The ESPN Pac-12 blog ranked the Pac-12 defenses going into the 2015 season on Thursday. Utah returns a lot of contributors from the 2014 season, and figure to have another very good defense, even without the likes of Nate Orchard and Eric Rowe. The Utes will be anchored by Hunter Dimick, Tevin Carter and Gionni Paul (among others) this season, and appear to be as deep as ever.
So where did ESPN.com rank the Utes in the Pac-12? Well, they placed them at No. 3 in the conference. While that's a very respectable ranking, I believe the Utes should be at least No.