Way Too Early Look at 2018: Pac-12 Opponent Evaluation

The 2017 season is a wrap, so let’s take a way too early look at 2018 Pac-12 opponents for the Utah Utes football team. We will look at each Pac-12 team on Utah’s schedule and talk about if the game will be easier or harder for Utah in 2018 compared to 2017. For this exercise, we will only factor in what changes have occurred with the other teams and the change in venue.

The schedule seems to set up much better for Utah in 2018 compared to 2017. In 2017, Utah missed both teams from the Pac-12 North that missed bowl games, and faced Washington and USC, the two New Year’s Six bowl participants from the Pac-12, on the road. While Utah will still miss Cal and Oregon State in 2018, they will get…