“While I’m taking my share of mockery now for having ranked Utah No. 1 the past several weeks, the fact is the Utes had earned it to that point.”
The University of Utah football team fell to No. 13 in the Associated Press poll after losing to USC 42-24 on Saturday, but various writers have the Utes in different places in their power rankings.
A sampling:
Fox Sports' Stewart Mandel was a big fan of the Utes over the first six weeks of the season, putting them No. 1 in the country for much of that stretch.