Utes ranked 18th in 2009 Coaches Poll

by JazzyUte on Aug 7, 2009 4:43 AM MDT in Football Comment 7 comments

The 2009 Coaches Poll has been released and the Utes will start the season ranked 18th, just behind 17th ranked TCU. Boise State, the team most believe to crash the BCS, will start the season two spots ahead of the Utes at 16th.

BYU, who finished last season at 21st, barely gets into the poll this time around, coming in at 24th.

Oregon, the only other Utah opponent ranked, is at 14th.

I'll be honest, I'm surprised, I expected Utah to be ranked in the 20s, not 18th.

But I'll take it!

Here's the complete poll:

1. Florida

2. Texas

3. Oklahoma

4. USC

5. Alabama

6. Ohio State

7. Virginia Tech

8. Penn State

9. LSU

10. Mississippi

11. Oklahoma State

12. California

13. Georgia

14. Oregon

15. Georgia Tech

16. Boise State

17. TCU

18. Utah

19. Florida State

20. North Carolina

21. Iowa

22. Nebraska

23. Notre Dame

24. BYU

25. Oregon State

Others receiving votes (with 2008 records): Kansas (8-5) 138; Michigan State (9-4) 136; Texas Tech (11-2) 114; Cincinnati (11-3) 90; Pittsburgh (9-4) 64; West Virginia (9-4) 55; Rutgers (8-5) 51; Miami (Fla.) (7-6) 46; Missouri (10-4) 44; Illinois (5-7) 38; Clemson (7-6) 30; South Carolina (7-6) 18; UCLA (4-8) 14; Auburn (5-7) 12; Nevada (7-6) 11; South Florida (8-5) 11; Kentucky (7-6) 9; North Carolina State (6-7) 7; Arkansas (5-7) 6; Wisconsin (7-6) 6; Northwestern (9-4) 5; Southern Mississippi (7-6) 4; Wake Forest (8-5) 4; Arizona (8-5) 3; Boston College (9-5) 3; Central Michigan (8-5) 3; East Carolina (9-5) 3; Colorado (5-7) 2; Maryland (8-5) 2; Navy (8-5) 2; Tennessee (5-7) 2; Houston (8-5) 1; Michigan (3-9) 1; Minnesota (7-6) 1; Troy (8-5) 1.

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I'll take it.

I think Boise is a little low, and LSU is a little high, but I wouldn’t change their rankings by more than two or three spots.

by BoylenOver on Aug 7, 2009 5:06 AM MDT reply actions 0 recs

I certainly thought Utah would be ranked around where BYU is.

That shows how much respect the program holds, especially since it’s the Coaches (remember, they ranked Utah 4th to end the season).

Which makes me a bit more optimistic that the media will have us even higher, though I wouldn’t be surprised if they put Utah lower than 18th.

We shall see.

by JazzyUte on Aug 7, 2009 5:10 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

By the time the media poll comes out

we’ll have a QB, and that could be enough to put us closer to 15.

by BoylenOver on Aug 7, 2009 5:21 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

I think this may be the highest we get

I too am surprised, I actually thought TDS would be ahead of us and TCU would be a few more spots ahead. I think the NBC poll was what I expected except swapping Utah and TDS.

Boise is low depending on how they choose to rank. If you base it on how good the team actually is, then they may be about right. If you base it on where they will end up at the end of the year, Boise is too low. Boise will do no worse than 11-1and will finish in the top 12, regardless of what happens in the Oregon game (well, unless they get completely blown out).

by Swint on Aug 7, 2009 7:19 AM MDT reply actions 0 recs