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Utes vault up rankings to No. 16

NCAA Football: Utah at UCLA Kelvin Kuo-USA TODAY Sports

The Utes are locked in right now, and they’re playing some great football. They won four straight games in blowout fashion, and some voters are taking notice. These polls will cease to matter on Tuesday when the College Football Playoff Top 25 is released, but for the sake of discussion here’s the polls from both the AP and the Coaches.

AP Poll:

  1. Alabama
  2. Clemson
  3. Notre Dame
  4. LSU
  5. Michigan
  6. Georgia
  7. Oklahoma
  8. Ohio State
  9. UCF
  10. Washington State
  11. Kentucky
  12. WVU
  13. Florida
  14. Penn State
  15. Texas
  16. Utah
  17. Houston
  18. Utah State
  19. Iowa
  20. Fresno State
  21. Mississippi State
  22. Syracuse
  23. Virginia
  24. Boston College
  25. Texas A&M

Coaches Poll

  1. Alabama
  2. Clemson
  3. Notre Dame
  4. LSU
  5. Michigan
  6. Georgia
  7. Oklahoma
  8. Ohio State
  9. UCF
  10. WVU
  11. Washington State
  12. Kentucky
  13. Penn State
  14. Florida
  15. Texas
  16. Utah
  17. Houston
  18. Iowa
  19. Washington
  20. USU
  21. Mississippi State
  22. Virginia
  23. Fresno State
  24. Syracuse
  25. Boston College

Obviously, Washington State and Utah are th flag bearers for the Pac-12 now, especially after this last weekend, which did Utah a lot of favors. I don’t think Stanford should have been penalized too much, because they are still dangerous. Also, how about the Aggies of USU jumping into the teens in the AP poll, just behind the Utes? Good for them.

The question is where will the Playoff Committee have Utah? They’ve traditionally given the Utes a lot of love, and I’d expect them in about the same range when that first poll comes out Tuesday.