FILE - This Oct. 31, 2015, file photo, Utah head coach Kyle Whittingham looks on in the first quarter during an NCAA college football game against Oregon State, in Salt Lake City. There is no rivalry between Utah and Colorado. Neither team is ranked, the Buffalos are out of the bowl picture and the Utes are out of Pac-12 championship contention. There's little on the line in the regular-season finale for the two programs.(AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)
The assumption at this point would be Utah is over the "Rodney Dangerfield" era of Pac-12 relevancy — especially after a 10-3 season in which the Utes were ranked in the top three of the AP Top 25 at one point.