Utes ranked 18th in 2009 Coaches Poll
by JazzyUte on Aug 7, 2009 4:43 AM MDT
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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
Well BSU does play Tulsa on the road.
And Tulsa’s offense could keep up with them.
But you’re right. The worst I see the Broncos going is 11-1.
The worst i see Utah going is 8-4.
And not because I think BSU is leaps and bounds better than Utah, but because the MWC is leaps and bounds better than the WAC.
by JazzyUte on Aug 7, 2009 1:31 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Not too bad...
it would be really nice to see Boise St. stumble early out of the gates against someone so that the MWC gets all the non-BCS love and attention.
3 teams in the top 25 to start the year is pretty good.
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
by slc ranger on Aug 7, 2009 10:37 AM MDT reply actions 0 recs
Oh and anyone know where the Big East is?
haha
by JazzyUte on Aug 7, 2009 1:35 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs
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