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2022 Preseason Utah Utes Rankings

Main Poll Voters

User Rank Reason
VerySeriousBanana 1
Casaiir 3
Charlemagne42 3 Utah has no excuse to lose a single game this season until they make their playoff debut. Where they will lose in the first round to an Ohio State team that won't be beaten all year, but make it look close enough to give them the #3 spot.
kdcoltred 3
Lex_Ludorum 3
orbania 3
ToeInDigDeep 3
Arteza147 4
badgers4194 4
Bank_Gothic 4
Blazeth 4
CambodianDrywall 4
Ch-i-ef 4
cornholesurfer 4
dabul-master 4
Hackasizlak 4
Hobbes_121 4
hypercube42342 4
ikindalikelemons 4
JCiLee 4
jmac_21 4
kflinderman 4
lillipup03 4
MoneyManeVick 4
monkeymatt1836 4
MrTheSpork 4 Great season and a good chunk return; unlucky (3 single-possession losses); long-term coaching staff; good recruiting. Utah is far from perfect but there are fewer questions about them than most every team below.
MWiatrak2077 4
Nathanael-Greene 4
NyquillusDillwad20 4
outthawazoo 4
Polarbear1914 4
RegionalBias 4
RheagarTargaryen 4 PAC12 champs returning 8 offensive starters including their QB from a team that put up 45 points on Ohio State in the Rose Bowl.
RiffRamBahZoo 4
SCRx 4
Sometimeswelose 4
spsellers 4
stesser 4
StevvieV 4
12panther 5
311polo 5
_fastball 5
BallSoHerd 5
boxman151515 5
bretticus733 5 Utah brings back the power duo of QB Cam Rising and RB Tavion Thomas, but will have work to do to replace over half the defense. How will Utah handle being favorites rather than underdogs for once?
buckeyegold 5
Corgi_Koala 5
Daigotsu 5
dicky_________seamus 5
DrKennethJNoisewater 5
Feral_Squirrel 5
Helifino 5
Hey_Its_Roomie 5
HUSKEROYAL 5
IceColdDrPepper_Here 5
JustAManAndHisLaptop 5
kamiller2020 5
KommanderKeen-a42 5
LeWoofle 5
malowry0124 5
myghtymouse 5
owl_man 5 Kyle Whittingham will deserve a statue in-front of Rice-Eccles when he finally retires. How many coaches follow up the man that coached arguable the best BCS busting team of all time with making his team possibly the most under-rated consistent winner since Wisconsin under Bielema?
PHubbs 5
PrimalCookie 5
RollWarTideEagle 5
Staind075 5
SteemieRayVaughn 5
tdeff19 5
thegreendalegelf 5
thexraptor 5
turkishguy 5
ucieaters33 5
wameron 5
WarEagle9 5
arrowfan624 6
Blooblod 6
ChargerFan2121 6
CommodoreN7 6
cota1212 6
crimsonlaw 6
dan4223 6
DarkLegend64 6 Definitely the Pac 12 team with the most potential this season.
Dropbackandpunt 6
icklebush 6
jjjoebox 6
Johnnycockseed 6
Longvols 6
MahjongDaily 6
not_folie 6
nw____ 6 How can you not root for this team? They bring a ton of key pieces back. If they can play their physical style of ball and beat Florida, we'll probably know everything we need to know about them-- and see them in Vegas.
olmsted 6
physedka 6
Rakarei 6
RavenclawWiz816 6
realclean 6
Red261 6
ScarletFever333 6
SpadeRyker 6 Similar to Baylor, they lose a few key players but return most of a nearly CFP level team. The success of the team will rest primarily in the hands of their QB as he seeks to lead the Utes to the promised land.
srs_house 6
T-nawtical 6
tdoger 6
teddythe3rd 6
TheJeemTeam 6
ThePelvicWoo 6 Beta_Rank has the Utes at number 9, but I slid them ahead of a couple of teams that had coaching changes.
TheZachster 6
TouchdownHeroes 6
UNC_Samurai 6
woakley 6 Middling in terms of returning production (#58), but strong season last year headlined by giving Ohio State all they could handle.
WolverineDDS 6
BamaPride95 7
BosskOnASegway 7
Branzilla91 7
captain_sasquatch 7
CptCheese 7
darkra01 7
GoBlueScrewOSU7 7
grjohnst 7
itsabearcannon 7
King-Clover 7
LiptonCB 7
nemoran 7
one98d 7
Our-Gardian-Angel 7
PalmettoFace 7
Pollaski 7
puffadda 7
PumpSmash 7
RobertNeyland 7
sasmith2015 7
TaylorLeprechaun 7
The_Horse_Joke 7
tmothy07 7
TrojanMan35T 7
vanburen1845 7
ya111101 7
admiraltarkin 8
bwburke94 8
Darth_Ra 8
Drexlore 8
hascogrande 8
HelioOne 8
JeromesNiece 8
joebob431 8
Maladroit44 8
mellolizard 8
Mr_Brews 8
nburt13 8
No11223456 8
Omegaus492 8
peachios 8 can they lead the pac as it all fizzles into sadness
Pikachu1989 8
pileatedloon 8
placid_salad 8
PromEmperorHarbaugh 8 Good returning production and expectations are high.
scronko 8
SportingMoose 8
tauzeta 8
TDenverFan 8
ThaCarter 8
TheReformedBadger 8
thomasosu 8
Thorteris 8
wesman212 8
Zloggt 8
Cassiyus 9
CockADoodleBOOM 9
deadtofall12 9
doggo816 9
eclectic_tastes 9 I've moved them up slowly throughout the offseason, and a lot of that has to do with watching Cam Rising games from last season. Rising should help field a capable offense, and there are some real playmakers on defense. Excited to see if they can live up to the hype.
halldaylong 9
HarbingerOfFun 9
Jakesnake42 9
practicallybert 9
sirgippy 9
Texasagsman 9
zacheiny 9
Chucky1539 10
corundum9 10
cyclonepsycho 10
djowen68 10
falconlover79 10
galacticdude7 10
GilBrandt 10
rain_parkour 10
seaotter2 10
ALStark69 11 +4
CFBHurts 11
fourpinz8 11
jlh2b 11
NoMorning6152 11
owlalwaysloveyew 11
retnuh101 11
typicaliconoclast 11
52hoova 12
EpicSchwinn 12 They’re my favorites for the Pac 12 this year. They will inexplicably drop a couple games at 1AM along the way, but I see them in Pasadena. If they keep their nose clean through the Pac 12 meat grinder, maybe even Glendale.
GeauxTri 12
I_am_bot_beep_boop 12
Xtremeloco 12
bakonydraco 13 68.07
BigBoutros 13
COLU_BUS 13
nbingham196 13
plannedsickdays 13
Striker743 13
T-Thugs 13
TimeBroken 13
coogs35 14
Fmeson 14
notyogrannysgrandkid 14
chweris 15
dogwoodmaple 15
e8odie 15
fo13 15
molodyets 15
Shrektastic28 15
Meany_Vizzini 16 Starting score: 13.2. #24/#13/#12

Tier level: #11-#19

Ceiling: #4

Floor: #64
AlphaH4wk 18
Impudicity2001 18
noahthearc 18 120.6 points -> NY6 Favorite. The top team and only ranked team in the PAC, the Utes bring back a good team with solid additions. Big test in week one to prove their merits.
aggiebruin27 20
A_Rolling_Baneling 21
relax_on_the_mat 21

Provisional Poll Voters

User Rank Reason
PleasantElevator8340 3
beaver333 4
ch1l1_ch33s3 4
Dawg-Bite 4
donald_flap 4 Utah is my playoff dark horse, after their performance in the Rose Bowl I think they are ready to make the next jump to championship competition, especially with Cameron Rising.
DownshiftGD 4
eeman0201 4 Lots of returners and locked spot if undefeated which is very likely
Fantastic-Calendar-9 4
FourteenClocks 4
giveupanddie 4
Harpua99 4 Belong until we see what happens in GV
hdbutler 4
I-AMA-KarmaWhore-AMA 4
ianmcmoney 4
Jaymoney00 4
MaxMan1300 4 Few unknowns compared to other potential #4 teams
Muffinnnnnnn 4
pianoprofiteer 4
PositivityKnight 4
romulusjsp 4
Sflabuckeye13 4
stevensmeister 4 Tons of production returning from a team that pushed Ohio State in the Rose Bowl. Best in the PAC-12 to start.
tapswitch 4
thatoneguyD13 4
thetrain23 4
WBLwiffleball 4
zachismadewell 4 A top 10 team returning 86% of their production in a weak conference. What more can I say except I love the Utes
70277027 5
Archaic_1 5
BananaBouquet 5
Beck4ou 5
bethe2ndmouse 5
ChaseTheFalcon 5
DaveSoccer 5
Dontworryaboutit1 5
fredmerc111 5 Should be the betting favorite in the PAC, strong showing last year + bowl game.
ggskater 5
Guhraffe 5
herrkatze5 5
Hippiehypocrit 5
IMissMW2Lobbies 5
Lobro986 5
Matthias382 5
mcdsmaster8824 5
mcguffinman 5 Utah would have made the playoffs last year if Cameron Rising was QB every game. They're going to be scary good this year.
Megalomanizac 5
PaulMSURon 5
Pure_Protein_Machine 5
sconbon 5 I predict they’ll win the P12, make the CFP
spartan_mk 5
Terminal_BAS 5
The_Good_Constable 5
Vandelay_Industries- 5
zachw900 5
AnAngryPanda1 6
BertGallagher 6
CanAWoodChuckChuck 6
DaewooLanosMFerrr 6
diehardcubforever 6
GoCardinals74 6
hershculez 6
iDevourer 6
KyleAg06 6
MADBuc49 6
nebsA1 6
RaceScottRace 6 I love the Utes. They play with some dawg in them, if you know what I mean. They're the only team in the Pac 12 that was like that last year. It carried them to the Rose Bowl. They could be in the playoff hunt if they perform much better out of conference compared to last year.
RedassAddict 6
rocco2246 6
Temporary-Profit-643 6
Valiantlycaustic 6
bannista7 7
Cade_Ezra 7
camryn_16 7
drneilpretenamen 7
grahamca 7
Is_Flacco_Elite 7
JBGolden 7
jthomas694 7 Veteran well coached team with a talented QB.
LamarcusAldrige1234 7
ManiacalBlazer 7
mynameisotis 7
NeverDieKris 7
OSUfan88 7
perspicacious_crumb 7
redrumsoxLoL 7
Sebene 7
swdanley17 7
TXUSAW 7
UCFData 7
brucewaynewins 8
Butternades 8
dusklord1 8 Can Utah not crap the bed when they are preseason Pac12 favorites and a dark horse playoff contender? Last year, after returning QB Cam Rising became their starter, they played like a playoff team, particularly in their blowout wins over Oregon. They should be favored in every game except maybe @Oregon. If they can avoid multiple random Pac12 After Dark upsets, they should be back to the Rose Bowl. However, there should be a bit more competition in the Pac 12 than normal, between Oregon, a resurgent and very talented USC, and dark horse Oregon State.
funf_ 8
horaff 8
Igwanea 8
JamoRedhead 8
jaybigs 8
mdbryan84 8
PSUMediaPA 8
secoja8 8
Steelthornn 8
the-robo-boogie 8
TheBeekman8 8
TommyTwoTaps 8
asbestosman2 9
colonel750 9
Huntkv 9
JustinMSU21 9
newSomberMan 9
RJEP22 9 MCR: 11.28
UVUboi2 9
wingen77 9
Xarathustria 9
dschinghiskhan 10
ewolfy13 10
frone 10
iliveintexas 10
mthompson2320 10
OldCoaly 10
the_lost_carrot 10 12.5 13.64285714 13.64285714 12.41666667 10.5 15.25 4.75 3.375 22.375 7.2282
WitchKing17 10
the_neverdoctor 11
BRNXB0MBERS 12
noffinater 12
True_Ad5324 16
DaVols 18
TadKosciuszko 18
Ruhrgebietheld 19
CallMeTheKing 21
Devintheroaster 21
RealignmentJunkie 21
Tatertaint 21
catman1256 22
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