Colorado Goes Back-to-Back with Utah

SALT LAKE CITY – JR Payne and Co., close the current four-game road trip with a visit to mountain rival Utah on Friday. The Buffaloes and Utes will play the season series back-to-back for the first time since the 2017-18 season.

Colorado (13-4, 2-4 Pac-12) is hoping to right the ship this weekend, having lost its last four contests. The Buffs have spent three weeks in the Top-25 this season, the first time Colorado has been ranked three times in a season since 2016-17.

CU's road trip began with a rescheduled game at Oregon State on Jan. 17. CU played in two back-to-back overtime games between OSU and its next game at Arizona State. The Buffs' first two losses of the trip were by a slim…