It's not first, but it's still damn good!
Utah received 16 first place votes, USC only one and Florida with the rest.
Who would have thought the Utes would finish 2nd when the season started? Seriously?
Awesome!
GO UTES!
RANK
TEAM
RECORD
PTS
LAST
1
Florida (48)
13-1
1606
1
2
Utah (16)
13-0
1519
7
3
Southern Cal (1)
12-1
1481
5
4
Texas
12-1
1478
3
5
Oklahoma
12-2
1391
2
6
Alabama
12-2
1264
4
7
TCU
11-2
1193
11
8
Penn St.
11-2
1153
6
9
Ohio St.
10-3
1013
10
10
Oregon
10-3
997
15
11
Boise St.
12-1
938
9
12
Texas Tech
11-2
916
8
13
Georgia
10-3
903
16
14
Mississippi
9-4
857
20
15
Virginia Tech
10-4
713
21
16
Oklahoma St.
9-4
534
13
17
Cincinnati
11-3
506
12
18
Oregon St.
9-4
467
24
19
Missouri
10-4
435
25
20
Iowa
9-4
317
NR
21
Florida St.
9-4
246
NR
22
Georgia Tech
9-4
223
14
23
West Virginia
9-4
144
NR
24
Michigan St.
9-4
138
19
25
BYU
10-3
137
17
Others receiving votes: California 128, Pittsburgh 106, LSU 95, Nebraska 64, Tulsa 61, Northwestern 53, Ball St. 13, Boston College 11, Rutgers 11, Rice 8, Arizona 4, Kansas 2.
First-place votes in parentheses
The Coaches Poll has also been released and it isn't nearly as kind to Utah. The Utes are ranked 4th there and you will see that they received one first place vote. I'm assuming that is from Kyle Whittingham.
Now what will happen to him? Not sure. But screw it, I bet it was the sweetest vote of his life. Also, how much do you want to bet some other BCS coaches pushed Utah down their list?
Oh well, we all know it's the AP that matters anyway. ;)
Team (first-place votes)
Virginia Tech
Missouri
Iowa
Florida State
California
Dropped out
No. 20 Northwestern (9-4, lost to then-No. 23 Missouri 30-23 OT in Alamo Bowl), No. 21 Pittsburgh (9-4, lost to then-No. 25 Oregon State 3-0 in Sun Bowl), No. 22 Ball State (12-2, lost to Tulsa 45-13 in GMAC Bowl).
Others receiving votes
West Virginia (9-4) 101; Tulsa (11-3) 68; LSU (8-5) 65; Northwestern (9-4) 63; Nebraska (9-4) 62; Pittsburgh (9-4) 38; Arizona (8-5) 21; Ball State (12-2) 14; Rice (10-3) 14; Boston College (9-5) 6; Rutgers (8-5) 5; Kansas (8-5) 3; Kentucky (7-6) 3; Connecticut (8-5) 2; Houston (8-5) 1.