — never a quote pinned to a person.

What this fanbase keeps coming back to

fan energy
33%
recent results
21%
where the program is headed
11%
the rankings
7%
offense
6%

Topics are model-labeled from Reddit — a rough signal of what this fanbase is circling right now.

week 10. The sources and the divergence rank are measured. Cohort labels and sentiment are a source-weighted model estimate, never a quote attributed to a person.
ArgumentsRecurring arguments this fanbase keeps returning to.

What fans are saying

rivalryOne fan's take

One fan believes Utah-BYU games have intense emotional weight

that rivalry was/is so UNBELIEVABLY toxic + hate filled that conference standing stakes were COMPLETELY unnecessary for both schools to care about that game more than literally any other on their respective schedules.

Based on 1 comment from 1 poster across 1 thread · Oct 29, 2026 · via Josh Pate's College Football Show

rivalryOne fan's take

One fan thinks Utah fans support USU when they play common opponents

That’s why this isn’t a rivalry at all. I think most Ute fans root for USU, especially against Boise and ByU

Based on 1 comment from 1 poster across 1 thread · Sep 19, 2026 · via CFB

scheme identityOne fan's take

One fan thinks better blocking schemes improve rushing yards

I still want to see some normal inside zone runs from Parker... Let's see if the O-Line can move people in the run game because you're gonna need to do that at some point against better teams

Based on 1 comment from 1 poster across 1 thread · Sep 19, 2026 · via CFB

program directionOne fan's take that season

One fan believes ASU is a top-tier competitor in their conference

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

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program directionOne fan's take

One fan argues his team identity is built on resilience

Your team, frightens me every year lol not just when they play Utah. It’s every highly ranked team Kansas plays against. You just take them down, every year haha

Based on 1 comment from 1 poster across 1 thread · Oct 11, 2026 · via CFB

player performanceOne fan's take that season

One fan thinks the team struggles to bring down ball carriers consistently

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

player performanceOne fan's take that season

One fan believes Utah’s defense is struggling to stop the run

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

scheme identityOne fan's take that season

One fan believes Utah’s rushing yards lead to wins

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

Rival talk

The obsessionThe rival this fanbase can't stop bringing up.
Rent Free · r/CFB fan posts, 2026 season
Utah fans 31% of posts bring up another team▼1pp quieter#54 of 77 saltiest · mostly about Cincinnati
Who Utah fans can’t stop bringing up
  1. Cincinnati6%
  2. Georgia4%
  3. Nebraska4%
  4. Florida4%
  5. Michigan4%
share of Utah’s football posts that mention each team
Utah lives rent-free in
  1. Utah State37%
  2. BYU18%
  3. Arkansas12%
  4. Colorado State10%
  5. Houston7%
share of each rival fanbase’s football posts that bring up Utah
Rivalry wordsNumbers from Words for this program and its tier-1 rival, staged side by side.
What the sport says about this rivalry 2026 season · from Words

The watchlist words in play for this rivalry, Utah vs. BYU, staged head to head. A number is how much a program uses that word against the average FBS program — above or below 1.0× — not raw volume, and not a claim about who says it about whom.

Utah BYU
The whole board →

How Utah fans talk

Who they talk aboutThe people this fanbase names more than anyone else does.
Who they talk about Against the field · 2026 season

The names this fanbase says more than anyone else does — players, coaches, the places they keep coming back to. Not slang: these are the people carrying the conversation.

Morgan Scalley
×291.6 the field
Signature — named ≥10× as often as the rest of college football
Morgan Scalley×291.6
Devon Dampier×137.9
Pat McAfee×71.0
Byrd Ficklin×1236.0
Wayshawn Parker×375.3

“Our QB doesn’t need to be doing that up 40 in the 4th though Scalley”

reddit/CFB · fan post
Fans on Morgan Scalley
  1. I’m worried they’ll try to poach Scalley… Utah isn’t exactly a “top job” money talks…
  2. Scalley can keep these guys focused even with all the noise, but Arizona will be up for
  3. Biggest disappointment of the season so far tbh. What a great first year for Scalley. ITS HATE WEEK BABY
  4. Who is the Hulk Hogan looking guy that stands by Scalley?
  5. Gonna erase all our style points because Morgan Scalley wanted to have Damp keep playing.
  6. Scalley bro it’s time to let the Byrd fly
  7. Coach Scalley got that smug look on his face like he knows something none of us do
  8. Scalley has only ever coached at Utah at any level.
What they're calledThe slang the sport reaches for about this program more than most.
What the sport calls them 2026 season · from Words

How often college football reaches for these watchlist words about Utah — against the average FBS program, or against their own usual rate — said by rival fans and national media as readily as by their own people.

  • “aura”1.7×more than the average program · #8 of 48
  • “fraud”1.5×more than the average program · #3 of 34
The whole board →
Voice profileHow this fanbase sounds vs. every other fanbase.
Measured
Optimism
45th
Joy
65th
Anger
54th
Doom
71st
Sarcasm
14th
Vs the 127 highest-volume fanbases - 2026 season
Vocabulary by eraThe words that defined each chapter of this program.

Season vocabulary

2026houston
houstonwhittnotredamenotre dameindiana
Not clear and obvious, touchdown houston?
2025defense
defensekickerrunwyomingyardsbaylor
So fucking demoralizing for the defense.
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